BurningbirdI missed the heron today, but managed to get photos of two birds enjoying my mother’s flowering crabapple tree. A flickr: And a cedar waxwing: Coming back from my old house at Kettle Falls, a mile along the road I spotted a bald eagle on a branch hanging over the road. I screeched to a […]
I rented a car today, a ruby red Dodge SRT. I drove it to the top of Schweitzer long enough to check out the view and grab a few photos; I had to be back by 2:00. The view was terrific but I need my polarizing filter to get a clear shot of the distant Cabinet […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A while back I listed in a post 50 television programs the Boston Globe considered to be the top sci-fi shows on TV. In comments, we discussed shows we felt were missing, but none of us picked up that Max Headroom was missing from the list. Now that I look back on the discussion, […]
Lots of discussion about long tails and links and what not, matched with more statistics than I’ve seen since college. I knew about Phil but thanks to Dave, I also found Adam and Sacred Cow Dung, who brings us the Sacred Cow Dung 500 Index, which is as good a rank list name as any. All this math and figuring reminded me […]
A couple of things: Thanks to both Squidblog and Pharyngula for the eye opening explanation behind numerous sea monster sightings. Leads one to wonder what could be behind Nessie? We found out that our panel at SxSW will be on Sunday around noon. High noon in fact, which Kathy will appreciate: I’m also doing a panel at SXSW with Dori Smith, Shelley Powers, and Virginia […]