I spent a recent day off wandering downtown Seattle and the waterfront, including a trip to the Seattle Aquarium. Despite the invasion of four (!!!!) busloads of school children, I managed to get a few (ok, more than a few) pictures. Here are the fish pics, baby sea otter pics … Continue reading
Seattle woke up to another snowstorm this morning, which means a lot of people stayed home and a lot of streets were closed. I, of course, headed out with my camera to see what I could find, and found my way to the infamous Denny Hill, which becomes a sledding … Continue reading
We got our first day of “real” snow in Seattle this winter, which means we got about 3 inches of snow and everyone panicked. Although in our defense, we get some really wet, slick snow, and we have some really looooooooonnnnnnng, steeeeeeeeeeeep hills. On the other hand, there’s just always … Continue reading
Due to a serious lack of storage space in my small kitchen, I’ve kept “pantry” items on a small set of bookshelves in the dining area of my apartment. Over the past few months those shelves have been getting more and more crowded, and eventually just ran out of space … Continue reading
It’s a beautiful, sunny Saturday here in Seattle, so I headed over to a nearby park to enjoy it. When I got there, I found that while most people were just sitting or laying in the sun, one guy had decided he was going to climb a tree. Maybe to … Continue reading
Here we see the Pacific Coast Pet rock in its native habitat on a sandy beach:
In a fit of boredom, I dug out all of my laptop/dual-use bags and cataloged them. Click on the photo to go see the larger version at Flickr. Counter-clockwise from top left: Land’s End Medium Zip-top Tote – heavy-duty canvas bag for toting random items between home and other places … Continue reading
Today’s project: clean off the desk and consolidate my computing life from 3 laptops + 2 desktops to 1 laptop + 1 desktop. Success!! I still have a little more data to move around, and a couple more programs to install or replace, but for the most part, it’s done. … Continue reading
A few months ago, Max lost his favorite cat toy, which was also the only one he bothered to play with. Since he promptly commenced pestering me to play with him, I promptly commenced the search for a new toy he would play with. After spending around $40 on all … Continue reading
Due to my dad moving house soon, it’s time time clean out the storage shed. About halfway through, this is the pile of “discard” boxes and other miscellanous crap. Drawers for a desk that went to the dump years ago. Lots of boxes. Boxes for electronics that have been gone … Continue reading