Shadow Dog

Shadow Dog, originally uploaded by foggytown1.

Created in Painter 11.

Praise for Shelfari

Shelfari is like last.fm, but for books (sort of).
Shelfari is an online free app where you can list, review, discuss, and catalog books that you have read or own or want to read, etc…  Shelfari has good import abilities and it will export your data as a well defined excel file.
This has been something that [...]

Chrome OS, first thoughts

The collective woosh you heard yesterday as Google unveiled its OS, Chrome, was the sound of every MS executive exhaling together.  I am sure that when Chrome OS was first announced, the Redmond elite were worried.  After yesterday’s overview, I am sure they are relieved.
Chrome OS seems more like something that belongs on a phone [...]

Border Questions for Michael Savage (and his ilk)

This post could also be called My Border Experience and What it Means for Immigration Policy

The US can not stem the flow of undocumented migrants into this country, by some estimates the flow is almost one every minute…drip…drip…  All of our efforts in stemming this flow, have thus far, been largely ineffective.
As I’ve previously posted, [...]

Texas Vacation, Getting Home

Dashing Through the Snow, originally uploaded by foggytown1.
After a rest and a shower in Van Horn, we headed West on I-10 up through El Paso, through New Mexico, and finally to Tucson AZ. We got a room for two days near downtown, with our plan being to spend a day at Saguaro NP and [...]

Big Bend National Park

Coming in to Big Bend you are struck by the vastness of it all.  A vast and stark landscape, reminiscent of some of the best scenery in Death Valley.  My intent was to stay a week and explore everything possible with two dogs in tow.

We first stopped at Panther Junction, the central visitor center and [...]

Texas Vacation, Getting There

 
Play Fighting, originally uploaded by foggytown1.

My flaky riders caused me to leave 2 hours late, but finally got rolling with 3 riders (found via Craigslist). Out I-580 then South on I-5 to CA58 East then East on I-40. Out of California into Arizona. I dropped 2 riders in Flagstaff (I hope they [...]

Texas Bound

At noon today I take off for West Texas.  I have two riders going as far as Prescott AZ and another going to Ramah NM.  Then the dogs and I head on down to West Texas with a couple of stops along the way at Carlsbad Caverns NP and White Sands NM.  Our goal is [...]

Trouble Assimilating…

Since returning from vacation almost a month ago I’ve been having a rougher than usual time getting back into my hometown groove.  There was no “back from vacation” bump in my productivity, no refreshed view of work in general.  My first day back I was forced to fire an employee who majorly f…ed up (and [...]

Win7, Microsoft’s Redemption?

With much ado, Windows 7 was released world wide yesterday.  The reviews are in and they seem uniformly positive.
The Guardian: Windows 7 is simply the best version of Windows you can get…a lot less buggy than Apple’s Snow Leopard.
Slate: the new Windows is not only the best operating system that Microsoft has ever produced. It [...]