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    Sat, 05 Jul 2008

    Photos of the fireworks at San Jose, July 4, 2008
    San Jose fireworks I got pictures of the 4th of July fireworks in downtown San Jose.

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    Sun, 13 Apr 2008

    Night photography in downtown San Jose, April 12, 2008
    I did some nighttime photography in downtown San Jose on April 12 and posted my photos. The weather was perfect. I got pictures of The Tech Museum and the Circle of Palms/San Jose Museum of Art.

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    SVWUX visit to Mt Umunhum, April 11, 2008
    I posted pictures from SVWUX's visit to the radio facilities on Mt Umunhum on April 11, 2008

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    Fri, 28 Mar 2008

    Presentation slides on rocket piloting from Space Access '08
    I posted my slides from the panel discussion about "Paths to Rocket Piloting" on March 27, the first day of the Space Access '08 conference in Phoenix, Arizona. These slides weren't actually shown due to changes in format of the panel. But they were used for notes and I promised the audience I'd post them. You can download them as PDF (256K) or OpenOffice (260K).

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    Mon, 17 Mar 2008

    Passed the Commercial Pilot check ride
    I took the Commercial Pilot Airplane check ride (flight exam) today with an FAA designated examiner. The flight was out of Reid-Hillview Airport. I passed. So after 19 years as a private pilot, today begins a new chapter in aviation for me with my commercial pilot (airplane single-engine land) license.

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    Sat, 01 Mar 2008

    Flight to Apple Valley and Mojave on Feb 28, 2008
    [photo] I've posted photos from my flight to Apple Valley and Mojave on Feb 28, 2008.

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    Wed, 13 Feb 2008

    Photos of Gimli Glider at Mojave
    [photo] I snapped some photos of the Gimli Glider at the Mojave Air & Space Port today.

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    Fri, 01 Feb 2008

    Defending Reid Hillview Airport
    Reid-Hillview Airport is under possible threat again from our county politicians. This seems to happen once a decade. I posted an article on "Defending Reid-Hillview Airport".

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    Sat, 22 Dec 2007

    Got my Instrument Rating
    For those who might have wondered what I've been up to lately, I passed the check ride (flight exam) today and got my instrument rating.

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    Thu, 15 Nov 2007

    My flight to the Mojave Air & Space Port
    I posted pictures from my flight to the Mojave Air & Space Port on November 14, 2007. I also have a blog entry at SpaceDash about it.

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    Mon, 20 Aug 2007

    Pictures from Stratofox 4 camping trip to Black Rock Desert
    [image of Upper High Dry Lakebed] I posted my photos from the Stratofox 4 recreation and exploration trip to the Black Rock Desert on Aug 17-19, 2007.

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    Mon, 13 Aug 2007

    Pictures from Picn*x 16, the Linux 16th Anniversary Picnic
    Wow! What a great picnic. Good food. Lots of personal networking (about 400 attendees.) And it's turning into a bit of a technology demo too. I posted my pictures from Picn*x 16, celebrating the accomplishments of Open Source Software since the release of the first Linux kernel in August 1991.

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    Wed, 08 Aug 2007

    AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch at Black Rock
    I was at AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch meet on Aug 4-5, 2007. Once again, I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.

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    Wed, 18 Jul 2007

    Photos of Blue Origin's spaceport site
    I got some pictures of Blue Origin's spaceport site north of Van Horn, Texas when I was passing through the area on July 15, 2007.

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    Photos of Sierra Madera impact crater
    I posted photos of the Sierra Madera impact crater south of Fort Stockton, Texas from a visit on July 15, 2007.

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    Thu, 05 Jul 2007

    Photos of fireworks in downtown San Jose, July 4, 2007
    I posted my photos of this year's 4th of July fireworks in San Jose.

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    Sun, 01 Jul 2007

    Photos of fireworks show in Cameron Park, June 30, 2007
    I posted my photos of the fireworks at Cameron Park's Summer Spectacular 2007.

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    Fri, 22 Jun 2007

    Photos of Atlantis landing at Edwards
    I got lucky. I was visiting Mojave when the space shuttle came to land nearby at Edwards AFB. I posted my photos of the landing.

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    My photos in the Masten Space Systems blog
    Some of my photos from 6/21 are shown in the Masten Space Systems blog. There's continuing progress toward the first tethered flight.

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    Wed, 20 Jun 2007

    Photos of Atlantis and ISS visible pass, June 19, 2007
    I got pictures of the visible pass of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station over the Bay Area on June 19, 2007. This was a few hours after Atlantis undocked so they passed as two separate dots in the sky, or separate streaks in my long-exposure photos.

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    Tue, 24 Apr 2007

    Stratofox presentation at Carter Observatory, Wellington NZ
    I've posted the slides from my presentation about Stratofox at the Carter Observatory in Wellington, New Zealand on April 7.

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    Sat, 24 Mar 2007

    Space Access '07 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, Mar 22-24, 2007
    Space Access '07 I posted my notes from the Space Access '07 conference in Phoenix, Arizona on March 22-24, 2007.

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    Mon, 12 Feb 2007

    Pictures from Stratofox Crater Assault 1, Jan 28, 2007
    Stratofox members went on expedition to Black Rock which we called Stratofox Crater Assault 1 on January 28, 2007. The purpose of the trip was to investigate the theory of an impact crater at Black Rock and collect rock samples.

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    Sun, 11 Feb 2007

    Impact crater at Black Rock Desert
    I posted on my web site "Submitted for Study: Discovery of Possible Impact Crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert", my presentation of evidence of an impact crater at the Black Rock Desert. I have many friends to thank for their help in this research, listed in the Acknowledgments section.

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    Mon, 13 Nov 2006

    X Prize Cup, October 20-21, 2006
    I've had my pictures uploaded since just after the event. But things like my day job got priority since I got back. Three weeks later I've finally posted my write-up of the X Prize Cup 2006 which took place Oct 20-21 in Las Cruces, NM.

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    Fri, 27 Oct 2006

    Comet Swan photos
    Sean Lynch and I got photos of Comet Swan.

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    Wed, 27 Sep 2006

    Zion National Park, Utah
    I posted pictures from my trip to Zion National Park in Utah on Sept 27, 2006.

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    Tue, 26 Sep 2006

    Shuttle Debris Search, Day 2
    I posted pictures from the second of 2 days searching for shuttle debris in southern Utah.

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    Mon, 25 Sep 2006

    Shuttle Debris Search, Day 1
    I posted pictures from the first of 2 days searching for shuttle debris in southern Utah.

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    Sun, 24 Sep 2006

    "The Loneliest Road" and Great Basin National Park
    On Sept 24, 2006, I had a road trip on Nevada's US-50, "The Loneliest Road in America" and visited Great Basin National Park for a cave tour. See my pictures.

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    Sat, 23 Sep 2006

    AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch at Black Rock
    I was at AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch meet on Saturday, Sept 23, 2006. I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.

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    Sun, 10 Sep 2006

    Pictures from Stratofox 3, Sept 2006
    My pictures from the Stratofox 3 camping trip to the Black Rock Desert on September 8-10, 2006.

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    Tue, 16 May 2006

    Image::Flight::Suborbital 0.1 uploaded to CPAN
    Image::Flight::Suborbital 0.1 was uploaded to CPAN.

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    Sun, 26 Mar 2006

    Slauth 0.02 uploaded to CPAN
    Slauth 0.02 was uploaded to CPAN.

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    Mon, 04 Jul 2005

    Fireworks Pictures from Downtown San Jose, July 4, 2005
    I got pictures of the downtown San Jose fireworks show on July 4, 2005. So if you missed your local fireworks show or just couldn't get enough, I hope you enjoy this!

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    Fri, 15 Apr 2005

    Tax Day 2005 Madness at the San Jose main Post Office
    A well-kept secret form of entertainment in my neighborhood is to walk over to the nearby San Jose main Post Office and watch the madness as people get their tax returns in at midnight on April 15. Well, the secret is out. Here are pictures from Tax Day 2005.

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    Fri, 26 Nov 2004

    Stratofox recovers missing CSXT booster
    On Nov 26, 2004, Stratofox recovered the missing rocket booster from the CSXT Space Shot 2004 from snow-covered mountains in Nevada.

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    Wed, 27 Oct 2004

    Total Lunar Eclipse Pictures
    I've posted pictures that I took at the total lunar eclipse on the evening of Oct 27, 2004.

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    Mon, 04 Oct 2004

    Pictures of SpaceShipOne, Oct 4, 2004
    Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne won the XPrize on Oct 4. See my pictures and others' at Stratofox.

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    Sat, 26 Jun 2004

    Photos of fireworks in Cameron Park, June 26, 2004
    I posted my photos from the fireworks at the Cameron Park Summer Spectacular on June 26, 2004.

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