Thoughts on Google Drive

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Yesterday, the worst-kept secret in technology came out with Google’s new “Drive” product. I am not going to review the product per se, there is no shortage of reviews on the internet.  See http://mandatory-tech.com/2012/04/24/google-drive-is-here/ for a friend’s initial take on the product. To clarify, I will not be using this product at all. Google’s quest … Read more

Quail Brush is just a P.C. way of mentioning San Diego Screwing Over Santee

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You may not have heard about the crap power plant that the City of San Diego wants to put in next to their equally lousy garbage dump.  It is titled the Quail Brush Power Plant. So why is everyone in Santee so pissed off about it? Most people don’t realize that nearly the entire property … Read more

My Favorite Photographs of 2011

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Sunkissed Revisited

This collection are My Favorite Photographs of 2011.  Most of these images were taken in the last 3 months of the year, and I found that interesting. 

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National Park # 1 – Joshua Tree National Park

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Orange Ghosts

Joshua Tree National Park was the first National Park I visited, although at the time it was then just a National Monument.  I remember hiking and bouldering as a young kid, and then camping there as a Boy Scout.  Both sides of my family also took us there, although I don’t remember doing much beyond … Read more

Now Closed – The Beauty Of Canyonlands’ False Kiva

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False Kiva, Winter

Update: Due to ongoing careless stewardship of the location by visitors, the National Park Service has now permanently closed this location. Do not attempt to visit it. We are losing our wild places because a few spoil it for the many.

Earlier in January, I visited the False Kiva ruin in Canyonlands National Park and it was an extraordinary experience. 

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