cyberhobo

Month: May 2006

  • Movie: Heaven (2002)

    This must be what happens when you take an absurd Hollywood-style plot and play it down through the entire movie until the end, which you play up artistically. I liked the approach, which forced the focus onto the characters. With the extra breathing room often found in European movies, the tension comes from spaces that…

  • Western Grebes

    I spotted these Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) along my commute path this morning. Their long necks make them look distinctive on the water, then suddenly they’re gone! They were staying under water for a minute or so, then they’d appear again nearby.

  • Movie: Walk the Line (2005)

    This was mostly an educational experience for me. When I saw Johnny, John, and June Carter Cash play on my birthday in 1996, I didn’t realize quite what a legacy I was witnessing. While the movie increased my appreciation of that legacy, it didn’t shed too much light on the enigma I’ve always been curious…

  • Vedauwoo panorama

    Poland Hill provides one of the best overall views of the main Vedauwoo rock formations. You can click the image to view it on Flickr with my notes of all the formation names. Clicking the magnifying glass in Flickr will let you see it in higher resolution.

  • Vedauwoo – Poland Hill

    This morning we head to Poland Hill, intending to get schooled on some more Vedauwoo cracks. We hope to toprope Fantasia, 5.9, a “classic Vedauwoo offwidth”, but the anchor situation up top doesn’t allow for an easy toprope of this route. So we end up on: Southwest Friction, 5.6. Ann leads this out of the…

  • Vedauwoo moonrise

    We try a new campsite along FR 700S, further from the interstate than most. After dinner we take a hike to explore the local woods and boulders. A small elk observes our foray into his territory from across a meadow. The day ends in a glorious sunset/moonrise that bathes Vedauwoo in colors that I felt…

  • Vedauwoo – Fried on Friday

    I’m working extra hours this summer to take every other Friday off, and this is the first. The extra day makes the weekend into a whole different thing, not just an extra day but a day when few people are out. Ann is interested in learning to place traditional gear, so I suggest we spend…

  • Geo Mashup 0.4.1 Released

    No new features in this release. I’ve decided to drop all dependency on the WordPress RSS feeds – these are just done too many different ways. Most problems with posts not displaying in the infowindow have been due to this dependency. So there is now one less place for things to go wrong, and I…

  • Hiker Hopefuls

    The hiking season is now in swing, and I’ve been skimming lots of trail journal entries looking for some interesting hikers to follow. On the CDT, Sidewinder has just reached Pie Town: I arrive here hoping to get to town so I can eat a meal in the local diner, of which there are 2.…

  • Glass

    Heron Lake was the glassiest I’ve ever seen it this morning. The birds must have decided to perform their constitutional ablutions elsewhere today.