bagpipe

bagpipe
Originally uploaded by BelgianThunder.

Well, I stayed home sick today with a cold. Mostly rested, did a little work, did a little flickr. Came across this, quite possibly the funniest thing I've seen on flickr. Enjoy.

Pigeon Point Light Station

Pigeon Point Light Station
Originally uploaded by iandoh.

Could be the setting of a Hitchcock film...

Technicolor bloom

Technicolor bloom
Originally uploaded by iandoh.

Photo taken along the sidewalk at a convent in Santa Cruz, CA.

Professor Hack

Professor Hack
Originally uploaded by chumpthreads.

This guy is awesome, maybe someday I'll be as cool.

Machu Picchu Panorama

Machu Picchu Panorama
Originally uploaded by iandoh.

Stitched using PTGui, probably my best panorama to date!

Is He Real?

Is He Real?
Originally uploaded by Terri Lynn.

I've been discovering some incredible artists and photographers on flickr. Terri Lynn is clearly a standout, and this is one of my favorites.

February 2005 playlist

Some of the February 2005 playlist is represented in an post, so this is a shorter post. I did want to get back on a regular schedule for this.

Highlight: Pullman's second novel in the His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy -- The Subtle Knife -- is great fun and is an impressive crescendo toward the last book in the series (which I can't wait to read). There's something about epic, sweeping adventure novels with children protagonists to which I really relate.

Runner-up: Dodgeball. Man, that's one funny movie.

• Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife (book)
• Rough Guides: Rough Guide to California (book)
  
• Bob Marley: Legend, the Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (music)
  
• Stephen Kovacevich: Brahms, Late Piano Music (music)
  
• Joshua Bell/LSO: Chausson, Poeme (music)
• Roger Norrington/LCP: Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 (music)