Month: January 2006

  • Dawn Stable

    I’m trying to get over the sense that I’m spying when take pictures of other people’s property. This one was particularly difficult due to a car idling in front of the neighboring house, but I couldn’t resist the sunlight streaming out of the stable door.

  • Live Music: Yakov Kasman

    Another opportunity to see a world-class pianist play mind-bendingly difficult pieces came our way this Sunday afternoon when Van Cliburn silver medalist Yakov Kasman took to the stage at CSU’s Edna Rizley Griffin concert hall. We chose seats with a view of the pianist’s face rather than his hands this time, and were taken aback…

  • TV: Firefly – Serenity (2002)

    This didn’t do it for me. I may receive death threats from my friends for saying so, but it seemed to me like it couldn’t decide whether to be satire or drama, and just came off hokey. It’s too bad, because I liked the sci-fi western concept, and was ready to go with it. We…

  • We welcome a new member of the family

    For too long I’ve been the only one with a comfy recumbent bike to ride into town on. No longer. On Friday we bought a discounted floor model Baccheta Giro 20 from Spring Creek Recumbents here in Fort Collins. Ann calls it her SUV. Today we rode a loop over Bingham Hill, and Ann had…

  • Today’s Sunrise

    There won’t to too many more of these, I think. As the days get longer I’ll start sleeping through them again. It’s tempting to say that I love them enough to start getting up earlier, but I’m sure that’s just the fool talking, and not the one who actually has to pull his butt out…

  • Time to quit the day job?

    I’m thinking of starting another moonlight career in child photography, inspired by this visit from our our adopted nephew Dyson. He’s been to New Zealand since we last saw him, and will soon be off to New Mexico where his dad got a job at some lab down there…

  • Today’s Sunrise

    The lake is frozen again. It’s been cold and calm enough this time that the ice is very smooth and clear. The ducks and geese are not out in the morning on days like this, though. The shape of the sun came finally through in this picture, but I still want to play more with…

  • No Hay Bales

    They actually disappeared back around Christmas. It seemed like a dark time of year to move a huge stack of hay bales. Shortly after, cattle appeared in the field, grazing in the morning light. It’s probably all connected, but such is disjointed view of a ranch from the perspective of a passing bike commuter.

  • Geo Mashup 0.3 WordPress Plugin Released

    The 0.3-beta package has been out for a while now, and is in use on a number of sites, so I’m dropping the beta. Check the download page for more. This release includes some minor fixes: Fixed Firefox entity unescaping – those nasty ‖ sequences should be gone. Removed some experimental code. Moved the included…

  • Movie: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    We endure about fifteen minutes before turning it off. The good spirit behind the lowbrow humor in Shaolin Soccer was totally absent, leaving behind a flashy but ultimately ugly and degrading spectacle.