Hooper Osteosarcoma Ice Cream This is the first of perhaps many posts about the last 26 hours I spent with my dog Hooper, which also turned out to be the last 26 hours Hooper had on this earth. It's the only way I know how to deal with
2016 Recap Executive Summary There have been better years. But you know what, to have had a year at all means I was alive, and this is the greatest gift one can
Colorado An Adventure Ride My first "big" adventure ride with the Tiger is in the books. My dear friend Rois was getting married in Gunnison, and Brenda wouldn't be able to make
exercise It's More Than Just Exercise Apparently, it all started two years ago: Dear Rob, This confirms your reservation for Beginners' BaseCamp on 4/22/2013 to 5/8/2013. This event meets Monday, Wednesday and
resolutions 2014 in the Rearview It's been a while since I've done one of these, but it's also been a while since I've posted anything at all on this blog. Seems like as good a reason as any to get my narcissism on! This will be more of an
pets Ellie the Cat, 2004(?)-2014 Well, our little Ellie passed away last night, the poor dear. Cancer wins again, and while I keep telling myself there wasn't anything I could have done to prevent that, I am beating myself up a little bit over the fact that she died
Radiance Sanity Testing BSDFs When simulating light transport with light-backwards raytracing, complex macro- or micro-geometry that obfuscates light sources -- especially a small, intense light source such as the sun -- generally cause the
paleo Turkey and Cilantro Chili After listening to Jersey girl Diane Sanfilippo at the gym this afternoon, I was all fired up to make something paleo. It was also kinda grey and cold outside, after a few spectacular sunny and warm days. I always think "chili" in
blog Blog Update In case anyone is still out there, I just updated my blog again, agian, again. Again. About a month ago I decided to give Ghost a try, and it was a little bit of a rocky start. Ghost is new, started by some ex-WordPress
Boulder A New Low They've done it again; just when you thought you were fully Boulder Whole Foods Battle Hardened, these people manage to redefine solipsism. Lemme tell ya what happened. The other day I'm in the BWF, and I roll up to a cashier with my basket.
light f.lux f.Lux is a cool little utility that appeals to the lighting geek in me. What it does is adjusts the color temperature of your monitor or laptop screen, based on the time of day, "warming it up" at night and "
unfiled Back to School I just signed up for an online class at Berkeley (Intro to Statistics). I'm pretty psyched, because I believe all card-carrying lib-ruhls are supposed to have studied "at" Berkeley. I'm also just interested to take part in the whole MOOC (Massive Open
cycling NAHBS 2013 Well, after years of wanting to go, I finally got to attend the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and it was worth the wait. Started in 2005 by framebuilder Don Walker, NAHBS is an annual trade show featuring bespoke bicycle framebuilders and accessory manufacturers.
unfiled Elk Insanity You'd think that after seven years of living in Boulder, CO this shit wouldn't faze me anymore, but, alas. Since there's no way this made the national news, let me tell ya what happened here in our little hamlet of Boulder on New Year's
9-11-2001 The Price of Freedom I recently read a righty editorial that suggested the notion that the massacre at Sandy Hook was the "price of freedom" -- that the right of all American adults to own firearms is inherently going to make such massacres possible, even regular.
media Rebuttal A friend of mine recently asked me to post a clarification to a comment on one of her Facebook posts. My friend had posted this piece about how climate change skeptics/denialists are so underrepresented in the scientific literature, and someone hit back with
cycling Flagstaff Let's talk about rarities. It's rare that an individual discovers his passion at five years old; it's also rare that an individual follows that passion through high school, against great odds and bias. It's rare for an individual to love a thing, a sport,
unfiled The Way it Should Be Today I stopped in at my credit union, to get a credit card. I had recently told Bank of America to go fuck themselves, and to take the credit card account I had with them for years and shove it up their asses, because
unfiled Intern Punks, and the Failure of Science to Teach (Movie) History The education system in the United States is broken, we all know that. There are several theories about why this is, but that's not what this post is about. This is about intern punks. I work at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and I
unfiled Next to Normal Yesterday Brenda & I trekked down to Denver to see "Next to Normal" at the Denver Center. It's been a while since we've seen something there, and even longer since I've seen a musical anywhere. It was great. I know, I'm generally
people 2010 in the Rearview It's been a while since I've posted anything at all on this blog. I blame Facebook; too easy to snap a photo with my phone and upload it, too easy to link to funny or interesting things on the interwebs via FB or Twitter.
people Thank You, Contributors! Thanks to all who contributed to my fundraising efforts for the 2010 Cause for Paws, benefiting the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. About 500 people (plus dogs!) participated in either the run or the walk, and together we raised $50K to help the shelter
light Published So, last month, I presented a paper at SimBuild 2010. Today, the lab I work for published a link to the preprint, which enters me into the scientific roll call. I am stoked. Check it out: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/47522.pdf
