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Rendezvous With Osiris

Arthur C. Clarke, “hard” science fiction writer and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Though I admired what he was able to do: bring a sense of real science to the genre (despite detours into weird and quasi-mystical elements like the monolith in 2001), I was [...]

Cache Or Charge?

Storm Update: Well, that snowstorm yesterday turned out to be an almost total bust. The sun was out by late afternoon and the streets dried up. Not much snow left on the grassy areas either.
I know I’ve been talking a lot about my iPhone lately, but I can’t help it. It’s my [...]

From A Scream To A Whisper

Well, it’s the morning, and we didn’t get the many inches overnight like was predicted. That happens a lot. It’s still snowing, but the roads aren’t too bad and I’m going to try driving in to work. We’ll probably get a few more inches throughout the day, but it looks like this [...]

March In Colorado

Looks like we’re getting our first big snowstorm of the month today. March is typically the snowiest month in this area. The good thing is that since it usually warms up pretty fast after the storm, the snow melts faster than it does in the dead of winter. The bad thing is [...]

Battle Of The iPhones

Last night, the InfK family was in town, all the way from Australia, via of a stopover in Los Angeles first. N and I went to dinner with them at Las D. Topics of conversation were mostly about Australian health care (which, of course, is better than ours), and Mrs InfK’s new iPhone, [...]

Adventures In Dreamsville

Jogged Today: Yes (@ 40°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:

“Tango Shoes” (Bif Naked)
“West of the Fields” (R.E.M.)
“The Silvery Light of a Dream, Pt. 2″ (The Apples In Stereo)
“The Lost Years” (Bill Nelson)
“Mystery” (Inspiral Carpets)
“You/Me” (Mitch Easter)
“Dog” (Dada)

Pet Peeve of the Day: Bill Nelson showing up on my jogging playlist almost every day. [...]

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