I created the “word cloud” above at Wordle.net using three and half years of blog entries from our site. The larger the word, the more frequently it has appeared on our blog. Wordle crunches the text you give it down to the top n words (n=150 for the image above) and arranges them according to [...]

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If things seem to be missing (e.g., photos) or not working right (e.g., comments), it’s because we’re in the process of upgrading the version of WordPress used by our blog. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Update: I think most everything is working at this point. If you notice otherwise, please contact us.

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As you may have noticed, we’ve partially updated the theme on our site and renamed our blog.

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I’ve made a few structural changes to the blog, and if your RSS feed from our site has broken, we apologize. Basically, I promoted the blog to the top-level of our domain. The static home page was simply no longer relevant, and this was the first step in a series of updates we have planned. [...]

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Well, it’s been almost 2 months since I made that last post in which I promised imminent updates. So much for that. At this point, I’m not sure what is going to happen to the blog and photo gallery.
There is simply a limited amount of energy and an unlimited number of things trying to consume [...]

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Yes, yes, we are still here. We’re hoping to bring the blog and photo gallery up-to-date soon….

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Even though certain people will undoubtedly find this post as boring as my previous post, I am nonetheless pleased to announce that I’ve finally implemented CAPTCHAs on our blog. CAPTCHAs are those small images of distorted words, random letters, or numbers that, among other things, reduce blog comment spam by verifying that a human being [...]

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I started a new album in our photo gallery devoted to food (see link below). For some reason, I like taking pictures of food. I think there are a few reasons for this. First, food doesn’t move (well, not usually, anyway) — which also explains why I like taking pictures of anemones! Second, I’ve been [...]

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I just need to make a quick endorsement for a tool I’ve been using on this blog for the past several months. The product, Akismet, is an add-on to WordPress that blocks comment and trackback spam. If the sign of an effective spam-blocking tool is that you can install it and then forget about it, [...]

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I’ve posted a series of albums in our photo gallery featuring a small selection of what I consider to be my good or interesting photos from each year starting in 2002. Each album has less than 10 photos.
Adventure Gallery: Best Photos

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