Moved the Blog…
Hey all, I’ve redesigned the blog and moved it here. I took an existing template and played around with css and the design elements. The old one: http://chumdinger.wordpress.com/ Thoughts or suggestions? Time to start writing again.
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A Little Break
Hey all, sorry I haven’t posted a blog in a while. With the new job and the new house, things are pretty hectic right now. I’m gonna take a break from writing for a little while longer. But here’s a question for you to think about…
Small Town Emergency?
Oh, what an eventful day. For downtown El Segundo anyway. I’m going to miss this place when we leave. See, we share our ground floor office space with online ad agency Gigya. And downtown El Segundo is a nice slice of small town America. Very quaint. Not much happens here. Today we had a fairly [...]
Tree of Knowledge
We’ve all heard the story about Adam and Eve. God tells them they can have all the pleasures of the Garden of Even except for the Tree of Knowledge. And what do they end of doing? Going where they’re not suppose to. They go to that tree and eat of it’s fruit. Ever since this [...]
Get Out Now
If you’re in the Houston area, it’s time to leave. Hurricane Ike is slamming into the area tonight as a potential category 3 storm with 110+ mph winds. From CNN: Floodwaters surged into Galveston Island neighborhoods Friday morning. Waves washed for blocks inland, the beginning of a storm surge that forecasters warned could reach up [...]
Hydrogen Fuel By My House
Over the last couple months, the Shell station by my house has been draped by fabric and a construction fence. Upon it’s reveal, a hydrogen pump appeared. Here’s some more info on the program. Not sure who’s gonna use it other the the handful of Honda FCX Clarity drivers driving around SoCal, but it’s a [...]
Traveling
I’ll be taken a little time off due to travels. San Diego this week. And then headed to Zion National Park next week for some camping and hiking with a bunch of friends. The Narrows hike is one of my favorites of all time. 16 miles though the narrow (hence the name) Virgin river canyon [...]
Elephant Dung Paper
What, you say??? Yes, they make paper out of elephant dung. But for a good cause. The proceeds go to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center which help to feed and take care of these amazing animals. www.elephantdungpaper.com I was there last year to take a tour. They run one of the only elephant hospitals in [...]
Earthquake and Technology
A little less than an hour ago at 11:42:15 AM (PDT), we had a 5.8 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Socal. Everything seems ok. Most impressive was how people used (and are still using) Twitter and Facebook to communicate about the event. Both sites lit up like candles on my birthday as it was still happening. [...]
Photography
More photography!!! Yesterday, I entered the photo below into Wired’s new photo contest and it’s doing well. The theme this time: “Cities” (remember the last time?) Show us entire Dickens’ novels wrapped up in a single image, the clash of classes, the roar of industry, the sickening high of syrupy commerce. Get out there and [...]
