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I heard a noise

flickr — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:36:56 +0000

P1215358, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

I heard a noise, saturday night, and thought it was some drunk messing with our dumpster.

The Taj Mahal is completed

flickr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:49:10 +0000

The Taj Mahal is completed, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

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My neighbors were being too noisy to sleep through anyways, might as well finish it off, I said to myself. Yeah. =p

Whitecaps on Lake Union

flickr — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:50:15 +0000

Whitecaps on Lake Union, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

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From a calm morning, to winds so fast they are whipping up whitecaps on Lake Union.

Lenticular Cloud vs Jetstream

flickr — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:19:10 +0000

DSC_0006, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

A lenticular cloud formed over mt rainier (not seen), and is now being torn apart by a jet-stream. I think. Looks cool.

Long lights over Lake Union

flickr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:28:26 +0000

DSC_0001, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

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I was already awake, but when all three news copters are taking off at the same time, I figured something was up, and sure enough, there was a boat taking on water. Of course it’s in a quadrant of the lake I can’t see without going up to the roof, and I wasn’t dressed yet =p

Still, the long exposure of one of the copters leaving looks kinda cool.

The Too Bright Moon

flickr — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:59:39 +0000

The Too Bright Moon, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

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I’ve never had this problem before, where the moon was too hot to shoot.

Mixed messages

Don — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:15:31 +0000

OnLive announced a contest to celebrate the release of their new Android app. The grand prize is an iPad 2.

Steampunk Tom & Jerry

Don — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:21:56 +0000

If there was any doubt as to the growing popularity of the faux-retro movement, I’m flipping through channels this morning and discover a Tom & Jerry special that seems to be a sort of steampunk-sherlock-holmes mashup.

The Invention of Lying

Don — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:46:55 +0000

This is a really sweet film. The scene where he realizes how much joy he can bring to other people, by telling them lies, is very touching. Ninjas and aliens working together, the first religious dogma, and it’s only half-way through the film.

NIMBYism at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

flickr — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:39:19 +0000

NIMBYism at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a photo by Xymon on Flickr.

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It really kinda bugs me to see that an organization supposedly founded to decrease worldwide suffering, goes out of it’s way to be dicks to the local homeless. I’m sure the money they spent on adding these to their benches would not have gone very far in dealing with the local homeless problems, but it would have done something.