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Prius Year in Review (2008)

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:49:22 -0500

Another year of statistics is in the books for the Prius. Nothing much out of the ordinary from previous posts, except it's interesting seeing how quickly the price of gas fell and I didn't have any fillups during the month of September. The tab...

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Selling on Etsy (DesignTime)

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:35:06 -0500

I finally got my act together and started listing things for sale on my Etsy shop. You can find me there as DesignTime. At the moment there are a few ceramic clocks, but some day I plan to include woodworking projects. I've got some ideas for c...

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Ice Ice, Baby

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:03:56 -0500

We had a cold and snowy new year's eve and woke up to windows covered with intricate ice crystals. The pattern looks a little tropical, but the temperature never made it above 20°F (and the wind chill kept it feeling like single digit temperature...

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Happy New Year

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:02:48 -0500

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Foliage at Mt. Auburn Cemetery

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:29:55 -0500

Went for a walk around the Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Fall foliage was a little past peak, but there was still some amazing color on a few trees.

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Camera Mod

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:11:16 -0500

I've been taking lots of closeup pictures recently and wished I had a wideangle lens. I was poking around dpreview.com and found a thread explaining how to add a wideangle converter to my Fuji F30. The Nikon WC-E68 was given high marks and can b...

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York Harbor Fireworks

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:52 -0400

These fireworks caught me by surprise. They just happened to be at the beach next to the place we were having dinner. I didn't have a tripod, so I found a flat rock and just tried to keep the camera steady, which seemed to work. Last month whil...

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Boston Prepares for the 4th

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:38:56 -0400

It's that time of year. The fireworks barge has appeared in the Charles River in preparation for the Boston's 4th of July Celebration. For those in the area, details of the event can be found at july4th.org.

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Prius mid-year statistics for 2008

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:41:55 -0400

Another six months of Prius statistics is in the books. I've changed my work commute to mostly public transportation, which has significantly decreased my average miles per day. The table below shows a bunch of statistics for the life of the ca...

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Take me out to the ball game...

nobody@vox.com(Kelev T. Cat) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:55:19 -0400

We had a company outing to watch the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles play at Fenway Park last night. The Red Sox won 9-2, bolstered by a grand slam in the 5th (the Orioles decided to intentionally walk Manny Ramirez, setting up the grand sla...

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