Links for August 2021
The New York Times: Opinion | Will We Ever Amend the Constitution Again?
See my training wheels suggestion for this.
Looking for Catfood Software? You're at the right place. I don't run a separate site for Catfood any more. Catfood Earth,
Catfood WebCamSaver and all the other Catfood products are available on the downloads page. If you have no
idea what Catfood Software is and got here by following my email domain then you probably want to go here.
Book reviews for July 2021
Black Ice (Scot Harvath #20) by Brad Thor
2/5
The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman
4/5
The Girl Who Lived Twice (Millennium, #6) by David Lagercrantz
3/5
Falling by T.J. Newman
3/5
The Last Watch (The Divide, #1) by J.S. Dewes
3/5
White by Bret Easton Ellis
4/5
Catfood WebCamSaver 3.25
Catfood WebCamSaver 3.25 is available for download. This release includes the latest webcam list.
Milky Way and stars over Redding
Time lapse of stars and the milky way over Redding, California. Nice to have got the milky way as there is still a fair bit of light pollution in this area. Shot over three nights in July 2021. Shot on a Sony A7C with 20mm f1.8 G lens. Post processed in Lightroom, LRTimelapse, Resolve and Filmstro Pro.
Angel Island Perimeter Road
Easy and spectacular hike around the perimeter road of Angel Island. Around five and half miles, although gets a bit longer if you add a detour or two, and there is something interesting around every corner. Just make sure you don't miss the last ferry back.
(Previously: Mt. Livermore on Angel Island)
Hike starts at: 37.869421, -122.433996. View in Google Earth.
(Hike Map)
Summit Lake to Echo Lake in Lassen
A 4.5 mile out and back hike to Echo Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Start at the Summit Lake Ranger Station, take the short trail to Summit Lake and then follow signs to Echo Lake.
Hike starts at: 40.498228, -121.42711. View in Google Earth.
(Hike Map)
Skull Cave
SONY ILCE-7C 20mm f1.8 1/30s ISO2500
Just inside the mouth of Skull Cave at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.
Sundial Bridge
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f16.0 1/125s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 58mm f11.0 1/200s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f11.0 1/160s ISO100
The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California crosses the Sacramento River while also providing the correct time one day a year (the Summer Solstice) assuming it's a sunny day (a pretty safe assumption for Redding).
Links for July 2021
The New York Times: Opinion | America Needs to Break Up Its Biggest States
I'd rather get rid of the electoral college and have a national, ranked choice vote but this is interesting.
Teague Hill Preserve
A four mile, 1,400 foot hike into the Santa Cruz Mountains from just above Woodside. The trail is almost entirely under canopy but with a lot of variety and the occasional snatch of a view of the bay as you climb. The Bear Gulch section is very steep in places, if I did this route again I'd try Marker 3 to Marker 11 to see if the descent is more forgiving. Oh, and make sure you have a map or a downloaded route, there are a lot of trails with multiple entrances so it would be pretty easy to get lost here.
Hike starts at: 37.424658, -122.281739. View in Google Earth.
(Hike Map)