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Don’t do this. This is stupid. Running a mail server is a pain in the ass. If your startup or family or organization needs a domain and email, just point your domain at Google and use their great mail, calendar, and shared documents tools. Avoid all the battles with spammers, black lists, hackers and security updates. So why […] Chuckwalla Bench, Colorado Desert, California, 29 October 2011 As promised, last weekend was the first of two excellent dark sky weekends this month. The weather turned out to be perfect for this one as well. Jane and I went to our old favorite spot off I-10, Chuckwalla Bench, on BLM land south of Joshua Tree in the Colorado […] Observing report, October 22, 2011 It's very easy to miss this sign from National Trails Highway, the delightful old U.S. Highway 66. This month is blessed with two very good dark sky observing weekends, and we opted to take the first one at a spot we’ve been thinking about for a […] “Thank you for calling DirecTV, and thank you for being a loyal customer since 2004! How may I assist you today?” “I’m calling to close my account.” It took some doing. After being transfered to a specialist in such matters, who tried to tempt me with such things as a six-month discount, a new TiVo box when they […] This past weekend, August 4-5, 2011, I saw my first rocket launch live from Kennedy Space Center. Well actually, I was at Kennedy, the rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 41, about three miles away. See, it’s those details that I love. Maybe it’s the sign of a true geek, or just my […] Click here for the full photo album with lots more pictures. The snow-capped peaks were beautiful from the Foothill Freeway It had been several months since our schedule, the weather, and the moon phase all cooperated to give us a chance to get out to our favorite astronomy spot. Jane and I, joined by Dave Hasenauer, ventured […] It’s sort of my fault. I was at the bridge club a few months ago when a young asian fellow stopped in to see how the games worked. The director invited him to kibitz my table, and I chatted with him a little between hands. He admitted that he enjoyed playing bridge and sometimes played online. And […] These cumulus clouds were nearly stationary all evening, making quite the light show with an electrical storm Observing report, August 7, 2010 We hadn’t expected to be able to observe during this part of the summer from Chuckwalla Bench in the High Colorado desert south of Joshua Tree, but this August night’s forecast at Desert Center […] Almost-full moon rising over I-210 in Pasadena at 8:00 p.m., July 24, 2010. It was about 8:00 p.m. Saturday night. Jane and I were driving home from having just seen Salt in Pasadena. This beautiful moon was rising above the Foothill Freeway, with dark blue earth shadow just below it. I realized in this one picture was […] Jane snapped this shot of me shortly after sunset, squinting into the bit of wind we had. Happy Independence Day! This weekend wasn’t our usual dark sky new moon weekend; there would be a third-quarter moon rising just at midnight. With summer sunset at 8:00, and no real dark sky until about 9:00, we were looking at […] |
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