A test entry of google system…
A test entry of the 2007 Summer of the Road Trip
Using Google docs to create a post and Picassa to host images it should be possible to make a fairly nice looking blog entry from a simple work station.
Command Central…
Things to remember:
1. Edit and paste all links in html mode.
Otherwise characters like “< " get converted to their ascii equivilants and thus make the link non-operable.
2. The doc name is the first line of the entry.
3. So far no post titles. You should probably bold the first line to compensate.
Note: Post titles work when using MetaWeblog API, but the post times don’t. It seems to set the post at a later time relative to Greenwich
Google Docs
Google Docs & You!
Apparently you can publish straight to your blog from Google Docs if you have the correct API. More and more I’m liking the Google collaborative thing. Now if only they don’t turn into another Microsoft… sigh.
Road Trip 2007
Part I
On July 20 Zak and I embark on an adventure. The Naughty Doc is confirmed for Aug 5 thru 12. On the way we intend to climb Lake Louise, Squamish and maybe the Ghost.
I have set up a map for interest parties to observe possible destinations: The Map I will also be working on a calender to accompany after we confirm some dates. Other possible activities may include some rafting and likely a day or two with a guide learning trad.
As plans firm up I will post them and if y’all are lucky maybe a trip report or two.
22 Minutes at its finest
Check out this page for a larger version…
Rock You!
A new flash toy from RockYou.com featuring lovely Carol Dragich’s lovely ladies…
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Oscar knows me well…
A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. The worse their rhymes, the more picturesque they look. The mere fact of having published a book of second-rate sonnets make a man quite irresistible. He lives the poetry he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
—Oscar Wilde — The Picture of Dorian Grey
I prefer underdeveloped to inferior but other than that…
Mysterious Stranger/Strange Mystery
Masked and mysterious
unknown but of a piece
Private
Public
Alone
A community
Life is a team sport!
There is no “i” in team!
“No man is an island”
Garbage in, garbage out
We live our lives within ourselves,
the world exists outside.
We surround ourselves with four strong walls,
and breach our walls with doors.
A paradox of human sense,
invite, exclude, defend.
At times we open up the box,
and bath in wind and light.
These moments seem to flee so fast,
leave trails of joy and sighs.
Who will guard the doorways
Who will issue the writ
Join the islands, mix the teams
Safety lies in diversity
I am safe when I am alone.
We are safe when we are alone.
On occasion of a lovely visit…
Zak…for mom
For Leslie… a pre-mother’s day gift…
Random Pic of the day
My Daad and I at Virg last year. And my first linked picture from Picasa…kind of a two for one…
Summer Breeze…
…makes me feel fine…
I am currently working on chartering this:
Although due to availability, I may have to charter this:
If all goes well Zak and I will study for our Day Skipper/Operator Certificate this spring and in August we’ll spend 4 days aboard learning the practical stuff. Hopefully then followed by a couple of days on the water by lonesome.
(note: the original picture of Naughty Doc —the second picture — was a link and disappeared so I have relinked it to the same boat now named Mazu V)