For Christmas, a friend gave me a page a day calendar featuring origami models. (It is actually five models a week, but who is counting?) One day page mentioned the OrigamiUSA site as a resource.
Author: Elaine
The Generator Blog
The Generator Blog is not about those machines used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It’s about software that creates software. Software to play around and have fun with.
Some Artistamps
Else’s Bellas Artes shows some artistamps on her weblog. Click on the scan for a higher resolution view.
Buck
I took this photo in Manitou Springs yesterday. By my lights, this buck is far too tame for its own good, but it did allow me to get close enough for a good photo.
Stone Bowl
Jack and I took a walk to the west of our place yesterday. Jack found this stone bowl filled with ice and water in a boulder near the road. It looks too regular to be natural, but what else could it be?
WordPress 1.5
I just upgraded this weblog to WordPress 1.5 in an amazingly painless procedure.
Pikes Peak from Cottonwood Creek
Last Sunday, while my mother was at Mass, I took another walk along Cottonwood Creek. The creek bed is to the right of the path in this photo.
Dudley
January 2000-February 14, 2005
Last Tuesday morning, Dudley came in from his dog run holding his right hind leg three inches off the ground. He had been his usual self when he went out an hour before.
My vet came out on Thursday and gave him a shot of cortisone, and we agreed to have him x-rayed if he hadn’t improved by Monday. She couldn’t palpate the stifle well enough to see how badly damaged it was, and the sedation required for the x-rays would allow a better exam as well.
Unfortunately, the exam revealed that not only had he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, but that he had advanced dysplasia in both hips as well. Jack and I decided that we were not willing to put Dudley through the multiple surgeries he would have required for even a faint chance at being “normal.” I asked the vet to put him down, and held him while it was done.
The house is very quiet this morning.
Workrave-Self Help for RSI
The past few days, I have been trying out a program called WorkRave. This program monitors activity on your desktop in an attempt to prevent RSI problems. It has a set of three timers. One timer reminders you to take a short break every ten minutes or so. The second time reminds you to take a longer break every forty-five minutes or so and move away from you computer. The third keeps track of the amount of total time spent on the computer. Each of the times is configurable. The program includes a set of exercises to do at the start of the longer breaks. There is a Windows version (which I haven’t tried) as well as a Linux version.
Black Forest Regional Park
Yesterday was hectic, with quite a lot of tasks and errands. Nevertheless, I found some time to walk in Black Forest Regional Park with a friend. There were a few icy spots, but most of the trail was in good shape. The patches of snow made the Ponderosa forest seem quite bright and cheerful.