Personal on Lance Orner

Coyote in the Neighborhood

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve caught this coyote roaming the local street the past couple of weeks. Here are the last few clips of him.

The first one is from the morning of the 22nd, just after six. He comes in from the left past the mailbox, works his way across the top of the driveway at an unhurried walk, and is out of frame again inside about twenty seconds.

Download the video.

22 August, 6:17 AM.

Cropped in close, from the same morning:

Keeping an Unofficial Emergency Site Honest

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Sixth day of the Bug Fire, and the site is still up. About 5,800 unique visitors have loaded it now. Dad is still at our place and the fire is past 88,000 acres and 15% contained.

I wrote yesterday about the format and the traffic. Someone on Hacker News asked the question I should have led with:

What steps are you taking to ensure there’s nothing inaccurate or harmful posted?

Two days of doing this and it turns out that’s the whole job. Building the page took an afternoon. Everything since has been deciding what it will refuse to say.

Bespoke Websites for Emergencies are an Active Thing

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday near Reno, NV, we had the “Bug” Fire expand rapidly due to heat and wind, and evacuation orders were issued by the County for several nearby neighborhoods. Facebook, Reddit, and Social Media were aflutter with pictures of the fire, questions about the evacuations, and people looking for info. Dad was affected, so he and the dog are now staying with us for a couple days. All is good for now.

Bug Fire Information

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

https://bugfireinfo.com/

The Bug Fire is causing evacuations in my neighborhood this afternoon, and I wrote this to gather all of the links I have - the evacuation map, shelters, air quality, road closures. It is not an official page and it says so. It just points at the people who are official.

When a Tree Falls in Stirling City

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

That time in 2013 when a cedar tree split and fell on the roof of my little house.