Category: halloween
10/25/08 04:18 - 55ºF - ID#46323
Best of Halloween Video
Have a great Halloween, everyone!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
08/18/08 10:44 - 68ºF - ID#45364
Google Dance
I really didn't do anything to deserve this honor, other than register as a platinum (whatever that means) attendee to the Search Engine Strategies conference. Mostly I'm having major flashbacks to the last time I was in San Jose to drop (e:Paul) off at his conference. Not much has changed since then, I'm sorry to say.
I wish (e:Paul) and (e:Iriesara) could join me this time!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
07/06/08 11:49 - 83ºF - ID#44885
Catching up with the boys
I have approximately 3 dozen spots for cats. But suddenly Oscar believes the only place for him is exactly wherever Filippe is.
I finally pulled out my sewing machine. The cats really like to be helpful with creative projects.
Rare photos of all three cats together:
Oscar in a box and on a pup:
ps -- Looks like the rent arrived...
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: san francisco
06/03/08 11:01 - 66ºF - ID#44536
MapJack
Nice drive-by shot of City Hall. I wonder if I could recreate my bike ride to work every day? It's extra cool right now with all the rainbow flags flanking Market Street.
They captured my house the day the sidewalk was being repaired (April 12, 2007). I didn't get to see it in person because I was in Italy, right after (e:Paul), (e:Matthew) and (e:Hodown) visited. Hey Paul & Matt, maybe you can recreate your walk through Golden Gate Park to the Pacific Ocean. Who knows, you might even show up in some shots if they were grabbing images then. Plus, it's easier on the legs, haha.
ps--Too bad I left my car in Alameda while I was gone or my estrip bumper sticker could've been captured in a digital time capsule!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: olympics
04/09/08 11:14 - 53ºF - ID#43968
Another Day, Another Protest
I was glad to see my regular parking spot was available, considering all the hoopla!
View from my office of the plaza where the torch was supposed to end up.
Crowd at the ferry terminal clock tower.
Close-up of protesters. They don't look that scary!
Yeah, I did get to see the torch. On streaming video.
ps--I did tell you all about the cats right? They're still here . . .
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: olympics
04/08/08 10:46 - 56ºF - ID#43957
torch song tragedy
Today I couldn't cut through Civic Center plaza like I usually do because of the Freedom Torch. A small price to pay for freedom.
Tomorrow we are being advised to work at home because the Olympic Torch (and any incidental protests) are scheduled to get their 15 minutes of Pacific Coast fame mere yards from my office.
Oh yeah. I'm really going to work from home then!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: movies
02/18/08 12:13 - 17ºF - ID#43377
Juno
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: biking
02/12/08 11:44 - 40ºF - ID#43308
10 things I love about biking
2. Easy, free parking.
3. Free, renewable fuel.
4. 0 emissions.
5. Good exercise.
6. No stereo to steal.
7. Cheap repairs.
8. 24/7 service with no schedules / transfers / waiting.
9. Puts me in direct contact with my environment instead of shielding me from it.
10. It's fun!
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: memories
01/21/08 11:02 - 18ºF - ID#42981
A Remembrance of Airlines Past
Anyway, I've now got a box of books slated for Green Apple. Anything they don't want gets dumped on the "free" table in front of the store.
I could dedicate a whole blog to the books themselves: why I kept them, where they came from, what crazy-ass Harvard extension lit class I read them for, etc. BUT, I'm going to spare you all that. Because I'd probably just end up keeping the damn books all over again!
No, the thing that sucked me back to the past--and unexpectedly challenged my perceived historical timeline--is a boarding pass for Piedmont Airlines tucked into one of the books as a bookmark.
I don't know why this feels like ancient history to me. I looked it up, and Piedmont Airlines (now part of US Airways Express) was around as a brand from 1993-1997. Not really all that long ago (in my timeline, at least). But the thing that's so quaint is the "no smoking" vs. "smoking" sections, with my seating assignment sticker stuck squarely on "no smoking." Is it really that recently you could smoke on an airplane? Turns out, as of September 1, 1998, smoking was prohibited on 91 percent of flights to and from the United States. So that "no smoking" designation really did mean something.
I know there are still plenty of vestiges of smoking on flights: the "no smoking" signs; the ashtrays in the armrests. It all seems so absurd now though. What were we thinking? Like you could really have a "no smoking section" on an airplane! Yeah right! And sign me up for the "no airborne illnesses" section while you're at it!
Anyway, I just wanted to share that.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: shopping
01/21/08 06:30 - 20ºF - ID#42978
Decisions, decisions
Anybody have a strong opinion? I've been deliberating this for two days!
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Location: San Francisco, CA