Mt St Helens — not a new eruption: an ash plume…

by | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal

carried aloft by unusual winds. Downwind ash warnings across Washington state. Apparently gale-force winds have lofted a plume of old ash from St. Helens, from the crater region. Neighboring towns are being warned, but not, as originally thought, a new eruption. The...

We spent the evening sitting under the stars…

by | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal

…Jane thinks she saw one of the Perseids, and her brother and I spotted 2 satellites and a high-flying airplane… Perfect temperatures, clear night by the pond, with the waterfall sound, and the memorial stone lantern lit. We sat out there all evening,...

Jane’s brother has dropped by to visit…

by | Aug 13, 2010 | Journal

…glorious weather for it. They’re off doing brother-sister things, and trying to figure what to do about some of the family tapes in the aforementioned near-disaster. Meanwhile Jane has given me the new little camera and I’m very happy with it. My...

Jane's brother has dropped by to visit…

by | Aug 13, 2010 | Journal

…glorious weather for it. They’re off doing brother-sister things, and trying to figure what to do about some of the family tapes in the aforementioned near-disaster. Meanwhile Jane has given me the new little camera and I’m very happy with it. My...

Things are much better now…

by | Aug 11, 2010 | Journal

We have a stack of stuff with lots of paper towels inserted. About 5 rolls. We have photos drying. And a dehumidifier going. We have the misdirected sprinkler head re-aimed. We will caulk the window before fall rains. And (the day’s original project) we stripped...

Got ourselves a shiny new poll: please vote again

by | Aug 11, 2010 | Journal

Let us know (we promise this is the last poll for a while) which formats you want to see. This is so we can be sure the mini download includes what it needs to, among other things, and we want to be sure we understand what all of you need/want.

Results on the poll are making a certain sense.

by | Aug 10, 2010 | Journal

We are probably going to be able to eliminate 2 formats, .pmlz and .tcr, but we need to add .html. Which saves us a little bit of work. But not much. The reader-situation is still not settling into a handful of formats. The pretty clear winners in the format race are...

Another invasion has occurred!

by | Aug 10, 2010 | Journal

I set max width to 1366, which is my monitor width, on which the display of the center column ain’t too bad. Lemme know if this improves the appearance on the superhuge monitors!