Well, looks like New Orleans might have missed the worst possible scenario. Now it’s Taiwan’s turn to get wet. Looks like two in a row, heading right for the island. Animation of the first one (called Talim, or typhoon #13 if you’re Japanese) is available right here. Wind up around 180 kph and pressure down [...]
Archive for August, 2005
The Big Storm
Maybe not a perfect storm. But if the hurricane hits New Orleans dead-on, it looks like it’s going to be a deadly one. The October 2004 issue of National Geographic had a piece on the loss of wetlands around the city and the increased danger of storms that could strike with more force due to [...]
Oysters, birthdays
So I turned 35 yesterday. I’m halfway to 70! which is a really strange way to frame the milestone, probably. My presents included instant noodles from Indonesia (score!), a bottle of champagne (yes!), some iTunes Music Store gift card thingies, an embroidered pillow with scenes from California (thanks mom!), chocolate-covered espresso beans, on and on [...]
Shakin’ all over
Earthquake! Big one off the coast near Sendai. The early news reports call it a 6.8; we shook pretty hard clear down here in Tokyo. There’s a tsunami warning for much of Miyagi Prefecture now. Man, this building sucks. If the big one hits while I’m at work, I’m so dead. EDIT: Now iris.edu is [...]
A Slow Tiger
Now installing 10.4 on my machine at work . . . It turns out there were a bunch of hard drives sitting around doing nothing, so I tossed one in there and am now preparing to enter the modern age. (Pretty much everything in the office is still on OS 9, ack.) I’m not exactly [...]
