asteele's Blog

Spring Baseball (May 19, 2007 01:39PM)
We've been attending a lot of baseball games lately... Today we had the usual Saturday doubleheader - the pics are from the second game (Adrian's) at Garfield Playfield. He picked up a fly ball at... [ more ]

Col du Viallet (Aug 01, 2006 12:00AM)
family at col du viallet

it's an easy day hike from the ski village at chaillol, there's a big board at the trailhead that shows all the available hikes and then yellow signposts along the way that show you the way up. but... [ more ]

Weaver implodes in 1st (Apr 28, 2007 06:17PM)
I can't do any better than the Seattle P-I's headline ... I was there, and yes it really was that bad. At least the beer was cold and tasty (if expensive), and Jeremy got to chow down on the kettle... [ more ]

National Cello Institute (Jun 27, 2007 03:36PM)
I'm here at the National Cello Institute with Bonnie and the boys (yes, there is a small violin program as well for Adrian). It's a really well-run affair with outstanding teachers and nightly... [ more ]

OpenID momentum (May 08, 2007 04:13PM)
This blog entry was started at Caffe Umbria - I've been doing quite the tour of Seattle coffee shops since I decided to step down from my position at Jobster last month. Anyway, I'm consistently... [ more ]

IIW2007 (May 16, 2007 09:13AM)
I've been attending the Internet Identity Workshop these last couple of days. It's an Unconference, which is a new format for me. I've posted a couple of photos to give a flavor of the conference -... [ more ]

OLPC XO in beta - I want one! (May 24, 2007 11:35AM)
Check it out... http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware specification [ more ]

Supreme Court decides key cases on patents (May 01, 2007 10:46AM)
I think that 10 years from now, we'll be commenting on the significant impact of these rulings on the software business, esp. KSR v. Teleflex. [ more ]

Blogging on a map (Mar 24, 2007 02:51PM)
My blog entries look so much cooler when superimposed on a map of the entire world. So, it's time to ditch EC2 and typo and use geojoey as my blog host. Welcome to my new blog! [ more ]

Jobster embraces microformats (May 17, 2007 09:26AM)
If you go and check out my profile on Jobster today, and you happen to have a browser plugin that knows about microformats, you'll notice that hCard, xFolk and hResume data are all available from... [ more ]

Grilling in the rain (Mar 23, 2007 05:46AM)

Only in Seattle. [ more ]

Splashing in the Atlantic Ocean (Oct 27, 2005 05:34PM)
One more retro-blogging entry to plant a flag in Florida. This one dates back to October 2005 - the boys were so excited to jump in the ocean that they went in with all their clothes on! This is one... [ more ]

Safeco Field (Apr 19, 2007 03:38PM)
From the Jobster afternoon outing to the ballpark (photo credit: Joe). By the way, don't miss Joe's latest blog entry: this is crazy. [ more ]

Seattle Open Coffee continues strong (May 01, 2007 10:48AM)
Yeah, my cameraphone doesn't take such great pictures, but you get the idea. We took up a good chunk of the seating area at Louisa's this morning. [ more ]

Seattle Open Coffee (Apr 17, 2007 08:30AM)
Thanks to Andy for organizing. It's great to have a venue in Seattle to meet other entrepreneurs and early-stage technology folks. I'm looking forward to the next one! [ more ]

Camping on the Hood Canal (Aug 26, 2007 08:58AM)
This past weekend we were invited for some camping and kayaking at a private property on the tip of a little peninsula down from the Hood Canal Bridge. It's a beautiful section of the state, and we... [ more ]

Skiing in Park City (Feb 24, 2005 01:23PM)
I've decided to do a little retro-geo-blogging so that I can put more little flags up on my blog map. In February of 2005 we took a little ski vacation in Park City, UT. It was awesome. (Pics here.)... [ more ]

Explora Albuquerque (Jul 05, 2006 11:13AM)
A little more retro-blogging to get another western city on my blog map. Last summer we rounded out our July 4 trip with friends in Albuquerque, where we visited the Explora science museum. Below is... [ more ]

American Lake (Aug 02, 2007 08:39PM)
Photos here. It's a little hard to track down the exact spot on these maps, so I had to guess. Try this if you're curious to see more. [ more ]

Blakely Island (Sep 03, 2007 04:08PM)
We enjoyed our labor day weekend up in the islands - fresh batch of photos here. [ more ]

Spring skiing! (Mar 28, 2007 10:00AM)
The skiing at Alpental this morning was awesome. One great thing about living in Seattle is being only 45 minutes away from the slopes, so that you can ski in the morning and still make it to the... [ more ]

Chillin' in Laguna (Jul 02, 2006 11:37AM)
More retro-blogging. Jeremy and Adrian had a really good time here after the National Cello Institute camp last year. Traveler's tip: the Surf and Sand Resort is the place to be. [ more ]

urbanspoon (May 04, 2007 03:11PM)
Checked out the urbanspoon world headquarters yesterday and received a special limited edition t-shirt: In addition to this old school form of advertising, I'm now proudly featuring the urbanspoon... [ more ]

Another visit to Pete Lake (Jul 29, 2007 06:16PM)
Photos here! [ more ]

Pete Lake (Jul 24, 2004 12:00AM)
pete lake - jeremy

Actually we've been here a number of times, but July 2004 has some of the best pictures. [ more ]

Skating on Boston Common (Mar 03, 2007 05:22AM)
It's fun going skating in the open air, even if it was a little crowded. [ more ]

Stairway to Heaven for Cello Quartet (Apr 29, 2007 07:46PM)
Yeah, it was cool - as was the rest of the program tonight at the Triple Door. Oh, and there was a special guest appearance by Rajan Krishnaswami of Simple Measures (see recent entry). I know that... [ more ]

Splashing in the waves at Santa Monica beach (Apr 10, 2007 01:36PM)
For more photos from our trip to California, check out the full set of photos. [ more ]

Skiing before Thanksgiving! (Nov 18, 2006 12:00AM)
Afternoon sky at Snoqualmie Pass

Beautiful partly cloudy afternoon at Snoqualmie Pass for the first day of the season yesterday! [ more ]

First hike of the season (Jul 07, 2007 09:56PM)
Beautiful 12-mile round-trip from Government Meadow to Arch Rock along the PCT, off Rd 70 in the Norse Peak Wilderness. Pictures here. [ more ]

Lake Lillian Trail (Aug 28, 2007 09:05AM)
This is a beautiful trail with some neat views of Mt. Rainier, plus it's pretty close in to the city and the trailhead is only a couple miles down unpaved forest road. We went up with my mom... [ more ]

Snow Lake / Gem Lake (Jul 14, 2007 10:01PM)
It's a fairly vigorous hike if you take the full trail to Gem Lake ( 1800 ft. up over 6 miles) but that doesn't stop hordes of people from attempting it, including some attacking the trail very late... [ more ]

Portland Weekend (Apr 15, 2007 09:41AM)
Traveler's tips: Stay at the Hotel Monaco, especially if you have a dog traveling with you. Byron was treated like royalty, with stainless steel dog bowls, doggy biscuits galore, a special VIP dog... [ more ]

Kachess Ridge Trail (Aug 12, 2007 06:13PM)
Kachess Ridge Trail marker

This weekend we attempted this hike, which turned out to be a bit ambitious for us - we didn't make it all the way to the fire lookout at Thorp Mtn - but we did summit the first part at 5700-ish ft,... [ more ]

Stanley Park (Feb 24, 2006 11:32AM)
We had a really lovely time in Vancouver last February. I'm finally getting around to uploading these pictures to plant geojoey flags on all the west coast cities that we've visited. Traveler's tip:... [ more ]

Simple Measures (Apr 24, 2007 09:48PM)
Imagine sitting within arm's length of some of the best classical musicians in town, playing at the top of their game. That was the experience last night at the Mt Baker Community Club. It was the... [ more ]