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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Ruckus
Right now I’m sitting outside a grocery store in Austin. There’s a flock of noisy, whistling blackbirds in the tree above me (they look like grackles but don’t sound like the kind we have in MN.) Behind me is a … Continue reading
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Rigging
Aidan saw all this rigging over the horizon and declared it to be a ship. This was visually correct and yet didn’t make much sense geographically. I guess coal-mining involves big airborn blocks and tackle. I had another Yankee moment … Continue reading
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Snow’s
Having only just read about Snow’s Barbecue, I clamored for a visit — it;s only a bit outside of Austin (by Texas standards, at least.) I felt like a real Yankee Poseur coming out here — visiting a country smoke … Continue reading
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Domed! Doooooooooomed!
On the road from Dallas to Austin is Italy, Texas: home of the Monolithic Dome Institute. I can’t offer up much explanation, here — I played with Aidan in a big empty field while Mary walked around inside the visitor’s … Continue reading
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Dallas
It’s probably best if I say as little as possible about Dallas. The landscape there combined with my generally dour frame of mind had me spending a lot of time dwelling on the fact that humans are no better than … Continue reading
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Austin
Over Christmas the internet service went out at the hotel in Dallas. The hotel was essentially abandoned for the holiday, and what staff was present didn’t have much interest in my communication problems. So… I have many days of photos … Continue reading
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St. Clements
I just took these three photos with the same lighting against the same background. The first is of an imported (presumed wild-caught) orange shrimp. The third photo is a grey offspring of one of the imported adults, raised in freshwater, … Continue reading
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Burninating the XO
Most days Wine development is painfully slow, with each step forward followed by several steps back. Today was not one of those days. ‘ One of our free-software-advocating board members has been paying to have Vincent adapt Wine to work … Continue reading
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Recess!
This morning there were fewer buses than usual. Fewer buses means a longer commute time as well as being packed cheek-to-jowl during the ride — usually I don’t mind this, but in the winter the additional bulk of winter … Continue reading
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