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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Computers make me cry

Monday, November 26, 2007

…And I thought it was the internet I hated.
Today, when I arrived at work, I found that I had somehow deleted my Documents folder. I am an administrative assistant. I stored everything in there. My Documents folder is very important. (I run OS X.)
I temporarily allowed SSH access and my smartie [...]

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Devil Squirrel

Thursday, November 15, 2007

This is my friend, Devil Squirrel. He is our resident squirrel and peanut hog. Richard gave him his name because Richard thinks that Devil Squirrel exhibits a sinister lack of respect for human boundaries.
We found out that he has been caught inside our upstairs neighbor’s apartment, robbing a bowl of nuts on the [...]

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Rutilated quartz

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Many years ago, when I was just beginning to explore the wonders of macro photography, I used a borrowed point-and-shoot to take this photo of a piece of polished rutilated quartz.
I love the colors– warm, honeyed spikes of rutile shining like wheat stalks, purple-blue shadows of evening light. The reflection from the stone casts [...]

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The effects of haphazard pruning

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

This weekend I went to Portland to spectate at the single speed cyclocross world championships (and holy crap do they know how to throw a cx race down there… stay tuned for crazy pictures involving lots of mud and beer).
Richard and I also went to see the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show, where I saw many [...]

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