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Smelly Things
May 30, 2008

We’re trying to get things ready at the house for the BBQ next Saturday (if you haven’t RSVP’ed yet, you’re almost too late. If you know me and you didn’t get an invitation, I must not have your email or it got caught as spam, because I invited everyone, so RSVP anyway.), and although Berta is doing a great job of spiffing things up, we still have the perennial issue with the garage entry area. Between the powder room with the diapers and the litter box for the cats, that area is expectedly a little bit more smelly than I’d like.

Combined with an interest to obtain the usual supplies to take care of that, I also noticed that I was running low on deodorant. Nothing like making the house smell nice and then not smelling very fresh myself. So I decided it was prudent to make a quick grocery run at lunch time to pick up some of these items.

Lazyweb: Mission Space
May 28, 2008

A few weeks ago, I ordered what I thought would let me connect my camera to my telescope for a little night-sky photography. Taking effective photos of the night sky with a digital camera has long been something I wanted to do. Sadly, the ring I ordered does not fit the bill.

I’ve been trying to figure this out for quite some time now, but there really isn’t a single place that explains the process completely and gives you instructions for accomplishing the task. So here’s the deal.

Flipping Out
May 27, 2008

Abby and Riley were trying to do handstands on the gymnastics mat in the family room. I guess maybe Riley got tired or forgot what to do at a later point, and had an amusing little faceplant.

For Want of a Grease Pencil
May 25, 2008

Staring at the walls in the office is not conducive to constructing posts. I’m not sure how I’ve even managed the last 9-10 years worth of posts. You’d think I’d run out of material.

I was mentioning to someone the other day that I paradoxically - since the walls are plain white and small - have a lot of good ideas while in the shower. I had another one of those days today. I must have come up with three or four solid ideas about things I wanted to blog, but simply lost them upon setting foot outside the bathroom. Less dramatically, we had plans immediately after I showered this morning, so I didn’t really have a chance to act on my ideas.

What is Habari's core message?
May 19, 2008

On IRC a few weeks ago this question was posed by an unassuming visitor:

What makes Habari different from any other blog application like WordPress?

I blew a mental gasket sitting at my desk, but managed to scrawl out a few words that managed to be quoted here and there by folks in the community. It may have sounded profound to others, but it was really offered up in haste and without much consideration.

Since then I’ve been thinking: If I had to give a serious elevator pitch about Habari, what would I say?