I just spent the week in Pasadena in Southern California. Several of the jaunts made during the week were into Los Angeles.
It almost seems like a different state, except that I have not really been to many other states so I can’t necessarily compare. While I have lived in Santa Barbara for three years it [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Pasadena
Posted in Travel, tagged california, la, los angeles, pasadena, southern california, Travel on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just like this sign. I have seen in twice, both times in a winery tasting room.
All I can say is that I was not offered an espresso nor a free puppy.
Redwoods
Posted in Photography, tagged Photography, redwoods, short on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Visited the redwoods last weekend, I was thinking about what lens to bring to take good photos when I remembered: it is impossible to photograph redwoods to encapsulate the feeling of awe.
The trees are too tall to be able to get a good root to top shot without a super wide angle lens, and any [...]
Storke Tower
Posted in General, tagged short, storke on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Storke Tower is nicely illuminated at night but has an odd green tint when white balanced against the surrounding lights.
On retrospect this is not a very good shot of the tower.
Travel
Posted in General, tagged short on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am going to traveling down to Pasadena for next week so I will have a series of pre-written posts for the next few days.
So short free writes based on the photos, nothing fancy but nothing in depth.
This photo is the newly renovated Pardall Road in Isla Vista, CA. I think the new fat palm [...]
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I must be playing too much Fallout 3.
Passw0rds
Posted in Computers, tagged Computers, guide, internet, passwords, security on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Passwords are tricky things.
On one hand it is often said to have unique, complex passwords for each website and every computer. On the other hand we can only remember so much before resorting to password books, spreadsheets of logins and sticky notes on monitors.
In years of part time computer consulting I have seen a bunch [...]
Most Trusted Newscaster
Posted in General, tagged daily show, result, short, time on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I ran across a poll result today done by TIME: Who is currently the most trusted newscaster in America?
Jon Stewert of The Daily Show came in first.
Which is funny because The Daily Show is where I have been getting my television news for years now, and likely for years to come since it is offered [...]
Pi Approximation Day
Posted in General, Science, tagged holiday, e, pi, approximation on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Pi Approximation Day!
Written out in an order that makes sense today is 22/7 or 3.1428…
Pi is 3.1415…
That makes today a wonderful day for nearly getting things right.
It is almost as good as e day (2.71828…) which can either be 2/7 or 2/71 (the ides of April).
That special time when nearly random dates and calenders [...]
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