Archive for April, 2007

Too Windy

So, it's 82 degrees, barely a breeze and I just finished installing a new rudder on my kayak. I walk it down to the lake and as I get closer, the wind just keeps getting stronger. And then I see the waves.

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Unsure of my skill level, which is non-existant [...]

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Did you remember to watch the sunset?

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Of course the video isn't nearly what it actually looked like, but I think I found a new favorite spot. I've gone by here plenty of times before, but I guess just never at sunset. Blew my mind to say the least.

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The lake

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The Landlord

Continue on to see babies swearing…

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First trip and a nature chase

Well, like I said, today was looking perfect so I took the kayak out for its maiden voyage. Strapped the wheels on and hauled it down the 4 blocks or so and into Lake Monona at Olbrich Park. Hopping in wasn't too hard, but finding my balance was. This isn't one of [...]

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HQ DRM-free iTunes

Damn, Jobs talks and people listen. Or maybe he was dropping hints. Anyways, Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store. In a nutshell, starting in May there will be 256kbs AAC sans DRM for $1.29 instead of $.99 from the EMI library. You can even upgrade your previous [...]

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H4×0r!!!!one

So, what you're reading right now is all completely off the AppleTV. I got Apache 1.3, PHP 5.2.1, MySQL 5.0, and even ImageMagick running.
It really should have been a lot easier than it was, but trial and error I guess. Mainly it involved creating the installs on my iMac, tarring them up and [...]

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2 down, 1 to go

And what I'm referring to is my year's resolutions. Finally doing shit I've wanted to do for ages now, but for some reason found a way to either not be able to, or was just lethargic in pulling the trigger on the decisions to drop money on recreation.
What we have here is a Prijon [...]

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