caterpiller crossing
Saturday, May 20th, 2006Yesterday's photo of the day goes to a few ants carrying a caterpiller, quite quickly, across the sidewalk near the corner of Folsom St. and Colorado Avenue.
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Yesterday's photo of the day goes to a few ants carrying a caterpiller, quite quickly, across the sidewalk near the corner of Folsom St. and Colorado Avenue.
Sweet auger and a tree metaphor
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006Last Saturday I participated in a tree planting sponsored by the Casey Trees Endowment Fund. While it was nice to participate in enriching a neighborhood and learn about what goes into planting a tree, the best part was certainly the auger used to start the holes, shown here. ...
fabulous FedEx logo
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006When I visited Portland in January I had the pleasure of meeting up with former New Focus coworkers Nizar, Katarina, and Joanna. Nizar, who does graphic design, told me about the arrow in the FedEx logo. (is it no longer "Federal Express"? Back in '94 I thought it was part ...
BugMeNot.com
Tuesday, April 5th, 2005Thank you Eric S. for telling me about BugMeNot.com, which allows users to access "members only" websites without the hassle of a the free registration. Very clever.
Flora
Tuesday, March 29th, 2005I was at a plant nursery the other day and I was pleasantly surprised to find some very nice looking ones. The employee (or owner, perhaps), Sean, told me about a video series he saw, The Private Life of Plants. One plant, I can't recall the name, was ...
Shred this!
Thursday, March 10th, 2005In the truth-is-stranger than fiction category: industrial shredding, linked from geekpress.com.
Fear This!?
Monday, August 23rd, 2004A few people, men, I assume, have a sticker across the top of their windshields that say "Fear This!" I don't get it. Sounds a bit Hobbesian. Last week I saw John Deer hats and t-shirts on sale in a department store. Apparently the "farmer look" is in ...
