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View ArticleYosemite National Park - My Adventure
Mirror Lake at Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley 150 years ago, June 30, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, the US Congress and Abraham Lincoln were convinced to set aside the first wild land...
View ArticleTest Play Diary
One kind of play This is just a place for tech to play, nothing special. Hang out or not as you like. Two kinds of play!
View ArticleMore Test Play
Hard at work, we are. We're putting up a couple of tweaks to the new mobile site, and so we're using this diary as a sandbox to play in with our very finely crushed rocks.
View ArticleCalifornia Primary Day: let's talk issues!
The gorgeous Mendocino coast. I'm looking at my sample ballot and have questions about some of the races. What are our thoughts on the downballot statewide races, like Secretary of State and...
View ArticleRandom photo diary for test
Mendocino, California This is a test diary to make sure nothing is borked. If we got things right, subscribers will be able to view the mobile-site ad free, and there's an addition to the image...
View ArticleThursday Afternoon Test Diary
The code is a work in progress, perhaps like this Thomas Moran sketch of Yosemite from 1872. Don't get too close to the bleeding edge with code updates! Your tax dollars at work, preserving and...
View ArticleRandom photos
Sorry for the site hiccup there... our provider said a "brief" outage. They were thinking on geologic timescales, I think. Just looking to see that all is in order again. Fun fact: the lamb on the...
View ArticleThe 150th anniversary of the idea of national parks
Merced River and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, circa 1865, Carleton Watkins photograph One hundred and fifty years ago, the United States was in the midst of the Civil War. And yet, a group of...
View ArticleLet's be Sheepish.
Navajo-Churro sheep are small but grow a lot of fiber. I'm just running a little test here with publishing and images. Carry on, and meanwhile, enjoy the sheep and woozles!
View ArticleEnjoy this scrap art
Real Goods Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA I always enjoy stopping in at the Solar Living Center. Weird restrooms, neat ponds, biodiesel, electric charging station, a really interesting store, a dude...
View ArticleLearn your African Geography
A dutch map of Africa dividing it into different regions, that may help you get your bearings. I love maps. I know the geography of the United States cold. I know where the state boundaries are, the...
View ArticleWater, in nature
The Dettifoss in Iceland, the most powerful waterfall in all Europe. Victoria Falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe This is actually a test diary. But while I'm here, why not regale you all with...
View ArticleScenes from the California Coast
Snowy egret Where I live, it's not terribly common for sea lions to hang out at the gas station. Snowy egret, with friends
View ArticleThis database, it likes to run. It likes to run in the hot, hot sun
One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish, Black fish, Blue fish, Old fish, New fish. This one has a little car. This one has a little star. Say! What a lot of fish there are. Yes. Some are red, and some...
View ArticleJabberwocky
(By Lewis Carroll) `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe."Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that...
View Article"We didn't have enough processing power for women players in our videogame"
Sydney Leroux is apparently too hard to draw. View image | gettyimages.comI have to say, this is the saddest excuse I've seen yet for why a videogame company didn't offer the option of female players....
View ArticleIt's your chance to be in the Beta driver's seat
Do you want the final say to rest with this toddler and this adorable dog? Yesterday, we released a fresh set of changes to comments in the Beta that we believe make them feature complete. That is,...
View ArticleLooks like we made it!
So here we are, welcome to DK5. Beta is still open if you want a place to try things out, but I expect the next couple of days are going to be full of experimentation in any case. So, write your...
View ArticleOnce More, With Feeling
x YouTube Video When Buffy the Vampire Slayer first came on the air on the WB Network, I figured it would just be silly, but heard enough good things to watch it anyway. I remember coming away from...
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