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Dances with Gophers
Welcome to my gopher hole. When I was living in California,
I took the opportunity to learn how to skydive. One of the
places I used to jump regularly was at Hollister, way
south-east of San Jose, beyond the home of Garlic
(apparently). That DZ had a landing area a fair way from the
airport: a field, shared largely with gophers and a handful
of cows.
Landing in that field was a tricky business. It's quite easy
to get your foot stuck in a gopher hole and faceplant upon
contact. Sometimes you could see them running for cover as
you came in.
Not that I ever did, but if you were to hook turn in for a
fast landing the way to slow down on contact is to drag one
foot behind you, toe outstretched so your ankle doesn't have
to do any dangerous muscle work. Like a dance, if you will.
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Local bits:
TEXT Captain's Phlog
DIR Another Phlog Another Planet
Bits at SDF:
TEXT 20230201T083244 Response to Screwtape's ChatGPT Essay
TEXT 20230130T164607 Five Questions Redux, Asylum Edition
TEXT 20230103T193635 Five Questions
TEXT 20221202T163240 Why the Guardian Sucks
TEXT 20221122T175630 James Clark is a Sainsbury
TEXT 20221121T070322 International Norm
TEXT first.txt
I've been learning the colemak-dhm layout and practicing
using texts that are worth a closer reading. I'll add them
here as I complete them.
TEXT Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco
TEXT Public Key for Me
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