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Zamma, the orphaned African elephant

Posted 2 years ago, mid-April

If you can, help an orphaned Zambezi elephant.

Dangr on Flickr

Posted 3 years ago, at the start of August

Achtung!

Facebook’s “Open” Success

Posted 3 years ago, at the start of July

The social network is booming.

37,000 Miles in 17 Days

Posted 3 years ago, at the end of May

‘Round the world again!

USMC Calls Up IRR Marines for Iraq (Updated)

Posted 3 years ago, mid-April

This news hits close to home for me and my group of mates. A great friend of mine from our college days — who has already served in Iraq and in Afghanistan — is in the group of 1,800 Individual Ready Reservists meeting in Kansas City this week for possible redeployment. The Marine Corp Times [...]

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Erik Spiekermann’s Typo Tips
Should be in your toolbox.
Commuter Files
My boy, Z, and his take on, umm, life?
The Visible Earth
The best views aren’t always from down here. Try these from 200mi up.
Top 30 Travel Books
A solid list to start with… I’ll let you know when I get through them all.
42 ways to go trash-free
From No Impact Man
Gluten Free by Nature
My sister Stephanie’s new website dedicated to gluten-free recipes.
Flight Control (iTunes link)
My favorite iPhone game
Jude Healey Photography
My wife’s gig
The Tilley Hat
I’ve got the Lighterweight LT6. My head thanks me.
Turn down your A/C or heat
Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer

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the best days of my life

the best days of my life
Firefighters and rescuers work on a lear jet that plunged into…

Firefighters and rescuers work on a lear jet that plunged into the waters of Guanabara Bay during landing at the Santos Dumont domestic airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 12. The three people on board were rescued with only minor injuries. Acco…
Enabling .htaccess on Apache on Mac OS X

I’m working with a WordPress site on localhost and haven’t been able to get ‘pretty’ permalinks working until now. There’s a few configuration changes to http.conf (your /user/ copy) and, in some cases, adding Options +FollowSymLinks to your .htaccess file, but all in all, it’s a pain free process. Check out this resource at dancingengineer.com.
With one good leg, US veterans climb Kili

The BBC: Three US amputee veterans have climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, enduring tumbles and sores to reach Africa’s highest peak with only one good leg among them. The veterans – of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq – hiked to the top of the 5,891m (19,330ft) high Tanzanian mountain in six days to show that disability need not [...]
I love Hubble. The 28-hour exposure

I love Hubble.
The 28-hour exposure
Downloads

My downloads folder contains 526 items weighing in at 5.51 GB. The oldest file in the folder is from 2005.
How often do you clean up your downloads folder?
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