Because the Microsoft Surface Pro was on sale, I bought one, somewhat for reasons I will explain in a future post, but also because I am a gadget nut and wanted a tablet designed for Windows 8. My impressions so far are that the Surface Pro is a very solid, speedy machine. The “Type Cover”…
In addition to the Endeavour, we saw some other spacecraft at the California Science Museum. Exciting to have all this space history in one place so close to us!
The Space Shuttle Endeavour was in a temporary facility when we went to see it in January at the California Science Museum near USC, just south of downtown Los Angeles. It was exciting to see it, and, though it was crowded, we didn’t have to waste too much time getting in to see it. We…
My wife and I went to the California Science Museum in January to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Pictures of that will come soon, but there are other wonderful things to see there, including the aircraft shown below. Next to the parking lot was a Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, a predecessor to the SR-71. Then…
We went out to our favorite Mexican food place (Avila’s El Ranchito) last night, then took a nice walk on the beach. It was supposed to be a lousy, cold, overcast day, but it turned into a delightful evening. Click the pictures to see a full-sized version. All taken with iPhones, so expect noise in…
Amazon has come out with a nifty WordPress plugin that allows users to send posts from blogs to their Kindles. Of course since I love new tech things, I’ve installed it on this site, though I can’t imagine much demand for it! Sandly, the plugin does not seem to capture images, even though it shows…
Having all our stuff stored in the “cloud” seems like a great convenience. We can access our movies and sounds via iTunes Match or Amazon’s Cloud Player. While I always download songs when I buy them, it is nice to be able to access them even when I’m not at home on my Mac that…
Today quickly switched from a pleasant Sunday to a little too exciting when my wife arrived home from grocery shopping and yelled “Fire!” At almost the same instant, I could smell smoke and there was a helicopter flying over the house. Once my heart started beating again, I saw that the fire was south of…
We had yet another amazing sunset last night, as the following pictures show. Click on them, because the thumbnails don’t do them justice and often cut off important bits.
When I awoke this morning, the moon was brightly visible as the sun was rising. I grabbed my camera and took these shots. I’m trying to learn to be a better photographer, so I am at least shooting in RAW now and with Aperture Priority mode. This is the first time I’ve used Adobe Lightroom,…
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