Archive for the 'Acts of human creation' Category

Moon Rise and other night time shots

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Moon Rise over the White Mountains. A little bit of orange/red can still be seen from the eclipse the night before. Maybe. Maybe it’s just the atmosphere. I used a bit of fill flash to lighten up the surroundings. A few minutes later, a little zoomed out. It took me a few minutes to get [...]

Night time in Mammoth

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

I’ve been playing around with long exposure times on my camera. I took these two last night. Unfortunately, this shot of Mt. Lincoln is a bit unfocused. The road and surrounding snow is in focus, but the mountain it self isn’t. Still, it looks almost like day light out there! This is the cabin at [...]

What color green am I?

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

You Are Mint Green Balanced and calm, you have mastered the philosophy of living well. Your friends seek you out for support, and you are able to bring stability to chaotic situations. You’re very open and cheerful – and you feel like you have a lot of freedom in life. Your future may hold any [...]

A new way to deal with snow!

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

There comes a time when you realize the future is upon us. Now, with the Japanese inventing a robot that eats snow. I don’t think it’ll work to well on a mountain road, but at least it’s cool looking. An autonomous, snow eating, ice cube making machine. What’s not to like?

24 hour pizza delivery

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

In the spirit of the TV show 24, what happens when you have to deliver pizza?

And my dominant thinking style is….

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Your Dominant Thinking Style: Modifying Super logical and rational, you consider every fact available to you. You don’t make rash decisions and are rarely moved by emotion. You prefer what’s known and proven – to the new and untested. You tend to ground those around you and add stability. What’s Your Thinking Style? via Cal [...]

Decorate my apartment!

Monday, January 29th, 2007

I need some help. I bought a large picture screen divider, though I got it much cheaper at Aaron Brothers. It can hold 15 8x10s, in a portrait form. Now, I just need to fill it! I’ve gone through my 14,000 photo collection, and picked out 121 (how did I get that number? Just what [...]

Six Frigates

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I finished this afternoon Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Dounding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll, a first time author. Looking at the cover, I thought “probably a dry read, but interesting”. I was half right, it was interesting, but not dry. Fortunately, it is a book about an ocean going [...]

WordPress 2.1 Ella

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

I’m in the process of upgrading this site to Development Blog ›WordPress 2.1 Ella. Hopefully it goes smoothly, if it doesn’t, you won’t know, because you won’t see this post!

Persian Fire

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

I was in at Barnes and Noble earlier in the week, and came away with a few choice books to go through. One that caught my eye is Persian Fire, by Tom Holland. A single volume history of the Persian invasion of Greece, starting with the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus through the [...]