Sheldon the Corn Snake
We raised a gorgeous orange/yellow corn snake up from a 6″ pup to a 4′ adult reptile in about three years. Sheldon, named after the character from The Big Bang Theory, became a reliable companion in...
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Morro Bay Lighthouse Century
A summer of hard bicycle training finally paid off! I had done several metric century (65 mile) rides over the past decade, but both of my previous full century attempts had been thwarted. Two years...
View ArticleHow to Make Drink Coasters from Old Vinyl Record Albums
Have been meaning to do this for years, finally got around to making my first Instructable: How to Make Drink Coasters from Old Vinyl Record Albums Including a how-to video to accompany:
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Smith Rock State Park
Best eclipse shot I’ve seen today (ever?). Smith Rock State Park, by Ted Hesser.
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Chernobyl
The one thing an OFF button should never do is make things worse. But the boron control rods designed to regulate the nuclear reaction in Soviet RNKB reactors had a fatal flow – to save money, they...
View ArticleRegress
Fun fact: Jimmy Carter got the U.S. started on conversion to the metric system, but didn’t have time to finish. Then Reagan came along and pulled the plug on us matching the rest of the world in...
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Aunt Gerry, Reading MAD Magazine
Enjoying all of the nostalgia around MAD Magazine, and the bummer of it closing down last week. In a weird way, I learned a lot about the world around me as a young teen reading MAD (including how to...
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Remembering Rowan Jimenez
In the summer of 2016, I asked who wanted to try riding the Morro Bay Lighthouse Century with me in October (100-mile bike ride up the Pacific Coast Highway) . Rowan raised his hand and told me that...
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Beyond vs. Impossible — Fake Meat Taste Test
Used to be that Beyond meats were available in the grocery store, but you had to go to a restaurant to try Impossible Burgers. But recently I found Beyond and Impossible side-by-side in the grocery...
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El Radio Fantastique
Cycling Pt. Reyes/Petaluma today, stopped off to check out a trailhead I hadn’t seen before, when suddenly I heard a band. Just over the hill, this family – Mom and Dad and two daughters – shooting a...
View ArticleDjango: Testing for Missing Migrations
When adding or altering model schemas in Django, developers typically generate and commit accompanying migration files. But, counterintuitively, Django wants to track all model changes in migration...
View ArticleFlickr Besties
I sometimes encourage photographers to consider (or re-consider) using Flickr as their primary photo platform. But it can take a while to find the really good stuff on Flickr, so some people get...
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Building a photo portfolio site with Django and Flickr
Felt like it was finally time to make a photo portfolio website, but didn’t feel comfortable with any of the usual options, so decided to hand-code one in Django, since that’s what I do. In the...
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Living with Crutches
Because crutches fully occupy both hands, you can’t carry a damn thing around the house. You never even think about it until suddenly you realize that you: Can’t carry a cup of coffee from one room to...
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