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Birds named Victor

Birds named Victor

Hot hot hot in St. Petersburg.  The humidity has returned and will stay through nearly the end of hurricane season….  I feel much better about the location of Chez Kitteh vs the previous apartment.  2004 was the last year any big storm came nearby…
As I was out for my morning ride I met some birds [...]

[ More ] June 15th, 2009 | No Comments |
Space View Park

Space View Park

Space View Park (Google Map, directions) in Titusville, Florida is the premier location for viewing Shuttle and other rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center if you do not have a ticket from NASA for up close and personal launch viewing.
Things to bring:

Binoculars
Chairs or comfy blankets
Food and Drinks (no alcohol permitted)
Still camera (ideally with zoom lens)
Video [...]

[ More ] June 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment |
Swag and an early weekend

Swag and an early weekend

Monday was Google Swag day. I had a wireless mouse, usb hub and logo pen arrive. I remember an email about giving me something to compensate me for needing to change a feedburner feed ID. The rest of the day was filled with writing as I worked at finally generating content for a [...]

[ More ] June 13th, 2009 | No Comments |
STS-127 Launch Scrub

STS-127 Launch Scrub

Last night’s trip to Titusville for the launch of Endeavor on space shuttle mission STS-127 was great fun up until a fuel leak was discovered and the launch scrubbed.
If you do not get tickets for the NASA launch site then the best place is Space View Park in Titusville, FL – http://spacelaunchinfo.com/spaceview.html I met [...]

[ More ] June 13th, 2009 | 4 Comments |
Shiny on Tampa Bay

Shiny on Tampa Bay

The air was very hazy and the water was calm today,  obscuring the horizon, and giving the impression to the naked eye that ships/boats were floating in space.  It was really beautiful in a way that I could not capture as well as I wanted with my camera.     More practice. more practice….
 

 

[ More ] June 10th, 2009 | No Comments |

Beer and bocce ball in BrooklynThe new place!!! Top floor! :-)Times Square getting set up!Manhattan's financial district from the Brooklyn BridgeOMG stuffed devilfood ginormous cupcake heaven!Playing pool at the Brooklyn InnYes it is :-)In Tampa Bay the restrooms vend glowsticks instead of condoms..Saw a billboard for a Harrison ford Brendan Frasier movie. Extreme    measures.  Might be goodThe NBC sponsored media center in the back of my taxi.
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background