Author: Steve Block
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Can I Tell You a Story?
One night I’m sitting at a table near the window in the front of Stomping Grounds… And there’s this girl. She’s not my girl but she’s someone’s and she’s so important. Maybe an introduction, first. When I was in college Stomping Grounds, formerly a coffee shop and later a cafe, was a common place to…
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First Photo Walk Without a Camera
It was another gorgeous day in Colorado. During TAGTOBER 2011 I started taking long weekend walks to Cherry Creek State Park, down the road from my apartment. Any trip to the park meant at least a 2 to 3 mile walk, and I found this a very pleasant way to combine finding a picture for…
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Thanksgiving Morning Ride
I think this is a good way to start the holiday morning. It’s nicer out there than it has a right to be. — Steve
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What is this? (new site)
This is change, but not too much. My site, steveblock.com, has been around in one form or another for over adecade. For years now it has been running some version of WordPressbut I think I’m finally sick of trying to keep it up to date.Although I’ve managed to avoid any major issues so far, many…
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Choosing Luggage
Both of my primary pieces of luggage are dying a slow death. I have an Eddie Bauer-branded wheeled carry on that is now about 5 years old.It’s been all over the place has has been pretty reliable, but the handle isgetting wobbly, I’ve lost a few zipper pulls, and one of the tie-down clipsbroke. It…
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Being “That Guy”
Something struck me today as I was pulling on my riding gear after lunch. I really enjoy being that guy. Not that guy you hate (that’s a different guy, really!) but that guy you look at and wonder what the hell is wrong with him. The person who does things differently. The hard way. Who…
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Getting the Family Together
I’m flying to Omaha on Friday afternoon, then driving north towards Sioux City. From there I’ll head east to Le Mars, and check in to a hotel. I’m pretty sure this is the first time that I’ve taken care of all my travel plans for a family get together in Iowa by myself. Normally I…
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Mucking with Vim
This is basic stuff but I am trying to get my Vim setup working right so that Iget proper line wraps and other usability/viewport niceness when typingmarkdown files in Vim. I think I got it by adding the following commands to myVim syntax/configuration file for Markdown files (mkd.vim): I also forced Vim to notice that…
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Merlin on Complaining
I think there’s a lot of people who would say “you’re never allowed to complain about something unless you have a solution,” and I disagree. I think if you have a really good complaint about something it’s not always your job to have to fix it too. And furthermore, the people who do go out…
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On Writing
The Problem I used to write in word processors and use formatting, but I found that most of the time all I really want is words. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to make your meaning clear with only text and a few simple pieces of markup. We learned to do this many, many…
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