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Central Oregon Sunrise
Wow, 34° out this morning and another beautiful day is in the works. Unfortunately our office is on the West side of the house so I frequently miss out on the spectacular sunrises that we get here. Maybe it’s for the better as I seem to be turning into somewhat of a sunrise slut. I…
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Trac Application
I just stumbled across a new code repository/bug tracking system called Trac. It’s still in it’s infancy, but it’s nice to see someone synthesizing the code managment and bug tracking experiences. And they have a built-in Wiki engine to boot, which means your comments and bug reports can have rich text… something that’s been missing…
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The Great Nordeen 2005
Every winter Central Oregon hosts the Great Nordeen x-country ski race. On a whim I decided to compete this year. And by “compete”, I mean “try to finish”. They intially offered both a 42K and a 30K course and I opted for the shorter of the two. This seemed like the wisest course since I…
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99 Rooms
I like exploring the online games that are out there. Sites like www.miniclip.com and www.neodelight.com are good starting points. Most of the stuff is pretty amateurish or downright worthless, but every once in a while you run across a real gem. 99 Rooms is just such a discovery. It’s more art than game, actually. Based…
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First Frame
Back in May of 2004, I attended the “Brazed Frame Building” course offered by the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, OR. In the course we designed and built our own bicycle frame, a process that was immensely fun and rewarding. It’s taken me 6 months, but I’ve finally managed to finish off my writeup describing…