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CCB website goes live with TYPO3
After sitting on it for a while, the Center for Computational Biology at the University of Colorado has gone live with the website I built for them. I reused the graphics from their previous website, but migrated the whole thing to the TYPO3 content management system, adding WYSIWYG editing, user registration, a multiple mailing list…
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Movie: The Big Lebowski
This was my second time around for this movie, Ann’s first. I think I liked it better this time. The Cohen brothers are just amazing at creating ludicrous, unreedeming, even annoying characters that are somehow facinating anyway – maybe because of the way they reflect truths from our world in such a dazzling, kaleidoscopic way.
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Hi Randy
Ann’s brother Randy, a first lieutenant in the army stationed in Baquba, Iraq, has written some great letters home about his experiences there. Among many things he’s mentioned that he often checks the hobolog when he has a few minutes online, so I thought I’d say “Hi!”. Feel free to add your greetings…
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Reviews from the Boz
My old friend Roy Boswell kindly sent a batch of movie recommendations for me. A few of them are reviewed here too. Roy got rejected by my spam software – if this is happening to you please send me an email! I’m trying to find good settings for it. Read on for Roy’s reviews…
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Happy Birthday Ann
Ann’s birthday is this week, and my dad came up on Saturday for a little celebration. Ann’s friend Ronda is hosting another party in Fort Collins this weekend (popular girl!) – write if you want to come!
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New Job – I Can’t Refuse
It’s been a tough decision, but I’ve decided to take a new job. A big internet marketing firm in the area found an old resume of mine on monster.com, looked over the hobolog, and called me with a job offer to replace their recently departed Chief Technology Officer. I’m not really looking forward to putting…
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Movie: Vanity Fair
Ann summed it up nicely the moment the movie ended, “So she fell out the bottom of one caste system into the top of another.” This film is based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, and like some of the movies based on Jane Austen and E.M. Forster books it left me grateful that…
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Morrison Bouldering
Another gorgeous, sunny day of Morrison bouldering. As beautiful as the weather was, I’m getting tired of hard overhanging problems. After a couple of nice warmups I flail the rest of the time on one or two moves. Ann may have had the right idea bagging the boulders and climbing up to the ridge with…
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Movie: Chino
For a low budget Western, this film manages to convey something unique. A lot of films have tried to capture the harsh beauty of the desert Southwest, the indominable spirit of wild horses, and unavoidable cruelty of wild west society, but this movie succeeds at these things in a way that manages to be captivating…
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Egg Decor
I used custom techniques I learned from my mom, including using rubber cement to make batik-style patterns, to color some eggs. This was thanks to Ann who gave me a basket of eggs with a card, some dye, and said rubber cement. In the end they really didn’t look too bad, but I must say…