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Charlie the Dog and I hiked up Sacajawea Peak today ... and at the very top, Charlie met something he'd never met before. Even though he can't talk, I distinctly heard him say, "Holy crap ... what the heck is that?!"

Just added another 8 GB or RAM to my iMac, and now life is worth living again.

I'm dating myself, here ... but as far as tech magazines go my favorite was definitely Byte. I was very sad when it was killed off, and I don't think there's anything out there now that compares. Anyhow, now it turns out that Byte has been reincarnated ... at least of sorts, in online form. Jerry Pournelle is even back! So far it looks pretty good, but we'll see. http://www.informationweek.com/byte/

http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/07/28/statistic.used.to.highlight.debt.crisis/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69RpEBJFAY

So after a week with Lion, I've almost got the "reverse scrolling" thing down pat ... but I still haven't gotten over how thoroughly ugly (in different ways) the Finder, Address Book, and iCal are. I wonder if there are any good Lion-compatible Finder substitutes out there?

Here's my collection of waterfall photos from last weekend's Hyalite Creek hike. Some extraordinary spots, indeed ...