Archive for January, 2007
Birthday Nerdiness
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Several folks asked me how I was going to do after work, to celebrate my birthday.
Well, my wife and I are weather dorks. I’m not sure how else to describe us, but we’re fans of studying the weather. We’re registered as amateur weather spotters with Washtenaw County, but we have yet to find a storm/opportunity where we have called in any wind/tree damage.
This relates to yesterday and my birthday how?
Last night a Science Cafe was held at Arbor Brewing, discussing weather/climate change and all things related. We wanted to hear what the scientists and engineers had to say about the topic. The session was part of the College of LS&A’s Theme Year; The Theory and Practice of Citizenship: From the Local to the Global.
The speakers were Perry Samson and Ricky Rood, Professors at AOSS.
The discussion was lively, with a time for folks to discuss what we heard, ask questions, wonder if that hybrid vehicle in the driveway is really helping as much as we would like to think, and just how high a SPF # we will need for future outings.
The one weather class that my wife and I took in college, AOSS 202, was taught by Perry Samson, so it was neat to be able to hear him speak again.
The short version of the discussion wasn’t whether or not our climate is changing, but understanding that it WILL change, and that we need to come up with solutions and ideas to try to mitigate those changes.
On a lighter note, to quote Professor Samson at the beginning of the talk, “We’re toast.”
and that’s how I spent my 40th birthday…
40, Forty, that’s 4-0, 40
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007I’m forty today….
Upgraded to WordPress 2.1
Monday, January 22nd, 2007For anybody stumbling across my blog, I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1.
As has always been the case with upgrading WordPress, the process, once I quit being dense, was very simple.
I will have this default theme replaced later this evening, but for now I’m just testing things to make sure nothing evil has happened.
cheers,
Chris
Seeking invite to The Venice Project
Saturday, January 13th, 2007Anybody out there familiar with The Venice Project?
The folks behind Skype and Kazaa are now focusing their efforts on streaming television.
The project is in alpha stage, but apparently early adopters will start receiving invites to allow others to join.
If anybody has an invite to share, pick me, pick me! There was something about groveling for an invite on the project web site, so here’s my grovel.
poterala at gmail dot com
Welcome to 2007
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Like a lot of bloggers, I *mean* to post more often than I do.
A friend from college and overall smart guy, Dave Jansen, has finally started blogging. Dave’s one of those “freaky bright” people who makes me wonder where I got screwed over in the brain DNA pool.
[update]
I was going through my blogroll after adding Dave and noticed that Jeff Yonker, whom I attended Ferndale High School with, has updated his blog. Give him a visit at Chonks World.
Anyway, I’m hoping to write more and share more with you in 2007.
cheers and thanks for dealing with this drivel…
Chris
