Dry Cereal

What I've Been Looking For

I've been looking for a urine director to use on camping trips for more than fifteen years. This viral video was compelling enough that checked out the product and it arrived today. The customs tag (it's australian) called it a "travel accessory." I tried it out already, and I think it is a keeper. It was the WhizBiz website that sold me...

Albert Hoffman

Albert Hoffman, the first person to experience LSD, died yesterday. NPR's obituary was full of lies including nonsense about LSD damaging chromosomes, which it doesn't. Here's a responsible obit. (And the NPR announcer mispronounced "diethylamide.") The...

The Internet Party

I loved this little sketch that captures the internet world 2008 so cleverly. I wonder if anyone in 10 years will understand it, let alone laugh at it.

Too Busy Livin'

April has been quite a month having too much fun to be writing much.

Tree Fall

A few weeks ago, a mature fir snapped at the edge of the Kerr Meadow.

More Spoiliation for Art

Why is it that UCSC creates the ugliest buildings in the most beautiful places and devotes them to the creation of art?

Santa Cruz Mountains Gem

This year, I hope to visit all the places in The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail book. Last weekend I camped at Uvas Canyon County Park in the Santa Clara county section of the mountains. I chose it because the guidebooks promised waterfalls. I found much more.

Power Outage

We had a power cut to the upper campus Monday. Here's how our network engineer described it:

Today's posts

All my posts today are about the local history class I'm taking. You may want to read them in reverse chron order.

A reunion

The second week of the history class concerned the Native Americans of the Monterey Bay Region. As a special guest, Sandy invited Linda Yamane to lecture with him, sing to us, and let us see and handle for our selves her baskets, clothing, and extremely cool feather capes. (You can hear her speak a little, and sing at the link above.)