Monday, September 17, 2007

An hour in a minute

Well, one of the things Andy helped me figure out was the webcam thing. We didn't have the exact right hardware, so we made due. The camera is a black&white cam we use to monitor birthing mares, so it isn't the ideal webcam. Even so, the results aren't bad.

This is what the world looked like out my window during my lunch break today. It is a cloudy day today, but the sun does peek through a couple of times. Enjoy!


Monday, September 10, 2007

Living the Life ... of a bachelor

Christie is off to Iowa for a couple more weeks to help her cousin so
I again have the ranch to myself. Well, not completely to myself.
My friend Andy, who some of you may remember as the Best Man at my
wedding, is coming out for a week. He is a hard-core geek like me,
so we're going to be playing with electronics and software more than
chain-saws and hammers. There will need to be a little fencing
because our resident escape artists, Chance and Ghost, have been up
to their usual tricks, but mostly we are going to pass the time
indoors where there is a significantly reduced risk of injury.

Don't expect a cure for cancer, a solution to world hunger, or a
working model of cold fusion out of us, but don't be surprised if we
come up with a nice way to automatically capture and post time-lapse
videos of the awesome view from my office window. There's something
really soothing about watching the clouds whisk by while the horses
graze contentedly. With Andy's help, I hope I can share it with all
you soon.

Friday, September 07, 2007

Rajah Update

For those of you who are worried about Rajah, let me just say that he
is doing MUCH better now. He had a pretty bad case of pneumonia,
which old dogs often succumb to as their last illness. However,
after two nights at the doggie hospital and a week at home with pills
three times a day and IV fluids twice a day, he is much improved. He
is now back to barking at the coyotes all night and eating his normal
food.