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Even more techno

Judy bought an itouch:

It has all sorts of applications: photos, music; one application in particular I find interesting:

920 North American birds listed with identification keys, photos, range, songs, identifier feature. It’s nicely done.

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Thursday

Our day to go get beat up by our friend John, the dermatologist, and his canister of liquid nitrogen. In a matter of moments he can make it look like you had a bicycle crash and landed on your face. (Funny thing though, a week later all those little dry and sore spots, the reason we went there in the first place, will be gone.) Back at Saint Vrain State Park, a bald eagle soared overhead.

Do you know how hard it is to take a decent video of a soaring bird with a hand-held camera? Let me demonstrate:

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Wednesday

  The Hydrohot guy, John, came back and finished the service and repair this morning.  He found a circulation pump and a mixer valve that needed to be replaced.  Hydrohot is our heating system.  It runs on diesel, electric, or both, depending on which switches we activate from inside.  It provides the heated fluid for our furnace vents, front and back.  It provides all the hot water for our dishes and showers.  It provides the engine preheat so we don’t have to start a cold engine in the morning or have an extended idle while the engine comes up to temperature.  It even works in reverse.  When the engine is running, the engine provides the heat for the circulating fluid, so all the hot water systems work without any of the burners being turned on.   Most of this stuff is usually done with propane.  With all of it done with diesel and electric, we don’t do much with propane.  We have a twenty-five gallon propane tank that runs the stovetop burners and the refrigerator when we’re not plugged in to shore power.  We only have to fill the propane tank once a year.   Anyway, we’re all fixed, the hot water stays a nice constant 127 degrees now.  (It was yo-yo ing before.)  Judy got the Jeep serviced and new tires put on.    
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Tuesday

  Root canal day.  Judy had a tooth attack last week.  It turned out to be an issue the emergency dental clinic couldn’t deal with so she got drugs and the opportunity to tough it out over the weekend.  She got her root canal done by the oral surgeon today.  She gets a crown on it next week.   It’s always a busy time when we’re in this part of Colorado.  Optometrist, root canal, Hydrohot repair, haircuts, Jeep service, tires, dermatologist, dentist, annual physicals, kids, grandkids, fishing, campfire, hot dogs, smores…  We’re working our way through it.