It seems impossible, but a hurricane could be about to strike Southern California. I was in San Diego last week, where the water was noticeably warmer than usual…in the mid-70’s. That’s ice water to East Coast ocean swimmers, but about 5–10 degrees warmer than normal, even for San Diego. The NOAA graphic I have posted shows the hurricane could reach San Diego within 4–5 days. By then it’s likely to be much-weakened. However, the potential rainfall could make for a disastrous downpour,... Read→
This past week in San Diego, I got the chance to spend a day at the beach. I used to do this a lot when I was a teenager, after my family moved from Kansas City to San Diego. However, the past 10 years have been very busy, productive years. The ways of my past have been forced to take a back seat to the ambitions of the present and hopes for the future. Living in San Francisco, warm weather is in short supply. We have spectacular beaches that are usually too cold for fun-in-the-sun. Even when the... Read→
I’ve been adding lots of new skills to my tool belt the last year or so. This weekend I took a big leap, with my friend Kevin’s encouragement, to migrate my site content into a CMS. It’s the direction I’ve wanted to go for some time, but I was busy churning out uninspiring school projects. With a little bit of help, I was able to do a preliminary set up with a downloaded theme. It’s a starting point, but what an amazing place to start! I’ll be continuing to add content and build the site... Read→
Sam’s Chowder House, Half Moon Bay, California Today started off much like any other lazy weekend day does; and then it got even better!!! After a good night’s rest, my partner and I woke up early (for us) and decided to go for a little drive. Heading out, we decided to go to the Vacaville Outlets, near Sacramento, not so much to shop as to take a long drive with a destination in mind. I decided to take a little detour. Instead of taking the most direct, predictable route over the Bay Bridge... Read→
Hubble Telescope Pillars of Creation I am, admittedly, not much of a scientist. I find the scientific process tedious and uninspiring, in general. I mean, how compelling can forming and testing hypotheses be? Either it works and can be repeated (resulting in scientific fact) or it doesn’t work. The Hubble Space Telescope, however, is one of those things that has bridged the gap between science and art. Could we have imagined 20 years ago how much we would learn from the images taken by Hubble?... Read→
