September 2009
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Coastal Kayaking Resources for Ventura
NOAA Coastal Waters Forecast for the East Santa Barbara Channel CDIP Southern California Swell Height Tide and Current Predictor County Health Report for Local Beaches Channel Islands Kayak Center (Rentals)
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Trip Report: Confused, Gray & Happy
Channel Islands Harbor 34° 9’33.95”N 119°13’19.00”W
Back in the days when I kayaked on a daily basis, this route out around the breakwater would have been a milk run (see Google Earth screenshot above). But today, it was a reasonable start for some basic expedition training.
It was quite gray under the marine layer this morning, despite the brilliant sunshine of the...
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Two-meal diet aids in oldest man's longevity →
“You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel. If you could just tell people not to eat so darn much.”
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Normandy 1944 - Then and Now →
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“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
– Socrates
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“Read not the Times. Read the Eternities.”
– From the essay Life Without Principle by Henry David Thoreau, who was complaining about gossip and the trivialities of the daily news long before any of us were born. (via jackcheng)
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It can be a challenge to get your iPhone, or any...
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IKEA Changes Fonts, Outrage Ensues →
After brewing on Twitter and on typography and design blogs for the last couple weeks, the New York Times picked up the story about how IKEA has replaced the venerable font Futura with Microsoft’s Verdana screen font.
Yet it can’t be denied: Ikea is trading away a font with a tradition of modernist design, having elaborate associations, for one that has only one major association: with the...
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AppleTV is Almost There
I love movies. With a growing family and career on overdrive however, I don’t get to see many these days. There’s a swank new theatre in town that serves booze and has reserved seats, but it might as well be a figment of my imagination.
I loath mindless TV. I dropped cable service for good a few years back and honestly don’t miss it. Well, the occasional ballgame would be nice but it’s an...
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“Except in exceptional circumstances, I don’t like consulting books on...”
– Paul Valéry