Author: rcragun
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Iceland – Day 7 – The Golden Circle: Gulffoss, Geysir, Strokkur, and Þingvellir National Park
We saved some of the most visited sites for our last day in Iceland. Lots of buses take tourists to visit three sights in a single day: Gullfoss, Geysir, and Þingvellir National Park. This is often referred to as The Golden Circle as you can include Seljalandfoss and actually make it into a circle. Since we…
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Iceland – Day 5 – Húsavík, whales, puffins, sailing, and Akureyri
While we spent the night in Akureyri, on day 5 in Iceland we wanted to go whale watching and Rosemary really wanted to see puffins. So, we booked a trip on a boat out of Húsavík, which is about an hour and 15 minutes away from Akureyri, called: Whales, Puffins, and Sails. We had nice…
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Iceland – Day 4 – Dettifoss, Godafoss, Selfoss, Grjotagja cave, Namajfell Hverir, and Myvatn Nature Bath
Our goal for day 4 of our Iceland trip was to make it from the east coast of Iceland to Akuyreri, the largest city in the north of the country, which is quite a drive. However, along the way, we also wanted to stop and see lots of cool stuff. We had to cut down…
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Iceland – Day 3 – Fjadrargljufur Canyon, Vatnajökull glacier, Jokulsarlon Lagoon, and Djúpivogur
After a busy day with lots to see, we had a relatively relaxed day on day 3 in Iceland. From Vik, we headed out fairly early to our first stop, Fjadrargljufur Canyon. Think Grand Canyon on a much, much smaller scale and green, with a beautiful blue waterfall. That should give a little picture of Fjadrargljufur Canyon.…
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Iceland – Day 2 – Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss, Dyrholaey, Reynisfjara and Vik
Our plan for seeing as much of Iceland as we could in a week was to drive all the way around the country, hitting highlights as we went. We hit out fairly early on our first full day in the country and made it to our first stop, Seljalandsfoss in the morning. “Foss” is a…
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Iceland – Day 1 – Reykjavik – Hallgrimskirkja, Sólfarið, and more
I submitted a paper to a conference in Switzerland in November 2016 and it was accepted. When I started looking for flights, Icelandair was actually the cheapest and that led me to remember that they have a free stopover program – you can fly into Reykjavik, stay for up to a week, then continue your…
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Kdenlive playhead doesn’t reposition on Linux
I use Kdenlive for editing videos when I have the occasional need to edit videos. In recent versions of Kdenlive (e.g., 17.07.70), I have been running into a problem that has been driving me crazy. The line that runs across the timeline editor, which is called the “playhead,” has been freezing in place. I could click…
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Donald Trump hair PNG
I keep wanting to put Donald Trump’s hair on different things. Whenever I search for “Donald Trump’s hair png,” I don’t find anything. So I went ahead and made my own Donald Trump hair png file. Here you go: I wanted it this time to make this: If you make something with this, please…
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Triple Falls Trail – Dupont Forest, North Carolina
I was attending a conference in Asheville, NC, and had half of a day free. Rather than stay cooped up in my hotel, and knowing there were hills in the area, myself and my colleagues, took a trip out to Dupont Forest to hike Triple Falls. We didn’t have a lot of time – just…