These are great: Dalton Ghetti’s pencil sculptures #
An NYK Line container ship passing by Folsom and Embarcadero
A China Shipping Line vessel pulling (or being pulled by) a tug
Friday was my last day at Federated Media. How can I sum up four years of memories? I’m not sure I really have the words right now. So I decided to dig back into the photo archive, primarily Flickr, and…
This week is our last in San Francisco—after four years as city-dwellers. It also marks the end of five years of California living since I moved to Santa Rosa from North Carolina. For Stephanie it’s been nine since she moved…
Awesome poster courtesy of the hyper-talented Liam Boylan
Given our upcoming trip, I wanted to get the word out to my extended family (parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and even some close second-cousins) that Stephanie and I would no longer be living at our current address. Instead…
I always forget how hard moving is, even though I’ve recorded my past travails in great detail. Perhaps forgetting is a survival skill, because if I ever truly anticipated the full physical, emotional, and mental effort involved, I’d never move…
Here we go. Leaving our once-cozy little apartment on Pine Street. The rental car is packed with all the things you see in the photo below. A combination of stuff we’ll need on the way to Austin (camping equipment, etc),…
Sunday morning, we packed up the rental car, crossed the threshold for the last time, took a deep breath, and slid the key under the door. We were on the road at 11, heading towards Los Angeles to meet up…
After several hours of driving on Monday, Stephanie and I decided to stop for dinner in Phoenix. I did a little searching on the way to find a good restaurant, but discovered that many were closed on Monday night. Conveniently…
We took our time leaving the hotel in Phoenix, ran a few errands, and were back on I-10 heading east towards Tucson. We’d planned to spend two nights there (Tuesday and Wednesday), exploring Saguaro National Park (pronounced suh-WAH-row), and possibly…
In the course of looking up places to eat in Tucson, I stumbled upon a much-reviewed place called El Guero Canelo. And then I noticed one of the reviews mentioned something about a hot dog. I told Stephanie I’d found…
I woke up early on Thursday (by accident). Stephanie was still feeling ill, poor girl, so she slept while I drove to the western half of Saguaro National Park (the Tucson Mountain District). I got there a little after 8,…
We didn’t exactly get up early on Friday morning. Especially considering the time zone change. In fact we barely got the car back to the rental place before 10am. Then we started on the long drive towards Big Bend, about…
On Saturday we woke up at 6, and headed in the darkness towards Terlingua, TX (west of Big Bend). The sun started to rise as we left the park, and was fully up when we arrived at Far Flung Outdoor…
We had planned to go hiking on Sunday in Big Bend. After procuring supplies for lunch, we started on the Window Trail, which treated us to lovely views of the “window” out the mountains encircling the Chisos Mountain Basin. Then…
We spent last week in Austin recharging our batteries and making all the final preparations for the boat trip and beyond. The former involved spending time friends and family, eating out a lot, and going to Schlitterbahn Waterpark. The latter…
These are great: Dalton Ghetti’s pencil sculptures #
Mmm, Blackberry-Apricot Jam #
Pondering a belt clip/holster for my Pentax K-7. Found the Spider Holster (a bit pricey, wobbly), Adorama B-Grip (bulky), and the Brando Waist Belt Lock (belt has to be threaded through). #
I WILL SUE YOU IN INTERNET COURT! The Video Website #
This is progress:
Just a heads up, Federated Media is hiring like gangbusters #
This is just too good not to post a link to: Mila’s Daydreams (file under: book deal in the making) #
Neat visualizations: Anticipating the discovery of the ultimate program that runs the universe #
Fun trivia: just seven people worldwide know the recipe and manufacturing process that give Thomas’ English muffins their trademark “nooks and crannies” #
News from my lovely sister: Container ship crashes, tips near Mumbai (see also: container ship disasters) #
Nicholas Merrill is my kind of American Hero #
Super-handy and informative resource: American Society of Media Photographers’ Licensing Guide #
Thank god for Activist Judges (I’ve been saying that since 2004) #
If you’ve ever wondered what 30 pounds of porcinis looks like, wonder no more: Summer Porcini Madness #
Yes yes yes!!! Ahead Stop #
To look into upon our return: Makr Carry Goods #
Too cool: Shinkansen “Bullet Train” Chopsticks #
Epic: China’s Massive Traffic Jam Could Last For Weeks (with pics) #
Check out the Simpleform office (FM offspring) #
I did not know that Shift+Alt is the default in Windows and Linux to trigger an HTML Access Key in Firefox.
This is handy for the “quicktags” in the WordPress HTML Editor (b for strong, i for em, a for a href, etc) #
The best part is how he gets out of the car: Old man parks his car #
I will miss TJs: Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s #
I love these: Dowling Duncan redesign the US bank notes #
I just learned more about 4chan than I thought possible: Radical Opacity #
Wow, a 6-volume, 2,400 page cookbook: Modernist Cuisine (pre-order for $500) #