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Sunday, April 25th, 02004
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Hummingbirds
Sunday, April 25th, 02004
Looking for a house
Saturday, April 24th, 02004My lease is up this month, so I gotta find a place to live. I was going to buy a house in the east mountains, but I've determined that to be too much hassle for me right now. Perhaps rural living in five years, but it's inside of Albuquerque proper for the time being.
Stuff I like:
o Natural-looking established landscape
o A yard
o Established neighborhood
o Wood floors
o Tile floors
o Built-in bookshelves
o Windows - lots of light.
o Skylight
o Sun Room
o Funky, Modern (not new)
o Close to Sandia National Labs (~20 minutes with traffic)
o North East, Ridgecrest, or Nob Hill
o Safe, Low-crime
o 1,400 - 2,000ish Sq.Ft.
o Close to parks, walking trails, etc.
Stuff I hate:
o Houses that all look the same, many in a row with little space between
o Brand new development with no mature trees, etc.
o Mediterranean style... very light colored stucco, pink tile roofs, etc.
o "Country" style kitchens
I looked in the MLS system two days ago and came up with the following list
of possibilities:
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=402651
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=407612
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=406940
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=403865
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=405215
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=408532
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=406600
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=408735
What do you think?
Sunday evening addendum:
http://www.swmls.com/listingdetail.asp?MLNum=407700
What do you think?
Blarg
Thursday, April 22nd, 02004Socks
Tuesday, April 20th, 02004
Smartwool's new "Adrenaline" is the finest sock ever created by man. I have a single pair that I've been wearing continously for three days in a row. A fourth day is forcast for tomorrow. I feel like a new person wearing these socks. I'm serious. Six more pair are on order tonight from The Sock Company.
Astrophotography
Monday, April 19th, 02004Astrophotography's just what I needed to stumble across...
Luminous Heavens
Robert Gendler's Astroimaging Gallery
Astrophotography by Johannes Schelder
Astrophtography by Jeff Ball
Astronmical & Nightscape Photography by Chris Cook
I also found a place to buy a print of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.
Pano Head
Friday, April 9th, 02004
My new pano head setup. It might enable me to do this.
I've been geeking out on this stuff a lot as of late:
Ultra-High Resolution Digital Mosaics
hugin - Panorama Tools GUI
Big Ben's Panorama Tutorials
Lens calibration with Panorama Tools
Links to panorama tutorials and resources
Enblend
panoramas.dk
Building 360 degree Panoramas - Using the Canon 10D and Sigma 8mm, A Tutorial and Work-Flow study
Finding the nodal point
A solution to definitively locate that nodal (pivot) point
BLENDING SEAMS IN STITCHED PANORAMAS - PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL
Lens Calculator
Case Study: Review of VR Pan Heads
PTLens - automatically corrects for lens pincushion and barrel distortion
Contrast blending
autopano-sift
DeFishing
Now I have to actually go out and make it happen.
I did roll up highway 4 last weekend to take in the Jemez Mountains and Valles Caldera. There was far too much rain and snow for photography though.
Scifi Channel to Make Ringworld Miniseries
Tuesday, April 6th, 02004Slashdot reports that the Scifi Channel is to make a Ringworld miniseries. I'm a fan, a big fan.
