Category: utah

07/07/07 11:41 - 72ºF - ID#39999

Utah Wildfires Tonight

My dad's house may burn down tonight. Depends on the wind. No rain in 4 months and everything's turned to tinder. They are packing up the truck. If firefighters come back, it will be to tell them to evacute.

I remember the fire last year as (e:james) and I came out of the paria slots up into Escalante - pillar of smoke covering half the horizon for three days after. A bizarre cap to our hike, which was two days in and aborted due to lack of water. I was pushing so hard to get put of the canyons I ended up with sunstroke, and had to wait in meager shade at the trailhead watching the fire take up more and more of the sky, while James hitched back to our car.

I'm also thinking about as a kid i'd watch fires on mountainside near our home, seemingly hovering midair at midnight, char and smoke of sap and sweet smelling wood. Fearsome, a guilty pleasure to watch - enjoying it but knowing people's lives were being destroyed.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: movies

07/07/07 08:53 - 76ºF - ID#39996

Transformers

Transformers was awesome. Sorry for doubting you (e:enknot) and (e:mrdeadlier).

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: apple

07/06/07 10:49 - 72ºF - ID#39977

Gelato at Dolce's

I've been trying to email this photo up, but it disappears in to the aether. So I will post it like a normal person and then sign off for the night :)

We walked down the block to Dolce's with the dog. Our new place is so close to everything, there is so much more to walk to and see then at our old place near Hodge.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

07/06/07 07:49 - 72ºF - ID#39970

Missed One

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: buffalo

07/06/07 06:22 - 76ºF - ID#39969

Misc Photos

Neighborhood Fireworks

Mirrored Room

Freaky Baby

Blue Devil Phallus

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: gardening

07/06/07 09:45 - 70ºF - ID#39961

Tomatoes

Porch farming:

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: marketing

07/05/07 10:04 - 74ºF - ID#39932

Astroturfing

Today at work I was talking with (e:Paul) and (e:Tony)(?) about (WIKIPEDIA - astroturfing), which is when companies or organizations try to create the image of broad or spontaneous support from the general public but really it's all bought and paid for and basically just sleazy marketing (astroturf, as in fake grass - not really grassroots).

Paul was talking about how Sprite faked up rap concerts and paid cool kids to go and look cool and the broadcast it all on MTV as though everyone else was paying to be there, when really Sprite was footing the bill. So now Sprite is the face of of rap or something ridiculous.

Read through some of those examples on the linked wikipedia page - how cynical do you have to be to try something like this?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: apartment

07/01/07 09:49 - 67ºF - ID#39882

The First of Many

Our neighbors have a scary porch. It's sagging, but looking at it I don't know where it is going to. The post looks like it's shrinking, not sinking or bowing out (although the face boards are popping off). The base looks fine but the top is way too low.

I am not sure how that can be. One night we'll be woken to the sound of it crashing in to our bedroom.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

07/01/07 02:35 - 65ºF - ID#39875

E:Strip on iPhone

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: apple

07/01/07 12:46 - 63ºF - ID#39873

iphone keyboard

It's working pretty good but I wish when it made suggestions it would give a few options instead of one at a time.

I'm typing this post from it and haven't had to hit backspace once yet. For me it's a big step up, but Paul I'm sure you'd be frustrated by the non-802.11 wireless speeds. Not too bad though definitely usable.

There is no way to upload files through regular web pages which is pretty annoying. Have to email them or sync to get photos off.

All in all I love it. Those are my only complaints as far as basic functionality go.