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stumped, again

yes, i know that most people might think i have an unhealthy obsession with an axe. it’s a handy tool, for sure.

combined with our recently acquired rotary tool (used here for sharpening), the axe provides a level of damage unmatched by most other manual tools. i put said damage to good use this weekend to work on removing another stump – this time in the backyard, nestled snugly between the deck and fence.

this presents a unique challenge in that i can’t just swing freely from any direction. however, a few hours saturday, and most of the day sunday, and we’ve gotten it down to just one monster root left, which unfortunately goes directly into our neighbor’s yard. if i can’t get through the rest of it, we may have to dismantle that section of fence and replace it after the stump is out.

i will post VS pictures (Victory over Stump) when we get it removed!

a brave new world of web publishing

so, i’ve begun experimenting with a desktop client to update my site from.

generally this is meaningless to the reader, unless the reader is a geek like me. what this will do, however, is allow me to update this site using a simple desktop application on my computer. this will allow me to more easily work offline and update more frequently — that’s good for everybody!

bye bye taxes, hello old commute

tax season is ovah!

so, after her tax day celebration with her former employer yesterday, carrie & i stopped by Duck Island pub before heading home. (good beer had, btw.)

and now i’m back to riding the bus or train into and out of downtown seattle for my commute. it’s weird going back. i also realize that it’s very difficult to wake up earlier so i can get the train. i’ve got to work on that.

so now our plans include brewing a beer to celebrate the demise of the tax season, and start working on the house – gangbusters. also, we should get out and about once in a while and have some fun.

theme update

updated my theme a bit. wanted to show off some of my photos in Flickr on the right.

look for more and subtle updates in the near future.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2006

we went to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival yesterday, April 8th 2006. below you can find a link to a Flickr photoset with 115 images.

the big fields immediately surrounding Roozengaarde weren’t planted, so they don’t have them open to go wander around in. but the presentation gardens were full of variety as always and it was an absolute mob scene.

mikeyboy.com’s skagit valley tulip festival 2006 photoset

photo galleries are back

i’ve put some of my photo galleries back online, courtesy of flickr. these were popular when i first put them up, now you can all use flickr’s interface (and bandwidth) to see them again.

Portland International Rose Test Garden, 2003

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, 2003

enjoy!

site updates – updated CMS software, and URL aliases

here’s one for the geeks in the audience (sorry, mom & mom-in-law).

i’ve recently updated my site to the latest stable release of my content management system, and discovered functionality (that’s existed in it for quite some time) to alias the big ugly URLs i was previously using, down to nice quick ones.

for example:

this url: http://mikeyboy.com/taxonomy/term/2/all is now represented simply as: http://mikeyboy.com/travel

probably doesn’t mean a hill of beans to anyone but me, but i think it’s fun. and it should help google to classify my content as well.

and i don't even care, to shake these zipper blues

And I donï¿½t even care to shake these zipper blues
And we donï¿½t know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed
into the earth below

back to my old style: musical reference & summary of recent activities (office project, brewing, house project, cats). who’s that on the iPod?