A few weeks ago I discovered a tweet from someone who was planning on using a photo of mine as the inspiration for a new tattoo. I was floored—what an honor. I reached out to the woman and asked if…
Screenshot of Boing Boing’s touching tribute to Steve Jobs Update: also see xkcd’s Eternal Flame
It was a weird confluence: first the entire internet mourning Steve Jobs, then multiple items in my feedreader about Amit Gupta of Photojojo. He was recently diagnosed with acute leukemia and thus will need a bone marrow transplant from someone…
Besides interviewing for jobs and looking for apartments, one of the first things Stephanie and I did when we landed back in San Francisco was meet up with Eric Rewitzer of 3 Fish Studios. Earlier this year he used some…
I keep meaning to post something about having been offered a job, or starting my new job, but now that I’m already in my second week, I figured it was time to just come out and say it: I’m a…
While Stephanie and I were making our way across India and East Africa last spring, Katie, my sister, was traveling by herself across Europe. Our paths almost crossed—we arrived in Nice on June 5th just before she flew home from…
My walk to work takes me through a lively cross-section of San Francisco: down Fillmore and Church, then across the Mission on 18th Street all the way to Folsom. The beauty below caught my eye a few days ago, and…
A few weeks after arriving in San Francisco, Stephanie and I hiked the Pomo Canyon trail in Sonoma Coast State Park with Jonathan, Stacey, and friends. Along the way, I took a few photos that I liked—I think they look…
My Kiva-themed halloween “costume” Think about it for a sec. Maybe a close up would help? The source graphic (using borrower photos from the Kiva API) QR Code is people!
Affinage in America: Cheese: A Coming-of-Age Story
The cave management at Murray’s has won praise from Adeline Druart, the cheese maker at the Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery, which now sells Murray’s some of its rindless young crottins for a quick rumspringa in Greenwich Village.
Note: I’d have no clue what rumspringa meant had I not seen Sex Drive somewhere along the way during our adventure. #
Calling all Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Maldivians, and Sri Lankans: Let’s Help Amit Gupta of Photojojo Defeat Leukemia! #
This looks like a fun celebration of American Food: Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are #
Ha, check out: The Ohio University Marching Band’s rendition of LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem (via Katie) #
My sister likes to send me container ship disaster articles: Stricken ship cracks as captain faces NZ court (thanks Katie) #
So happy to be walking to work again regularly: Short bouts of exercise pay huge dividends (so looking forward to burning off my RTW 15) #
Taddy Blecher stopped by Kiva’s offices last week and gave an inspiring, impassioned talk about increasing access to education in South Africa. I thought to myself, this should be a TED talk, randomly decided to Google for it, and discovered that he’d given a similar talk at TEDxJohannesburg: From free to freedom
Update: Also see Nicholas Kristof’s Occupy the Classroom #
Holy quantum levitation Batman! #
Wow, big news: Federated Media to provide ads for U.S. WordPress.com bloggers #
Jeff Atwood, of Coding Horror, On Parenthood (related: Grant Achatz, of Alinea, On Childhood) #
Yikes: PROTECT IP / SOPA Act Breaks the Internet (ironic that I just read this article in the NY Times: China Cracks Down on Bloggers and ‘Excessive’ Entertainment) #
This made me chuckle:
(prompted by Marisa McClellan’s acquisition of Bi-Rite Market’s new “cookbook”: Eat Good Food)
Also see: Bi-Rite Market: Pioneer in the New Farm-to-Grocery Store Movement
Yet more Bi-Rite in the news: Sam Mogannam, founder of San Francisco’s Bi-Rite, sees food as community
Bi-Rite in the blogs: At the very epicenter of this seismic shift was Bi-Rite Market. When Bi-Rite opened as a high-end, European-style market, it didn’t just change that store. It changed the entire neighborhood.
In the Chronicle: Hyper-local markets provide big economic boost #
I love America: Defending Against Tear Gas #
I’m not a fan of meatloaf, but Meatloaf Cupcakes?! Now you’re talking. #
You stay classy, America: UNESCO votes to admit Palestine; U.S. cuts off funding #