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Andre Radke has some great photos of Ireland at his site.

I feel Robert Cringely's pain. I live a bit southwest of his area, and I'm in the same situation...too far out for DSL. No cable Internet access. But I can see Santa Rosa from my backyard. And I'd also like to tap into the magic of 802.11b to bring fast access. I know very little about wireless, but I'm willing to learn. And when you can make some of the equipment you need, it doesn't have to be as expensive as Robert's setup. Now if only I could make a wireless network card with standard household items...

The onfocus empire is expanding its operation. Well, it's also slowing down in some places. We never close a site without opening a window. But it looks like someone in the organization is muscling in on my territory. Time to double check the onfocus by-laws... ;) (nice photos!)

Santa Cruz Sentinel: "In the circle, Kim poured Jay's ashes, and the surfers let out a yell." The picture of the memorial event is amazing, even at its small size with this article.

by chance

This was his last step before the accident
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Thanks everyone for contributing captions. As I write this post there are 14. That's more than I expected. I realize now by having the captions in a public space, it's sort of a gallery of its own. A gallery of captions with no photos. I like that idea too.

I haven't looked at them yet. I wonder if a theme has developed. I think I'll take some of the pictures today. Where should I go?

A little help? I'd like to create a photo gallery based on chance. A gallery with captions and pictures. And I want to take the pictures but I don't want to make up the captions. That's where you come in. Click 'comment' below and leave a caption. I'll take several photos and pair up the captions with the pictures in the order they were taken. And I'll try not to look at the captions beforehand. This way there is a picture, a caption, and some third thing that is a combination of the two. How can you write a caption for a picture you've never seen? I'm not sure, but thanks for trying! Will the results be remotely interesting? That's chance.

Sexy Beast is the best British crime suspense drama I've seen since The Croupier. Ok, it's the only British crime suspence drama I've seen since then...but it's very good. Ben Kingsley is incredibly scary. I've seen it described as a dark comedy, and there were laughs through about the first half. But they slowly tapered off as the film got more and more intense. It has some of the best acting I've seen in a while. Thumbs up.

I wish I could be outside on this gorgeous day instead of sitting inside nursing a sprained ankle. Oh well, I can live vicariously through the web: I found this great mostly Bay Area hiking site. And it has several hikes I've been on. It's always good to compare notes.

wacky. Some guy spent $11,000 to make his apartment look like the set of Star Trek. What a ripoff! I only spent a fraction of that turning my house into the set of One Day at a Time. Finding a Dwayne Schneider cardboard cutout, however, was quite a feat.