A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Chip hooked me up with a new blogging service called Tumblr. The interface is super-simple, and there is an excellent "Share on Tumblr" applet that will automatically post videos, images, whatever into the Tumblr blog at the push of a button. As Chip states in his tagline, "Tumblr, because I’m too lazy to blog." Having … Read More “Tumblin’ with Tumblr” »
All the float bubbas, half the water. – Bob It’s been quite awhile since we’ve run the Green River. It had gotten so crowded and crazy that we had been looking for alternatives for our paddling trips. Another paddling friend had told me that things had changed on the Green. The authorities were really cracking … Read More “Green River Lite” »
I have a dream. I dream the the equipment I order arrives on time, is delivered properly, and works correctly. I dream that services I’ve ordered are completed in a timely fashion. That certainly didn’t happen today. First, there was my continuing problem with Bellsouth, now AT&T. I had ordered the data circuit for our … Read More “Rough Day” »
Warning: Don’t read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix before going to see the movie. The current big screen outing leaves out so much that loyal HP fans will be a bit dismayed. Rowling’s books have been getting longer and longer. It was inevitable that something was going to get the axe, otherwise … Read More “Harry Potter and the Order of French Fries” »
Too Many Monitors This is a quick-n-dirty panorama of how my desk and office looked this morning. I figured the visual overload deserved to be captured. The twin monitors on the left are my main workstation. The putty colored monitor provides me with updates on the network status. I was taking notes on my laptop, … Read More “Too Many Monitors” »
I was reorganizing all the various gadgets I have in my car – GPS, XM, phone charger, etc. All of these require power from the cigarette lighter, which got me thinking about probably the first device that used the lighter as a power outlet – the CB Radio. In pre-Internet days, the CB was the … Read More “Whither CB?” »
Thursday I was in the town of Pendleton. Saturday, I cruised around the Pendleton Street area on the Westside of Greenville. Laura has long complained about how confusing Greenville’s streets can be. Having grown up in the west where streets run east/west and north/south, she claims that they must have paved the cow paths in … Read More “Pendleton Street” »
Supposedly, it’s the luckiest day of the century. Last year it was 06-06-06, with all its Anti-Christ overtones and ominous portents. I bought a lottery ticket. However, I doubt that today’s luck will single me out. Kind of like the movie "Bruce Almighty", where Bruce answers everyone’s prayers to win the lottery, and the payout … Read More “07-07-07” »
I had gotten my nephew, William, hooked on geocaching sometime last fall. For Christmas, he got a new GPS, and I had been promising I teach him how to use it and would take him geocaching again. I finally got around to fulfilling that promise yesterday. First, I got Will set up with one of … Read More “Geocaching with William” »
I actually did this Tuesday night, but I’m just now getting around to writing about it. Let’s say you don’t have a smoker, and you forgot to put your ribs on for that slow-cooking, fall-off-the-bone flavor. That’s what faced me Tuesday with the pork spare ribs Laura had purchased for dinner, so I had to … Read More “Quick(ish) Ribs” »