Bill Walsh 1931 - 2007

Uh oh, first Ingmar Bergman, now Bill Walsh. Don't these things always come in threes?

RIP Ingmar Bergman

Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman passed away at the age of 89.

I read that he was really scared of death when he made The Seventh Seal. That's probably a large part of why it remains such a powerful film, even 20 years later. Playing chess with Death. How often has that premise been ripped off?

Revisiting Washington (Guidebook)

This is really cool. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has taken a guidebook of Washington State from 1941 and revisited all the tours and tips in it and updated it for the 21st century.



They've added video clips from the era, radio broadcasts and plenty of photos from the times along with modern updates such as GPS coordinates and PDF printouts of routes.

It's pretty interesting to see what's become of some of the highlights after 50 years.

Best of all, Revisiting Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State is being released for free on CD (available at most state museums) and free download (PC only).

This should be great for discovering the back country roads for motorcycle trips around the state.

New Tacoma Narrows Bridge Open

Finally! They've been working on this thing since I moved up here. Of course, being a SF Bay Area refugee, I made sure and had my Good-To-Go transponder already installed. They had quite a run on them as the opening day neared.



I drove across on Monday, all the while thinking of those videos of the original bridge collapsing in that windstorm in the 40s.

Seattle PI has a nice write up of the opening day festivities [link]

It's the Blue Shells

The hilarious xkcd:

and not just the blue shells, what about those damn snakers?

Our Government or His Government

I love this video. Sara Taylor being reminded what the oath of office she took was supposed to stand for:

I swear the fish was THIS big!

Another big bad World of Warcraft boss killed by Reforged. The Lurker Below won't be bothering anyone any longer (until reset).



Drops: Glowing Breastplate of Truth and Choker of Animalistic Fury

Meanwhile, Mstree's gear get's purpler and purpler.

I Don't Recall