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We’ve been working on moving my cousin into a long-term care facility, and in the course of doing this, we’ve been going through a lot of old photos. This one is truly incredible though — this picture shows my great-great …
We’ve been working on moving my cousin into a long-term care facility, and in the course of doing this, we’ve been going through a lot of old photos. This one is truly incredible though — this picture shows my great-great …
This weekend we went to the Samurai exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. It is a collection of Samurai armor, weaponry and clothing from 1100ish to 1800ish. Just from a costumer’s perspective, the exhibit is extremely impressive–the amount of work …
It was Karval Kon time again last weekend, so we had to do a costume. In this case, the costume is of an “innocent bystander” who has to have his face pixelated for his own protection and/or because he refuses …
Since April fool’s day is coming up, I figured it was about time to do a post about the little door. A number of years ago, my boss foolishly decided to go on vacation. Since he was gone, the obvious …
I have never been in a war zone or a prisoner of war camp. I’ve never lived in a slum or been abandoned in the middle of an alligator-and-mosquito infested swamp (mental note to contact SyFy with a treatment for …
This photo is from the lobby of the Hotel Eleganté in Colorado Springs. They’ve really embraced the idea of fun–in case you can’t read it, the bed has a “try me” sign on it. Interestingly, the hotel has a huge …
This is a shirt I made a few months ago after a particularly difficult meeting! One of the things I find funny is that people frequently don’t read the whole thing — they read the first line, and then are …
It is very common with threaded applications to need to share data between threads, often in the form of dictionaries, lists, stacks, etc. However, the standard containers (generic or otherwise) in .NET are not thread-safe—if you just, say, reference a …
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If you don’t know where to go, turn right! At least, I assume that is the meaning of this sign. Alternatively, the sign-maker might be a Doctor Who fan? Or, perhaps, this is how to get to a statue of …
We met the Mythbusters!!! Yesterday, Jamie and Adam’s final tour came to Denver, and we had passes (along with about 80 others) to go backstage to ask questions and pose for photos. Admittedly, the photo looks a little bit like …