May 2010

Salsa Garden, day 60

May 31, 2010

Inspired by a recent Science Friday NPR edition, I decided to transplant the least successful species in my salsa garden. THe Fresno Chili were stagnant in the 3.5 inches of soil in a rectangular pot, planted with cilantro. Like the man who was inspired by television commercials for the upside-down tomato planter, I was inspired [...]

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I don’t mind riding on the passenger side

May 22, 2010

On our way to the central Calif. coast yesterday, I had a chance to be a passenger. It is so rare that my attention is away from the road ahead and the cars around me. My smartphone’s camera has replaced my point and shoot. I always have it with me, and I can blog from [...]

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This blog post comes to you from my cell phone

May 4, 2010

It isn’t just any phone. It is a smart phone. An HTC Incredible Android OS phone. I just tilt the phone horizontally and a thumb-sized keyboard shows and let’s me type fast enough to make blogging, tweeting and testing easy enough to not call it a chore. This is something amazing because even a short [...]

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