Comments on: Goodbye Summer

By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises)

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:17:14 +0000

And probably a good thing. Some kids pick up bad words from hanging around adults – this kid will pick up words like “orthogonal.”

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:35:58 +0000

Ah, now it makes sense, not just showing off with fancy words and stuff.

By: jpiwowar

jpiwowar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:52:22 +0000

> John is raising the bar with all his big words. Egghead.
Hey, the bulk of my day-to-day conversation is with a 3.5-year-old. I have to stretch the other end of my vocabulary to keep my average up.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:56 +0000

Glad to hear you're unaffected so far. Stay safe. Having lived exclusively west of the 405 by design, my LA geography gets hazy (pun intended) to the east.

John is raising the bar with all his big words. Egghead.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:39:07 +0000

BTW Jeff, I import posts into the AppsLab group on Connect, and you're welcome to comment there if you like.

By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises)

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:09:21 +0000

Boy, I'm going to need a dictionary to read AppsLab, and a thesaurus to comment .

Jake, Ontario, where I live, is sufficiently away from the fires for any major issues other than a little ash on the car (and I was in college in Portland in 1980, so I got used to ash on the car back then). The last fire that affected me directly was last November's fire that stretched from Brea through Chino Hills. That was right on my commute between Ontario and Orange County, so I went through the residual smoke twice a day for a few days.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:29:46 +0000

I'm stunned by the image quality. They all seem to be professionals though. I guess that makes sense for a news outlet, but I'd like to see a collection of on-scene shots from regular folks.

By: jpiwowar

jpiwowar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:22:48 +0000

Fantastic photos. One that really stuck out to me was the DC-10 dropping fire retardant. Talk about not messing around.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:52 +0000

The images are fantastic. Too bad most of them aren't licensed for reuse.

During last year's SoCal fires, the one on Catalina yielded a great shot of Avalon threatened by the fire. Intense.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:58:18 +0000

The Boston Globe Big Picture site is really incredible. I used to think the BBC In Pictures was good, until I found the Globe site. I think the combination of big photos and v. good quality images make a big impact.

There's also a story about the mediterranean fires:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/fires_…

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:38:32 +0000

Thanks, appreciate the kinds words. There should be real *people* behind this blog, but alas, you're stuck with me 99% of the time. I agree that the community around us lends to the fun.

Wow, that image collection is phenomenal. That first one is surreal. Thanks for sharing those.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:30:45 +0000

Yeah, natural disasters happen everywhere, you deal with them.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:35:26 +0000

I don't blog because I haven't got much to say, and I'm much too uptight to have my opinions online. This is the only blog I regularly read, mainly I think because there's a real person behind it, so it feels personal and real, and the content is v. interesting and the comments and community around it add a lot to it as well.

I came across the Boston Globe Big Picture site last week – was looking at photos of the wildfires last night:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/wildfi…

By: jpiwowar

jpiwowar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:32:21 +0000

Yeah, I get it. The combo of volcanoes, wildfires, and mudslides all in one thread was just too good to pass up. I'm about to move to a place that could slide into the Strait of Georgia if “the big one” hits, so it's all good.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:08:03 +0000

Maybe there are risks out here on the left coast (see the volcano comment), but you couldn't pay me enough to move back East.

By: jpiwowar

jpiwowar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:00:17 +0000

Otherwise, California is awesome, except for the earthquakes (Chet will be pleased to note that I decided against “tectonic activity,” at least until just now

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:39:44 +0000

I think your reasons are good and pretty common, at least in this crowd. I use Twitter for social search, especially local search, since I follow a lot of Portland people.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:36:43 +0000

Those posts on obscure stuff are the best and contribute the most to the community. First, you have a record for yourself. Second, someone's bound to need that tip later, and Google will serve up your post. Win.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:34:24 +0000

Fires are scary, especially wildfires. They're super dangerous for the firefighters. When they hit populated areas, any yard could have a propane BBQ, which is essentially a shrapnel bomb.

Of course, once the fires are out, then come the mudslides in the Winter.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:31:06 +0000

Thanks a lot. Glad you read, wish you'd comment more