Laura Ellen: Out to Lunch

but this time, she’s not coming back. Laura Ellen, DJ and program director at my favorite radio station (KPIG), passed away on Memorial Day. As these things so often go, she had barely … Read more

Friday Foto Fun

Via Thomas Hawk I came across a fun little quiz that may or may not accurately indicate the type of photographer one most resembles. I’m reasonably pleased to see that my photographic efforts … Read more

Lindsborg Flood of 2007

The Smoky Hill River in Lindsborg peaked at a height of 23.07 feet at 6pm on Monday, the 7th of May. That’s technically a couple of feet above flood stage. The first photo … Read more

Spillway View Revisited

When we created the Spillway View geocache a couple of years ago we had concerns that the cache might suffer if the river got too high. That didn’t really bother us, as we … Read more

Modern Storm Watching

Back when I was a kid we had nothing like modern weather radar systems to keep us informed about storms and heavy weather. As I recall, there was some trick involving tuning the … Read more

What’s in a Number?

There was a minor kerfuffle on the intertubes earlier this week as Digg tried unsuccessfully to limit links to web sites that contained a 16-digit hexadecimal number that is part of the built-in … Read more

Mission NOT Accomplished

sigh. You know what I’m talking about. A challenge to my detractors: explain to me, in one simple sentence that speaks to specifics, not lofty ideals, what are our goals in Iraq, and … Read more