BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Update Unfortunately, there was one levee outside of Winfield we couldn’t save. second update Steve Ley, one of the two men in the photograph in the post, also wrote of today’s experience. third update The Salvation Army has set up a localized fund to help flood victims in Missouri. I […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have this insanely perverse urge not to download Firefox until Wednesday. To get up in the dead of night, tip-toe to my machine and hit the download button when the date is safely the 18th; cackling in glee at the thought that I, I, am the sole hold out–the […]
Update As of this afternoon, June 17, the predictions now place the crest of the flood in St. Louis on the 23rd of June, and 40 feet. The forecast is now for major flooding in our community. Tomorrow or Thursday, I’ll grab my camera, as I head out to record yet another flood. It seems like […]
A couple of people have kindly pointed out Robert O’Callahan’s wonderful exploration Applying SVG Effects to HTML. I’ve held off on posting about it, as I wanted to create a longer writing trying out Robert’s work. However, I didn’t want to put off sharing this effort any longer. I’ll have more on this mix of HTML […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I walk at the St. Louis Zoo early in the mornings a couple of days a week. If I get there early enough, I beat both the crowds and the heat. It’s an interesting place to visit, too, in the early mornings. This week I reached the Red Rock region […]