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June 27
Thinking about returning to the Hoover Dam tonight, this time with two cameras and 7 batteries between them. Fool me once and all that.
June 14
Lake Mead Sunset: My 20D’s battery was DOA, so I was left with only my cell phone. Excellent preparation and forethought on my part. I was planning on pictures of the dam, but I was too disheartened to wait. Took this on the way out.
Lake Mead Sunset: My 20D’s battery was DOA, so I was left with only my cell phone. Excellent preparation and forethought on my part. I was planning on pictures of the dam, but I was too disheartened to wait. Took this on the way out.
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Big Falls, Mt. Charleston: I’ve done a lot more driving on backcountry roads than hiking out here, but so far, this is the most enjoyable hike I’ve been on. I was pleased to see that there was still water running, although I hear it’s much more impressive during the spring. I’ll just have to go back!
Big Falls, Mt. Charleston: I’ve done a lot more driving on backcountry roads than hiking out here, but so far, this is the most enjoyable hike I’ve been on. I was pleased to see that there was still water running, although I hear it’s much more impressive during the spring. I’ll just have to go back!
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Big Falls, Mt. Charleston: Another look at Big Falls. This one underwent some blending between two exposures, which I’m not entirely happy with.
Big Falls, Mt. Charleston: Another look at Big Falls. This one underwent some blending between two exposures, which I’m not entirely happy with.
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Up the Wash, Kyle Canyon: The trail to Big Falls follows this wash almost all the way up, leaving it only when necessary to circumvent smaller falls and large boulders. I was hiking in the evening, so the light on the cliffs around me was approaching ‘golden hour’. Despite “only” being part of a national forest, I think the scenery here rivals the national parks.
Up the Wash, Kyle Canyon: The trail to Big Falls follows this wash almost all the way up, leaving it only when necessary to circumvent smaller falls and large boulders. I was hiking in the evening, so the light on the cliffs around me was approaching ‘golden hour’. Despite “only” being part of a national forest, I think the scenery here rivals the national parks.
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June 13
Goodnight, Keystone: Went on an enjoyable scamble up a small hill to watch the sunset. I believe these cliffs are part of those known as the Keystone Thrust, slightly south of the Red Rock Canyon NCA.
Goodnight, Keystone: Went on an enjoyable scamble up a small hill to watch the sunset. I believe these cliffs are part of those known as the Keystone Thrust, slightly south of the Red Rock Canyon NCA.
June 8
Consistency and availability in Amazon’s Dynamo — Paper Trail Good overview of the ‘eventual consistency’ in Amazon’s Dynamo storage system.
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Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System
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Project Voldemort An open source distributed, reliable key-value store, used (and developed?) by LinkedIn.