cbalz's blog Vox 2008-06-11T07:16:02Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00b8ea0679d0dece/ Shouldn't you take a break from the computer? Ubuntu in the Sky with Diamonds, Part II: ATI + Linux Woes? Vesa Driver Works for Me tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00fa967d47ab0002 2008-06-11T07:06:24Z 2008-06-11T07:16:02Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Solution technical details are posted. Earlier, I detailed some travails with getting decent screen resolution on an external (workstation-style) monitor to my laptop running Ubuntu Linux. Initially, the proprietary ATI driver provided some reli...

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]]> Wildflower Long Course 2008! tag:vox.com,2008-05-23:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00fae8bc0f81000b 2008-05-23T14:39:15Z 2008-05-24T13:47:24Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Our Camp Team Breakfast A Neck of Lake San Antonio Getting Food Ready, Camp Lone Sheep in the Morning The Country by Lake San Antonio, Monterey, CA Transition Area More Transition Area Transition Area and Part of Product Exhibition Me, All Set Up and Stoked for the Event Just Out of the Water Beginning Swim to Bike Transition Starting Bike More Bike Yet More Bike Finally Feeling Better Kick! Yay! Ooof!

1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run. Mile 50, bike course: Ugh, feel kind of sick, like I have the flu. Mile 7, run course: Wow, feel better! Problem: "*Bummer*" something like the flu I had a couple weeks before, or a remnant of it, ...

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]]> California Cities Adopt Grassy Swales to Filter Run-off Water tag:vox.com,2008-02-10:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00f30f5a5be70001 2008-02-10T07:33:52Z 2008-02-12T04:34:14Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Grassy Swale for Runoff- RWC Post Office Grassy Swale Public Info, RWC, California Grassy Swale for Runoff #1, Menlo Park Office Park Grassy Swale for Runoff #1, Menlo Park

The grassy swale: Consider this wonderful pursuit, perfectly combining function and design. A drier version of the marsh wastewater treatment plants such as that used by the City of Arcata, CA, they give us the option to do something good for the...

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]]> West Alpine Road, Santa Clara County, California: January tag:vox.com,2008-02-10:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398db20910003 2008-02-10T07:20:46Z 2008-02-10T07:20:46Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mirkwood Branches Like Hair in the Wind January Brush

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]]> QotD: My 10 Things tag:vox.com,2008-01-26:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398d6398e0004 2008-01-26T06:49:19Z 2008-01-27T01:39:27Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What are 10 things you've done that other people probably haven't? Submitted by Janette. Petted a butterfly for a long time as it sucked flower nectar Painfully ran into the random-number generator bug in the Basic computer language on the Ap...

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]]> Cycle Tour "Little Appalachia" in Silicon Valley tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398d46a0b0002 2008-01-21T02:47:54Z 2008-03-16T03:52:53Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

California "Fixer-Upper" Big Rock in Stevens Creek Ancient Truck in Native Habitat Junk Pile in the Woods Rough Livin' Deep Woods Junkyard House in the Woods with Junk Cars Weird Fortress Old Moss-covered Foundation Cool Waterfall Tributary to Stevens Creek Stevens Creek in Full Rush A Fresh "Keep Out" Sign Flag over Old Bridge Bike Frame Gate End of the Road

Just a stone's throw into the hills from the bustling "Silicon Valley" of Santa Clara County, California lies a microregion seemly untouched by the tides of change below. Cycling along Stevens Creek Canyon road, which tracks Stevens Creek for abo...

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]]> Talking Points on JavaScript for Software Engineering tag:vox.com,2007-12-02:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398c3aae70003 2007-12-02T21:47:57Z 2007-12-02T22:03:42Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Perspective Widespread agreement that object technology is effective Less agreement that the kind of strict object development environment supported by, for example, Java or Eiffel is desirable Systems containing large amounts of JavaScript ...

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]]> Star Wars Over the Years tag:vox.com,2007-10-04:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398af23a40001 2007-10-28T15:23:10Z 2008-01-07T18:29:55Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The "Star Wars" science fiction movie series is so iconic that it is no barometer of culture, but rather an interacting component of living society. The saying, "as California goes, so goes the nation", would apply equally, if perhaps not more s...

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]]> My First Long Course Tri -- Big Kahuna, Santa Cruz, CA tag:vox.com,2007-09-15:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398a8b2b00004 2007-09-15T04:00:52Z 2007-09-17T06:15:59Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Big_Kahuna_2007-Banner Big_Kahuna_2007-swim Big_Kahuna_2007-swim-people Cb_big_kahuna-2007 Big Kahuna "Tiki-Man" Medal 2007 Big Kahuna Medal 2007 - Reverse 2007

What can be said about Big Kahuna (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) but "bushy bushy blond hairdo, Surfin' USA"? Well, maybe Swimmin' USA! The crazy, epic swim set the tone for the whole event: You weren't looking forward to it, bu...

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]]> First Fun Ocean Swim tag:vox.com,2007-09-03:asset-6a00b8ea0679d0dece00e398a4450b0002 2007-09-03T03:40:48Z 2007-09-12T05:20:54Z cbalz http://cbalz.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Monterey Bay from UCSC Santa Cruz Sea Lion

Being the land-lubbing sort, and having started some triathlon-type activities, it's taken me a while to adjust to open water swimming. My first full-ocean swim, at Santa Cruz, CA, was on a dark morning when the water was black, freezing, and no...

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