The Wedemeyer Family

Jacobo and I have captured some spring fauna in the creek next to our condo. We caught a garter snake on the first warm day of the year and put it in a large, glass aquarium. Jacobo named it “Lucy” because its body is loose. It eats earthworms on a regular basis, despite its captivity. Yesterday, we fashioned a minnow trap from the rusty mesh frame of an old truck air filter (that we found in the creek) and the cut-off top of a 2-liter pop bottle. We set the trap in a bottleneck of the creek, and this morning we found a small crawdad that had wandered into the cone of the pop bottle, and couldn’t find the opening again. We put the crawdad in a small aquarium with some creek water and a rock for some cover. Jacobo liked the name “Chipper” when I called it little chipper, but Jacobo later changed the name to “Flipper” because it flips around with its tail. All the neighborhood kids come by to see the snake and Jacobo has become quite popular.

I am a huge fan of Internet radio. There are thousands of stations broadcasting from all over the world. They have the best independent music, and much of it is commercial free. Rather than being stuck with the same 5-10 stations in your area, or the 100+ (but mostly garbage) channels on satellite radio, you get exactly what you want.

Unfortunately, the Copyright Royalty Board just slapped all Internet broadcasters with a huge royalty increase. In short, most independent stations will be forced to close up shop.

If you like legal, free music, and you’ve got a couple minutes, visit the site below to send a note to your Congressional representatives asking them to help save Internet radio.

I have upgraded the blog software to Wordpress 2.1.3 There should not be any major visible changes. I just wanted to stay current so as to have the security fixes and spam controls. Also, the post writing interface should be a little sexier.

Currently the photo uploading is broken. I’m trying to figure out if I can get IImage Browser (the current plugin) to work, or if there are any better plugins that I can use.

I just signed up to be part of the Action Cycling 200, here in Atlanta. It is a 2-day, 200 mile bike ride to raise money for an HIV/AIDS vaccine. We ride out 100 miles, camp overnight, and then ride back another 100 miles. I have never attempted anything this physically challenging before, but I’m very excited. I’ve been biking to and from work for over two years now, and for most of that time, it was 9 miles each way. If I get in a few long-distance training rides over the weekends, I’m sure I’ll be set.

My registration fees were covered by Emory, but I still need to raise $500 in donations. All money goes directly to the research fund, since rider registration fees cover the organizational expenses of the ride. Plus, all donations are tax deductible, just keep your receipts.

Donations can be made easily and securely from my fundraising page at:
http://www.active.com/donate/ac200/MicahWedemeyer.

I will take the digital camera with me and I promise to bring back lots of great pictures