Category: Daily Life

I woke last night at 12:34. Not twelve thrity-four but one two three four. Then I woke again at 2:11. That would be 2 and 1+1 = 2. Pretty neat!

Student: I’m a dead man.
Master: Death asks nothing and comes without effort; Life asks everything and requires participation.

Wow! That’s a BIG snowball.

Noah boxes

Bouncing good time.

NASA shares a before and after satellite picture.

a google map showing the location of the live New Orleans blogger.

Update: A description of the buildings seen on the camera.

The live cam by the New Orleans blogger is being reboardcast here.

Wow! I just examined the satellite photos and realized that the levee that broke which shows the massive flooding in New Orleans is actually the levee that I used to ride my bike on as a kid. I used to get on skifs and play with crab traps. I’d "hunt" alligator (you use a flashlight to see their eyes sticking out of the water). I shot my BB gun down there and hiked on a railroad track. Well the breach is the west side of Kenner a stones throw from where I lived and flooded mostly undeveloped land. Yes, there are other breaches and water is coming into the city but as soon as I’ve met today’s deadline I want to spend some time drawing on the sat picture and explaining a few things. More to come!

Another blogger from the area.

Our New Orleans blogger has put his feed back up but right now it caps at 50 viewers. It is interesting to watch people casually walking down the same street that cars are driving on.

Fighting panic.

If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the satellite picture of New Orleans. I may try to take some time to mark a few landmarks in a later post.

Student: My troubles overwhelm me.
Master: Then expect to be clobbered!

• …because I kept my cool as my linux development server slowly died
• …because I only cursed during the first brown out.
• …because the two trees that fell in the neighborhood missed houses.
• …because I was able to feed my family tonight.

It is difficult to be happy as my favorite city sits in ruin with so many dead and displaced. My troubles are so minor.