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Trombone again!
Last week Neil Gaiman posted about making music with his friends. I said to myself "that sounds so cool; I should make music with my friends" and then karlosthejackal sent me a message about playing trombone on a song of his. Kismet!
In the interest of not sucking, I practiced yesterday and also today. I didn't really keep track of the time on each day, but ( Read more... ) -
Norwescon
I had a really good time at Norwescon this year.
Favorite Panels:
Headress Armature - All about making things that go on your head. We got to look at a lot of hats and headresses including some Seattle Opera costume pieces. All of the panelists were knowledgeable and there were useful handouts.
Miniatures Painting - We actually sat down and ( Read more... ) -
The Best Picture Award
After I had watched The Social Network, I made the comment that I thought it shouldn't be Best Picture because Facebook isn't likely to mean what it does now to future movie viewers. This made me ponder what the award is really about ( Read more... ) -
Sportin' the Look
Today I had a bit of an unusual encounter ( Read more... ) -
I'm so competitive.
I've been wanting to do more bicycle commuting. I even got a good start on it last quarter. But to do it regularly? I guess I need a team and a contest ( Read more... ) -
Yep, we're married
grouchychris and I tied the knot on Pi day. We even managed to cut the cake at 1:59. I had a good time and am so happy to have it all be official. -
Cube Solving
One thing I've been working on this winter break is my Rubik's cube solving time. Today I broke 2 minutes (1:53) and I'm now rarely longer than 3 minutes to solve. I still see areas to improve, but someday soon I'll need some new moves to improve. -
To the Peninsula in Record Time!
It took us a over 8 hours to travel from Bellingham to Port Angeles this time. The Keystone ferry was canceled due to high winds. The Edmonds ferry was backed up. Once we did get across on the Edmonds ferry, the Hood Canal Bridge had opened for a boat to pass through ( Read more... ) -
New House = No Internet
Chris and I got moved in just fine on Sunday. The Seattle end of the move was tough because we only had 3 additional people (thanks so much Carol, Ulysses and Mike) to help move all of Chris' stuff (many books and enormously heavy furniture) into a moving van that was parked across the street. I drove the van up to Bellingham with no particular ( Read more... ) -
A Google Chrome Review
When I got my new laptop I was on my way to download FireFox when Chris suggested I try out Chrome. "Sure. Why not?" I said. I'm so glad I did. I really enjoy the simplicity of interface and lack of screen clutter (on my smaller laptop screen Explorer's nasty big window header was very irritating). Also nice is the ability to Applicationize ( Read more... )