Here we go again

This blog has been sitting idle for over 9 months. But I'm the only reader, so it matters naught. The last entry mentioned a (then) recent sea kayak day trip. Since then I've done exactly 50 more - 27 on Lake Pend Oreille (or its contiguous rivers) and 23 in the Georgia Strait. We brought only the tandem to Vancouver Island, so we have a stable craft in most weather conditions; certainly all conditions we choose. In addition to the twice weekly (weather permitting) day trips, we have another 3 or 4 days of paddling scheduled in March - based at Taku Resort, near Quadra Island's Rebecca Spit. We expect to leave our rented quarters on Vancouver Island in the late April. early May time frame. Then we'll be back in Sandpoint, ID, the current birthing place of the Abominable Bypass. Late next August, we'll return to the island, but just for the fall semester. We have various reasons for that limit; one being not wanting to miss two ski seasons in a row. So far, the one we're missing doesn't match that of the prior year, and we wish our skiing friends better. The Computer Science course I am teaching currently is called "Systems and Networks", where I am having the students use GNU/Linux in a virtualized environment. It is fun for me, maybe even for some of the students. I also have a directed study where the student is learning some GNU/Linux kernel mode programming. We start with system calls, whose programming interface has recently changed. Documentation for the change is between scarce and non existent - hence some scrambling, but we've passed that point now. Eli's art activities are somewhat frenzied, with classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and the other days filled with producing art. Our wee rental has been crammed full of art materials in various stages of creation. I have a rule, "Whatever art you create must fit into the Subaru for the trip back to Sandpoint". She pays no attention whatsoever, so I am searching for a used delivery van. Richard 2009.01.22