Ralph Hogaboom's Weblog
My name is Ralph Hogaboom, and I live and work in Port Townsend WA. I write about my family, computers, and a few other things.
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2007-10-11
Jennifer Anderson for Hoquiam Mayor
Here's the four parts of the radio show that Jennifer Anderson did on KBKW. She's running for mayor this year. Jen's an old friend of Kelly's.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Labels: graysharbor, localnews, maybethiscanhelp, politics, theHQX
2007-07-27
howdy hqxdesign.com
I finished a version of hqxdesign.com. I've felt the need to direct people to an online portfolio for awhile, but haven't really had anything for potential customers. So there it is.
It's not perfect, but it's mine.
Labels: design, itsanexperiment, technology, theHQX, work
2007-07-23
Sure Nail & Fire - Draft Design
Kelly's getting ready to launch her 'zine for the HQX, Sure Nail & Fire. Here's my mockup draft:
I really like her title, and the direction she's wanting to go with her writing. Now, to settle on a blog platform for publishing the content ... There's
Labels: design, family, graysharbor, itsanexperiment, technology, theHQX
2007-06-11
Big Light Tent Weekend
This weekend was rewarding, and productive - we built a light tent. Only we did ours with wood and screws, and are painting the frame white to avoid any reflection if you're photographing something shiny. To be fair, the diffusers aren't on. And it's not quite done. But I think we'll finish it today, with the aim of using it to photograph work for the Sew Helpful Etsy/Instructables contest.
These contests are interesting in their Web 2/user-generated-content-iness. It seems smart to recognize that user generated content is a
This weekend was also interesting, as we went car-free. I didn't drive at all on Friday, and Kelly only about a mile - to get past a bike-dangerous bridge - where she then parked, unloaded the trailer, and pedaled to a park in Aberdeen for Soph's preschool picnic summer send off. Saturday found us on the bike and walking, spending hours to shop at Marketplace, Michael's Meats, and Jay's Fruit Stand stores. Going carless makes you slow down. We knew we had some groceries to get, and that by bus it'd take awhile. Kelly's now pretty serious about selling one of our vehicles, and going bike. Kelly said something along the lines of:
"It's not about wearing spandex or being a hard body. It's not about carbon-guilt, or environmental championship. It's about integrating bicycles into your life, as transportation."I think she ripped it from Portland's Clever Cycles, but I'm not sure.
And, lastly, reading comments to Jamie Lee Curtis' mediocre post on Paris Hilton and parenting at Huffington showcases the thoughtlessness that internet-connected people can share. It's breathtaking, and supports the Heinz contest nicely.
Labels: design, family, technology, theHQX
2007-05-25
Theatre 2.0
I've been working on replacing the 7th Street Theatre's site for a few weeks now.
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2007-05-07
Protest @ Aberdeen Port
Labels: graysharbor, localnews, politics, sophie, theHQX, timesaretoughontheharbor, video
2007-05-04
Protests in Aberdeen
The Department of Defense needs a port to ship out tanks, choppers, etc. For the war in Iraq, obviously. Fort Lewis deployments have previously been moving out from Tacoma, and Olympia, but a few groups - notably United For Peace of Pierce County and Olympians For Peace - have successfully protested. The army set their sights on something close enough, but less resistive.
And they've been making moves and activities in Aberdeen's port. El Mundo Diario quotes blowhard port commissioner Caldwell:
“We don’t have to agree with where it’s going, but I surely think we would want to support all of our troops,” he added. “We can’t cut off their support, regardless of how we feel about it.”And the Olympian vaguely hints that something is going to happen in this article. Of course, what's worrisome is the recent record of law enforcement and dealing with protesters. In Tacoma in April and in Los Angeles on May day. Everyone wants to avoid that, of course.
What's incredible is the respect taken by the Olympia Port Militarization Resistance. In emails sent to members (yes, I'm one), they continually references cutting DOWN violence, not justifying it. It's cool. Real cool.
If you're coming down, see http://ufppc.org/ for the fastest coordination information on the protests. I'll be there for some of them.
Labels: graysharbor, holy shit, localnews, mymood=anxious, politics, ramblings, theHQX, timesaretoughontheharbor
2007-04-16
re: hqx
BrumBrum: the true location abbreviation is HQM. Using HQX as an IATA code for Hoquiam appears to only have two references, Kelly & I.
Labels: graysharbor, mymood=smug, ramblings, theHQX
Indy Non-Commericial Radio
Early last week, I was startled and surprised when I heard Hoquiam-based Indy Radio on the dial while driving from Aberdeen to HQX. I'm double surprised, because I don't even like the radio - it's rare for me to poke around there for something worth listening.
What was striking about the station was the full-frontal amateur nature of it. The volume levels went from too low, to distorted - somebody had the trim waaaaay up. And the dialog was unabashedly left; I really liked it. It was joyous, and enthusiastic, and even though it was talking about Iraq and death, it was the only talk show I've ever heard that sounded fun.
El Mundo Diario had an article on the station a few days later. I'm encouraged because it seems to take a community approach to the station:
Murrell said the Harbor was in dire need of a station like Indy Radio. “I intend to bring local issues onto the radio station, news that’s of interest to this area. I want to do book reviews, and bring all kinds of people into the station that have never been on talk radio around here before,” he said.Read the full article; then visit Northwest Indy Radio.
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