November 2008

So glad it’s over

What a weird day. I’d set aside the morning to prepare to vote, to vote, and to run an errand. Preparing to vote consisted of comparing the Guardian’s proposition endorsements with the Chronicle’s endorsements, and then going over where they…

La suite de l’auberge espagnole

L’auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) was one of those cute movies I saw the trailer for, and thought, “That looks interesting,” but never ended up seeing. At least not until I discovered it in Stephanie’s DVDs collection. And even then…

What’s the difference between the UK and Great Britain?

…I thought to myself one rainy Saturday afternoon. So I decided to look it up. And found an amazing Euler diagram describing the terms. How delightfully geeky. The answer, in short: Northern Ireland.

Do you menstrate?

Do you know someone who does? Well then you should head over to Stephanie’s blog and read her post, Viva la Diva Cup! It just might change your life forever.

National Parks Google Mapplet

Some people are big sports fans. I’m a National Park fan. When I start thinking about going on an outdoor adventure, I look to see what parks I haven’t been to yet. When I’m going to be traveling to a…

Locavore’s Cheese and Beer

Here are some pics from my latest cheese class, Locavore‘s Cheese and Beer. The Cheese School of San Francisco could become a dangerous delicious habit. The “classroom” Local cheese Starting at 12 o’clock and going around clockwise: Delice de la…

Walking home in the dark

The Hills Bros. Coffee building’s tower Looking up at the Infinity Tower Leidesdorff Alley Quincy St behind Chinatown

Paté Partay

Back in June Stephanie and I brought like 16 tins of fois gras and paté back with us from France, with the idea of throwing a paté party (or partay). But the summer was so action-packed that we weren’t able…

Newly framed National Park prints

Just in time for our paté party, I got three reproduction National Park screenprints back from Frame-O-Rama. They are WPA-era posters for Lassen, Zion, and the Grand Canyon. You can read about the interesting history of these posters (and see…

A Zeppelin over San Francisco Bay

Caught sight of the new Airship Ventures’ Zeppelin NT from Crissy Field this weekend. I only know that’s what it is because I happened to read about it on Telstar Logistics.

Morse code in the wild, sorta

Found at the corner of Taylor and Valparaiso Transcribed: .—/..-/-./../.–././.-.//.-/-./-..//..-./—/.-../…/—/– Which translates to: J U N I P E R A N D F O L S O M Technically, letters should be separated by spaces and words by “/”…

Very helpful if you find yourself upgrading a Lenovo X200 from Ubuntu Hardy to Intrepid: Installing Ubuntu 8.04 & 8.10 on an X200 #

So there I am blocking “protect” marriage dot com from displaying any AdSense ads on my site when I read John’s post: So…Why Is Google Reminding Folks How to Block Advertisers…Now? (nice synchronicity) #

I’ve often thought (re: politics) that the only way for significant cultural change to happen is for old people to die. Today I learned a much nicer way to say the same thing: “progress happens one funeral at a time.” #

Keep up the good fight!

“A major purpose of the Constitution is to protect minorities from majorities,” said Elizabeth Gill, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, one of the groups suing on behalf of the six unmarried couples. “Because changing that principle is a fundamental change to the organizing principles of the Constitution itself, only the Legislature can initiate such revisions.”

What a difference an election makes:

Barack Obama’s Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent sang, danced in the streets and wrapped themselves in U.S. flags Wednesday to cheer for America’s first black president. Kenya will party for two days, after the president declared a national holiday.

And props from Kofi Annan:

He said Obama’s victory demonstrates “America’s extraordinary capacity to renew itself and adapt to a changing world.”

Nice work NC: Obama unofficial winner in North Carolina #

Photo of the day: Goats! #

Dude, really?

When my house is in range, it does the magic HTTP request to my garage door opener’s webserver (HMAC-signed timestamped URL, for non-replayability/forgeability if sniffed) and my garage door opens.

Did he really just say “my garage door opener’s webserver”? #

Feeling linky tonight. Thing I didn’t know existed: Slacklining #

I’m feeling like getting protesty: PROTEST 8 (Friday 5:30pm from Market and 7th to Dolores Park) #

More than half of the babies born in a Kisumu Hospital on the day after the election were named either Barack or Michelle Obama.

Man this is just great: Photoshop as a real life diorama #

These photos, particularly the colors, are awesome: Scenes from Antarctica #

This is pretty enjoyable to watch: Unbelievable can throwing skills #

Photo of the day: Camper-Yurt (from Cat’s Mongolia, Part III via Terrie) #

Hehe, this makes me laugh: fax this email #

Quite possibly the cutest thing ever: Place setting by a five-year-old girl #

OMG, what is up with cuteness on Boing Boing today? It’s overwhelming: Amelie, Jr. #

Pano of the day: Scooter switchback (via) #

What the? Tenderloin National Forest #

Like a turducken, but funnier: Taco Town #

Ugh:

A recently laid off high-tech employee opened fire Friday afternoon inside the Santa Clara office where he used to work, killing three people and sparking a massive police dragnet that spread throughout the South Bay.

Furry cows! Interview With A Highlander #

I learn something every day:

From the mid-16th century until the late 19th or early 20th century, young boys in the Western world were unbreeched and wore gowns or dresses until an age that varied between two or three and seven or eight.

I WANT TO MAKE THIS RIGHT NOW!!! Turbaconducken (my fav new blog!) #

Wow: Batman and Robin face paint #

Nice:

Equality Utah said statements made by Mormon leaders in defense of their actions in California — that the church was not antigay and had no problem with legal protections for gay men and lesbians already on the books in California — were going to be taken as an endorsement to expand legal rights that gay and lesbian couples have never remotely had in Utah, where the church is based.

Terrie guts Heritage Turkeys with Slow Food Russian River (just like in the Omnivore’s Dilemma!) #

Wow: QT Luong has photographed all 58 National Parks with a large format camera #

If only I had a backyard! A Smoked Turkey With An IP Address… #

You have got to be kidding me: sleeping rat with stuffed animal (cute overload!) #

Josh Myer went to Juniper and Folsom! Morse code in the wild, sorta #