Tag Archives: animals

Spring Break

After a month and a half of non-stop rain, we got a break here in the Bay Area. It couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s the kids’ spring break, you see. I took advantage of the wonderful weather…  Read more

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Happy Hollow Zoo

capybara - the world's largest rodent

Here is a picture I took of a Capybara at Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose, CA this past weekend. It’s a small zoo with an impressive collection of exotic animals. I only caught a glimpse of…  Read more

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O’Reilly?

O’Reilly, the publisher of computer books, is known for depicting various fauna on their books’ covers. Being that I am interested in Mac computing, I noticed that the books pertaining to versions of Apple’s OS X, like Panther…  Read more

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Raccoon Rescue

As we arrived at the local Starbucks, my three year old son and I witnessed an ongoing animal rescue effort. A raccoon apparently had climbed up a tree and got stuck up there.

Raccoon stuck up in a tree  Policewoman to the rescue

A policewoman borrowed ladders from…  Read more

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Dogster

Dogster.com is a growing social networking site for dogs put together by “self-described computer and canine geeks.” In this chart, it shows the Philippines as the fourth most represented country on the site with 124 registered dogs (the…  Read more

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