Category: Recreation

Food

Berries are back!

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Farmers markets have berries and for a limited time, you can find Golden Raspberries!  These raspberries are sweeter and more delicious then your conventional raspberries (notable for their color.  More yellow/orange then red).  I love it when they are available and I stock up because they are usually gone by June.  I also picked up some mulberries because I had never had them before.  Despite an infamous monkey and weasel known for circling a mulberry bush, I found them quite ordinary.  A novelty for berry lovers like me, but nothing so special it must be tasted.

golden raspberries from the farmers marketmulberries from the farmers market

Travel

Lamenting the lost ride. . .

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Hyundai Crash Airbag DeployedYesterday I was in a collision that destroyed my Hyundai Elantra of nearly a decade!  It was a car i never planned on owning, but without which i cannot have imagined my life these past years.  It is important to say at this time that i escaped relatively uninjured.  I put a great deal of effort into this car.  Shortly after i purchased it, i installed my first carputer.  With the incredible help of BJ and his father Bill and a headless G4 laptop.  I wanted to finally post these pictures now that it is all over and done.  From prototype and preparation to wiring and construction.  It was amazing and it was done years before the iPhone.  Bill even welded me a custom bracket to make it all fit together securely.

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art, Culture, movies, Recreation, television, Travel

Wondercon 2015 Photos! 

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Crowds & Food Trucks

First time at Wondercon, I had a great time.  Hilariously interesting panels, friendly people and amazing costumes.  Food trucks for miles supplemented the usual con food.  Similar to Comic Con in spirit, but not in scope.  Wondercon lacked the sweltering crowds and with them, much of the lines.  This more intimate setting afforded more direct fan interaction.  I saw creators hugging fans and levels of joy and enthusiasm that could almost approximate wonder.

…And there were robots.
be3n in a T.A.R.D.I.S.


R2-D2K-9 at Wondercon
 

hardware, Recreation, Software, technology

My dad and his Performa 6500!

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My dad and his Apple Performa 6500 This priceless gem I found only recently.  My father with his Apple Performa 6500.  Not sure exactly when this was taken, but I love the Sherlock shirt he’s got on.  This was half a dozen towers ago for him.  Dad’s always loved technology.  He got me started in all this.  Thanks dad.