Author Archives: Scott Blomquist

What the hell is that smell?

Jennifer and I had been struggling since last Monday to determine the source of a mild to moderately strong rotting-like smell that has been developing in the downstairs part of our house. We first noticed it in the rec room, and spent days scratching our heads and searching the room for a possible source. It [...]

My first flight as a private pilot

The missionWent flying yesterday for the first time since I got my private pilot license. It was intended to be a practice flight for me, with three goals to plan around: 1) build time toward the 50 hours of cross-country experience required for my instrument rating, 2) get in three night landings and takeoffs to [...]

To work or to camp?

Some of Jennifer’s friends organized a camping trip over near Liberty, WA this weekend, and some of the campers made plans to make the short trip from there to The Gorge Amphitheater near George, WA to attend some concert called Sasquatch Festival. I was looking forward to going camping with them, but I ran into [...]

Non-rabid political editorial!

This young writer doesn’t like our President, but makes her case with a level head. If only every editorial were written rationally instead of rabidly. I guess rabies sells! Oregon Daily Emerald – University of Oregon news and sports – 10 reasons not to kill Bush

Overheard on an airplane

Lady in front of me to one of her neighbors: "I don’t understand why they even bother making the seat cushions float–have you ever heard of a water landing? When you hit water it’s like hitting concrete." Ummm, hello? When you hit the runway, it’s even more like hitting concrete. [Edit: changing category from MSN's [...]

Hapland 2

A sequel to the original Hapland puzzle has been released! http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/hapland2/ (I think I posted the previous one, but just in case: http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/hapland/.)

Puzzle fix

http://web6.midworld.luxadmin.org/game.html http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/

Video game remixes

I admit: I love the vast amounts of 8- and 16-bit nostalgia being poured out by geeks (surprisingly even those in the mainstream) these days. SNES on eBay? $35xBox 360 launch price? Dunno–$399 maybe?Zelda and remixing? Priceless. http://www.ocremix.orghttp://www.vgmix.comandhttp://www.gamingfm.com

How many mm^2 does _your_ car use?

Want to know your vehicle’s fuel economy in mm^2? Google will tell you. How exactly this works (and probably more importantly, what in the hell it actually means) is left as an exercise for the reader. Feel free to leave a comment to show the world how smart you are. Google Search: 25 mpg in [...]

I’m a pilot!

About 4 months after my first loggable flight back in January, as of today I am a licensed private pilot! I showed up at the Boeing Field today around noon to have my instructor go over the checklist of stuff that I needed to have with me for the examiner to review. We had that [...]