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Monthly Archives: July 2010
The view from the top of the Pacific
This is a little old, but some folks might enjoy my photo expedition to Mauna Kea from 2008. Some things have changed — Saddle Road, for instance, is a lot better than it was even two years ago — but … Continue reading
I’d like to welcome our new photophytotoxic overlords
I know it was a somewhat silly series of books, but I had “The War Against the Chtorr” in the back of my mind while watching this: Does fire kill this stuff? Jeez, that’s terrifying.
Posted in Grim Meathook World
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Single national narratives
Andrew Coyne, Canada is a French country: But if the history of Canada is an unbroken chain of sovereignty, Francis to Elizabeth, Champlain to Johnston; if what is important about it is not the change from French to British rule … Continue reading
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Thanks a lot, James May
It turns out that the Eyjafjallajokull eruption that stranded me in the United Kingdom earlier this year was all James May’s fault. Seriously. If you watched the first episode of Series 15 (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, … Continue reading
It also says you can’t put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling
So I was reading through the Canadian Aviation Regulations this afternoon looking for something specifically prohibiting me from dropping things from airplanes. (It turns out there isn’t any such regulation, as long as you do it safely.) And then, I … Continue reading
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Lost in Sysadminning
Buying a Unix system guarantees you a descent into Hell. –Philip Greenspun We’re back up and running (somewhat) normally, following ~18-ish hours of weirdness that stemmed from a badly botched update of WordPress. It started when I decided to bring … Continue reading
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