Five years ago, today around 13:00, we re-met* at the Burning Man staff commissary. New photo by Michael Sattler / Google Photos Thank you for five incredible years! Yes, re-met.…
Continue ReadingWe are awash in data. Often the best – or only – way to understand the meaning of data is graphic; humans have been extracting meaning from images far longer…
Continue ReadingIt’s with great sadness that I heard about the death of Bourbon (Andy McDonald) by his own hand. Bourbon and I served the Burning Man community for decades, where he…
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Carmella! A week ago Carmella shared with me a song that touched her: ♫ I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz. With her birthday a week away, I…
Continue ReadingReal-time monitoring and graphing of ping I’ve been around, and let me tell you, sometimes it’s not all it’s cracked up to be, especially the networking, the Wi-Fi and wired…
Continue Reading1 July 2017 It’s Canada’s sesqui-centennial, 150 years since the founding of the nation. Americans celebrate our Independence Day with sporting events, back-yard (or tail-gate) barbecues, and a finalé of…
Continue ReadingYesterday it was the , today it’ll be the town of Ketchikan. Again: always take a photo of the cruise ship’s day schedule: You’ll be certain of the time you…
Continue ReadingYesterday we were in , where we saw this postcard. Today we’re going to visit a real glacier. You can see we’re north of the starred cities, heading towards that…
Continue ReadingAfter the sea voyage from we arrive in Juneau. As we disembark I take a photo of our must-return time. This is a good reminder when the day gets interesting…
Continue ReadingAfter the trip up from we wake to a stormy, rainy day. After a leisurely morning we head over to the port, and see the Holland America Noordam for the first time.…
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