Worked on one of the photos I took yesterday during Mary’s mom and stepdad’s wedding.
Mar 25 2011
Mac Certified
I’ve gotten to know these four types of Macs very well over the last couple of days.
eMac, G4 Quicksilver, iMac and Mac Mini
Mar 25 2011
Helping With Giraffe’s Notoriety
The San Diego Zoo tweeted about my baby giraffe photo on Flickr.
(Isn’t she #adorable?! RT @PeterCsanadi: 18-hour old giraffe calf at the San Diego Zoo. http://flic.kr/p/9sTjFG)
Famous Baby
Mar 24 2011
Battle: LA
Went to see Battle: Los Angeles this evening with the Tapias. We were the only ones in the theater. Turned out to be better than I was expecting. Thought the effects would be the only cool parts of the movie but the acting, story and dialogue were surprisingly well done. (Photos courtesy of Rodrigo and his Droid X.)
Mar 24 2011
The Most Casual Wedding Pictures Ever
Took some wedding pictures of a friend’s mother’s civil wedding in downtown San Diego at the County Administration building.
Mar 24 2011
More Baby Giraffe Shots
Spent some time this morning back at the San Diego Zoo, mainly to take more pictures of the baby giraffe that was born two days ago. They know now that it’s a girl. She stands 6’1″ and weighs 172 lbs.
Mar 23 2011
Dead Drive
After a trip to the Apple Store Genius Bar to confirm my fears, I spent about an hour replacing the hard drive in my mom’s old eMac (yes, eMac) only to have the computer not recognize it. Need to take it out back.
My mom’s 2005 eMac. Unopened.
First thing removed: bottom memory panel
Next, I removed the two small feet
With a hex wrench I had to remove 7 screws with giant flat heads
Three bottom screws removed
After carefully disconnecting the power button connector, the case was removed
Five+ years of gathered dust
Mostly cleaned with a view of the next step
Disconnected the fan
Removed the inner Farrady cage
The inner guts more or less exposed
A few more screws and moving the controller board, heat sink and hard drive away
Finally see access to the hard drive
View of the separated CRT portion and actual computer guts
The mother board and hard drive
Hard drive removed and ready to be swapped
Mar 23 2011
My Second In A Row One-Day Old Giraffe Sighting
Just like last year, I got to see a not-quite one-day old giraffe calf at the San Diego Zoo. Missed both births by less than a day. Still feel pretty lucky, though.
Mar 22 2011
Video Chat With The Tapias and Guests
Had a video chat with the Tapias as well as AdriAne and her daughter Jillian. We tried to come up with names for a cupcake business that nobody else has parked for websites. Towards the end the names ended up turning out quite adult in nature.
Mar 22 2011
Missed Another Baby Giraffe Being Born
Second time now I’ve just missed a giraffe giving birth. I’ll go in the morning to get my own pictures.
Mar 21 2011
Yet Another Online Account
Set up a Posterous account, which I’ve been meaning to do for a while, to fill in the more personal aspects of me. Because I so desperately needed another blog-like site to maintain.
Mar 20 2011
From My Cranial Collection
Since nothing out of the ordinary happened today, I present a sample from my collection of skulls. This one is obviously from a creature of the night and has an “A” stamped into its forehead. I hope it’s not Angel’s.
Mar 19 2011
Video Chat #2: Tapias
Had a video chat with the Tapias, but mainly Rodrigo. Saw stitch’s new haircut that at first made Lilo afraid.
Mar 19 2011
Video Chat #1: Brenda
Had a short video chat with Brenda where we talked about her family and my Helldiver book.
Mar 19 2011
Supermoon For 600
My 600th blogpost. We had a Supermoon tonight, which is a full or new moon that coincides with a close approach by the Moon to the Earth. I tried to get some photos but the cloudy night wasn’t cooperating. During one rare break in the clouds, this is the best I could get with a little help from Photoshop. Also saw a skunk.
My iNaturalist-ings
My Flickr Photostream
