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09/11/2010 21:18 #52716
Wet nishaCategory: home
Nisha dipped her front paws in the amd pond so she got a shower when we got home. I rinsed it off her as soon as I realized she had done it... Ugh strong sulfur smell. I think she drank a little too cuz she coughed a lot and puked once on the rest of the hike. I hope she doesn't get cancer or something from it.
09/11/2010 20:42 #52714
First tracks postCategory: home
This route isn't recommended. We did not travel across the body of water... it's the AMD pond I mentioned in the last post.
The track is also not complete because the phone was out of battery. We walked the road back to my truck.
The track is also not complete because the phone was out of battery. We walked the road back to my truck.
09/11/2010 20:30 #52710
Not sand run fallsCategory: home
My friend J and I have been having fun forging new trails in the tioga state forest outside of arnot, pa., and not getting to sand run falls. There's a perfectly nice marked, maintained trail to sand run falls from the arnot road, but being the oddballs we are, we have been refusing to take it, knowing there's a more obscure shorter path from Landrus Road. (I'm hoping my Tioga County friends don't read this but it's kinda embarrassing but funny.)
I tried out the android tracks app for our adventure. Ran out of battery before we finished but we were nearly on the road by then. Tracks is cool but the elevation gain stat is weird, it seems to record every foot up, not a net gain. So we went over 700 feet up, but min and max elevation were 1543 & 1905, still significant.
We found a huge old boney (shale) pile, waste from coal mining. Then we found a disgusting amd holding pond that the babb's creek watershed folks have been remediating for at least 20 years. Didn't take phone pix of it but did take real camera pix that I'll try to post soon.
Boney pile
Babb's Creek
Friends drinking at the Bear Ass last night
Beautiful clouds on the route between Buffalo & Bloss.
I tried out the android tracks app for our adventure. Ran out of battery before we finished but we were nearly on the road by then. Tracks is cool but the elevation gain stat is weird, it seems to record every foot up, not a net gain. So we went over 700 feet up, but min and max elevation were 1543 & 1905, still significant.
We found a huge old boney (shale) pile, waste from coal mining. Then we found a disgusting amd holding pond that the babb's creek watershed folks have been remediating for at least 20 years. Didn't take phone pix of it but did take real camera pix that I'll try to post soon.
Boney pile
Babb's Creek
Friends drinking at the Bear Ass last night
Beautiful clouds on the route between Buffalo & Bloss.
09/10/2010 15:41 #52695
Parking metersCategory: tourism
The parking meters in Wellsboro, Pa., are so pointless... they only take nickels and dimes, and tickets are $5, payable at certain meters with drop boxes.
jbeatty - 09/10/10 21:03
Wait parking tickets are only $5? Some of the meters in Buffalo are pointless. There are some on Ellicott st. near SeaBar that only take quarters, however you have to insert 8 before the damn thing will work. I also hate how the more modern meters only take quarters or credit cards. Is it too much to ask to take cash?
Wait parking tickets are only $5? Some of the meters in Buffalo are pointless. There are some on Ellicott st. near SeaBar that only take quarters, however you have to insert 8 before the damn thing will work. I also hate how the more modern meters only take quarters or credit cards. Is it too much to ask to take cash?
heidi - 09/10/10 21:00
My friend Jennie :::link::: says the meters aren't pointless, they provide lots of entertainment and they bring customers into the store. Customers need to exchange their quarters for dimes & nickels... cuz who has dimes & nickels???
My friend Jennie :::link::: says the meters aren't pointless, they provide lots of entertainment and they bring customers into the store. Customers need to exchange their quarters for dimes & nickels... cuz who has dimes & nickels???
tinypliny - 09/10/10 20:24
I first saw one of these curious little meters in downtown Rochester and remember sending a photo home. I felt like Gobo's travelling uncle Matt. I still do sometimes.
I first saw one of these curious little meters in downtown Rochester and remember sending a photo home. I felt like Gobo's travelling uncle Matt. I still do sometimes.
paul - 09/10/10 16:19
Who has nickels? I think its time to phase out nickels and pennies.
Who has nickels? I think its time to phase out nickels and pennies.
09/07/2010 21:28 #52679
Extreme updated cutenessCategory: tech
My eee pc got a new OS! [(e:heidi,45870) and (e:heidi,51382)] It's soooo cute and all handy & up to date! Asus stopped supporting this model (eee pc 900) shortly after I bought it and I was stuck in firefox 2.0, which made the all-important google docs unhappy. Now I have Chrome, firefox, cheese, and all kinds of other goodies.
(Interesting how estrip.org is in the bookmarks toolbar!)
Thank you!!!!
(Interesting how estrip.org is in the bookmarks toolbar!)
Thank you!!!!
uncutsaniflush - 09/09/10 20:56
(e:paul) - thanks for the offer but being the Linux distro whore that I am I put Ubuntu Studo - Puppy Edition on the 900a after I commented last. I've been using it on my mom-in-law's old box (celeron 2 ghz) as as music studio with decent results. The power supply recently blew on the celeron box so i'm using a psu from another box externally since I don't have another micro-atx psu floating around at home.
Why use the puppy edition instead of the full blown Ubuntu Studio? In a word - latency. It uses a real time kernel and on the celeron box with Ubuntu Studio the latency is around 23.9 for Ardour and with the puppy edition it is around 5.8. And, of course, less latency is better latency.
(e:paul) - thanks for the offer but being the Linux distro whore that I am I put Ubuntu Studo - Puppy Edition on the 900a after I commented last. I've been using it on my mom-in-law's old box (celeron 2 ghz) as as music studio with decent results. The power supply recently blew on the celeron box so i'm using a psu from another box externally since I don't have another micro-atx psu floating around at home.
Why use the puppy edition instead of the full blown Ubuntu Studio? In a word - latency. It uses a real time kernel and on the celeron box with Ubuntu Studio the latency is around 23.9 for Ardour and with the puppy edition it is around 5.8. And, of course, less latency is better latency.
paul - 09/08/10 21:49
Its totally worth it. She had a 900 and it made it work like a completely new device. I installed it by putting the ubuntu netbook live CD on a USB drive and booting off of that. I have it still if you need it.
Its totally worth it. She had a 900 and it made it work like a completely new device. I installed it by putting the ubuntu netbook live CD on a USB drive and booting off of that. I have it still if you need it.
uncutsaniflush - 09/08/10 15:31
(e:heidi) - I hope you enjoy yr new and improved eee.
(e:paul) - shame on me for thinking that you put fedora on everything.
I was farting around with my eee 900a and right now it is distro-less. Maybe I'll try fedora netbook or unbuntu netbook on it.
(e:heidi) - I hope you enjoy yr new and improved eee.
(e:paul) - shame on me for thinking that you put fedora on everything.
I was farting around with my eee 900a and right now it is distro-less. Maybe I'll try fedora netbook or unbuntu netbook on it.
heidi - 09/08/10 14:00
It's very speedy. It feels so modern in comparison.
It's very speedy. It feels so modern in comparison.
paul - 09/07/10 22:45
I do love Fedora and they do have an eeepc build, but its actually ubuntu netbook edition :::link::: as I thought it would be easier for (e:heidi) to maintain.
I do love Fedora and they do have an eeepc build, but its actually ubuntu netbook edition :::link::: as I thought it would be easier for (e:heidi) to maintain.
uncutsaniflush - 09/07/10 22:27
Since (e:paul) and cheese are mentioned I'm going to guess Fedora!!??
Since (e:paul) and cheese are mentioned I'm going to guess Fedora!!??
paul - 09/07/10 22:16
Of course I had to add that! It seems pretty responsive.
Of course I had to add that! It seems pretty responsive.
Acid mine drainage
What is AMD?