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Project Hutchinson: baseboards

Baseboards are nearly done! Project hutchinson moves one step closer to being done. iPhone pics:
DIY Home Remodeling
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Americans favor offshore drilling – Jul. 30, 2008

What the heck! did these people just call Texans? [From Americans favor offshore drilling – Jul. 30, 2008]
General

“Ride the Lobster” Unicycle race — cover article

Howdy! I forgot to pick up a copy of this newspaper in Canada, but it was quite cool as I was on the cover (lower left) at the start of the last day. Click for... [read more]
Unicycling

engaged!

I asked Louise to marry me on our unicycle ride last friday, 7/4/08. we are engaged! The night before I rode up and spray painted over a bunch of graffiti and the painted the words... [read more]
Unicycling
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Ride the Lobster Unicycle Race: It’s over!

Well, Louise and I had a great week riding our unicycles at a maddening pace throughout Nova Scotia. Final results are here: http://www.ridethelobster.com/race/final.php My team, Texacali, placed third overall! (out of 35 teams). I’m quite... [read more]
Unicycling
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Ride the lobster unicycle race: Stage 1 done!

We finished the first 200km! It was pretty tough. Amazingly enough, my team, TexaCali, is in third place! We probably exerted too much energy today, but it was pretty fun. For a while at the... [read more]
Unicycling

Ride the Lobster – Unicycle race in Canada next week

Next week my team (TexaCali) will be participating in the “Ride the Lobster” unicycle race in Nova Scotia, Canada. Check out the website: http://www.ridethelobster.com/ And visit the results page to see how we do: http://www.ridethelobster.com/race/results.php
Unicycling
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The Canopy Cathedral « The Treehouse Guy

An amazing new Treehouse by Peter Nelson. [From The Canopy Cathedral « The Treehouse Guy]
Treehouses

WWDC 2008

WWDC 2008! Howdy to my fellow Cocoa Developers. Take a look at the conference schedule: http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedules/ and be sure to come to my talk! Tuesday at 10:30 AM, iPhone for Mac Developers. If you have... [read more]
Apple, Cocoa, Coding
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A few good pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/corbin.dunn/UCSCArboretum08/ From the UCSC Arboretum, taken yesterday. An HDR shot of a bee; the image was generated from a single RAW exposure, mainly to increase some details that you couldn’t see with the original photograph.... [read more]
Nature, Photography

Corbin’s Trials Course – 30th birthday movie

Back on April 13th I turned 30! I did a little camera filming on my trials course. Click below to download the movie. QuickTime format, H.264 encoded, 2:41 seconds. 15.6 MB.
Unicycling
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70-200mm canon lens

I got a nice new lens a few weeks ago. It takes GREAT pictures. Here’s some examples from a few days ago: Bottlenose brush in the front of our house. Cactus flower at the Santa... [read more]
Nature, Photography
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Fire in Santa Cruz Mountains

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=news&id=6158710 I really hope it doesn’t burn down my dad’s house, and my old treehouse….. UPDATE: I went to the house this morning (Friday) and it is still there. The winds have calmed down quite... [read more]
General
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Unicycle ride log, entry 17, May 22, 2008

Ride: Home to work. RTL training ride. Totally tired, and I forgot to get stats. Something like 12-13mph average over the 20 mile ride, and about 10 minutes longer than usual. i crashed riding to... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 16, May 21, 2008

Ride: Los Gatos to work. With my MacBook Pro 15″ in a backpack that also contained my camel back with 2 liters of water. Time: 8:00’ish to 9:40’ish Riding Time: 0:38’00 Distance: 9.21 miles Average... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 15, May 20, 2008

Ride: Home to work. RTL training ride. I finally fixed my cycle computer to be more accurate. Time: 6:35 to 8:05? Riding Time: Distance: Average Speed: Max Speed: 26.2 mph (that can’t be right, but... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 14, May 18, 2008

Ride: Strawberry Fields Forever 2008 – Watsonville, Corralitos, and Santa Cruz. Time: 7:15’ish to 3:30’ish Riding Time: 5:13’08, moving time on cycle computer Distance: 65.52 miles. Average Speed: 12.5 mph Max Speed: 25.3 mph ODO:... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 13, May 17, 2008

26’ish mile ride, “Rob’s ride” plus Sick and Twisted. On geared nimbus 36, with Chuck, Beau and Mike also on geared 36’ers, Tom on geared 29’er, and Nathan on a traditional Coker. Lots o fun.... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 12, May 15, 2008

Ride to work on “Bike to work day”. Ride: Ride from home to work (Los Gatos to Apple headquarters in Cupertino, CA). The path: Corbin’s house to work. Time: 6:30 to 8:00 — then stopped... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 11, May 13, 2008

Ride home from work today. Louise also rode home, and I caught up with her going up old Santa Cruz highway. Louise crashed going down our super steep hill to the house; she had 125’s... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle ride log, entry 10, May 13, 2008

I rode to work today. Crashed down Mt Charlie going about 17 mph. Ran it out while skidding on my feet. Lost the battery for my tail light. Ride: Ride from home to work (Los... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Yosemite rock climbing

Jason and I did a little climbing last weekend. We drove up to Yosemite on Friday night, camped outside the park at Hard n Flat road, and then drove in early saturday morning to secure... [read more]
Climbing

Louise and Piper

Louise holding our super cute kitty, Piper: And a zoomed in shot with a new lens:
General
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Maker Faire 2008

I was lucky enough to not only attend this years Maker Faire, but I also got to participate as a volunteer! I was a model in the Fashion Show put on by the Swap-O-Rama. Our... [read more]
Apple, General
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Unicycle ride log, entry 9, May 6, 2008

I rode to work again today. It was pretty easy going to work, but rather grueling coming home. I was pretty darn tired by the time I finally made it to my doorstep. My legs... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling

Maker Faire 2008

I’m am super pleased that I will be attending this years Maker Faire. The Maker Faire consists of a lot of DIY’ers showing off their stuff and giving lessons on how to make cool things.... [read more]
General
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My first instrucable

…how I made my uni rack: http://www.instructables.com/id/Unicycle-rack-for-a-motorcycle-the-UniRack/
Unicycling
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UniRack – Unicycle Rack for a Harley Davidson Motorcycle

I present the UniRack a Unicycle Rack for my Harley Davidson Sportster Motorcycle. With a KH 20 on the back: It is handmade from an old bicycle with oxy-acetylene (torch) welding. It supports a 20″... [read more]
Unicycling
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Piper the Kitten

Louise got me a kitten for my birthday! She is a Siamese with a Siamese manx dad, and a Siamese polydactyl mom (six fingers and six claws per hand). A full Picasa album of pictures.... [read more]
General
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Unicycle ride log, entry 8, April 24, 2008

Unicycle ride log, entry 8 Ride: Reservoir ride from Nathan’s house. Corbin, Eric, Nathan. google maps Date: April 24, 2008 Time: 8:00 AM – 9 AM Riding Time: 1:00 Distance: 12.5 miles Average Speed: 12.5... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling
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Unicycle Ride Log, April 22, 2008 (afternoon)

Unicycle Ride Log Entry 7 – April 22, 2008 – afternoon Ride: Earth day ride! Ride from work back to home. The path: Corbin’s house to work. Time: 5:10pm to 6:57 Riding Time: 1:52’58(cycle computer),... [read more]
Logbook, Unicycling

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