Whew! What a month it’s been! The lack of blog activity only hints at how busy I’ve been. My new job is chewing up every free moment, and I love it. If you know me, you know that I’m happiest when I’m busy. The new job is a blast. I have control over lots of things I only wish I had in my previous job. I’m able to make an improvement almost every day. What a great feeling. I am sooo happy to have made the move.

And it’s not just work that’s keeping me busy these days. It’s also my home network, which I’ve been steadily upgrading. The network in my loft now surpasses most small business networks in speed and reliability. This morning I finally got WAN failover working between two networks – my blazing fast fiber connection to Paxio and a slower, but super-reliable DSL connection to Speakeasy. This will ensure that our uptime is as close to 100% as possible. Awesome!

Despite feeling busier than ever, I still manage to squeeze off a shot now and then.

That last shot was taken last night at the fabulous Walk in the Wild fund-raiser at the Oakland Zoo. I was pleasantly surprised to find the fabulous Matt Venuti hangin’ under a tree. If you haven’t yet heard the Venusians, I suggest you give them a listen. Very nice!

One of the unfortunate aspects of owning a 30″ monitor is that, aside from thedude.com, there are very few web sites that post images at a resolution any wear near full-screen size. And, if you’re like me, you bought that 30″ monitor because you like images, right? There’s nothing quite like a super sharp image on a nice 30″ monitor. So, when I want to see the best of the best, where do I go? To shorpy.com, of course. The meticulous scans of old 8 x 10 images are custom-made for us large screen users. I check in often, and am always blown away. Check it out!

I know – pretty scary. But this image shows why I’m going in for surgery today. Excess fat in my eyelids pushes my eyelashes down into my field of view making everything a bit blurry. I’ve been trimming my eyelashes with a scissors for the last few years, but aside from being dangerous and difficult to do, this practice comes with it’s own special side-effects including the way the eyelash stubble irritates the skin underneath my eyes. Who’d a thunk growing old could be such a pain?

I’ll look pretty bad for a few days, but I promise to post follow-up pictures as soon as I’m presentable.

thedude’s favorite actor earns an Oscar.

So, like, e-mail me, Dude. We can talk about the domain name. But only if you’ll promise to do a sequel. ;)

OK, I have never embedded a youtube video, and I may never do it again, but this one’s definitely fun.

View the review of The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies” and other books on the serious subject of Dudeness here.

King of the Dudes.

http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/amazing_illusio.php

You already know I love Bad Astronomy Blog and optical illusions. Today I bring you both.

http://theachieversmovie.com.

It’s a warm day. Spring is definitely in the air. Time for me and my camera to take a walk.

My respect and sympathy to the families who lost a husband, dad, son. A terrible price.

My neighbor sent me a link to this page, and now I’ve spent close to 90 minutes looking at this site. Please check it out. Be prepared to spend some time. Scroll, baby, scroll. Follow the related links that appear at the bottom of each page. Go off on some wild tangent. Enjoy!