Recycled Electrons - Blog of Keith Horowitz

People (with way too much time on their hands) have made wallpaper for thier computer desktops that looks like the area behind their desktop - giving the illusion in all these pictures as if the screens were transparent. As if you could see through the back of the LCD. I kept waiting for one where the LCD screen showed more than the backdrop - as if it could do X-Ray. :) Aurorealis: Transparent

Looking up E93 St On this past Tuesday night, I met 2 friends from school. I got in touch with them from Colorado. They still live in Manhatten, not that far from where we went to school. It was amazing to see these guys after so long. So much has changed - and yet, amazingly, there still was a number of things that were recognizable. I had not seen Rob sinve the early 80s. I had not seen Mark since the last 70s. We had a couple of drinks and talked a lot. It was interesting to hear about other people we went to school with.

Yesterday was a long day. In many ways. Okay, it didn't start that early. I was woken by a phone call about 9:00am. I think that was the best sleep I've had in over a week - and I could have used even a little more then. But it still took me a long time to get moving and decide what I wanted to do. I was thinking if I'm going to make it to the top of Pikes Peak, I need a lot more training. So I wanted to get in another hike. I was debating what I wanted to do for the 4th of July celebrations - fireworks and all. I was debating going up to monument, and hiking up the trail above Palmer lake. I wasn't sure how to get there - we had gone once before with friends, and they led the way. I was also debating going to Barr trail - the hike up to Pike's Peak from Manatou Springs. The route I want to be able to do this time. I finally decided I wanted to get the feel of Barr trail. I also felt in my bones that the weather would be safer down by Manatou Springs than...

Sky, Clouds, Ridge I decided I wanted to hike up the Scar again Heading up to the trail Big Rock Mostly as training for hiking up Pikes Peak hopefully around the end of July The trail starts here A Magestic Rock But also because it can have some great views Trail Rock Erosion And I've heard about GeoCaching Where you look for hidden caches by their GPS coordinates Trail past a cavern Tree hanging into the sky So this past Wednesday, after work, I packed up my camera, my CamelBak and my GPS and headed for Glen Eyrie Rock Formations View towards Cheyenne Mountain I also packed the print out of a GeoCache on the Scar Road and Sky Going up the Road - Hot and Sunny There were some extra clues on the web page for the Cache on the Scar - Most sounded familiar Sky, Clouds, Hidden Sun Old Road up the Scar On my way up, checking the GPS, I thought the Cache was down this way (-&gt) and took about 20 minutes to realize I was not headed the right way. So I decided to make it to the top o...