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I am EASILY Amused - Issue #2

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Time for another round up of “I am EASILY Amused” and this week I was.

Local Comic - Subconscious Comics
Cell Phones - Instinct vs iPhone
Over at Laughing Squid - This American Life Segment
As a minister of the Universal Life Church, I am not sure how to feel about this offering from SubGenius.
Read an example of self […]

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Tags: Cool · Culture · Gaming · Metaverse · Music · Random Thoughts · Santa Cruz · Sci Fi · Technology · Video

Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance Meetup

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I went to the Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance Meetup last night (May 7) with 60+ other geeks and even our Santa Cruz Mayor Ryan Coonerty. Sponsored by Ceboa who paid of the pizza and soda (mucho props!). Overall I rate the night a 4+ on a scale of 5, my only complaint […]

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Tags: Geek · Santa Cruz · Technology

Women 2.0 in Business Conference (May 10)

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Got a message from a friend about an upcoming event for women in the Bay Area
A friend of mine is the co-founder of “Women 2.0″, an organization
that aims to increase the number of young women entrepreneurs by
encouraging women to work with and in the field of technology,
providing resources that will lead to the launch of […]

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Tags: Geek · Santa Cruz · Technology

Bill “Possum” Bercik

April 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One year ago a great friend of mine died and I still can not believe it, nor get over it.
Every time I see something funny, I think of him. Every time I have a software tech question, I think of him first. Every time I got to hash, I think about calling him […]

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Tags: Cool · Hash House Harriers · Random Thoughts · Santa Cruz

Red Dress Run

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

This Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 is the annual Surf City H3 Red Dress Hash. It is blast - all the hashers wearing red dresses running about town - and it is for a good charity. This year it is Women Care.
Get more info on the Surf City H3 website.

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Tags: Cool · Hash House Harriers · Santa Cruz

Gerry Lopez is coming to Santa Cruz!

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Saw the announcement on The Green Room that Gerry Lopez is coming to Santa Cruz.
from The Green Room - April 29:
“Mr. Pipeline” himself will be at the UC Santa Cruz Media Theatre on Saturday, May 3 from 7 to 8 p.m. for a book signing and reading from his new work, “Surf Is Where You […]

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Tags: Cool · Santa Cruz

Grateful Dead archives to the University of California at Santa Cruz

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Well isn’t this fun to learn.

The Associated Press - 04/23/2008 02:39:42 PM PDT

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Tags: Music · Santa Cruz

400th Hash with Surf City H3

April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The ol’ Banana will be attending his 400th hash with Surf City H3 tonight (Thur April 17). Yup, another milestone in this half minds life. It is hard to believe that I have attended so many hashes. It just seems like just last year I started the mighty SCH3, though in […]

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Tags: Hash House Harriers · Santa Cruz

Do good fences really make good neighbors?

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote Robert Frost in his poem “Mending Wall.”
Back in January, there was a huge winter storm that blew through Santa Cruz. On our street, an old redwood tree more than 100ft tall came crashing down. I thought that our house had escaped damage until the next day when […]

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UFO report draws national attention to Capitola

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Looks like the little conservative city just south of Santa Cruz is getting some attention - lol
Anyone who has looked at the pictures - yes, I did last summer - can tell they are FAKE!
Mercury News 3/26/08 article
Mercury News 3/25/08 article
KCRA article
Inside Bay Area

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Tags: Cool · Santa Cruz