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Uptown San Diego trolley
SD Urban linked over to a story at SD Uptown News about the “Restoring the Magic” trolley project concept . It seems like a great idea - bring back the old school trolley cars, run them downtown for a…
AWS micro instances for personal & learning use
Too much money, too much downtime. That sums up my experience with my web hosting company over the last couple years. My shared hosting account costs about $120/year, and sure didn't feel like I was g…
The "best"
During our weekend in Brussels we missed out on some sites like Cantillon Brewery, but we managed to hit Bier Circus before it closed Saturday night. The food was pretty good, but it was the beer sele…
Brussels, Belgium
Photos of Brussels, Belgium We stayed in Brussels over the weekend, in the north part of downtown, off Koningsstraat. I say that because I think it has a lot of impact on our impressions of the city. …
Bruges, Belgium
2010.10 Photos of Bruges, Belgium I wasn't quite sure what to expect of Brugge/Bruges/Bruge. It looked like a gorgeous little town, but very heavily touristed. I have a low tolerance for wandering thr…
Paris, France
2010.10 Photos of Paris, France Like any large city, Paris changes a bit with every visit. The bicycle is back, mostly in the form of Vélib' . Wifi in the parks is pretty cool (though frustrating to t…
SSH to an AWS EC2 server from an iPhone
The first round of SSH clients for the iPhone presented some problems when connecting to Amazon Web Services EC2 Linux server instances. EC2 instances require a private certificate key file to be used…
IT service administration apps on the iPhone
Stuff breaks. Usually when I'm nowhere near a computer. These 4 apps help keep me sane: 1. Jaadu Remote Desktop ( app store link ) . Pricey, but the best RDP client of the bunch. This plus the built i…
Sturtevant Falls hike
Photos of hiking Sturtevant falls, Angeles National Forest A month back we did a new (to us) hike to Sturtevant falls in Angeles National Forest. The trail head is at Chantry Flat, off Santa Anita Ave…
Scuba diving Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas)
Photos of Scuba diving Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas) During our visit to the tip of Baja we enjoyed two days worth of diving. The first day of diving we stuck to relatively easy local sites. The first di…