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Impressionistic watercolor as a side effect of aperture priority in a cab running up Third Avenue in the rain. Addendum: Just realized that b2 allows HTML tags in the … Continue reading »

So we were rumaging around my parents’ house on X-mas, because the snow storm had kept us in for the night. I find a few old Tolkien books in … Continue reading »

Test for the fix for the annoying jump-to-top-of-page that happens when clicking on a thumbnail image. This is based on this Google post. This should also allow the full images … Continue reading »

Here are some shots around my parents’ house, both at night while it was snowing, and out the backyard the day after. The night shots were also tests of … Continue reading »

Post-X-mas class. Only the crazy people showed up, so we had just green-belt on up. The tai sabaki warmups actually included some of the extra exercises that they … Continue reading »

This past Wednesday was the first white Christmas in the Northeast in many years. A noreaster blowing through the region dumped a bit more snow than expected: northeastern Queens … Continue reading »

Here are photos of the car at last. Unfortunately, my brother, while sitting in the back seat on a drive uptown, peeled off the godawful tint in the back. … Continue reading »

Let’s try this: Specifically, I used the code posted here, as well as a few supplemental bits further downthread to make it work with b2 version 0.6.1. I have to … Continue reading »

This looks useful at first glance: http://www.dbasupport.com/oracle/ora9i/solutions/howtos.shtml

A couple of new or not-recently-done techniques to remember: 1. Two-handed lapel grab: a sort of heaven-and-earth with uke’s elbows. If uke turns to regain balance, tai otosh to uke’s … Continue reading »