Thanks for the Laughs George. I for one will miss you.
For the ‘embed’ challenged - myself included: Please click here and pay your respects.
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Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’
I’m a bad blog maintainer. It’s true. I have great intentions, and lousy followthrough.
So - what’s happened lately?
We’ve been to the coast, and back. Jeep has had an output shaft seal replaced, 2 flats, and is getting a new u-joint tomorrow. I’m busy, Ben says “Please” and “Thank you” […]
Just got news from the Canadian Press that Rick Hillier - Chief of Canada’s defence staff has stepped down, submitting his resignation.
While it isn’t the end of the Military in Canada, it most certainly is an end to a capable, savvy, and determined military man who has done more to bring Canada’s military into the […]
Libby
Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’
Meet Libby. She’s the newest member of the family. She’s 5 years old and looks pretty good for her age. (Never rode hard - or put away wet.)
On deck? New Shocks / Springs, Trailer Hitch, Tow Hooks, Muffler, and […]
Apparently - NASA engineers bit off more than they could chew after creating artificial intelligence for the new robotic components of the Canadarm on the ISS.
See note from NASA for the gritty details on “Dextre”.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080401.html
To save money, NASA will switch off Mars Rover Spirit for the Winter. What a disgusting fate for so intrepid an explorer!! What if it won’t wake back up?? Please DIGG this - maybe we can pressure them to restore the $4 Million to JPL. After lasting 1490 days into a ‘90 day mission’ - […]
A good find by Scoble on one of his many product highlights. The cool thing about this is that the tags are defined for you from a mined database. Similar to the approach facebook has taken to make a more accurate social graph, this provides more accurate tags and bookmarks - with a semantic […]
Viral… enjoy.
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So get this - the same dude who runs HSM Plumbing (something is VERY fishy here) is also a ‘world-class’ (and I used the quotes on purpose) web developer who - get this… apparently also has connections to Britney Spears?
Ok… so now I’m thinking… Son has business, incorporates Dad’s plumbing business under the business name […]
SXSWi 2008 Sketchnotes: Great Design Hurts
Originally uploaded by Mike Rohde
Great stuff here. Mike Rohdes of Rohdesign has put together a fantastic collection of Sketchnotes from SXSW this year. While far from that land of design and collaboration in my daily life - […]