Since moving to our new house in April, we have been diligently working to improve the yard. With the summer coming to an end, we have created a thriving garden – including: raised beds, blueberries, wine grapes, fig trees, and rows of black/raspberries. Now, our attention turns to the garage… Current condition The current garage […]

I just got back from spending 8 great days on the Wonderland Trail. Scott, Bryan and I completed the full loop around Mt Rainier from August 20 – 27, 2010. I wrote a short journal each day. My plan is to post those soon, but for now here are a few highlights from the trip:

Today is our last day on the trail. It is also the first time that I have gotten any signal. I will post loads more photos when back home, but here is one to tie you over.

I rode the motorcycle down to the beach this weekend for a friends birthday. Each year, I consider doing this – yet, the bike is almost 40 and a bit unrealiable. In the end, it ended up performing perfectly. Even the weather held up. Good times.

The Belizeans have created a very distinctive style of sauce which is characterized by the addition of carrots. If you can get organic or even better home-grown then the carrot influence will be all the more pronounced. For each batch Habanero (or similar heat level) peppers (1-2oz for mild, 4 for medium, 6+hot) 3/4 cup […]

The other night, when I couldn’t sleep -  I started playing around with the HTML5 canvas element. Very quickly, I started to see what all the hubbub is about. Here is a very simple game that I threw together in about 15 minutes. The Game Name: Cloud Hunter Controls: Left arrow = Move Left Right […]

This weekend, I constructed a trellis for some new grapes in the garden.  It is locked onto the garden beds and seems to be fairly secure. The top cross bars are scraps of new wood, but the posts are twice-recycled. All the details are listed below: This wood started as a pallet. Then, we notched […]

We had a big party this weekend and lots of people brought meat to throw on the grill. As a vegetarian, I also love to grill – we had zucchini, asparagus, sweet potato and other great veggies. Sometimes though, you just want a burger. Now, garden burgers are fine – in fact – we had […]

Until last week, I was happily using a first generation iPhone. Sure the network and software was a bit slow, but I’m from a generation that cut our teeth on dial-up modems and BBS’s (EEEEEEEE-CHHHCHHCHHHCGHGHGH). Who cares if it takes a few extra seconds to load BoingBoing while riding on the bus? However, there was […]

This is just a quick update of the garden situation. See the previous post here. Done: Ground leveled Ditches dug and filled Sprinkler and electricity in place Cedar box rails (2×8 + 2×4) in place and staked To Do: Till all this mud to mix with new soil Fill with soil Add 2×4 caps (you […]