The Big Picture has already has a photo essay up of the massive earthquake which hit Japan today.
Category: Life
Base Jumping at Lauterbrunnen
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Back in September I noted that my sister-in-law had fulfilled a life long dream of base-jumping in Lauterbrunnen. This is the video.
Stalking the Wild Sunrise
November means Chinook winds, and Chinook winds lead to dramatic sunrises. It also means it is warm enough that I am out on the deck at dawn in my jammies snapping pictures. My first encounter with the Chinook was my first night in our house, about this time of year eighteen years ago. I was in a sleeping bag on the floor of the master bedroom surrounded by our dogs in their crates. (Jack was still working in Texas.) I lay there feeling the house shake in the winds and kept reminding myself that the house had lasted seven years and that it was unlikely it would blow away my first night. I was partially wrong: we found most of the shingles from the garage to the east of the house. Keeping the shingles on the house has been an ongoing battle ever since, though the new roof put on last spring seems to be holding, so far. Colorado is tough on houses.
Placebo Buttons
You may have already suspected this: Placebo Buttons.
Rescued from a Chilean mine
I was hoping the Big Picture would do a photo essay on the Chilean miner rescue, which I have been watching off and on most of the day: Rescued from a Chilean mine.
Who’s Suing Whom In The Telecoms Trade?
Information is beautiful has a gorgeous diagram of Who’s Suing Whom In The Telecoms Trade?.
Dominion Card Picker
When we were visiting California my niece Jessica started us playing the Dominion Designer Board Game. Yesterday we started playing with the Dominion: Seaside expansion set, and I told Jack I should write a card picking script. As it happens, someone already has at Dominion Card Picker.
Cat Safe Plants
I started looking at for a list of cat safe house plants for my mother and was amazed by how many were on this list at House Plants: Cat Safe Plants.
San Bruno neighborhood before and after
The LA Times has a horrific interactive photo showing the the San Bruno neighborhood before and after the explosion.
Lauterbrunnen
My sister-in-law reports that she just fulfilled a life-long goal of jumping off a cliff and flying. She did this by wingsuiting at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland.