Skip to content

Monthly Archives: August 2008

Seattle to Burning Man on foot

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Walking from Seattle to Burning Man - information from Google and the walking route feature of Google Maps:

Distance: 645 miles
Time spent walking: 8 days, 20 hours
Average walking speed: 3.04 MPH
Current high temp in Gerlach, NV: 95° F (08/05/08)
Amount of water you would need: unknown

View larger map and turn-by-turn directions
I wish there was a way to […]

Filed in Burning Man, Observation | | Comments (0)

Thanks Adobe. Um, not really.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

A few weeks ago, I was trying to update Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (Mac version). The automatic updater would churn for awhile then complain about not having access/permission to a necessary file. I went to the Adobe site to see if I could find a patch to update the application manually.
There were three patches. They […]

Filed in Mac/OS X, Observation, Reviews | | Comments (2)