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'rgibson' is Rich GibsonTheir header: Better living through code.
And something that they want to say: The unexamined life is not worth living.
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List of entries for Richard Gibson
Wed 6/28/2006
"That's what I call a home breakfast: home pasta, and home sauce." spencer There was a storm last night that... READ IT!
Tue 6/27/2006
An adventure day! Heather packed lunches. I was groggy, maybe five hours sleep,
but I came round. The little kids... READ IT!
6/26/2006 Happy Birthday Tom Yoder.
I had all manner of dreams, including dreaming that Molly was riding her bike
and bouncing on her front tire.
We finally got ourselves into Tiszafured. The plan was to check email, then
some grocery... READ IT!
6/25/2006
Sunday in Hungary.
A drunk guy just kissed me on the head, three times, according to Leah and
Molly who were keeping track.
We started with a river trip with Laslo. I was having intense dreams, in
part of molly riding her ... READ IT!
Sat 6/24/2006
I've been remiss...too much on my mind or something.
Thur 6/22
This was a day. We got going late, or, I... READ IT!
6/21/2006 The solstice
I got to bed after 1:00, but before 2:00. I slept until 10ish. At one
point Maddy came in and was so... READ IT!
6/20/2006 jx
We are back in Nagys. Spencer is out catching frogs. Cute little frogs. Leah
is here. All is good.
We just had a great adventure getting here from Nier... In fact, it was a most
excellent adventure. We came around a curve... READ IT!
6/19/2006
Emotions are on the surface. Maddy has been crying a lot. She cried at the
Rotary good bye... READ IT!
6/18/2006 Nagys
The airport in Amsterdam is efficient. Gate D6 is below D8. You go down,
surrendor your... READ IT!
Saturday 6/17/2006 What time is it?
It might be 7:25 in the morning. Or now 4:26 in the afternoon, now that
we are in the time zone that matches my 'geoloc.'
The flight to Amsterdam went well. Spencer went to sleep shortly after we got on the plane. I did as well. He slept until we had 2 1/2 hours... READ IT!
6/16/2006 On the plane to Minneapolis
Schedule of the day so far
6:00ish wake up
7:05ish left to catch airport shuttle
7:45ish shuttle came, no problems at all.
9:15 After a fast and painless ride we arrived at the airport... READ IT!
Wed 1:00 am 4/6/2005
Got up this morning, walked in the kitchen, had half a melon and an egg.
And oh what a feeling when... READ IT!
11/6/2004 Democrats Think and Republicans Believe. At least, that is the theme of a thread on the media-squatters mailing list. I don't agree. The ineffable mystery of the universe demands more of us. READ IT!
These are Rich's places.
The basic map
Testingrange.com home
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Browse map
Query feature
[ Zoom In ]
[ Pan ]
[... READ IT!
Sat 10/23/2004 First explorations in active annotationREAD IT!
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 [Geowanking] Waypoints are in a narrative, or a narrative is in the Waypoints?
So I am interested in 'geospatially enabled narrative.' Basically stories
with a geospatial component. This might be as simple... READ IT!
7/18/2004 - My server made naughty, and when I did my main backup I didn't
preserve permissions, and more importantly, I didn't preserve file dates. This means all the stories are out of order.
... READ IT!
Sat 5/19/2001 'No Mas! He cried, with a faint air of exhaustion! Diving and family and Molly in The Hobbit. With pictures.READ IT!
Saturday 10/4/2003 RED Tomales Halibut Dive
(with pictures)
Twas a small but salty contingent that showed up for the fall classic club halibut
dive. Jock had Mark Borden and Rich Gibson on his boat, while... READ IT!
Sunday October 26th, 2003 Underwater Pumpkin Carving
This may have been the best day on the coast this year. Refreshed
with an extra hours sleep, thanks to the collapse of Daylight Savings Time, we drove ... READ IT!
So we've lost another shuttle. And my reactions are twisted.
"You can say it's a built-in biological reaction," said William F. Fry, emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. "Sometimes people respond in tasteless ways, sometimes in artistic ways."
My reactions don't seem to tend toward the artistic.
What's the last thing that... READ IT!
Wed 12/4/2002 'Where did those noodles come from?' Heather pointed at a bag laying innocently on the table. 'They look wrong somehow.'
'God...they do look wrong...they are brown.' I replied.
'Maddy, were you eating those noodles.' Heather asked.
'No, they taste like dirt.'
We put up christmas lights, the little kids bouncing about, heather and I hanging icecicle lights all over. Then we decorated the digital... READ IT!
11/21/2002 Art is in the eye of the beholder, and other fables from the suburbsREAD IT!
Friday 10/4/2002Wow! Diving and stuffREAD IT!
Saturday 1/29/00
Yesterday I spent time strapped onto a board, looking up at six bright
lights and a fire fighter in his turn out coat who dripped sweat in my
face as they worked.
I went to see Dave Trost this morning, I felt better after that, but now
at 3:00 pm I am getting a headache.
My car is a... READ IT!
6/6/2002 Maddy makes up a song...
"Little Little Daddy Little Little Daddy I pour lemonade I pour lemonade on Daddy's Head"And some notes on this and that... updated 6/7 with a new date READ IT!
So Maddy is home. We are all happy.
"Maddy, you're going to choke and die and I'm going to laugh"
What is the password?
"I'm going to kick you down the stairs if you don't get out of the
... READ IT!
Wed 2/20/2002-part two Palindrome Date: Installing a NoCat Node takes a bad twist. READ IT!
Wed 2/20/2002 Palindrome Date: It is a bad thing when you dream about Bill and Hilary Clinton hosting a formal costume ball with the theme 'Dress Like Monica'READ IT!
I read the excellent NY Wireless Power Over Ethernet guide and planned
to duplicate their design. Unfortunately, reality interfered with
plans. HSC, our local electronics haven, did not have the... READ IT!
4/22/98
I'm reading the source, writing code, grooving to the beat of the digital.
Oh yeah.
Here is what I said to Dr. Freissan "Let's say you have ten projects, one
is... READ IT!
Index of Rich's Pictures-new pictures Fri 1/18/2002 READ IT!
1/1/2002 Linda comes to visit READ IT!
12/31/2001 Ticking down to New Years...and Maddy's Christmas List (as transcribed by Molly)READ IT!
12/26/2001 What a great Christmas Time! See my Cool Photo Galleries READ IT!
12/11/2001 When a homeless person admires my clothes, I know that I am in trouble, and Toxic Waste in the City. READ IT!
Photo Gallery - Sebastopol at Night 11/27/2001READ IT!
11/28/2001 An attempt at reasonREAD IT!
11/27/2001 Zappos.com tops $1,000,000 in sales for November!READ IT!
Sat 10/6/2001 Halibut Diving! I got a limit.READ IT!
List for Halibut DivingREAD IT!
Sat 9/22/2001 What an amazing summerREAD IT!
Mon 8/20/2001 Diving at North Fisk Mill Cove, and other adventures READ IT!
Sat 8/4/2001 A bunch of notes and quotes READ IT!
7/28/2001 Halibut Diving in Tomales Bay, and Pick up Sticks.READ IT!
The August Newsletter of the Redwood Empire Divers...READ IT!
7/24/2001 Juror questionaire - I hope that I don't go to jail for this.READ IT!
Sat 7/21/2001 Diving in MontereyREAD IT!
Fri 7/20/2001Getting excited, playing wiffle ballREAD IT!
Monday 7/16/2001My Sixth Anniversary at Zappos READ IT!
7/10/2001 Just a little physical obstacle, that's allREAD IT!
6/28/2001The Fight at the Gas Station and a reader's poll. READ IT!
6/26/2001 Happy birthday Tom. Is this yet another existential crisis... READ IT!
6/21/2001 Happy Solstice. Just coming out of an existential crisis... READ IT!
Friday 6/1/2001 I go to a birthday party for a two year old dot com. Events occur.READ IT!
5/16/2001 Are you selling your guitar?READ IT!
Saturday 5/5/2001 The Redwood Empire Divers descend upon hapless Point Arena. Point Arena fights back, and all retreat to lick their wounds. Including above water pictures.READ IT!
Sunday 5/6/2001My step niece has a birthday party, and we get to visit Tom Yoder, Marisa, and Tom's parent's (with pictures).READ IT!
2/5-2/13/2000 Great Trip to Mexico with Tom and John. This is the index to the trip, including pictures uploaded 4/30/2001. READ IT!
On the 2/2000 Mexico trip...Tuesday 2/8/2000 From The Desert to the Sands READ IT!
4/28/2001 Cabinets at Tom's, and the Apple Blossom Festival Parade (with Molly on horseback) - includes links to pictures. READ IT!
4/20/2001 Pain of procrastination and disorder. Now it shall be, and forever, crushed. Fucking cat. Get off my desk. READ IT!
4/9/2001 Just Call Mover Rich! (With links to pictures!)READ IT!
Sat. 4/14/2001 What is magic realism, and what does it have in common with _Me, Myself, and Irene_?READ IT!
4/7/2001How many parties does one girl need? Well, she got another one! (With links to pictures!)READ IT!
April 5, 2001 "Daddy, last night I dreamed about math. I was in a big conference room telling people about FOIL problems."READ IT!
Wed 3/28/2001 Walking into the title company to close on our refinance. "What name are we using for this one?" READ IT!
10/13/98 Henry Miller aint got nothing on me.READ IT!
3/24/2001 "I just got dental insurance at my new job. This is great, because for years I've been depending on Alien Abduction for all of my dental work." READ IT!
The ExtractionREAD IT!
Sunday 10/15/2000 The Girls and I go an an Adventure!READ IT!
101595.jn World of Estes Park
Last night we drove up to Estes Park, and surprised Diane with a
birthday celebration.
Diane, Reeve, Jennifer, Robbie and Elizabeth came up here Friday night
in a continuation of their 'Story Book Colorado' researches.
Diane's birthday is coming up this week, so we surprised her. And,... READ IT!
Sample Maps from the GPS Plotter Application
The gps plotter allows you to upload gps track and waypoint files, and generate
personalized maps. Additional coolness is supplied by having image map on mouse over
events automatically generated. So move the mouse cursor over named places and see what
pops up in the text box.
The first ... READ IT!
Friday at one AM, packing...READ IT!
Monday
Wednesday
Sunday 6/4/2000 Have you ever been so immersed in programming
that you staggered out of your office at 2:00 in the morning and peed on the
lawn, because the bathroom in the house was too far away, and then when the
horse moved it spooked you, and you jumped, and your penis... READ IT!
6/2/2000 The house looks less like the set from a remake of Deliverance, followed by a meditation of the power of tools to shape and structure perception and hence reality.READ IT!
Thursday 6/1/2000 Yesterday we listed our house.
Yesterday was a day of money, money, money.
In the morning, my contact at my consulting agency gave me the news that
he had figured out a way for me to get a pretty substantial rate
increase, and... READ IT!
Thursday
Friday 5/26/2000
Last night Heather slept. I started watching a special on Ingrid Bergman.
A... READ IT!
Monday 5/8/2000 Plodding through
things that painful, having a hard time, but there is a lot happening.
This is an... READ IT!
Thursday 5/11/2000
"Customers are always the problem... 'nocustomers.com' - we're looking
for someone to buy us"
Rocky Mtn... READ IT!
Wednesday 5/10/2000
The morning of chaos, but I am at work.
Yesterday I started 'geoEdit,' an... READ IT!
Friday 5/5/2000 I would hate myself if I could.
This morning Heather and I talked of the move. Jeremy is coming by to
do a 'walk through' and give heather advice on what to ... READ IT!
Tuesday
5/29/2000 Memorial day weekend, 2000. Another load to the dump, an experiment with the physics of the intersection of computer monitors and concrete block, rototilling the garden, and more ugh factor than I need!READ IT!
This is a summary for a storyREAD IT!
2/17/1998 2:15 AM The middle of a wet Hollywood night, murmers from the other room, one voice a monotone recitation of our shared middle class upbringing, the other wiggles around the once comfortable sounds of la lengua (literally, ‘The Tongue,’ or the language-that is, Spanish) filtered through life in Puerto Rica. READ IT!
Friday 5/12/2000
I'm using my time fruitfully. Getting OO Perl nailed down as solid as
Christ on the cross.
I'm listening to Dan Bern. This line has stuck with me:
If Pete Rose had exploded
Like Roberto Clemente
He'd be hanging in... READ IT!
Monday 2/7/2000 From Nogales, Arizona to the middle of nowhere near H. Caborca, Mexico
The day started with groans, and I pulled myself up and took a long hot bath
in the motel, and got my clothes on. The guys sort of opened their eyes. "I'm
going to go buy Insurance. Do you want to come?" No answer, unless one grunt
(John's) and a low groan (Tom's) qualify... READ IT!
Saturday 3/11/2000 Heather is gallivanting in California, and I am holding down the fort. Taking garbage to the dump, reflecting on physical labor, and fretting while Molly and Elizabeth engage in marathon horseback explorations of the neighborhood. READ IT!
Pictures: Spencer turns 1, and we start on a grand adventure to Mexico.
3/2/2000
See the pictures!
See Spencer eat cake! Thrill as he smashes it into his face! Thrill to
ART! Magic! Or the start of a road trip through flyover states to Mexico.
... READ IT!
To be young again, and stupid
Written in the Spring of 1981 Rich Gibson
An early trip to Mexico, and Death Valley, and the Grand Canyon.
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2/25/2000 Programming is hard. Focus and concentration? Forget about it!READ IT!
Surprise! It is late night, and I am hacking code.
Spending my time hacking perl and linux, and writing. Better than a
kick in the ass, but damn, it's 3:12 am and I am as punchy George Foreman
after the 'Rumble in the Jungle.'READ IT!
Nebraska? Wyoming?
Entered December 28, 1998 at 10:20 p.m. by Rich Gibson
Join me on a meandering tour of a bit of Nebraska and Wyoming. Featuring church sanctioned
grave robbing and fine cuisine.
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Out go the lights
Entered December 27, 1998 at 4:50 p.m. by Rich Gibson
With the paranoia owed to men with automatic weapons on an empty road, Rich Gibson tells
of his trip from San Francisco, California, to Mazatlan Mexico in pursuit of a warm place
to sleep, lots of carne asada, and a view of the last great eclipse of the 20th century.
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02/03/99 Keep your crayon within the lines
No more anal burn! Really
... READ IT!
01/04/99 Monday
Woke up with a start, after Maddy poured a glass of water onto the bed, mostly missing me, but... READ IT!
(This was not written by me - This is a Dan Bern song transcribed by
Kai Ostwald & Tony)
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