This year’s Halloween was Virginia’s first. I took a few snapshots to capture the moment(s). Her mom and some friends (including my brother-in-law) went out to a concert on campus tonight too. Apparently it is a band called Bright Eyes. Did I mention that there is silver make-up / face-paint everywhere I look!? (More photos …
Monthly Archive: October 2007
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31
Oct
29
The day the routers died…
From RIPE 55, a truly astonishing display of geek humour. Way to go Gary!
Oct
22
On Being Space Efficient
This is truly incredible, it starts out very uninteresting and completely shocked and impressed me at the end. “Wow”! is about all I can say about this. Via /dev/null.
Oct
22
Bombich.com: Remote Backup of Mac OS X Using rsync
Bombich.com: Remote Backup of Mac OS X Using rsync rsync is a command-line tool built-in to Mac OS X that allows you to synchronize files between two folders on a machine or between two machines on a network. rsync is an incredibly useful tool that has been used by Unix administrators for many years.” Mike …
Oct
22
PoTW: The Twins
I ran up to the city on Saturday to take photos of the twins and the proud parents. I’ll post some more photos when I have a moment, but here are a few that really captured the morning. I was challenged in that I only had a 50/1.4 and a 20/2.8, no lights or reflectors …
Oct
19
Error No Error
I spend a non-trivial amount of time travelling in my work. One thing that is fairly irritating is the proliferation of all the disparate internet access authentication and authorization interfaces. You know the ones — sign in here, accept the terms and conditions. Make an account, log in, press OK and then your internet connection …
Oct
15
Ride: Calgary to Mountain View, CA – Day 4
Day 4 : Eureka to Mountain View, CA View Larger Map My final day. The rain started while I was sleeping. I didn’t stop until I got to Mountain View. I might have made a mistake in deciding to stay on the PCH (SR-1). The view was amazing, but in the wet, it was dreary, …
Oct
14
Ride: Calgary to Mountain View, CA – Day 3
Day 3 : Portland,OR to Eureka, CA View Larger Map Had to wait out the fog this morning. Late start – rode the Interstate to a point then out via HWY 20 to Newport and down the coast on the 101. Fantastic Oregon coastal views, sand dunes, etc. Too focused on making ground to stop …
Oct
13
Ride: Calgary to Mountain View, CA – Day 2
Day 2 : 985 km : Fernie, BC to Lake Oswego, OR (Portland, OR) View Larger Map Day 2 started out without incident, however I am always surprised at how long it takes to saddle up the bike and put the luggage on, etc. The fall colours in Fernie and surrounds were breathtaking. Literally. I’m …
Oct
13
Ride: Calgary to Mountain View, CA – Day 1
Day 1 : 285 km : Calgary to Fernie, BC via Longview. View Larger Map Some work commitments left me with a later start than I wanted, but I headed out anyway – the theory being that any miles I cover tonight are free. In the end I made it far enough to put a …