More adventures are happening on my trip, as mentioned in my previous blog post.
I went to the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado today, right after it rained, so the sand wouldn’t be thrown into the air.
I also wrote “theoks.net” in the sand.
A picture is included.
Tonight, I’m staying at the Columbine Inn in my own loft, but it’s hotter than hell, and there’s no AC.
Today, I waded in The Great Salt Lake here in Utah. The island, Antelope Island has a supposedly soft sand beach. NOT TRUE! Walking out to the actual beach is painful, and difficult to return from, as you’re walking up a hill that’s made of sand you sink easily in.
After, we looked at the Ranch on Antelope Island, which was started in the 1800s, and continued to operate until 1981, and is Utah’s longest operating ranch.
Then, we proceeded to visit downtown Salt Lake City, where we visited the Church of Latter Day Saints. Its tallest spire stands 210 ft, with a golden statue of an angel atop it, and walls at the bottom of the church stand 9ft thick.
Tomorrow’s adventure is to go to the Great Sand Dunes.
Yesterday, Chrysler had announced that they had ceased production of the PT Cruiser, or as many people like to call it, the PT Loser.
The PT Cruiser was rather popular at its launch, however has steadily declined. The PT Cruiser is hated for a great many problems, such as its gas mileage.
The PT Loser is classified as a “subcompact” car, however, gets worse gas mileage than a full size car. One of the reasons you would ever buy a subcompact car is to get better gas mileage. Seriously, Chrysler should not have let the PT Loser be so inefficient for its size.
Another important point is that the PT Loser is an unsafe vehicle, especially the convertible. In the convertible, there is a single bar across the vehicle (above the passengers), that if removed, the car would not be able to hold itself together. Talk about poor design.
So let us rejoice that this horrible vehicle is no longer being spewed out to terrorize the world.
No, I’m not in New York or Boston or Singapore, I’m sitting at home in bed in my home town of Seattle.
Every year our neighbors celebrate with a gigantic party of 50 adults and a swarm of children. They run more than a fireworks party. It’s a huge social hour complete with beer, toy trucks for the kids, and even an outdoor movie screen. After walking around our entire neighborhood this night, I’m pretty sure we have the largest July4 party for miles around.
Good news this year is that there were no spontaneous fires (read last year’s post and my blog post for details.)
Bad news this year is that it’s RAINY which kind of spoils the fun. NOT. The rain ain’t gonna stop our neighborhood from partying till midnight. In fact, I think the crowds are bigger this year.
I always remember the Fourth of July. It’s one of those highlights of the year that you can’t miss.
Ah, yes. Summer. No school, sunny weather, freedom. Let’s just scratch the sunny weather part.
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This Friday, June 4th, there were reports of funnel clouds in Monroe. Yes, funnel clouds in Washington. Here are some pictures of such:
These images were provided by viewers of KIRO-TV.
This is a complete twist of the weather we had been seeing earlier this year. We’re in for a cold summer.
It’s nothing new, but I see it happening right now. Spammers are searching for “leave a comment” on Google, and using those results to feed into spam bots that go and do the work. Google, please stop letting spammers search for “leave a comment”. Just block that string from being searched, as it won’t ever affect an actual user. Nobody would just be searching for “leave a comment” and not have malicious intentions.
Software doesn’t have insight like this, and that’s why programmers must remain in the business. To help the software learn.
