Archive for April, 2005
A Walljm Visit
Jason Wall came over to DC on business, and we’ve spent the last two nights on photo safari, doing the whole tourist thing around the National Mall and the Tidal Basin. My photos here, his photos whenever he comes out of hiatus.
links for 2005-04-21
ESV Bible Blog (tags: faith blogs) WindsOfChange.net on Kunstler’s “Long Emergency” peak oil scenario. Some good, some bad, but if you ask me, some of Kunstler’s predictions sound more like McLuhannesque wish-fulfillment revenge fantasy. (tags: politics) DCeiver on Andrew Sullivan on Pope Benedict XVI. Hysterics and haircuts. (tags: dc fun blogs) Terrorism, atheism, and bumper [...]
links for 2005-04-20
Adobe Macromedia acquisition roundup (kottke.org). (It’s nice, comprehensive posts like this that make jkottke worth micropatronizing.) (tags: business net) Washington’s Green Grocer. Delivers farm fresh organic produce to your DC doorstep. (tags: food dc) Bob the Angry Flower’s Quick Guide to “Its” and “It’s,” You Idiots. (tags: comics language) New prices, Freebies and Rock. The [...]
Over Under II
Under the Union Station Metro station balcony, a higher-resolution counterpoint to this older photolog entry. Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A400.
Habemus Papam
Habemus Papam! Ah, Lord, I pray, may Rome’s so-called Vicar be truly your servant, and return the Church to the Word, your Son. OKCalvin had some excellent guidelines for the cardinals. ;-) (I bet they picked Ratzinger. Update: Yup, it’s Ratzinger, or Pope Benedict XVI, as we’ll be calling him from here on.)
links for 2005-04-19
Adobe to acquire Macromedia. (tags: business net) Screech, the Washington Nationals’ new mascot, poses with DCist’s Rob Goodspeed. It’s an eagle. (tags: dc sport) Dulcius Ex Asperis: Thoughts on Daniel 1:3-9. (tags: faith) Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena. With animated examples. Very nice. (tags: fun) Cool Running: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan. (tags: health) Envisat: Antarctica [...]
Gadget Splurge
I just treated myself to an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. (Discount secondhand blemished units from eBay, but they look and feel brand new.) It’s great: two less cords tangling up on my desk, and I can type this from just about anywhere in the room. (Of course, it’s pointless to type from such a [...]
links for 2005-04-17
AskMetafilter thread (question posted by me) on running after a long winter pause. Because last time, I injured my knees starting up too quickly. (tags: health askmetafilter)
Nationals Doing Well After the Home-Opener
I missed tonight’s (last night’s actually; I just noticed the time) baseball game as I was in bed, feebly nursing the beginnings of a neck-strain migraine, but I’m happy to see that the Nationals are still winning, despite having problems with the field at RFK Stadium. I can’t believe I’m talking about baseball. Next thing [...]
Dead Bee
This dead bee fell out of my coleus today. I imagine he must have come in to suck nectar from a coleus flower on one of those rare days that my windows are open, then couldn’t find his way out, so he stayed in the coleus, where he literally shriveled up and died. Poor thing. [...]