Another small quake
By doug | May 4, 2008
Like I said before, little earthquakes happen all the time around here, but it does seem like I’m noticing more of these small tremors than I have in the past.
The red square indicates a magnitude 3.7 event that occurred 3 km (2 miles) SE of Lake Henshaw, CA. More info.
Map courtesy of USGS.
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New MP3tunes Web Player
By doug | May 3, 2008
Check out the beta version of our new web player over at MP3tunes. There are some known issues with Internet Explorer, but I’ve been using it in Firefox (both Mac and Windows) and Safari with no problems. Hit the feedback link at the top of the page and help make it better.
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Earthquake near Ramona, just a small one
By doug | March 22, 2008
It is not unusual to feel the occasional quake where we live just north east of San Diego. Usually the epicenter is far to the east, near or in the desert. In fact there are small quakes all over California and Nevada all the time. So when I heard the rumble and felt a little shudder about an hour ago, I was quite surprised to find out how close to home this one was.
Red indicates an event in the last hour. This one was a magnatude 2.8 event — pretty mild. I would have slept through it had I been asleep.
Map courtesy of USGS.
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Live video of So What
By doug | March 16, 2008
I’ve been digging around on a desktop machine that I don’t use much these days, and came across a bunch of video from So What performances. It will take a while, but eventually all the stuff that doesn’t make us cringe will be online.
Head on over the to Video page and check them out. Let me know what you think. Here’s one to get things started.
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Hiking in Ramona
By doug | February 24, 2008
It has been raining a lot lately here in Southern California. In between two days of almost an inch of rain each was one bright, sunny and warm day. The rain combined with Suzanne being out of town had Django bouncing off the walls. When Suzanne is traveling he usually hangs with me at the office during the day, which is a departure from the daily walks he takes with her.
Rather than our usual walk around the horse trails near our house, we decided to drive a couple miles down the road and hike into the Cleveland National Forest, which we hadn’t done in quite a while. There is a seasonal waterfall that is pretty unique for this area, referred to as the desert mountains, that is reachable with a moderate hike. With all the rain lately, that felt like a good goal.
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Roget’s Playground and Musical Memories
By doug | November 18, 2007
In 1996, Roget’s Playground formed in San Diego with yours truly on guitar. We were one of those hard to classify bands — kind of adult alternative with a bit of a jazz influence at times. I just discovered the one CD we recorded, Periodic Table Manners, is available on iTunes in iTunes Plus format. The CD was recorded within the first year of us getting together. I have a lot of fond memories of this time in my life, and I still have the band website archived here. “Quiet” was always my favorite track on that CD.
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Ramona Water Safe to Drink
By doug | October 30, 2007
From the Ramona Sentinel:
Effective late Monday evening, Oct. 29, Ramona Municipal Water District canceled its Unsafe Water Alert and reported that its tap water is safe to drink.
We now return to our previously scheduled life, already in progress.
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Waiting for Water
By doug | October 26, 2007
We have decided to hang out in Mira Mesa for at least another day, waiting for the water service to be restored. It might take most of the weekend to get service working in all areas of Ramona.
Try to imagine a high energy 75 pound dog that is used to daily multiple mile hikes in the trails and canyons, and coop him up in a house for a week. Ready to go home? It’s been almost a week. Yeah, we’re ready.
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