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All the articles I've posted.
INS adventures and bile.
Back in June, Anna and I went to the main San Diego INS/USCIS office in Chula Vista to be interviewed for my residency application. We weren't sure what to expect. Would they separate us and interroga…
More Burning Man
In my last Burning Man post I found the Thermokraken grant page online and was excited that the Kraken might be coming back to Burning Man this year. I emailed the Therm guys to ask what the outcome w…
San Diego blurbs
I'm not a fan of pork in bills, but it looks like one good thing for San Diego made it into the Transportation Bill - 11 million to take the trolley up to the UTC/UCSD area . I'm sure it is going to b…
Night swimming
Last night Anna, Pete, Paul, and myself drove up the coast highway looking for the red tide glow. We saw a bit at Torrey Pines but wanted a stronger glow, so we kept heading north. We were almost to S…
Burning Man - Ready. Me - not so much.
The golden spike was driven in to the playa of Black Rock City on Wednesday. You can see some photos and a write-up from the DPW crew right here . From there they start to map out the streets and grid…
Security on a whim
(I'm back in town and my skin is slowly hydrating. I always forget how dry Calgary & BC can be) First, a little background as to why I was talking to homeland security in Canada - Calgary has a full s…
Far away Canada
This post should show up as I am in the air. As Anna marked on her calendar, we will be "Visiting Far Away Canada" for the next two weeks. Our first stop is in Calgary , then on to Williams Lake to me…
Site htaccess changes
I've finally gotten around to messing with my htaccess file and added the following: # Error pages ErrorDocument 404 /404.php # Redirect Redirect /blog/blog.html http://www.chrisnelson.ca/ Redirect /b…
Be Wise, Community Supported Agriculture
About a month ago a coworker told Anna and I about their enrollment in a CSA program at Be Wise Ranch . She loved it, so Anna and I decided to give it a go. What the hell am I talking about? From here…
WordPress Database Backup
Skippy has a very snazzy WordPress Database Backup plugin. I just loaded it up on mine and it works fine (1&1 hosting). This is really nice for me. Previously I had to login to my hosting account, go …