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  The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  12.08.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  And I don’t mean the holidays. The weather on the coast has been outstanding the past few weeks. Yesterday was sunny with temperatures in the mid-60’s (18C.) I know the act of writing this condemns us to rainy season starting tomorrow, but it’s simply too nice to not comment. See for yourself…. 31 days until […]

• Coastal Stuff, Energy, Innovation

  Return to the age of sail?

  12.05.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Return to the age of sail?

  You know fuel prices are going up and carbon emissions standards are tightening when we return to a prior age to harvest technology. Now admittedly, the picture above isn’t your garden variety xebec (great scrabble word btw,) but it is interesting that the hybrid technology of the 19th century is making a comeback. This kind […]

• Coastal Stuff

  Moonset over the Pacific

  12.04.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Moonset over the Pacific

  This was the scene around 6am PDT this morning from my deck looking due west. I’ve never seen the moon set like this before, it didn’t quite look real, but was very beautiful. It’s a shame the camera isn’t more capable of capturing the entire landscape… 35 days until OSU plays for the national championship […]

• Coastal Stuff, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Automated Tsunami Watch/Warnings

  11.27.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Automated Tsunami Watch/Warnings

  If you live on or near a coast, this is for you. NOAA, has launched a handy-dandy service that will inform you via email (to a regular account or mobile device) of tsunami watches/warnings. Pretty cool and potentially, very useful. Of course there are the normal disclaimers involved, but email is as reliable as any […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff

  Investment Advice: Short Comcast

  10.27.06 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  As I’m sure many of you deal with large companies as a customer on a daily basis, this won’t be a surprising story. What I’d like to attempt to do is to alert those of you who work in such entities that seemingly good business policy can easily backfire, as in my experience with Comcast […]

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