Monthly Archives: January 2007

Blows Up REAL GOOD

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Jon Bell’s Truck-Mounted Snowblower

Photo by Matt Clarke

My pal Jon Bell makin the snow fly with his custom-made snow-blower! Whoo Hoo!!!

Here’s some stats:

  • 4 wheel drive
  • 4 wheel steering
  • 2 engines
  • 6 transmissions
  • 7 foot blower run by a V-8 engine
  • Designed and assembled over two years at home with parts from at least 9 vehicles and a log splitter
  • Minimum speed: 660 ft/hr
  • Maximum speed: 45mi/hr

Ella Comes to Town

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Just upgraded to v2.1 (Ella) of WordPress – went pretty smoothly. Only glitch I’ve seen so far is that all my static pages duplicated. Not bad since I have only 6 or so, but I can see that infuriating some folks. Not sure what caused it – followed the (excellent) detailed upgrade instructions to the letter. *shrug* No deaths, no sucking chest wounds, it’s all good.

Thanks and kudos to the WordPress team! The new static-homepage feature, the autosave and the spell check are KILLER improvements. Hope they add a customizer for the rich text editor next. WordPress just gets better and better! I give it two thumbs and a coupla toes up!

Squimmy

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Squimmy on the Porch

Squimmy

1989-2007

Beloved of Rebecca and David, departed this 20th day of January. Adopted as an orphan and cared for as family. I knew this sweet girl and mourn her passing. Bon voyage mon petite.

I offer the following for her owners:

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there; I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there; I did not die.

Mary Frye

Going Out of Business

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http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/apple_makes_a_b.html

Apple’s first-quarter 2007 results are the best ever.

Thanks to selling an unbelievable 21.1 million iPods over the holidays, Apple reported record-breaking revenues for the December quarter of more than $7 billion. $1 billion of that is pure profit.

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Not bad for a company that’s (supposedly) been going out of business since 1984.

I think it’s time for Apple’s detractors to wake up and smell the burning silicon.

UnSpoken Things

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My buddy Shane Schieffer has been working on an independent film project ‘Unspoken Things’ for four years now – I’ve seen early releases of it and it’s superb! The price of the ticket is well worth it – give it a shot and help support a budding filmmaker!

From my pal Shane Schieffer:

Hello,

My film, Unspoken Things, has been almost 4-years in the making, by February it will be completed, and on January 22nd (two Mondays from now) I will be holding a “sneak peek” and fundraising event at the Oriental Theater in Denver. I hope you will come and please invite friends and family!

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