A short review of State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Even though I read State of Fear a few months ago, I thought I'd jot down my overall thoughts of the book. As you might notice, I read nearly all of Crichton's…
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Jump, splash, bubble, bubble.
Date taken: September 30, 2008 Eliza wanted to test out her new waterproof camera. Andrew and I helped her out. All photos credit: Eliza Devroe.
Ghost crab
There are tons of crabs on the beach here on Indian Beach in Salter Path, NC.
Snorkeling for crabs, big and small
Lady Chancery trolls by our "secret" cove where Andrew and I did some snorkeling. Today we had planned to head out either Sand Dollar Island or Shackleford Banks to do some snorkeling,…
The view
Weather has been good so far. Nearly empty beach. Perfect.
Upcoming events: Social Media Summit, Podcamp and Wordcamp Hawaii, and FOWD NYC
Upon my return from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas I said that I regretted not mentioning that I was going to the event beforehand. So I thought I'd look at…
Pickles watching birds
Eliza trapped him in the office due to bad behaviour. He made the best of it by watching birds out the window.
Sometimes, things just seem to line up
Albert Yee, a friend whom I've never met, recently shot this photo in Philadelphia and since sharing it on Flickr it has gotten what I think is well-worthy praise. You can head…
Threatening pig traps woman
Wild Pig, Florida – ricksege Finally some real news! A 63-year old woman learns a lesson that many learn by feeding a stray cat; never feed a wild animal. However, Caroline Hayes…
A winery barn
Date taken: August 30, 2005 A winery that offers tastings, gifts, and snacks in a very large barn. I believe this was on Cayuga Lake in New York. I'll check my records…
190 Bowery: The 72-Room Bohemian Dream House
Wow. Jay Maisel, a photographer, bought this building 42 years ago for $102,000. It is now estimated to be worth nearly $30 million. Talk about a return on investment. Real estate experts, interviewed…
Falls
Date taken: June 2003 Left: American Falls. Right: Canadian Falls (Horseshoe Falls). An amazing amount of water falling over an ever-eroding cliff.
Feeding an egret in Tampa, Florida in August 2001
Just about one year ago I posted a photo of this bird without too much explanation besides that I had taken the photo in the Tampa Bay in Florida in August of…
On top of Currituck
In March 2002 Eliza and I went for a drive to North Carolina to help my parents move into their new home there. Of course at the time, I wrote about it…
Clarifi, the iPhone case with built-in macro-lens
Remember my iPhone macro lens? If not, here is how I made it and here is a video demonstration of it in action. My solution to the iPhone's lacking built-in lens did…
Interview with David Winton, Director of \”Code Rush\”
Andy Baio, who runs one of my favorite weblogs Waxy.org, had released Code Rush, a documentary about the early days of Mozilla, on his site in its entirety (using Viddler, of course)….
BBQ Chicken and Salmon
And of course, a little wine.
Fixer upper
A building in Carbondale, PA that has been in disrepair for a few years. Sad.
Hey Mr. Genius DJ!
Writing on my personal site feels so much different than writing on TUG.n, a site I've all but abandoned due to other priorities. But every now and then I get the opportunity…
Chips
So, today is Talk Like A Pirate Day?
I figured I might as well look the part. Have you talked like a pirate today? This post is made possible by Skitch… one of my most favorite Macintosh applications.
Lone
Redneck breakfast
This photo, by my wife Eliza, was simply too good not to post.
X RR
Bigfoot. Stabilized.
Just a few nights ago I was watching a History Channel show dedicated to the pursuit of Bigfoot. Today I find something that I find completely fascinating; someone stabilized the infamous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. Source: Stabilized…
Brightkite launches search
Today Brightkite, the location-based social network, has updated their page layout to, once again, bring search back to the top of the page. This time, however, they've added two new types of…
Cemetery sign
Cemetery
Junction; Business
Web applications that I use on my iPhone
"Use on mobile phones and sites you use to keep up to date and others in the loop." And I thought the llama suggestion was going to be tough to write? What…