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Surfing Lesson in Kauai

Well I finally decided to give surfing a shot ‘for reals’ and it went pretty well, definitely fun!  My shoulders are a bit sore but good times for sure.  Went with Hawaian Surfing Adventures and had a private lesson with … Continue reading

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Solar Hot Water

I recently finished the first phase of my solar hot water project and now get most of my domestic hot water from the sun.  Good times! I followed the plan from BuildItSolar $1000 Solar Water Heater, modified to suit my … Continue reading

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Wedding Photos

Wedding Photos are available and have been for a while I’ve just been lazy about posting. You can see then in the gallery here on the blog. You can also see and order them from shutterfly.com The password to view … Continue reading

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Palin Voodoo Doll

Just in time for the debates, have yourself a chuckle at palinvoodoo.com’s Sarah Palin Voodoo doll. Speaking of politics, I really need to stop watching the news because the GOP’s general horribleness frightens and angers me to no end.

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Whirled Corpse Craft

Whirled is just what it sounds like, an online “world” har har – oh my side! Written in Flash, and thus very accessible from all the major browsers and computer platforms. Part casual gaming, part social networking, part creators pallet … Continue reading

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Rachel and Eric get Married Huzzah

Rachel Diaz-Bastin and Eric Lundberg got married at 5pm at Cafe de La Paz in Berkeley in front of friends and family. It was a great time and we’ll have pictures up soon. Thanks to everyone who could make it, … Continue reading

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Marin Century Ride – 2008 106 miles on a bike – are you crazy?

So I did the Marin Century ride today, which was quite an event. The longest ride I had done before was 45 miles up to the top of Mount Tam, so this was a change! Mostly it is just a … Continue reading

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Postgres Partitioning and hibernate Oh the humanity!

So I was trying to set up some data to go into a partitioned table in postgres and given our architecture relies on hibernate I thought it would be nice to be able to be consistent and use hibernate to … Continue reading

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Bachelor Party Weekend A study in relaxation and Whitewater

The bachelor party was a great success, quite a time was had by all and it was super relaxing. The short version is I picked up Cannata and Alan Thursday night around 8 at the Sacramento airport. We drove to … Continue reading

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2008 Pacific Coast Brew Off

Jake and I entered the 2008 Pacific Cost Brew off with a batch of American Brown Ale we had made about a month ago. The contest was held today, and while we didn’t win anything it was a great time. … Continue reading

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