Our new neighbor

Recently, a new neighbor has moved into our neighborhood and thankfully, he’s not a “tweaker”. He’s a cute little marsupial (well, not that little). I have not named him yet but I have taken quite a liking to him and I think he is getting used it to me also. Tonight was the first time he was photogenic for me.


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October 9th, 2008, posted by Tbone

Goat Boy

I have a huge affinity for animals. I love them more than people, true. In fact, one of my friends and I had a conversation once, built around a scenario of a burning building. There’s a human trapped inside but also a cat/dog, who would you save first?

Anyway, I digress. In the midst of my voyage on the internet sometime last week in the wee hours of the morn’, I found this “talking goat” video on YouTube.

Enjoy!

October 9th, 2008, posted by Tbone

No time to write – here’s the pic of the day

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October 8th, 2008, posted by Tbone

Sierra Club Night Hike


Last night, Christy and I went on a night hike with the Sierra Club around my ol’ stomping grounds in Turtle Rock.

There’s something about the smell of the cypress and eucalyptus trees, the wild mustard accompanied with the sounds of the tree frogs and the remains of coyote poop on the trail that bring me back to the days of my youth. Although, most of the area is built up now with it’s multi-million dollar homes and pretentious occupiers, thankfully they have managed to set aside a bit of land for conservations sake.

Overall the hike was about 4.54 miles – Most of it being uphill! I’ve got the shin splints and a blister to prove it. It was pretty much a non-stop hike so I didn’t get to take as many pictures as i would have liked to. Overall, It was a great evening though. I have a few pics from my crappy camera phone below. Next time, I will bring a real camera so I can capture the awesomeness.

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October 3rd, 2008, posted by Tbone

How I “captcha” thee

So, it seems that submitting comments anonymously or commenting at all is not what it used to be. In these times of furious blogging and social networking sites popping up all over the place, not to mention the amount of bots running rampant, we have to implement the technology known as the “captcha”. I for one, was not a big proponent at first but now I see the futility.

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September 30th, 2008, posted by Tbone

  • Maybay uh dingo ate yo baybay!

  • UPCOMING PROJECTS…….

    Stay tuned,I'll be goin' on a prickly pear hunt. I'll post pictures and the recipe for cactus jelly real soon. Mmm mmmm good.
  • Today’s Quote

    You've been walking in circles, searching. Don't drink by the water's edge. Throw yourself in. Become the water. Only then will your thirst end. -Jeanette Berson
  • NASA IOTD

    Snapshot of the International Space Station

     
    On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image was taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR
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