Fun
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Seeing how ugly it can get
Since I’m an aviation freak, I’m also a weather freak. I remember committing to getting my first color TV, back in the mid-70s, because I wanted to see color radar, which at that time was carried by only one TV station we could get from Chapel Hill: WFMY/Channel 2 in Greensboro. These days TV stations… Continue reading
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A portrait of the Swiss Alps
On departure from Zürich to Paris yesterday the ground was shrowded in gloom and haze, but above it the sky was clear and crystalline. I sat purposely on the left side of the plane to get a view, even though I knew I’d be photographing the scene against the sun, which would be low in… Continue reading
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Going from San Francisco
Got some nice shots of San Francisco and Marin on Sunday, as we flew off to Chicago on the first leg of the trip home from Thanksgiving in California. Actually, my kid shot most of them, since he had the window seat. Shot some other stuff too, which I’ll put up later. Mount Tamalpias (better… Continue reading
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A black & white flag in the evening sky
My son found the perfect way to interrupt my absolute concentration on work this evening: by pointing out that the Moon, Venus and Jupiter were forming a jewel-box of an arrangement in the evening sky. And sure enough, they were. So I took a bunch of shots, of which I kept the two that comprise… Continue reading
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Fun with personalities
Keeping Linux Safe Since 1994 is my latest at Linux Journal. It’s fun with Typeanalyzer. Try it on your blog, and see what it says. Don’t be surprised if the results are different than those for yourself. Continue reading
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From Brighton to Beachy Head
There wasn’t much to see during the redeye from Boston to Zürich and on to Amsterdam yesterday. Too bad, because the Swissair window was one of the cleanest and clearest I’ve seen yet. But I did get a nice quick series of the East Sussex coast, with its white cliffs, from Brighton to Beachy Head,… Continue reading
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Blowing up radio. In a good way.
If you’re interested in music, or in radio — especially if you’re interested in both — listen (or watch) in on Tim Westergren’s talk, going on right now. Tim founded Pandora, and is its Chief Strategist. My notes… “We want to fix radio. And we want to fix it globally. And do it for musicians… Continue reading
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Curseriver
Thanks to Jonathan MacDonald for pointing to Cursebird. Go there and watch the @#$% tweets flow. Continue reading
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On the road again
Hitting the road for a long road trip, with just a brief visit back home in Boston next Friday. I’ll be hitting… VRM Hub, London Telco 2.0, London Internet Identity Workshop, Mountain View Public Media BarCamp, Santa Cruz See some of ya’ll in some of those places… Continue reading
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Paper margins
You’d think, from the looks of the endorsement picture, that Barack Obama is gonna sell a lot more newspapers over the next four years. Whether or not, the picture’s not pretty for John McCain, who has clearly lost his “base”: Be sure to scroll down. Lots of wonky grist for obsessive mills in there. Hat… Continue reading
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Cluetrainings
After reading this comment by Jonathan MacDonald, I followed the linktrail from here to here, where dwells one of the most remarkable testimonials I’ve ever seen. One short clip: Competitors had absolutely no idea what the secret sauce was because they were not able to see the hundreds of thousands of micro-interactions and conversations happening… Continue reading
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If you live in the Southwest, check this out
The COSMO-SkyMed 3 satellite will be launched into orbit tomorrow, October 24, at 19:28:21, or 21 seconds after 7:28pm, Pacific time, from Vandenberg AFB in California. Says here that the rocket will be a Delta II, which puts on a great show. While the launch will be spectacular from nearby viewing locations, it will be… Continue reading
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Identity Workout
So we’re coming up on our Nth IIW, which happens on November 10-11. I’ve lost track of how many we’ve had so far, which I think is a good sign. Every IIW has been new and different, and unusually productive. The idea behind IIW is getting work done. Moving not only converations forward, but work… Continue reading
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The Oral Office
Palin as President is like some kind of weird interactive oval office advent calendar from a parallel polyverse. Click on anything and get surprised by some palinism, in Sarahs voice, explaining. Sort of. Have fun. Continue reading
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Smartest possible Palin move
Guest-hosting Saturday Night Live. Might make up for her running mate’s chickening out on David Letterman. Continue reading
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Weathering
Just a pause in the midst to express appreciation for Weather Underground‘s storm-tracking services, and handy pile of Good Stuff, such as the WunderMap. Their site is far less crapped up with junk than Weather.com. Right now we’re getting a late summerlike storm, complete with thunder. Thanks to the map’s animation and storm tracking features,… Continue reading