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This article reinforces why I sail. I think we spent $5 on filling up the diesel tank on a weekend trip. Fuel prices may send Md. boaters aground - baltimoresun.com

[Link] I had a random thought today to start looking at old projects I’ve worked on and link to them. This site was for the Smithsonian Institute - National Museum of Natural History’s new dinosaur exhibit and was created by a former employer. It was awesome to work on a web site for a great institution and will be seen by people from around the world. The unfortunate thing was how mismanaged this project was. Because we were trying to get our foot in the door, the project was WAY underpriced and was always low on the priority list. This means that it stayed in the prototype stage until the client called the PM too many times angry that we weren’t done. We wanted to work on it (who wouldn’t want to work with Dinosaurs??), but, management had so many other things for us to do to keep cash flow moving, we weren’t able to. ...

Me at Disneyland…from my phone. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Disney!, originally uploaded by gregwalsh.

My sister sent this after remembering my story of AC the shuttle bus driver [link]. Last Shuttle Flight Made Clouds Over Antarctica - Yahoo! News

“A new African white rhino calf is watched by its mother Clara at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in Bedfordshire, England. " [Link]:

In preparation for classes and shunning all of my instructional technology skills, I made a pdf of flash cards that contain important sailing terms for beginners. I’m sure there are WAY more terms, but this is my first downloadable thingy for people. [Flashcard link] From the README: You will need a printer with manual feed. I used the Epson CX4600. There are 16 pages. The ODD numbered pages are the terms and the EVEN number pages are the definitions. ...

An interesting article about the popularity of retro beers– Pabst, Leinenkugel, Budweiser and Yuengling.. Yuengling? I didn’t know that was retro. I just thought it was good. baltimoresun.com - What’s old is brewed again

I remember when I told my gym teacher how cool the Nintendo Power Pad was…looks like I was 12 years ahead of my time. Wired News: Now That’s Exertainment!

If only there was Dance Dance Warcraft Extreme!! link

A former professor of mine interviews two e-learning Gurus at Cisco who have just published a book called The Business Case for E-Learning. The interview covers Cisco’s e-learning strategies, the future of e-learning and what students should be ready for in the industry. Interview with Cisco’s Tom Kelly and Nadar Nanjiani