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Liam and I are hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) during during the first week of March, and for 10+ weeks the next two summers (see our trail journal). We’ll be sporting a SPOT satellite messenger. Watch our progress here or here. We’ll be NOBO from Delaware Water Gap to start, then SOBO from same next [...]

My two favorite raw drinks are my green smoothie recipe, and a simple carrot + apple juice. Creating green smoothies is easy using my Blendtec blender. I usually make two 24oz Ball/Mason jars full (one for me and one for Momma). I start with a giant handfull of blueberries, (1) Honeycrisp apple, (2) banana,s 5-7 [...]

Want a faster, lighter, more scalable stack for deploying Django? Take a look at magnum-py to leverage epoll. Here’s all you need to do to reposture your Django site: download and untar magnum-py and django into /usr/src create a test django project, path everything up, and playdjango-admin.py startproject spike export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=spike.settings export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/src:/usr/src/spike start|stop magnum-py: [...]

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One of the down sides (and I mean that literally) of living in South Orange, NJ is the beastly hills. To add insult to injury, I actually live near the top of the hill, so that means easy trip downhill to pretty much anywhere, but sweatin’ time on the way home. With all the “stuff” [...]

Olympus finally shared the scoop on its Micro Four Thirds camera called the (like you didn’t already know) E-P1 — it’ll definitely give pause to Sigma DP2 fans. Its too early to tell how IQ will really compare, but other feature wize, the E-P1 is a killer camera! Check the early scoop at DPR, ImagingResource, [...]

You gotta see this packing system — Aarn FlowMo Bodypack implements an alternative strategy for load distribution… They’ve got a reasonable range of systems, including ultralight options. Check out the video on the home page as well as these videos. Lots of good discussion here. If you’re ready to buy, contact Kerry at Stoney Creek [...]

Wishing you had your favorite DSLR or rangefinder for that ad-hoc shot at that whatever event? You gotta see the updated Sigma DP2 (reminder, FOVEON)… Only a few more weeks to wait on this dream pocketable! Yak it up here.

The absolute best place to get up to speed on the ukulele is by subscribing to the MusicTeacher2009 on Youtube. He’s provides nice bitesized lessons that start with tuning your uke, and guide you through some really awesome music. Hats off to Michael Lynch of Christ The King School in Seattle, Washington!!! If you’re looking [...]

Everybody should learn to play the ukulele! Its easy, cheap, and makes everyone smile… Unfortunately, they’re not readily available, so save yourself some time and shop online — tell him what you’re up to and he’ll set you straight. While you’re waiting on your uke, learn how to read tablature (yes, go through all the [...]