Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2007
I had the whole week off and didn’t do much. Tuesday I had a Line-X spray-in bedliner put in my truck; it’s fucking sharp and surprisingly thick. I also received my Canon 30D and one of my lenses. After getting my camera and truck put back together, I had intended to go someplace not Austin […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2007
I went to South Padre Island this weekend. I left Saturday afternoon and came home this morning. I pretty much piled clothes into a bag, picked up my cameras and left. About a five hour drive down. I had a blast and recommend it to anyone looking for some sun. If you’re looking for a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2007
Over time, I’ve been getting annoyed at how my left shoulder always appears to be really drooped down in photographs due to my scoliosis. It’s also a functional problem too, when wearing a pack I have to snug down my left strap to compensate for the drop, yet my right shoulder tends to bear the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2007
The leftover Euro I have from my Amsterdam trip has increased in dollar value by 4% since August. Over the past year, the Euro to Dollar exchange rate has increased 10.1%. Pretty nice when you’re just sitting on currency. Sucks when you want to go back. In other news, I found out the State mailed […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2007
I finally finished scanning film from Canada, Amsterdam and the Burning Man roadtrip. I’m disappointed some 40+ night time pictures at BM didn’t work. Last year I underexposed them all, this year I overexposed them and blew out all the detail. This should teach me to buy a meter or a digital SLR. pictures – […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2007
Finally back home in Austin. I arrived here Saturday afternoon after making the 2700+ mile trip from Bellevue. All together, I put in 6,295 miles in the two weeks I’ve been gone. I spent Monday and Tuesday visiting friends in the area and began the drive home Wednesday afternoon. I had intended to drive down […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2007
I’m in Seattle. I can’t believe I’ve driven to Seattle. I took a little over two weeks off of work for Burning Man and to use up my time before I lose it next week. Thursday before last was spent frantically running around town picking up last minute suppllies, errands and packing. Friday morning I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2007
Japan isn’t the only country that suffers from engrish. Apparently there’s also dunglish too. I often wondered, if english is a mandatory subject in Dutch schools, would people needlessly slip it in trying to be hip and cool? I’ve seen some odd phrases here and there, even in the Rijksmuseum where they used ‘of’ instead […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2007
Back home. Several things decided to break while I was gone; both my home and colo fileservers went down and my truck battery was completely drained after sitting three weeks. The latter required a lengthy jump to get it to successfully start, but there wasn’t enough spare amperage to run fans much less the AC […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2007
I’m beginning to take for granted things here that I’m sorely going to miss back in the states: Street-side cafes and pubs for quick casual drink+eats and people watching Incredibly pleasant Dutch people. They’re always laid back, friendly and willing to lend a hand to a foreigner. 6′ tall blonde Dutch girls who can not […]
