My new clock. I had to solder the whole thing together, nothing was assembled when I got it. The display is 4 nixie tubes. The pins in front of the display are exposed, and carry 200 volts. Thus I am looking for a suitable cover, probably something like a dessert display cover.

I was at World Market to get some new tea, and saw this awesome set of flatware. Yeah, I already had some that still were good, but these are just awesome, even if they are $4 a piece. The handle is stainless (18/10) under the carbon coating, so I expect that coating to wear off in an interesting way. The label on the flatware is "gs."

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My new keyboard is a Truly Egronomic Keyboard. I saw the layout and just had to buy 2: one for home, and one for work. This has mechanical switches, not rubber domes like my old Microsoft Curve 2000 had.

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I was brewing a cup of tea at work, and thought it looked just awesome. Yes, that is my computer with an HTTP server up in the background.

In other news, the people at Samsung/Google decided to use ISO8601 to name pictures taken with the camera, which is something I heartily approve of. Instead of using some stupid serial number, they name it with when it was taken, in a way that sorts alphabetically in chronological order.

An idea I had for a park, probably inspired by the Irma & Irma intersections by my nephews school.

Ok, so the park is "Drive Park".

The main east-west surface street is "Park Drive"

There is a freeway going north-south that is "Drive Parkway"

Thus, you would take Drive Parkway to the Park Drive exit to get to Drive Park. Where there is a driving range...

I still don't know what this city looks like in the rain. (Maybe I pick the right periods of time to come here.)

I saw this at about mile 38 of my bike ride yesterday, and turned around.

This white pollution was flowing north and visible for quite a ways.

Yay, mold. I am in Portland, OR.

New camera, I got a Sigma DP1x to have a "large sensor compact". Eventually I will get a Leica M9 or whatever it is when I finally get one.

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For April Fools, I wore a tie to work. Since nobody else in the office wears a tie, I stood out.

I spent the week traveling. First I went to Orlando for a conference, and then I was in Snowmass Village to talk to some people from the VA.

Which is why I ended up in Snowmass Village with mosquito bites all over my arms even though I live in Westminster.


Snowmass Village, CO

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