Archive for December 2008

Burning one of my Penguin candles

Holidays at Kahneeta

100_0894, originally uploaded by expatrick.

We had a wonderful couple of days at Kahneeta. Snowball fights, hot springs, rolling in the snow, good food, Wii games, and good movies.

Snowing outside

It reminds me of this post from Sarah’s blog about a cold waterbed.

Against ‘Cap and Trade’ Carbon Emission Schemes

The real purpose of “cap and trade” schemes is to make greenhouse emissions standards (’caps’) more palatable to profitable, politically influential polluters by giving them a way to avoid changing for as long as possible (’trades’). A simple carbon tax, with tax credits for conversion to cleaner technology, up would be much more effective.

Bill Bradbury on Climate Change

I had the opportunity to see Bill Bradbury, the outgoing Oregon secretary of state, deliver a presentation on climate change today at Celilo Media, the publishers of the Chinook Book and Ecometro blog. My friend Carissa, the Ecometro blog editor, invited me because they had extra spots. Bradbury had attended a training session at Al [...]

Shoes

, originally uploaded by bhadra kaali.

My friend Silence in berlin took this photo.

I couldn’t resist!

I couldn’t resist!, originally uploaded by i5prof.

Does she carry a sugar cone around with her?

Horst & Mitzi

Horst & Mitzi

Originally uploaded by Wilder Schmaltz

My friend Wilder did this. I like it.

Ubuntu won’t…..

Ubuntu won’t…..

Originally uploaded by expatrick

Things Ubuntu won’t, apparently, do.

ah ha

it was APC that was the problem!!!!