A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
wonderfullyrich I don’t know how many times over the last several years I’ve been asked how I can like Chipotle when it’s owned by McDonalds. Oy! Let me clear it up. Chipotle is not owned by McDonalds! Yes Chipotle was a subsidiary, but McDonalds divested itself of Chipotle in 2006. What’s more, it was a smart … Read more
Once again Andre get’s the ice scoop. Apparently the smurf shack at the Pegasus Airfield in McMurdo Antarctica decided it was tired of the cold and lit itself on fire to warm up… it’s a frustrating 30-minute ride out to the airfield, watching the flames. we’re told that the smurf shack is a total loss, but there’s … Read more
I got out of DC yesterday and spent several wonderful hours wandering around polyface farms in the Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia. 3 hours of a drive from DC, it was well worth the trip as we managed to shuttle past the persistent rainstorm settled atop DC for the beautiful weather at Polyface Farms. For … Read more
My life right now is a tunnel vision of DC, governed mostly by living in a district where national policies are decided, but feel handed out. As I was laying in bed moments ago, I was prompted to arise by a thread of thoughts which reminds me how much we as a represented people need … Read more
To follow up my previous post on how to keep yourself safe, I felt it was only fitting that I also add a short piece on how you can recover from some data loss situations. First and foremost, I’ll re-iterate, BACKUP UP YOUR DATA! Look at this from a money point of view. The following … Read more
I still try and practice the art of photography occasionally and it’s really to keep me sane then it is to win anything, but occasionally I get notice for random things. I put some of my photos on flickr and this one here in DC has been included on a virtual guide. Not much, but … Read more
A few weeks ago, in purchasing a new phone and looking for the best deal on the internet, I was taken in by a phishing site. Additionally, Angela, my girlfriend in South Africa, left her USB thumb drive in a library and returned to find it missing. A few weeks later she was accosted by … Read more
My brother, who’ve I’ve only be back living with for 2 years now while we’ve both been in DC, is picking up to work in Burundi. He isn’t leaving till April 28th, but I guess it’s his turn to pack it up and go see the world. It sounds like it’s going to be just … Read more
Bloody christ they don’t make this easy to figure out. I’ve been trying to figure out how to approve a moderated post using the mailman email command-line interface after I just moved all my websites to a new hoster. I’ve used mailman before for work, but I realized I hate it! Way to techy, not … Read more
My housemates an I were enjoying another spontaneous dinner gathering–one never knows what percentage of 8 people plus signfigant others might show up–and with the Washington Post strewn about our table as normal, I asked what they thought of the current Tibet situation. What resulted was an interesting half-in-hour conversation that brings home the reason … Read more