Month: September 2012

In search of the Amish

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Jean sold 20 bales of straw to an Amish lady who runs a small cannery.  She gave an address and vague directions and asked, “do you have gps?  It’s easy if you have gps.”  So we set off looking for an address on Koopert Rd in Bellville.  Of course that didn’t come up in the … Read more

A fine puffball

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We’ve had a bit of rain, and it produced a fine puffball back in the apple trees.    I had part of it with a steak, fried with garlic and butter. It had a very delicate flavor and a surprisingly light texture like mousse.  

Chat with a robot

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I bought a new truck and wanted to set up online payments at Huntington Bank.  So I went to the home page and couldn’t quite figure out how to get set it up,  A helpful chat window popped up: So I chatted with “Amy”, somewhat annoyed that I couldn’t just use a link, fill out … Read more

Soybeans are not looking too bad.

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Here’s what the soybeans are looking like.  I think they are going to be ok this year.  This plant is near the edge of the field and is a bit greener than further in; also it’s showing about 5% leaf damage, probably from pesky bean leaf beetles.

GOES ECIR Satellite of Hurricane Isaac Development

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Using an AppleScript, the individual images were collected from NOAA’s archive site, and made into a movie with QuickTime Player 7.  The coverage is from 8/05/2012 to 09/05/2012, showing the development of Hurricane Isaac.  The images are from the IR (infra-red) band of the GOES, which permits 24 hour coverage.