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A Ride on the Rail Runner
The commuter train between Santa Fe and Albuquerque was a new addition during our time here. It’s been a topic of much debate, praise, and mockery, opening new opportunities for commuters, blocking traffic, sitting mysteriously idle, stranding partyers, and generally attracting attention. We figure we should ride it before we leave town. One of our…
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Book: Between a Rock and a Hard Place / Aron Ralston
Being someone who enjoys the occasional solo outing, even though I haven’t started canyoneering, gives this story an extra grip on me. (Aron amputated his lower arm after a boulder pinned his hand to the wall of a slot canyon in the Canyonlands of Utah). It’s a fascinating survival tale, which Aron tells candidly in…
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Last WordPress Geo Mashup Plugin Announcement Here
This will be my last release announcement here, for version 1.2.9 of Geo Mashup. If you’re listening here for release announcements, subscribe instead to the project download feed: http://code.google.com/feeds/p/wordpress-geo-mashup/downloads/basic The change log will be tracked by version in the Milestone field on the issues page: http://code.google.com/p/wordpress-geo-mashup/issues/list?can=2&q=milestone=1.2.9 Happy upgrading!
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2009 Review
Walking: I began the year struggling with knee and hip pain, wondering if I would ever hike again. After one failed regimen, a chiropractor gave me a therapy program that worked. I managed to hike across Wyoming with Ann and Pete, suffering far more intestinal pain than knee pain. Now I’m experimenting with running again,…
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Book: Luminous / Greg Egan
A collection of science fiction short stories that concoct a provocative mix of biotechnology, social issues, philosophy, and physics. The tales are a little heavy on the technospeak, but I found if I just charged on, the story would soon offer some alternate emotional motivation. A nice, highly imaginative holiday read.