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Christopher Hammond
07.23.04
Here's a photo of some damage I found on the 350Z this morning.
Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get it popped back into place, nothing too major, just annoying...
Christopher Hammond
07.26.04
Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll be able to get out and get some good photos, or at least attempt to get some good photos, of the Perseids Meteor showers.
Maybe I'll arrange a little s2o gathering one late night out in a dark...
Christopher Hammond
08.08.04
Colwell and I went to the Cards Mets game yesterday.
I took ~200 pictures
http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/38.aspx
Check out this one (3 in...
Christopher Hammond
08.18.04
You know what I forgot when I redesigned the site a few weeks ago? A places to visit listing!
So I guess I need to come up with another way to do that now. I was reading Wil's latest entry about his vacation and it made me miss all of California.
There's so much out there to see and do. I haven't seen a lot of it in quite a long time. Ultimately I'd love to go out there with my significant other and drive around the state seeing various things. Of course I'd love to do that in my own car, there in lies the problem. Getting the car out there would take at least 2-3 days, then you only have a day or two to actually sight see, which is no where near enough time in California. So I guess I'll have to take it in steps.
Wil talked about the Jelly Belly factory, i've been there, funny thing is I swear I heard/read it was robbed the other day, too lazy to google that news right now though :)
Anyways, I've started a new category of places to see, this will be the first post in that...
Christopher Hammond
08.19.04
I've been meaning to figure out a good way to get organized on my photos. Right now I have my directory structure broken down by d:\images\year\month\day
which doesn't work too bad, but I think I need an organization system that allows searching by content/topic, instead of just date.
Scoble posted about organizr I may have to try it out...
Christopher Hammond
08.29.04
What happens when you google for Chris Hammond? Well, you get mostly baseball news, one of my weblogs, and then some travel and photography pages for other Chris Hammond's out there.
I've been attempting to get my results up higher in the rankings for 9 months now, with quite a bit of success, but still unable to beat out ESPN for the #1 spot.
So today I was driving home and though of a new idea. “Google Me”
More on the idea later, but it looks like I have another idea for a project that won't generate any money :) ...
Christopher Hammond
09.02.04
Best of luck to everyone out there in Florida and the rest of the South East in battling Hurricane Frances. Hope everyone makes it through everything...
Christopher Hammond
09.06.04
Exciting weekend that went by way to fast.
Greg won 3 of 4 bike races in his class this weekend.
Blue Angels at the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show
Hopefully sometime this week I'll be able to go through the photos and link to the good...
Christopher Hammond
09.07.04
Here are some selected photos from the Gateway Cup Day 1 in Lafayette Square on Friday Night September 3rd.
Greg coming down the front stretch 1 2 3 4 5Greg with Brandon (from Chicago) behind him 1 2 3 4Greg in the pack 1 2 3 4 Greg with a decent break 1 2 3Brandon in the pack 1 2Greg in the pack 1 2 3Brandon behind the Mercy guys 1Greg alone 1 2 3 4Brandon outside the pack 1Greg in pack 1 2 Brandon and Greg 1Andy 1Greg and Andy at Finish 1 2 3Greg after winning 1
And some cool photos from the Cat 1/2/Pro race
http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2613.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2581.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2590.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2589.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2615.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2617.aspxand at the finish http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/44/2623.aspx
I'll try to go through some of the rest of the weekends photos later this...
Christopher Hammond
09.08.04
Photos from Day 2 of the Gateway Cup at Greentree in Kirkwood Missouri. The album has photos from the Masters and Cat 4 races.The following photos go pretty much in chronological order. Not necessarily photos from each lap though.
First Lap James Nelson in the lower right. 1Brandon in the lower right 1Greg in the back 1Greg in the pack 1 2Greg moved into the lead on lap 3 or so 1 2 3 4 Brandon chasing a big shark 1Nelson is a big shark 1Greg, Brandon in background of the first one 1 2Greg in the pack, Nelson in the first one 1 2Greg and Nelson together in the pack 1You can see Andy's legs on the sea-foam bike 1These two guys just wanted some love from the announcer 1Greg and Brandon in the pack 1Greg and Andy in the pack 1 2Greg stayin on the break 1 2Andy and Nelson in the pack 1 2 3Andy in second 1 2Brandon leading the second pack 1Greg and Nelson in the pack 1Andy strokin it in first 1 2 3Greg leading the next pack 1 2 3Greg and Andy in the back of this photo 1 2 3Brandon and Andy in the pack 1Greg around the turn 1 2Andy 1Nelson 1Greg and Brandon together in the back 1 2 3Greg 1Brandon and Andy up front, Greg in the back 1 2 3 4Brandon and Andy in the line 1Greg 1 2Brandon 1Greg and Brandon 1 2 3Greg getting ready to toss his glasses 1Greg and Brandon, Andy too 1 2 Nelson's bike 1Greg in the pack 1Greg and Brandon in the pack 1 2 3Greg with a few laps left 1 2 3 4Sprint for the finish 1 2 3 4Greg after the race...
Christopher Hammond
09.09.04
Day 3, on the Hill, Greg wins again.
Greg back in the group 1 2 3Greg in 2nd, Brandon in 5th, Andy in 9th 1 2 3 Brandon in 1st, Greg back a bit 1 2 3Greg and Andy strategizing 1Brandon Greg and Andy 1 2 3Brandon and Andy upfront 1 2 3 4Greg pullin up, Brandon layin back 1 2Greg and Brandon 1 2Greg and Brandon in the pack 1 2Greg in pack 1 2 3Brandon in pack 1 2Andy in the pack 1Nelson after wreck 1 2 3 Greg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Brandon trying to get back up to speed 1Andy on the far right 1 2 3Greg's legs 1Greg after winning 1 2 3Monkey Faced Greg...
Christopher Hammond
09.12.04
For the fifth year in a row I am in Topeka Kansas this week. It's the SCCA Solo II Nationals. The Nationals are broken up into two groups. My group runs on Tuesday and Wednesday. There are only 2 350Zs here this year, 4 drivers. Andy Hohl is driving mine. Hopefully one of us will do decent!
We (SoloPerformance.com) showed up Friday and setup the store. We've been selling like mad, doing a lot of custom Vinyl for folks, far more than I expected! Hopefully more posts later this week. Thursday I drive back to St. Louis and fly to Phoenix for Faye's...
Christopher Hammond
09.20.04
I'm back from 9 days out of town. First I went to the SCCA Solo II Nationals in Topeka Kansas you can check out some of the photos from the ProSolo Finale http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/9.aspx and from Nationals http://www.solo2.org/gallery/albums/8.aspx
Thursday morning, after 4 hours of sleep, I drove back to St. Louis and caught a flight Thursday evening to Phoenix for Faye's wedding. Check out some of the photos from the wedding! http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/49.aspx
Overall it was a good 9 days. Nationals didn't go as well as I had hoped, but it was better than last year. I did however get dehydrated one day and fairly sick, but after a few gatorades I was back to normal. Hopefully more details on the past 9 days later, I have work to catch up...
Christopher Hammond
10.06.04
Was yesterday not the best day in Baseball?
The Red Sox beat the Angel in Cali.
The Yankees lost to the Twins in NY!!!
Oh, and I went to the Cardinals game in which they beat the Dodgers! Here are 250 photos I took, I got 3 of the 5 homerun swings I think, possibly 4 of 5, need to check....
Christopher Hammond
10.07.04
If you are looking for your Critical Mass passports for 2004 you can download them from ChrisHammond.com!
campassport2004.pdf (2.1mb)
campassport2004lr.pdf...
Christopher Hammond
10.21.04
A few days ago I lied, it wasn't the best day in baseball. Up to this point YESTERDAY was the best day in Baseball!
We spent yesterday afternoon at the Cardinals game 6 VS. The Astros. I took a couple hundred photos that I am currently uploading, I'll link to them in a bit when they are all uploaded.
After the game I went to the Sports Page out in Columbia Illinois for Krista's volleyball game, and to watch the Red Sox win game 7 of the ALCS! Johnny Damon sure woke up yesterday, 6 RBIs for the hairy man, a 2 run shot, and a 4 run dinger!!!! Go Red Sox!
Hopefully the Cardinals will win Game 7 of the NLCS tonight and then the Sox/Cards series will...
Christopher Hammond
10.21.04
I've got the photos from the NLCS game 6 at Busch Stadium (10/20/2004) posted.
There are 463 of them. I didn't go through and remove the blurry ones yet, just made them smaller and then uploaded them. Check them...
Christopher Hammond
10.21.04
Cardinals Red Sox in the World...
Christopher Hammond
10.24.04
If the 2004 World Series goes to Game 5, I'll be...
Christopher Hammond
10.27.04
We ordered Chinese yesterday for lunch. It took 2 hours to get here, so it ended up being free.
In my fortune cookie it said “Your everlasting patience will be rewarded sooner or later” I don't think this cookie meant lunch yesterday, cause it had happened prior to opening the cookie. This cookie is for all of the Red Sox fans out there!
“Your everlasting patience will be rewarded sooner or later”
It's late enough, game...
Christopher Hammond
10.27.04
Who do you want them to win it...
Christopher Hammond
10.28.04
If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay.
I took 540+ photos at Game 4 of the 2004 World Series. I'll be selling a DVD of the photos later this week, but for now you can view them on this web site!
http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55.aspx
I never thought I would see the Red Sox win a World Series, much less get to see it in person! More thoughts on the game and the Sox to come soon!
For the Gentleman that were sitting beside me and my Aunt, here are your photos
http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4961.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4962.aspxhttp://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/55/4963.aspx
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If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on...
Christopher Hammond
10.28.04
If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay.
Sent this out to a whole list of folks today, in case I missed anyone.
Hello Friends and Family!
Many of you I haven’t talked to in a long time, so here’s a quick update on where I am and what I am doing. I’m in St. Louis working for Emerging Technologies Group, programming web sites, loving what I do every day. I’m moving on November 1st to a new place about ½ a mile from work, if you want the address reply to this email and I’ll send it to you.
Now for the reason I am writing this email!
I bring to you good news!
I must say, I NEVER thought I would get to see a Red Sox World Series Championship, much less get the chance to see it in person!!!! I’ve watched more baseball this year than I have since I was a little boy, and probably even more than back then too.
Monday night I called Auntie Carol in Lexington, Mass. and told her to a flight get to St. Louis because I was going to get us Game 4 tickets. I got tickets from a season ticket holder here in St. Louis, got Carol a flight setup for Wednesday, and then proceeded to watch game 3 on Tuesday night from the couch. Throughout the whole series Sox fans have been nervous, the nervous wait, waiting for the Red Sox to screw it up, lose, and end the historic season in a miserable way. Game 3 was no different.
Watching Game 3 all I wanted was for them to win, so that Auntie Carol and I would have a chance to see Game 4, and see the Red Sox win it all here in St. Louis. They pulled it off and the World was abuzz about the Sox, and the fact that everyone thought it was a guarantee they would win it all. Maybe I was more nervous than most because I went to six Cardinals games this year all in which they won. Including Game 1 of the NLDS and Game 6 of the NLCS, and I know what the Cardinals bats can do, they can hurt you, and they could have hurt the Red Sox.
Carol landed about 3:30pm yesterday, I picked her up at the airport and was high fived and thumbs up’d by all the Sox fans walking around the airport, a change from the harassment I’d received from Cards fans on Saturday while walking around the mall in my Damon Jersey (see my blog link below to read about that)! We drove out to the stadium and found a nice free parking space which Josh Colwell showed me back in August when we saw the Cards beat the Mets, (http://www.chrishammond.com/gallery/albums/38.aspx). We walked up to the stadium and around to gate 7, near Stan the Man. We spent the next 45 to 60 minutes taking in the atmosphere, waiting for the gates to open. I also got a cool World Series blanket for signing up for a credit card, which will promptly be destroyed and cancelled when it arrives (you’re welcome mom).
Once the gates open we headed in to watch the Cardinals finish off batting practice and see the Sox take their practice. We got close to a few of the balls hit to right field, but nothing close enough to grab a hold of. It’s interesting watching people scramble and fight for a ball. We ran into Santa Clause there, he had a gift to be handed out later ( )! After watching most of BP we decided to venture up to our seats, 3 rows from the top in section 334. Not bad seats, but I can’t say that I’ve ever really had a bad seat at Busch (stadium). Before the game I took a photo or two of Albert (), I used to work with him at The Sporting News, he is the head photographer there, I also still occasionally play roller hockey with him.
I won’t go inning by inning, or pitch by pitch, but I will point out the photo of Johnny Damon, in his at bat that Won the World Series! () Johnny’s first inning, first at bat, home run won the game which ended 3-0 after nine. It was surprising the number of Red Sox fans at the game, there were probably 2-3 thousand, I think all of them stayed after the game to watch the celebrations. At the end of the game, everyone in the...
Christopher Hammond
10.28.04
Since that last entry is so long I wanted to relink to the entry before that for the two Boston fans who were sitting beside us at the game last night.
Also to link to a photo of me and Auntie Carol at the game....
Christopher Hammond
10.31.04
If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on ebay.
I'll be touching up all the photos I took at the World Series and compiling a DVD for sale in the next few days. I'll post more information here when it is available!
If you are looking to purchase the DVD of photos, you can get it on...
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