“To Those Who Inquired: This is a picture of me with my absentee ballot. Seconds later, I carried it down to RPU and put it in the mail. I’ve done what I can. -James” (Nov. 1st, 2004) I like the democrats chances a LOT more today than I did four years ago when I sent that [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
My District Back Home
As if I needed another reason to regret having to register to vote in California… A poll this week showed my former congressman Latham running within five percent of his challenger Becky Greenwald. Of course my current congresswoman Barbara Lee, is a far more progressive legislator than either Latham or Greenwald, but she generally wins reelection with [...]
My Poor Pumpkin
I can home from the lab today to find the pumpkin we’d carved five days ago in this condition. This is either a result of buying pumpkins from organic vendors or (far more likely) the lack of the cool to cold fall weather that preserved jack-o-lanterns back home.
Addicted to Election News
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1087 Daily schedule: Wake up. Check election websites. (Electoral-vote, fivethirtyeight, politicalwire, dailykos.) Get out of bed. Shower. Recheck election websites. Walk to the lab. Recheck election websites. Start working … (I’m not even joking.)
Bottlebrush
Bottlebrush is one of the rare species of plant where a single apical meristem can produce flowers and then switch back to producing normal vegetative leaves. Also the genus is native to Australia so obviously its presence in California is a result of human intervention. The red fibers that make up the majority of the [...]
2004 Results
I spent a while this weekend trying to find a record of the order that states were called in on election night in the 2004. I finally found a table of NBCs predictions, but it really didn’t have a lot of impact as a big chunk of text. Since I’ve been looking for an excuse [...]
Bios Drama
Before my new processor even arrived I needed to upgrade software embedded in the motherboard in my linux computer (the BIOS) to be able to handle the new high tech processor I ordered. It’s remarkably hard to upgrade the bios on your motherboard, when you don’t have a floppy or CD drive and are running [...]
Upgrade complete
You might recognize this computer: Then again you might not. After all a black box isn’t very distinctive. Regardless, this is the central server of my home network. It stores 3.25 terabytes of data between internal and external hard drives, can serve video to any computer in the house, and is accessible via VNC or [...]
Angel Island Fire
Angel Island is in San Francisco Bay. And it’s burning. For the record, I can’t take credit for taking this picture myself.