http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/ hire]]> en-us 2009-07-16T23:17:34-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_07.html#000187 Once upon a time, when I was a wee lass of 12 or so, a friend of my dad's (who I found out this morning is in the hospital with critical injuries) sent us a couple of tapes of something... Music celeste 2009-07-16T23:17:34-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_05.html#000186 I've recently been tasked with making a bunch of edits to some old files for a certain client, and in the process have run into just about every single thing that, as a production designer, really chaps my hide when... Rant celeste 2009-05-06T21:17:53-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_03.html#000185 Well, it's looking pretty much confirmed now that soon I will be giving up my happy-go-lucky, working-from-home, freelancing lifestyle. The work will be pretty much the same as I'll be going to work full-time for one of my clients. The... Rant celeste 2009-03-14T11:08:07-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_01.html#000184 Finally succumbed to the peer pressure and put myself on Twitter today. I will continue to periodically post my more coherent thoughts here, but I can truly see the advantage of the 140-character post. Sometimes all I want to say... Tech celeste 2009-01-29T23:15:20-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_01.html#000183 One of my favorite directors died two weeks ago, and I can't believe I didn't know about it until today. Ray Dennis Stecker, most famously director of The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, was one... Film celeste 2009-01-22T19:57:48-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2009_01.html#000182 Our first president was the theme of this latest trip to the East Coast. We visited Mt. Vernon, his estate on the Potomac just south of Alexandria; the National Archives, home of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; Federal... Travel celeste 2009-01-08T11:30:54-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_10.html#000181 Here's an interesting item for residents of older houses in Portland, Oregon. There is now a very interesting new feature on Portland Maps: Historic Permits. Portland Maps has always been a really great city website. It's a simple GIS interface... Culture celeste 2008-10-18T20:29:54-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_10.html#000180 Several things I meant to post about over the recent weeks, but never got around to. Trip to Hood River and Indian Heaven Wilderness: Just a nice little getaway for a couple days. Weather was a bit foul, especially up... Culture celeste 2008-10-10T16:11:38-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_09.html#000179 I just can't stop reading about the LHC, it's just so cool. The best thing I've come across today is this great insider's view from the Something Awful forums. It's a long discussion, but totally worth it and I've learned... Science & Math celeste 2008-09-11T21:02:00-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_09.html#000178 Very soon now, somewhere on the Swiss/French border, a bunch of hydrogen atoms are going to get smashed at higher energies than anything we humans have ever managed before. It's going to be awesome. So... Has the Large Hadron Collider... Science & Math celeste 2008-09-09T22:30:35-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_08.html#000177 Feeling in touch with my inner nerd this week. Pleased to share some YouTube: I Will Derive, combines two things I love: math and Gloria Gaynor. Adorable video for Datarock's Computer Camp Love.... Music celeste 2008-08-16T21:50:30-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_08.html#000176 Had to share this link to some amazing photos of the construction of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Incredible feat of engineering, and may well usher in a new scientific era. Secret Chiefs 3 show coming up on Sunday.... Rant celeste 2008-08-01T22:57:14-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_05.html#000175 Took our annual spring trip to the Coast this past weekend. Lots of good animal spots, including a short-tailed weasel carrying its catch to a burrow behind the hotel. That was a first for me. Also my first spot of... Travel celeste 2008-05-12T14:38:45-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_05.html#000174 I haven't brought up hockey here in a while, I know most of my friends and family couldn't care less about it. But last night was pretty noteworthy - two former Portland Winterhawks scored the game- and series-winning overtime goals... Hockey celeste 2008-05-05T14:35:46-08:00 http://www.wilderzone.net/celeste/archives/2008_04.html#000173 18mar 182 Originally uploaded by azture A great shot of one of the Horse Project ponies, in front of the Multnomah County Central Library.... celeste 2008-04-29T11:37:34-08:00