dhunterbell

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Scottish Deadhead hiding out in Cornwall. Loves music, science fiction and craft beer. I make maps for a living.
Well that’s pretty much everything fucked now.
*Why* should it take nearly 2 GB of RAM to open an #ArcGIS #Dashboard? And sit on 15% of my CPU, without me doing anything? heaven forbid I attempt to interact with it.
spent the day yesterday in palo alto/menlo park taking in the very few still-standing #GratefulDead sites (& lots of ghost buildings) with native tour guide @Corry342, a wee thread. magoo's in menlo park, where the warlocks played wednesdays in may 1965, soon to reopen as a cocktail bar. /1
the mckernan family homestead in far eastern palo alto (at the border of east palo alto), where pigpen grew up. home of noted R&B DJ phil mckernan. plus the highway overpass that gave teenage pig his entrance point into the Black neighborhood of east palo alto. #GratefulDead /2
one of jerry & sara garcia's residences on bryant court in palo alto, just off the main street, where the warlocks supposedly rehearsed in the garage (not visible here). /3
the former st. michael's alley, cafe hangout spot for garcia, hunter, trist, lesh, pigpen, etc.. a site of much action in hunter's "new" book "the silver snarling trumpet" #GratefulDead /4
perry lane in menlo park, the block-long street where ken kesey & other graduate writing students & proto-pranksters lived, kesey's backyard abutting alan trist's house, where teenage jerry garcia sometimes crashed. (technically, perry avenue.) /5

Don't threaten us with a good time

#ElonMusk #Twitter #Meme

Amongst the many things that will no doubt cause me anxiety this week will be a plethora of badly designed election maps.

Paying tribute to Phil Lesh on the latest Brokedown Podcast episode, out today. A few friends contribute their thoughts and stories and I selected a lot of great music. The musical segments cover only a fraction of what Phil gave and will always mean to all of us but, hopefully they feel like a hug to see you through.

Listen on your favorite podcast app or via the link below.
#podcast #GratefulDead #PhilLesh

https://brokedownpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/11/133.html

Remembering Phil Lesh

With a blend of sadness for loss and joy for the music and memories that we will always cherish, we pay tribute to Phil Lesh. A number of fr...