Archive for December, 2008

Travel Destinations From San Diego?

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I’m looking to create a list of great places to visit within 5 hours driving distance of San Diego. Can be any kind of destination, including camping sites, so long as its fun. Within San Diego is also fair game. Bonus points for undiscovered or not well known locations.

I’ll kick things off with:

Julian Snow

Julian. Quite close to San Diego (~45 minutes from North County), you can enjoy the excellent apple pies (try Mom’s Bakery) and sometimes play in the snow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leave a comment with your suggestions below.

100 Things

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Ok, I’m going to do one of these memes things – highlight activies you have done from this list. Via Empty Thoughts.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain (eh – I’ve climbed a few hills…)

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (saw it from the ferry :) )

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run (Where I grew up we didn’t play baseball. I once made a game-winning save in a soccer match, if that counts)

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language (does English count?)

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris – the line was too long and I too lazy

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching – I swam with a few hundred sharks in the ocean once :-)

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job (layed off)

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House (haven’t been inside)

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (would you believe, sparrows)

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby (I have 3 sons, but I didn’t give birth to them)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a mobile phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day

Obama Logo Design

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Interesting video of how Obama’s campaign logo was designed. Via LogoDesignLove.

Using Chrome Even More

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I used to fire up Chrome once in a while, mostly for compatibility testing, logging into a service with an alternative id (instead of logging off the service and re-logging in in my main Firefox window), or for other esoteric reasons.

Now I find it’s my main browser. Very odd. Not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way I subconciously became convinced that it’s less of a resource hog than Firefox. Being able to reclaim resources by closing tabs is very attractive.

I do miss having a delicious plugin on a regular basis, and still use Firefox for Firebug. But otherwise, I’m mostly Chrome these days.