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Non-human CO2 emissions: Mammoth Mountain
Mammoth Mountain CA, (1 of around 5,000* volcanoes that although classified as "inactive" still produces out-gassing) is producing CO2 at the rate of around 40,150 metric tons per year. To put that into perspective of human production of CO2, Mammoth Mountain puts out as much CO2 every 4.5 hours as the average person in the U.S. put out in a year ( Read more... ) -
Creepy Crawlies
This last weekend I played airsoft. It was a lot of fun, but the bugs were a huge problem. There were quire literally thousands of mosquitoes. For the most part I didn't get bit (only a 2 or 3 bites in 7 hours) because I was really good about using the bug spray. However, that didn't prevent them from constantly swarming all around us, and ( Read more... ) -
Movie Review: The Void
Stargate SG1 fans might enjoy this to some extent just to see Amanda Tapping once again playing a scientist who uses way too much techno-babel saving the world ( Read more... ) -
Unplanned Storm Spotting
In the early afternoon today I was feeling rather restless. I grabbed my netbook, my phone and a pair of headphones, and decided to head to a local coffee shop to listen to an audio-book and surf the net. By the time I got to the coffee shop I decided I wanted a bit of nature instead, so I got my coffee and went to River Park in Brooklyn Park. ( Read more... ) -
Geocaching - GC23E48 - Winter Fun
Found this one on April 6th while out running errands. It's pretty close to the house, so it was an obvious one to stop and pick up. When I first stopped near it, there was someone at the bus stop. Since it's best not to be too conspicuous while geocaching, I chose to stop by a local fast-food place for lunch, then come back. When I got back the ( Read more... ) -
Geocaching - GC2AKMJ - T'aint Nothin' To Me
On April 2nd I took the wife and kids out to look for several caches. Of the three we tried to find this was the only one we found. We parked in the parking lot of the Columbia Heights golf course ( Read more... ) -
Geocaching - GC2440E - The Quarry
At first I was going to keep a separate blog for my geocaching activities. Then I decided that's what tags were for :)
For those of you unfamiliar with Geocaching, here is a little blerb from their site:
GEOCACHING is a high-tech treasure hunting game ( Read more... ) -
Owe...
This morning when I got home from work I re-learned two things. 1) Ice is slick, 2) concrete is hard. I hit the drive way pretty hard, bruised my shoulder and hip, and badly lacerated my knee. However, at least I didn't break anything. Similar falls put both Jen and my friend Mike into the hospital. Jen when she was in college, Mike earlier ( Read more... ) -
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Bacon wrapped pork-chops, cheesy mashed potatoes, and a decent after dinner cigar. Life is nice. -
Sometimes the past comes back
So at work today I was given a task to figure out what was wrong with a batch file that wasn't performing the way it was supposed to. It only took me about 10 minutes to figure it out, but it struck me that even that was a long time. If I had been given the same problem when I was 12 years old, I would have probably found the issue in less than a ( Read more... )