While heading back from Kirkwood, I hoped off the road and took some pics for making panoramas. Most of them turned out good, but the plant life did not overlap well.

IMG_0097, originally uploaded by aaronbythesea.

]]> http://9thport.net/archives/851/feed 0 http://9thport.net/archives/840 http://9thport.net/archives/840#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:21:36 +0000 aaron http://9thport.net/?p=840 During my weekend trip to Tahoe, I made conversation with a guy on the lift that was running some awesome gear made by Moment. I checked out their site and I am hooked. Gonna save up some money and get me a pair next year.]]>

During my weekend trip to Tahoe, I made conversation with a guy on the lift that was running some awesome gear made by Moment. I checked out their site and I am hooked. Gonna save up some money and get me a pair next year.

I have really found TiddlyWiki to be of great help. I have been using them on a usb memory stick for a couple months now and have grown to like it for capturing data, links and other info.

My favorite things about the TiddlyWiki are:

1. Its all in one html file
2. Searching is fast
3. Composing a note is simple
4. Notes can have references
   1. this makes for an option of opening all of the relative notes at one time (very cool)
   2. linking notes together with out having to type specific info into the note itself
5. Timeline shows what you have been working on recently
6. Orphans show unused notes

I am sure there are plenty more benefits to using the TiddleWiki system. If you have any, please add them to the comments!

This morning we went to the spcae needle. It was great because there were it many people around the attraction. During my photo taking at the top, I did not realize that Iapped the ring twice. This was I due to three things running through my mind:

1 it was cold and I could only operate my iPhone with out my gloves

2 my battery was getting low

3 had many photos to take

Here is my end result.

After gearing up for the cold winter weather, we got to the Peg Place Market. Full of many merchants with amazing products for the shoppers of Seattle. Athenian has a great atmosphear of diner attitude.

This morning, I remembered to put deoderant on before leaving the bathroom. Much different than retuning back to the bathroom to put deoderant on while I have my tshirt half way on my body. This action made me feel great because it was different. Perhaps that difference is also the reason why I forgot my keys at home. That is a difference where there was no option for going back to fetch them, because I am on the bus heading to work and need to be early into the office doors. I must express that as I write this entry, I am listing to one of my favorite songs by Apollo 440, Vanishing Point, from the album, Electrict Glide in Blue. Interesting enough, I took another panoram that seems to have a nice vanishing point.

Last night I watched a video about using the iPhone to take photos and process them with tools to get different effects. Here is my first attempt at using a panorama and some styling to make a picture of the goldengate ferry look a bit different. Over all, I had lots of fun doing this and will be posting more photos!

Organized bags and packs always gravitate my attention to see if the item will stand up to my needs while traveling. Over the years I have noticed that my style of traveling, two things need to change:

1. the suitcase and backpack
2. my computer

I have stubbled across some potential candidates for my travel gear change:

1. Osprey Pack Meridian 28"/75L Wheeled Travel Pack
2. Netbook PC to go inside the backpack

Waiting for some newer technology for the Netbooks is holding me back from buying one today. Once NVidia puts their mobile chip out to replace those silly Intel video chips, I think I will be ready to buy one. Since I have large hands, here are my choices:

1. Acer InspireOne
2. Asus Eee PC 1005HA

So far, I like the 11 in. Acer for its full size keyboard.

1. FireFox
2. KeePass
3. VLC
4. TrueCrypt
5. ThunderBird

Im sure there are more, and I will find the ones that complete my set of tools I feel are missing from the box, but for now, I think this list is okay. Installing them onto my DropBox and a USB drive would make for a very good contingency for my finances and documents that I would need in case of a disaster.