Post launch.
September 4th, 2010
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Launch movies to follow. Two launches with complete awesomness and perfect landings.
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FavQotD “Google is made of us, a sort of coral reef of human minds and their products.” #gibson
September 3rd, 2010
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“I ACTUALLY think most people don’t want Google to answer their questions,” said the search giant’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. “They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.” Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? I believe that we do, though with some rather complicated qualifiers.
Science fiction never imagined Google, but it certainly imagined computers that would advise us what to do. HAL 9000, in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” will forever come to mind, his advice, we assume, eminently reliable — before his malfunction. But HAL was a discrete entity, a genie in a bottle, something we imagined owning or being assigned. Google is a distributed entity, a two-way membrane, a game-changing tool on the order of the equally handy flint hand ax, with which we chop our way through the very densest thickets of information. Google is all of those things, and a very large and powerful corporation to boot.
via nytimes.com
Excellent OP-ED from William Gibson in the New York Times.
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Super rad new hobby. Rockets!
August 31st, 2010
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Can’t wait for launch day. Not sure yet who’s more stoked, me or him.
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Musical introduction to Ministry for the boys this morning.
August 25th, 2010
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Camping at Paradise Park Trail
August 19th, 2010
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Another successful camping trip for 2010. Slightly modified from our
original lofty goals of three nights we ended up with an early start
on Saturday and heading back after an awesome day of adventuring
Sunday. We’re still getting back into the swing of things and brining
our outdoor camping skills back up to speed. Adapting to camping with
kids and determining the limitations of camping with a one and a half
year old are two big challenges. A couple of notes. All a 4 year old boy needs is a box of nails and a
hammer to be happy in the woods. And a smaller, less volume body of
water makes having a 1 year old around less stressful. Also, planning
to go camping on Friday on Tuesday of the same week doesn’t work in
Oregon if you’re thinking of going to a regular campground. Luckily Ty
had our answer and we found this spot just outside of Zig Zag.
original lofty goals of three nights we ended up with an early start
on Saturday and heading back after an awesome day of adventuring
Sunday. We’re still getting back into the swing of things and brining
our outdoor camping skills back up to speed. Adapting to camping with
kids and determining the limitations of camping with a one and a half
year old are two big challenges. A couple of notes. All a 4 year old boy needs is a box of nails and a
hammer to be happy in the woods. And a smaller, less volume body of
water makes having a 1 year old around less stressful. Also, planning
to go camping on Friday on Tuesday of the same week doesn’t work in
Oregon if you’re thinking of going to a regular campground. Luckily Ty
had our answer and we found this spot just outside of Zig Zag.
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Sometimes there’s a doughnut. Sometimes you have to eat it.
August 17th, 2010
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The other day at the park
August 5th, 2010
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Our Neighborhood Association was nice enough to throw a BBQ for the neighborhood last weekend. Portland Fire Department was nice enough to stop by and let the kids check out their awesome rig.
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Site 15 2010
July 21st, 2010
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This is our first camping trip with the boys and the first annual Site 15 event. Raab Campground in the Mt. Hood National Forest on the beautiful Clackamas River was the scene. We had a fantastic time, can’t wait for our next trip. Both Lavi and Mayim camped like seasoned pros.
Patience pays off. After trying 4 different camp areas which were full, leaving each with a sinking feeling about the timing of our late Saturday departure, we found the last site available at Raab. This was 40 yards away from our camp in the morning.
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