McKinney Falls State Park
McKinney Falls State Park is about 6 miles from downtown Austin and 3 miles from my son’s apartment. We hiked there on a sunny September Sunday. (For links to our other State Park hikes,...
Author: Larry
book notes – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: The Great Pedestrian of North and South America by Donald E. Chipman
The subtitle of this book on Cabeza de Vaca says it all. From the summary on the back cover: Between 1528 and 1536, explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca trekked an estimated 2,480 to...
Race Report: Pikes Peak Ascent 2015 (better late than never)
This race report for the 2015 Pikes Peak Ascent is late. The race was August 15…of 2015. Since then we’ve driven back from Denver, fixed a leak in the ceiling and recovered. Almost a...
Pokemon Go for Runners, Developers and Businesses
Back in the day, my son collected Pokemon cards, played Pokemon on Gameboy, and taught me about Pikachu, Snorlaxes, and other interesting creatures…as I’m sure the kids of many others my age did. As...
Book Launch Day – The Story Behind “Re-reading Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”
My new book, Re-reading Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, is available on Amazon starting today. It is indeed a bit of a departure. It is not fiction like Dusk Before the Dawn or...
It is time for Jerry Kramer to be nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame contains many Green Bay Packers. All-pro Jerry Kramer is not one of them. Six-time AP All-Pro, three Pro-Bowls, the only player on the NFL 50th Anniversary Team NOT...
To Green Angel Tower Part 2 re-read – Part Two: The Blazing Tower
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: This is the LAST of TEN re-read posts. I had originally planned to time these last re-read posts of To Green Angel Tower with the release of Tad’s new trilogy, The Last...
Hiking in Huntsville State Park
Huntsville State Park is a little over an hour north of Houston, just west of I-45 and a bit south of the city of Huntsville. It was a blue-sky day, semi-low humidity so we...
The Lights are still out at SFSignal
I glanced at SFSignal this morning, and, as expected, there were no posts yesterday, May 6, 2016. None. Zero. After 12 years of not missing a day, John got a well-deserved day off. Some...
Xcode – Simulator vs. Device: CAPITALIZATION matters
There are, obviously and intuitively, differences between testing an iOS app on the Xcode simulator, and testing on a real device. The obvious ones run the gamut from no camera on the simulator to...