Thawing...

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This was the view out to the patio yesterday. The rain last night helped quite a bit and today we should get rid of quite a bit more... side streets are still pretty messy... Am looking forward to getting back to Portland's winter rain...Thaw...

Recently found items... - December 25, 2008

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If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design)

Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod Touch
A method of adding Google Maps content and KML files for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch Google Maps application....

More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books - NYTimes.com
NYTimes article about E-Books...

Op-Ed Columnist - Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com
Tom Friedman column stating the obvious, but sometimes it needs to be stated over, and over again...

Obituary: Terry Toedtemeier, curator, photographer, historian and scientist - Visual Arts - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

Recently found items... - December 25, 2008

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Items shared in Google Reader....

eBooks are Added Value

If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design)

Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod Touch
A method of adding Google Maps content and KML files for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch Google Maps application....

More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books - NYTimes.com
NYTimes article about E-Books...

Op-Ed Columnist - Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com
Tom Friedman column stating the obvious, but sometimes it needs to be stated over, and over again...

Obituary: Terry Toedtemeier, curator, photographer, historian and scientist - Visual Arts - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

More snow overnight...

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Woke up this morning to another 5 inches of snow. This is one big weather system. I'm been spending quite a bit of time on my computer and it has been fun to follow storm updates with Twitter. I have been using TweetDeck as my Twitter client. It has a pained view and I can easily follow my Twitter activity and specific search phrases. Twitter users in Portland have been using the hashtag pdxtst to note storm and weather related posts. PDX is the airport designation for Portland, and TST stands for Twitter Storm Team. It's kind of a jab at the local media who blare their constant weather coverage as Storm Team Coverage... Anyway, below I have two photos looking out on my patio, taken 24 hours apart. It's gonna be a long week... Sunday Morning... View out the window...

Monday Morning... More snow this morning...

Freezing Rain on Top of Snow...

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Yesterday we finally got the "Arctic Blast" that the local media had been screaming about all week. (Find it funny when they refer to temperatures in the 20's F as Arctic...) It started snowing about 7:00 am and did not stop until last night. Overnight, the snow has turned into freezing rain. So now we have a layer of ice on top of the snow and everything else. Via Twitter I'm seeing reports of branches and trees coming down and of power outages. I took a few pictures outside my door this morning and also out my window. I hope to venture out a bit later today and take some more pictures.View out the window...

Snowing at Lewis and Working in the Lab...

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I'm at Lewis today working in the computer lab. Our PTA has a function going on and in spite of the weather, it is taking place and I needed to open the building for them. I'm using the time to reimage our old lab computers. Last Wednesday we unboxed and set up 23 new iMacs to add to 6 existing iMacs to bring our lab up to 29 computers. My music and technology teacher, Tony Jamesbarry and I spent most of Wednesday (another snow day...) imaging the new computers and today I am imaging the old lab eMacs in preparation for moving them out to classrooms to replace much older iMacs (the colorful ones...) As I mentioned the weather today is pretty bad. The worst we have had all week. The video below is the view outside the door that leads to our garden area. [flickr video=3122759179]