Author Archives: Peter Neibert Webmaster

About Peter Neibert Webmaster

My work in progress is www.FloralDesignbyYukiko.com. I appointed myself Webmaster and lay-out site and page design, flower and flower arrangement photography, photo editing and writing, as well as print brochures. I take pictures of Marin County California landscape and wildlife, print some, and publish some on the web, including this new blog, Story Pictures.

Soles Align

Foundry shoe mak­ing forms align behind a build­ing in west­ern Col­orado.  Maybe they’ve walked on by. Share/Bookmark

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Road Warriors Greet the Dawn – Highway 50, Nevada

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Panamint Valley Sunrise – or Maybe It’s Death Valley to You

Sum­mer sun­rise lights up Panamint Val­ley and its moun­tains to the west side.  Behind the cam­era is the Panamint ridge and behind that is Death Val­ley, and the sun aris­ing.  From my spot the reflec­tive sun­rise presents a momen­tary view wor­thy … Con­tinue read­ing

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Jury Duty Cancelled

I got the bad news late Thurs­day after­noon:  my jury duty has ended, jury duty for Jan­u­ary 29th has been can­celled — appar­ently because of lack of inter­est. I con­sider this can­cel­la­tion bad news because it denies me the oppor­tu­nity … Con­tinue read­ing

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171 Ways to Avoid Jury Duty

Jury Sum­mons from Marin County Supe­rior Court to Me, Report Date: Jan 29, 2010 How can you get out of jury duty?  More urgently, how can I get out of jury duty? Let me count the ways: I asked Google how to get out … Con­tinue read­ing

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Kindle eBook Pricing Puts Fluffy Ceiling on Book Markets

I stopped buy­ing new book­shelves in the 1990’s, but I con­tin­ued buy­ing new books.  I had found Ama​zon​.com, where I could sell books (after I read them) for a few dol­lars less than I had paid for them. Then every­body … Con­tinue read­ing

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My First Article on Tech​no​rati​.com — Here It Is (sort of):

TV Japan has tar­geted Japan­ese sub­scribers in a pin­point direct mail­ing which was deliv­ered to mail­boxes in north­ern Cal­i­for­nia on Decem­ber 3rd — dur­ing which they announced the Japan­ese lan­guage broadcast’s free trial begin­ning on, yes, Decem­ber 3rd.

Ours was addressed to my wife. I am the Com­cast account holder, but my wife is the Japan­ese name holder and issei (first gen­er­a­tion from Japan). We have watched spo­radic Japan­ese lan­guage broad­casts on basic cable here for years. Doubt­less these records are in Comcast’s data­base, where they can get at them when they need to — like now.
TV Japan has tar­geted Japan­ese sub­scribers in a pin­point direct mail­ing which was deliv­ered to mail­boxes in north­ern Cal­i­for­nia on Decem­ber 3rd — dur­ing which they announced the Japan­ese lan­guage broadcast’s free trial begin­ning on, yes, Decem­ber 3rd.

Ours was addressed to my wife. I am the Com­cast account holder, but my wife is the Japan­ese name holder and issei (first gen­er­a­tion from Japan). We have watched spo­radic Japan­ese lan­guage broad­casts on basic cable here for years. Doubt­less these records are in Comcast’s data­base, where they can get at them when they need to — like now.
TV Japan has tar­geted Japan­ese sub­scribers in a pin­point direct mailing…in Cal­i­for­nia on Decem­ber 3rd — they announced the Japan­ese lan­guage broadcast’s free trial begin­ning on, yes, Decem­ber 3rd.
Ours was addressed to my wife. I am the Com­cast account holder, but my wife is the Japan­ese name holder and issei</> (first gen­er­a­tion from Japan). We have watched spo­radic Japan­ese lan­guage broad­casts on basic cable here for years. Doubt­less these records are in Comcast’s data­base, where they can get at them when they need to — like now. Con­tinue read­ing

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HOLY ALIENS ! — Native American Rock Art

Silent for Thou­sands of Years: Now Chris­tians and Ancient Aliens Speak for Its Soul – The trail down the West rim of Horse­shoe Canyon, to the floor 750 feet below, is not dif­fi­cult in the cool of early morn­ing. The Park Ser­vice … Con­tinue read­ing

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Cathedral Valley and Blood River

Cathe­dral Val­ley is noted in dusty guide­books for its soli­tude, because nobody goes there. Well, almost nobody.  I went there once.   I haven’t gone back.  Why?  Prob­a­bly because its in a tough neigh­bor­hood:  too much com­pe­ti­tion from the Great Circle’s nearby … Con­tinue read­ing

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I Track Bruce Berger on the Amazon Trail — What?

Bruce Berger’s The Telling Dis­tance, essays on feel­ing the deserts of Sonora and the Col­orado Plateau made me won­der What’s he doing now? Still writ­ing? What? So I Googled “bruce berger” and found his web­site, Bruce​Berger​.net — full of desert … Con­tinue read­ing

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