- IMG 2940
Again, I defer. - IMG 2890
The fore-mentioned red tree. - IMG 2919
Sharp spikes hanging from the ceiling. Occasionally I imagined these snapping of and skewering me. - IMG 2926
A couple of the stunning, finger-like projections of stalagmites we encountered. - IMG 2894
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Here is the moment just after the second throw, right hand on a decent flake while the left is in a nice slot. All I had to do was pull the lip, but I fell. Oh well, it's nice to have something to come back for. - IMG 2900
And here's the beetle sex. - IMG 2886
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The little puffs of rock are called "popcorn." - IMG 3054
Nvidia was hawking there quadro cards. - IMG 3018
A year later, the two travelers see the other ocean together. We've now traveled the entire length of Our Great Nation together :) - IMG 3056
The motion capture slave. There were several companies showing off their systems for capturing computer animation data from live-action. Each one of these booths had very tired looking dancers demonstrating the systems' efficacy. - IMG 2913
From just within the cave entrance. - IMG 2891
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The coolest of the pillars were the ones that seemed to be composed of armies of mushrooms from floor to ceiling. - IMG 2884
After arriving at the scenic Guadalupe mountains, we prepared to head to our campsite from the Rangers' station, but discovered the car wouldn't shift out of park. Here, Bryan tries to find something in the manual that might help; eventually a call to a VW dealership yeilded the answer. - IMG 2908
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But they were upstaged by ATI, who has just integrated their fancy new Radeons into the pro-graphics card line "FireGL" - IMG 2910
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To get from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon, you drive through a very unlikely coniferous forest (Kaibab Natl Forest). - IMG 2887
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Within 15 minutes of arriving in Vegas, we are disgusted and return to the interstate to put the horrid city behind us. - IMG 3026
This was the Japanese art building. Inside and out the place was beautiful, but inside no pictures were allowed. - IMG 2893
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Bryan carefully considers his oldest, greatest foe: Mushroom Roof. Five visits to Hueco Tanks, and he has never been able to top it out from the starting hold. From the start, he has made it to the lip, and from the second hold, he has topped it out, but never linked it in its entirety. - IMG 3027
There, in the distance, is the lovable pile of granite we like to call Hueco Tanks. - IMG 3059
So many Macs... say what you will about market share, graphics folk are stuck like glue to Apple. - IMG 3053
Behold! Companies, schwag seekers, job hunters, head hunters, and bored grad students gather at the exhibition, an orgy of big, colorful animated things; mostly cars and planes and breasts (know your audience). - IMG 3060
Mmm... G5. This is as close as I'll get to one for a long while.