Heidi's Journal

09/16/2010 18:25 #52760

Acid Mine Drainage ick
Category: home

More photos from the not-sand-run-falls hike (e:heidi,52710) & (e:heidi,52714)

What a cool mushroom, just hanging out on a dead branch.

Boney pile

Pine tree yellowed from the highly acidic shale that it's growing in.

Acid mine drainage pond above Babb's Creek. As the water moves down the mountain, it hits various treatment facilities but wow it's gross. And stinky.

We took a break here.

A nice August sunset shot from the visitors center on Rt. 15 S near Tioga, Pa.

tinypliny - 09/16/10 18:39
I love the sunset shot!

09/16/2010 18:04 #52759

George Eastman House & Mt. Hope Cemetery
Category: tourism

I had a lovely adventure in Rochester with several (e:peeps) and a Casey at the George Eastman House and the Mt. Hope Cemetery

metalpeter - 09/17/10 16:43
what a great looking house

heidi - 09/16/10 18:47
Bleach usually cleans up grout.

the dancer is an elf we picked up along the way. The tombstone hugger is (e:holly).

tinypliny - 09/16/10 18:38
I really wish I had cleaner grouting in my bathroom. :/ I just can't scrub it white. I guess it's so old that the dirt is embedded in it.

tinypliny - 09/16/10 18:36
Nice pics. Who is the ballerina on the grass and the Susan B. Anthony-hugger?

09/15/2010 12:17 #52743

Testing new app version
Category: testing

It seems to work.
Click to load live map

paul - 09/16/10 18:46
Its not that intuitive. The only reason I figured it out is because the iphone had it that way and so I tried when I got the nexus.

heidi - 09/16/10 18:44
Yep, it works. *blush* thank you for the instructions.

paul - 09/16/10 18:39
Your gallery app doesn't let you select multiple images? I can't remember if that came after 2.2 or not but basically the steps are:

1. Open gallery
2. Long press on any image and it brings up checkboxes next to the images.
3. Select the images you want.
4. Hit menu, share, select estrip and it attaches all of them.

heidi - 09/16/10 18:35
it's a pain to add more than a couple images from the phone - too many steps. (open estrip app, tap the gallery icon, navigate to the first picture, it returns to the app, tap the gallery again, repeat....)

paul - 09/15/10 19:48
nice, I am glad it is working. When you get a chance, try one with like 5-6 images that is when the problem was occurring on my phone before the update.

09/14/2010 00:04 #52732

Kristen Becker vs. Carl Paladino

Last Thursday at the Dykes of Hazard Variety Hour, Kristen Becker told a story about her interaction with Carl Paladino at Roxy's one night... Luckily, it was video'd by the folks at www.wnymedia.net.

The Washington insider rag Politico picked it up on the 10th. And tonight, Rachel Maddow talked to www.wnymedia.net guy Mark Odien [clip]. No mention of Kristen's completely NSFW video, but it's cool that her video is bringing more attention to wnymedia's exposure of his racist, sexist, bestiality-laden emails; crazy policy proposals, and all-around ick.

matthew - 09/15/10 13:42
That dude is CRAZY! ...even for a politician.

vincent - 09/14/10 22:43
It looks like he's going to take it.

In reality that describes a ton of people that I've encountered in WNY. I guess the prototype extends statewide as they all voted for him and it never even crossed their minds.

jason - 09/14/10 08:56
I've been taking jaunts across the state recently, and it's surprising how many Paladino lawn signs and bumper stickers I've seen. Saw a huge row of those signs in West Seneca (probably a rental mogul putting signs everywhere, my best guess).

Can't believe that crap with the e-mails didn't completely euthanize his campaign. That's a shock and a half.

09/11/2010 21:18 #52716

Wet nisha
Category: 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.

heidi - 09/12/10 11:39
Acid mine drainage

paul - 09/12/10 09:42
What is AMD?