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Live Music: CSO and Christopher O’Riley
The introductory piece tonight is Tibetan Swing by Chinese composer Bright Sheng, a piece inspired by a rhythmic, whirling mountain folk dance. It’s a good mix of foreign and familiar sounds, and a nice tribute to a culture whose survival is threatened. Next Christopher O’Riley takes the stage to play Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the…
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Bear Creek Trail Hike
We join my dad to do some car shuttling on this sunny afternoon to help us explore some more of the many trails near Dad’s house in Indian Hills. To make sure we get some uphill hiking, we park one car at the Pence Park Trailhead, and take the other down Bear Creek to the…
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Geo Mashup 1.0.2 Release
A few more bugs have been squished in the WordPress Geo Mashup Plugin. And I let one little feature in too: Feature: add geoRSS tags to feeds Fixed ‘geo_locations – invalid argument to foreach’ error. Fixed category map links when map page is front page. Fixed ‘customizeGeoMashup not defined’ error when custom.js does not exist.…
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A peek at Penitente Canyon
Our plan is to climb in Penitente Canyon on our way to Pagosa Springs on Ann’s birthday. We get there late, though, with just enough time to tour around a bit on foot. The canyon is has an intimate feel, with piñons and Douglas fir scattered amongst a treasure trove of interesting walls of volcanic…
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I pinch the penny at last
I had planned my first day of bouldering at Rotary Park, but when the time comes I don’t really want to go. It’s chilly and windy. I promised Ann that I’d pick her up there after her hike though, so I make myself go. Of course, as always with bouldering, I’m glad I did. The…
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Buttonrock Climbing
Sean joins me to explore the Buttonrock Reservoir area for climbing options. We want to start on the River Wall, which looks like it will get some early sun. When we see two climbers ahead of us climbing barefoot above the river to get there, we decide maybe we should try to descend from above.…
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Maxwell Falls / Cliff Loop Hike
There’s been snow recently but it’s a nice day and we’d like to do a little hiking with my dad and Jezze. The lower trailhead for the Maxwell Falls trail is below 8000 feet, but looks pretty snowy when we get there. It’s on a north-facing slope, but we try it out and find the…
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Movie: Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Any movie that can pull off being blood-chilling and heartwarming at the same time is sweet sweetness in my blog. Certified Fresh
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Cirque of the Cracks – Eldorado Canyon
Kate makes the excellent call to scrap our Vedauwoo plans and head to Eldorado Canyon. The Vedauwoo web cam showed mostly blowing snow at 8 am, but Eldorado Canyon State Park is sunny and lovely. Sean comes along, Mark & Kate, and their friends JD and Rachael. The day is mostly sun and bliss, interspersed…
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Geo Mashup 1.0.1 Release
I’ve addressed a few problems with the 1.0 release of the WordPress Geo Mashup Plugin. Note that the version of WordPress required has gone up. Support for PHP 5.2.0. Consequences: WordPress 2.0 or higher is required. The Location editor has moved down in the post advanced editing area. Fixed the ‘customizeGeoMashup is undefined’ javascript error.…