I can’t be the only one who finds this a little morbid: Navy Christens Ship [made] with Ground Zero Steel #
Cookies in the cupboard
The flowers of Dipsea
This afternoon I hiked up the famous Dipsea trail, which starts in Mill Valley and ends 7 miles later at Stinson Beach. I would have liked to make it all the way to Stinson, but of course then I’d be…
The Age of Reunions
One of my good friends, who I happened to meet in high school, reminded me that there’d be some sort of reunion this year, and I thought to myself, “Whoa, has it already been five years?” (thinking that the default…
I sense an if statement in your future.
So true I made it into a bumper sticker: All credit goes to Jonathan for this one. And he was right, I had to add an if-statement. Wise words from a wise man. Also available in a totally hot new…
Arch-framed Bay Bridge
View from the Hills Bros. Coffee building
One Rincon Hill
“one of the tallest all-residential towers west of the Mississippi River“
Unseasonal eater’s guilt
This weekend I wanted to make paella. The first (and last) time I made paella was just before I moved to San Francisco. But after walking through the farmer’s market I realized that two major ingredients were not in season:…
Pleasure in variation
Though I took steps to learn more about wine after moving to California, I still don’t have a good memory for specific vintages. I’m not even sure I have a great palate for wine in general. I tend to appreciate…
I own a man purse
I held off as long as I could, but the wide angle lens for my new camera really necessitated it. I’m using it as a camera bag, because the “built-for” camera bags seemed a little too utilitarian/SLR-oriented/compartmentalized for my tastes.…
Fill Terrie’s shoes (they’re like size 16 or something)
Terrie Miller, who was responsible for bringing me out to California to work at O’Reilly, which included a personalized orientation of Sonoma County and a place to sleep at her house, is retiring…from O’Reilly. I’ve got to say, O’Reilly is…
Marcia caught on tape at SXSW…
…by Rocketboom!
My new fav Golden Gate Bridge shot
As seen through the foliage in the hills above Fort Point Though the Golden Gate Bridge at night triptych is still pretty radical.
The un-iPhone
How is it possible that I only found out about the “all it does is make calls”, “electronic ink screen”, “not purposefully designed for the elderly” Motorola MOTOFONE F3 today? I overheard Ivan asking Jonathan when his new phone was…
Quiche with red chard
After thinking about what to do with that red chard in our veggie box this week, I decided to use it in a quiche. I also had a little leftover roasted chicken breast which I cubed and browned. And we…
What does it mean to hurt a robot?
I cringed when I saw this:
My hummus recipe in print!
Two days ago I got an email from Mi Ae Lipe who told me she’d included my Roasted Garlic Hummus recipe in an “organic fruit-and-vegetable cookbook” called Tastes from Valley to Bluff: The Featherstone Farm Cookbook. She self-published it to…
Not your 5th grade pizza party
Saturday night we invited some friends over for a pizza party. Not unlike the ravioli party, we provided the dough, cheese, and sauce, and asked everyone to bring a topping… …And everyone brought something different. We had pepperoni, pancetta, fancy…
Not nude sunbathing on Baker Beach
Had a fully-clothed picnic with Jean-Claude and Sabine on Sunday.
What my weekdays look like
A few months ago, I stopped setting my alarm. Around that time, Stephanie started waking up earlier to get to work earlier. So now my “alarm” is a kiss on the cheek just before she heads out at 8. I…
Spring Break 2008: Death Valley!
On Thursday night around 6, Stephanie and I started driving towards Death Valley. We made it as far as Mojave. I think it was close to midnight when we stopped at a Motel 6 to sleep. We set our alarm…
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and where it happens that my dear mother just got a job. Go Mom! #
Captivating: video of an Airbus A320 [not] making a difficult crosswind landing #
Joel Johnson cracks me up:
Poop for Peace, ha!
OMG! UNC’s student body president Eve Carson shot dead in Chapel Hill
Update: Peter on Where it Happened #
This is a really neat visualization: Graphical depiction of the prime numbers in the range 1 to 1299827, where each pixel represents an integer, and the white pixels represent primes. #
This is so wrong it’s irresistible: A Woman’s Place is in the House! #
I am Web 2.0: I walk downtown and go to restaurant after consulting with Justin Maps TM via phone. #
Marcia in Austin at SXSW (lucky!): My day 1, when geeks attack #
You have got to be kidding me: [Prostitution] Scandal Puts Spitzer’s Career in Danger (one word comes to mind: HUBRIS!) #
I can’t believe I haven’t linked to this yet: Stephanie was in a “fan-created” music video for Nrrrd Grrrl (that’s been seen over 600,000 times on YouTube) #
I love it: TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington calls FM’s Chas Edwards a total stud! (He goes on to praise us with criticism—you stay classy, Mike!) #
Let the 2008 Blogging Platform Wars begin!!! WordPress is 100% open source, GPL. #
This is incredible! List of problems solved by MacGyver (Wikipedia article of the day) #
Wow, you’re not going to believe who I got an email from today! Check out Search Engine Marketeers are the new script kiddies for the update. #
On my way into work this week I noticed the Echium just started blooming #
Just thought this was worth noting, who knows if it really means anything… Weak Dollar Costs U.S. Economy Its World No. 1 Spot #
This is captivating: Dog feeds ball throwing machine… (via Dad) #
Cujo meets The Fly: Boston Dynamics’ BigDog #
Love me some quirky films: Mister Foe #
This is too good for words: Wikihistory (I see this influencing a lot of people) #
Excuse me while I enter this into the PageRank record: Fuck Sequoia Voting Systems
This is cool: nudist typeface #
Two completely unrelated people in the “friends” folder of my feedreader said that they were unexpectedly moved by Barack Obama’s speech on race in America: A More Perfect Union and The Speech (I haven’t seen/read it yet, but I think it may be important enough that I do) #
I like this word: Obscurantism (it somehow seems relevant lately) #
Totally neat resource: Veg Box Recipes (can’t wait to try Kale Pesto) #
Kale recipe recommendation from Jonathan: Black-Eyed Pea Soup With Ham and Greens (for future reference) #
So horrible, I had to link to it: Rainin’ McCain #
This is so rad: Transgender man is pregnant #
Blow-by-blow of the 10-car Golden Gate Bridge pileup yesterday #
This was a fun read: producing a penny now costs about 1.7 cents #
Yikes, I wonder if this is true? Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border (nothing meaningful is showing up in Google News yet: iran military build up)
Update: apparently this was a year old “news” item mistaken for a current event. As if to confirm this, eldib.wordpress.com has deleted the post I linked to above, rather than printing a retraction. Poor form. #
Classic: Large Hardon Collider #