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22 June, 2014 02:07

Jaz hits beauty double to far left field for double. Steals 3rd. Comes in when they try to get Cole as he steals 2nd. PT up 6-2

22 June, 2014 01:53

Jaz throws lots of strikes. Gets a strike out. But a few are hit hard. Including in the park home run. PT up 4-2 after 3 innings

22 June, 2014 01:30

First batter walked. Next batter singles. He’s thrown out when next batter singles. A couple more strike outs. Good inning.

22 June, 2014 00:53

Looks like Jaz is warming up in the bullpen. He’ll be starting pitcher for today’s game in Ridgefield. 59°, overcast, breezy

On Linking to Primary Sources

Daring Fireball is always a good source of commentary and thought.

Gruber picked this gem from Via Michael Lopp. It’s a post from The Guardian’s Ben Goldacre.

On Linking to Primary Sources: "

Ben Goldacre:

But more than anything, because linking to sources is such an easy thing to do and the motivations for avoiding links are so dubious, I’ve detected myself using a new rule of thumb: if you don’t link to primary sources, I just don’t trust you.

I know that my internal radar is always suspicious of blogs and news sites that don’t link. The Web = Links.

The 'Net is Back!

Woohoo!!

I just revived my home network! A power outage last week borked an access point in the front of the house.

This meant that half of the devices in the house could not “see” the ‘Net. This included the AppleTV, which meant we were Netflix-less. (Just as I’m starting to sell its virtues to the rest of the family.)

That also meant that there was almost no wifi signal in the front of the house. Which not only sucked because I couldn’t get on the ‘Net, but, I also couldn’t control the AppleTV, which meant we couldn’t stream any of our music or videos or photos. It drove me crazy all weekend, since I kept fiddling, but I couldn’t get it to work. Eventually, I had to reset the access point, and re-configure it. And now it works!

Time for bed–Hey look at the time!

Update: Just as I was going to publish this, I saw that it was 1:11 on Jan 11, 2011. (1:11 1/11/11). But as I hit the Publish button, it failed. It took me a few minutes to re-authorize this iPod, bit the moment passed. Sigh. Time for bed!

Coolest Dad, Ever

On the way to school, The Boy mentioned that the girls in his 4th grade class would choose a song every week, and then they would sing it over and over.

It was annoying, as that what girls are (of course).

I asked if they were singing the new Lady Ga Ga.

“Which one?” he asked.

“Y’know, ‘My Photograph.'”

“Which one is that?” he asked, perplexed.

Me singing… “My-my-my-my-my Pho-to-graph. My-my-my-my-my Pho-to-graph.”

He had this quizzical expression, the way a dog looks at you when you are showing off your use of opposable thumbs.

“You mean ‘Pokerface?'”

“Uh… yeah…”

I’m so cool.

Practical, Visual, Three-Dimensional Pedagogy for Internet Protocol Packet Header Control Fields (via Righteous IT)

One of the things that I really like about this, is that it helps to illustrate an arcane topic. In the past, I’ve seen people’s eyes glaze over when I start to explain TCP/IP. (Makes you want to hang out with me at parties, huh?)

This is a clever way to help show the different parts of an ingenious invention. Coolness.

Practical, Visual, Three-Dimensional Pedagogy for Internet Protocol Packet Header Control Fields Hal Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates Tell me what this is: If you said, "Hey! That's a TCP header diagram in Lego(TM)", or perhaps, "Holy &^%@! That idiot made a TCP header diagram in Lego(TM)!", then you're exactly right!  This is another one of those wild, wacky ideas that we dreamed up in the middle of one of my SANS classes (note to the S … Read More

via Righteous IT

Is That Your Music?

I had a dream last night.

I was at the Canadian border and the border guard came to my window. It was a cold night. I could see his breath as he approached.

I rolled down my window and he bent down and asked "Is that your music?"

What? What did he mean? I was expecting him to ask me about any produce or contraband.

But now, with the window down, I could hear the music. It was familiar. I heard loud guitar riffs, zipping along, drums hammering. Was that... Scatterbrain?

Scatterbrain was a great band

At that time, I woke up and realized that I had fallen asleep with my iPod shuffle playing.

The 12-Year Wait

Cranes in the Fire Mist

Over at TWIP (This Week In Photography) there’s a cool story about Scott Bourne’s photo “Cranes in the Fire Mist” that took 12-years to capture. It’s called Pre-visualization and Patience Can Pay Off .

Every year, for 12 years, he made a trek to Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. He thought about the composition and light in the photo that he wanted. He learned what the weather had to be for it to happen. He prepared his gear. He had a list of nine things that had to be in place, including a cold, cloudless morning with slight winds from the west or northwest. Oh yeah, the birds had to be there, too!

It’s a great photo, and now that I know the back story, it’s even more impressive.

Wow.