Posted by mike on June 27th, 2004

Though busy packing and getting ready for our upcoming trip to Kansas I did find time to figure out how to use the moblog capabilities of my (neglected) TypePad site. I can take (surprisingly low quality) images on my new Motorola V600 cell phone and email them directly to the web via a special TypePad interface. Then, using an embedded wget statement inside of my main index file on this site, I determine the URL of the latest moblog image and display a scaled-down version over on the right side of this site. It’s a sort of “just because” thing, but I think it will be fun to email pictures straight from the road–no computer involved! GSM service isn’t as widespread as older cell technologies, but is fairly available along the interstate highways. Until we leave, just boring shots of me, the family and house …

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Posted by mike on June 27th, 2004

Though busy packing and getting ready for our upcoming trip to Kansas I did find time to figure out how to use the moblog capabilities of my (neglected) TypePad site. I can take (surprisingly low quality) images on my new Motorola V600 cell phone and email them directly to the web via a special TypePad interface. Then, using an embedded wget statement inside of my main index file on this site, I determine the URL of the latest moblog image and display a scaled-down version over on the right side of this site. It’s a sort of “just because” thing, but I think it will be fun to email pictures straight from the road–no computer involved! GSM service isn’t as widespread as older cell technologies, but is fairly available along the interstate highways. Until we leave, just boring shots of me, the family and house …

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Posted by mike on June 26th, 2004

Here’s a Maui wrapup, full of images that didn’t fit elsewhere or that simply deserved a second chance to be seen. There are a lot of sunset photos; what can I say?

Maui sunset Maui sunset, Lahaina
A pair of sunsets.
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Kahakuloa church

cows grazing near the ocean

Kihei beach

Kahakuloa Church, cows so close to the ocean one wonders if they are an offering for a local seamonster and a view of the upper portion of Maui as seen from a Kihei beach.
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Kihei sunset

Maui rainbow

red hibiscus

Kihei sunset, a beautiful Maui double rainbow as seen from our room (look closely to the right to see the 2nd rainbow) and a bright hibiscus flower.
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Kihei sunset Kihei sunset

And so ends another trip to paradise … Maui–Noi Ka Oi

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Posted by mike on June 25th, 2004

Well, not my values, but as evidenced by recent events at home and abroad, this list, while incomplete, seems fairly accurate.

values update

Thanks to Jesus’ General for providing this update.

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Posted by mike on June 25th, 2004

Well, not my values, but as evidenced by recent events at home and abroad, this list, while incomplete, seems fairly accurate.

values update

Thanks to Jesus’ General for providing this update.

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