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Me in Israel at the Western Wall with Ira

Stephen Colbert Testifies before Congress on Migrant Farm Worker Issues

Tokyo Subway Map

Bellevue HS X Country 2010 Season Schedule

Mortgage Calculator

Bumbershoot 2010

Bumbershoot was really great this year. One of my favorite bands was Garotas Suecas from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I also enjoyed The Constellations from Atlanta, Bomba Estereo from Columbia, and Angelique Kidjo, who was amazing. See them below in my Playlist.

I was multi-tasking while watching this

Source: PixLulz

Health Care Crunch Time

Call These Congressmen and Congresswomen TODAY and ask them to support the Health Care bill:

US Representative
District Office
Capitol Hill Office

Adler, John
(732) 608-7235
(202) 225-4765

Altmire, Jason
(724) 378-0928
(202) 225-2565

Baird, Brian
(360) 352-9768
(202) 225-3536

Berry, Marion
(870) 972-4600
(202) 225-4076

Boucher, Rick
(540) 628-1145
(202) 225-3861

Carney, Christopher
(570) 585-9988
(202) 225-3731

Chandler, Ben
(859) 219-1366
(202) 225-4706

Dahlkemper, Kathy
(814) 456-2038
(202) 225-5406

Driehaus, Steve
(513) 684-2723
(202) 225-2216

Ellsworth, Brad
(812) 465-6484
(202) 225-4636

Foster, Bill
(630) 406-1114
(202) 225-2976

Giffords, Gabrielle
(520) 881-3588
(202) 225-2542

Gordon, Bart
(615) 896-1986
(202) 225-4231

Hill, Baron
(812) 336-3000
(202) 225-5315

Kilroy, Mary Jo
(614) 294-2196
(202) 225-2015

Murphy, Patrick
(215) 826-1963
(202) 225-4276

Nye, Glenn
(757) 789-5092
(202) 225-4215

Perriello, Tom
(434) 293-9631
(202) 225-4711

Pomeroy, Earl
(701) 235-9760
(202) 225-2611

Salazar, John
(719) 543-8200
(202) 225-4761

Schauer, Mark
(517) 780-9075
(202) 225-6276

Space, Zack
(740) 779-1636
(202) 225-6265

Teague, Harry
(575) 622-4178
(202) 225-2365

Wilson, Charlie
(740) 533-9423
(202) 225-5705

2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count

Bike Route from Downtown Vancouver to Massey Tunnel Bike Ferry Van

This is a route for getting from Downtown Vancouver to the Massey Tunnel Bike Ferry.

My Tweets

Is Obama the reformer we need? He isnt pushing enough. Health care, climate change, energy, banking reform. It all seems to be getting watered down.

Windows Live Writer

 

This is using Windows Live Writer. I can format text. 

And I can insert a  map

 

And I can insert a table:

it has twop rows and	two columns

 

And I can insert an image:

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Lacrosse at Skyline

Well, it was a good game but Bellevue lost 5-4 in to Issaquah. Another tight loss on the field at Skyline. Not a lot of scoring in this one. Coach says that "they pressure our ball carriers and adjacent passes making it difficult for us to settle into our offensive rotations and strategies. "

US Presidential Election

Favorite Movies

EditGrid Spreadsheet by user/roblong.

Grand Central

GrandCentral is a cool phone tool from Google. You can get a single phone number that will ring all your phones..your cell phone, home, work, etc. You can configure it by individual if you wish, so if a certain person calls it will ring your home phone or your cell phone. It also has a voice mail box. You can also use it as a privacy tool...i.e. a way of giving out a phone number w/o giving out your real number. Try it out.

http://www.grandcentral.com/

Sync your Outlook and Google Calendars

You can now keep your Google calendar in sync with your Outlook calendar. Get the sync software from Google here. You can sync one-way or two-way. A drawback is that it will only sync your primary calendar. I have multiple Google calenders.

One thing I really like about this is that my iPod keeps a copy of my Outlook calendar. Now all my Google calendar entries get sync'd to my iPod!

Gates of Paradise at SAM

Three of Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" panels are on display at Seattle Art Museum thru Apr 6.

At left is a photo I took of one of the 3 panels last December in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are spectacular. I highly recommend seeing them.

Michelangelo is credited with dubbing them “the gates of paradise,” and sixteenth-century artist and writer Giorgio Vasari called them “the finest masterpiece ever created, either in ancient or modern times.” Three stunning panels from Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise, one of the most celebrated works of the Italian Renaissance, are on view at SAM Downtown. This exhibition marks the first time that the bronze panels have traveled to the United States since their creation over 550 years ago. Generations of admirers have praised the monumental doors of the Florence baptistery for their compelling portrayal of scenes from the Old Testament and their innovative treatment of architectural space.

The panels were originally created for display on doors leading into a church in Florence, the Babtistry. Currently, the Babtistry displays copies of the panels.

My new Nikon D40

Taken in Fremont on a sunny Sunday in February.

Spreadsheet from EditGrid

See the sample spreadsheet below using EditGrid. I think this site is one of the very best of the new web-based spreadsheet apps.


EditGrid Spreadsheet by user/roblong.

Created with Paul's flickrSLiDR.

New blog useing ScribeFire

New blog useing ScribeFire. Scribefire is really cool. Makes it really easy to add and edit posts to all your blogs, all from within Firefox.

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Tips for doing the Seattle-to-Portland Bike Ride (STP)

Here are some things I learned from doing the Seattle-to-Portland Bike Ride (STP) last year:
1. Do it with somebody, otherwise its too boring.
2. Don't bring a water back-pack. Just carry two water bottles and try to get everything else under the seat, or in your pockets.
3. Toledo High School is a good place to sepnd the night, but maybe try to go a bit farther next time, like Castle Rock?
4. Only bring 1 extra tube (2 max) to save space. If you use it you can always buy another one at the next stop.
5. Bring a spare spoke or two in case one breaks.
6. Leave at 5 am or 5:30 to avoid heat and get a good start. I can just leave from my house and skip the start.
7. The air mattress is wonderful for sleeping on.
8. Eat a lot and drink a lot. Stop at every rest stop.
9. Use tons of chamois lube.
10. As part of training, in addition to a bunch of 45 mile rides, try to do a couple 70 or 80 mile rides with a 45 the day after.