Steven’s Notebook

I assigned myself a project for the weekend, writing a little program that I could use to disable comments on blog posts based on their age. Python’s already installed on the Mac, so I figured it’d be pretty easy to use that to make updates to my Wordpress database.
The first thing needed is the […]

He’s been using Facebook and other sites for several years; now college-boy is jumping into the Blog world. Welcome aboard, James!

Last Year, the 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses of Sydney, Australia turned off their lights for an hour — for some just a symbolic gesture perhaps, but it’s estimated that the measurable result was a 10.2% energy reduction across the city.
This year there are 24 cities world-wide participating in Earth Hour. Here in Atlanta, […]

There it was on the menu at The Vortex - the Double Bypass Burger. This big hunk of meat is covered with bacon and cheese, surrounded by two fried eggs and then the whole mess is set not on a bun, but between two grilled cheese sandwiches. Oh, and it’s served with tater tots. How […]

I don’t write much about politics here, but I do recommend that — no matter what candidate you support — each of you find half an hour to sit down and listen to this speech.
That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, “Not this time.”
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This […]

More photos available on the flickr site.

In celebration of the successful launch early this morning of the Endeavour by CDR Dominic Gorie, his crew and the rest of the NASA launch team, here’s a scan of one of my old photos.

In this image, the Space Shuttle Endeavour leaves Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-A on it’s way to the International Space […]

There were several replies, in comments here and elsewhere, to my challenge last week:

The wind will change and your face will stick like that… [Andy]
If you keep making jokes about my squinty eyes, I’ll start talking about your landing strip hair cut. And what are those on the front of your face, runway lights? [Bob]
Charlie […]

I just couldn’t come up with anything for this image, so here’s your chance. Come up with a good caption or title and leave it in this post’s comments. I’ve got no prize to offer, but go ahead and give it a shot anyway. Be sure to leave a URL for your site and/or your […]

Yards became mudslides, roads became rivers during yesterday’s thunderstorms in the Atlanta area.

Unfortunately, the rain that we have been getting is still nowhere near enough to fill the lakes.

We’ve still got a few tickets left for the High School Band Fundraiser - only $10/ticket and you could win a motorcycle or other goods worth $9,000 from Atlanta Motor World.

I stopped by to see my friends at Tomorrow Pictures the other day. Drew was busy working with some footage from Australia down in the editing room, so rather than interrupt his train of thought I just hung out in his office and took the opportunity to browse his bookshelf, looking for something I hadn’t […]

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