All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
I was on quite a roll this week at work and decided that now would be a good time to upgrade the software that powers this site. I remembered that a major new version of MovableType had been released earlier this year, and when I went to download the current version I found that a … Read more
I don’t remember where I found this image, but it does demonstrate a certain skill. I’m guessing it was taken in the midwest somewhere. Julia Childs, in the corn:
On Friday we returned from our Paris by way of London trip. It is an interesting experience to have breakfast in London and dinner in Lindsborg. For those interested in details of international travel in these days of ongoing terror “scares”, here’s a brief update of our experiences in traveling from London’s Heathrow Airport to … Read more
In early September I went to England to spend a week working with my Bristol colleagues. Late last week Sheryl joined me in London, and we rode the Eurostar train to Paris. We’ve been here since Sunday, and have kept quite busy sightseeing. More about our experiences in Paris at a later date, but suffice … Read more
The administration has started a new campaign, this time warning Americans against complacency. For once I actually agree with the words of their message, though I do have a different goal in mind in trying to waken folks from their complacent attitudes. It is complacency that has brought America to the brink of perhaps the … Read more
would be a very light punishment compared to what I’m thinking of when it comes to SPAMMERS. Once again I’ve been forced to put up barriers to legitimate posters to this site, all to weed out that scourge of the earth, that scum that is lower than a snake’s belly, the spammers. I’ve been flooded … Read more
With the recent changes in air travel policies brought on in response to recent threats, I thought folks might be interested in my recent flight experiences. I recently flew on United from Wichita, Kansas to London’s Heathrow Airport, via Chicago. Security in Wichita hadn’t really changed much since I last flew about 18 months ago. … Read more
Speaking of annoying phone calls, it’s true that the unsolicited call volume has declined since the passage of the Do Not Call laws, but occasionally one still slips through. Now, depending on your mood and how much time you have, you don’t have to simply hang up in anger. Instead, turn the tables with this … Read more
If you’ve been plagued by a series of phone calls where no one is on the other end when you answer, I have at least one explanation for what may be happening. For the past few weeks, at various times of the day, we’ve received phone calls from an unrecognized name, and when we’ve answered, … Read more
Update, via cousin Joni: damselflies, not dragonflies. I had pretty good luck photographing dragondamselflies at the Smoky Hill River right below the Kanopolis spillway yesterday afternoon; a few are shown below. Click any of the images to see my Flickr damselfly set. ::