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Heatsink inside!

Heatsink inside! A photo I originally took to try to get some idea of what the power supply was in this particular computer without pulling things out, so I could figure out what limitations I was working with for upgrading. I think it looks interesting.

I’ve since upgraded every component I *can* in it: CPU, RAM, SDD, graphics…but it still can’t handle The Bard’s Tale IV, which is really disappointing, since I’ve been looking forward to it since the start of the Kickstarter campaign.

Sunset lighting up the clouds before tonight’s rainstorm.

Sunset lighting up the clouds before tonight’s rainstorm. It was one of those moments when you just stop wherever you can because you know that if you try to get to a good spot, the light will have changed and the moment will be gone. So there are power lines and telephone poles, but at least I captured the light.

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Exhaust and exploding missile debris

KelsonV shared a status by brion:

The milky-way-like blob from exhaust and exploding missile debris makes for lovely formations in the fading high-altitude sunlight, which were quite the rorschach test for my friends.

I recall I thought one photo looked like the starship Enterprise; the lady at the photo shop (before good digital cameras!) said it looked like an angel; my classmate said it looked like a dog. 🙂

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I might actually have a copy of at least one of those pictures. I’ll take a look.

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I found this one. No EXIF, and the text file only notes that you took it, but the files are timestamped Oct. 4, 2003.

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And now it’s even more distributed!

I’ll email you the original(?) file, since Mastodon seems to have resampled it even though it didn’t need to resize it.

Finally got around to curating my photos from an August hike at Madrona Marsh in …

Finally got around to curating my photos from an August hike at Madrona Marsh in Torrance, California. This was the first time I’d ever been to the marsh that there was *no standing water left*. Usually the lowest part of the preserve still has some ponds even into fall, but this summer, it had all dried up.

Full album (12 items) on Flickr

#photography #marsh #summer #dry #nature #flowers #fungus #spiderwebs

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Spent the weekend at Long Beach Comic Con.

10th year of the con, still smallish but very comics & art focused (unlike other “comic cons”).

7YO was fascinated by the droid builders as always, and played a lot of laser tag. Wife cosplayed as Prof. Trelawney. I went to see Marv Wolfman & Christopher Priest talk about their careers as writers and editors. We bought some art cards, prints, toys & discount books.

Blog: https://hyperborea.org/journal/2018/09/long-beach-comic-con-2018/
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/albums/72157700841439474

#lbcc2018 #ComicCon

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Statues of a family of mastodons watching helplessly while one of their own is trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits

Statues of a family of #mastodons watching helplessly while one of their own is trapped in the #LaBrea Tar Pits.

Naturally-occurring asphalt (yes, #LosAngeles had asphalt millennia before it had cars!) seeps out of the ground all over the area. Portable fences keep people from stepping in it. #Prehistoric animals were less fortunate, and a museum houses an incredible array of #IceAge fossils found here.

(Flashback to 2013, can’t believe I hadn’t posted it here yet.)

Photo on Flickr

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Finally spotted the plant whose spiky seeds keep puncturing bike tires. It’s a low, creeping …

Finally spotted the plant whose spiky seeds keep puncturing bike tires. It’s a low, creeping mat that can grow right next to the path and spread onto it, and the seeds grow in clusters. The dried seeds’ spikes punch straight through, sometimes to the inner tube.

Unfortunately I have no idea what it is, since it doesn’t match my previous guess (sand burr / sand spur) from what I can tell.

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@abetterjulie Yes, that looks like it. Thanks!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris

And damn, puncture vine is an accurate name…

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Fair food keeps getting more and more outrageous.

Spotted at the county fair last night:

Deep fried Twinkie dogs and Zucchini Weenies have been joined by triple-decker donut burgers, chicken-in-a-waffle-on-a-stick, and the donut chicken and ice cream sandwich. But for sheer “because we can” ridiculousness: deep-fried filet mignon. What a waste.

Fairpocalypse/

#countyfair #fried

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@janellecshane This is all I can remember seeing off the top of my head at other food booths:

Deep fried Oreo
Oreo Churros
Deep Fried Snickers
PB&J Sriracha Funnel Cake
Cinnamon Roll Ice Cream Sundae
Gouda, Bacon and Jalapeno Grilled Cheese
Ravioli on a Stick
Gouda and Ravioli Grilled Cheese

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