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I kind of miss this
Every now and then, I miss being able to go back and read old posts here on LiveJournal. Maybe I'll pick it back up. We'll see. -
ADT Microblogging
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space-time thoughts
I just read a fascinating article that describes astronomers observing the light echoes of a supernova that appeared in our night sky over 400 years ago. For a few days, the light from the supernova was so bright that it could even be seen in the blue daytime sky ( Read more... ) -
A letter from my past
Tonight, I went over to Mom's for Christmas. One of the things she gave me was an envelope that contained some things I had made for my grandmother when I was a kid, that she'd kept and they found after she passed away last Christmas.
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Rails, meet Merb
Today, I read a blog entry which, at first, I thought was a cruel joke. David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the wildly-popular Ruby on Rails web application development framework, announced that the widely-perceived-as-competetitor framework Merb codebase would be merged into Rails' codebase for Rail's next major release, version 3.0 ( Read more... ) -
Super-Simple Broccoli Soup
Yesterday at Dad's house in Oklahoma City, I was watching an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America. Gordon had asked the chef of the failing restaurant to make a soup using as many or as few as ingredients as he wanted. The chef made a broccoli soup with fourteen ingredients including expensive oil and cream. Gordon then ( Read more... ) -
Motorcycle class is fun. You should do it.
This weekend I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Course from local provider Moto Fun. My coworker, Denise, attended the course with me ( Read more... ) -
Also, my house is for sale
Today, which turned out to be an historic day in America, with the election of the first African-American President, Barack Obama, is less significantly the day that my house got listed for sale. Today, I can quit crossing my fingers for Mr. Obama, and keep them crossed for change. Change of residence, in my case. In case you're interested, the MLS ( Read more... ) -
WOOT!
That is all.
