2006
Children of Men
Films about a fascist Britain are nothing new.
C-note
Just finished my first century of the year.
Top of Marshall Wall
Waiting for the bridge to open
5.10d + 200 Miles
Last night I went climbing for the first time in a couple weeks, finally (somewhat) recovered from the Cold.
Diddie Kiddies
Continuing my trend of non-blogging regurgitation of YouTube vids:
Bukem
Sometimes, the ill-termed “intelligent drum & bass” just fits.
Best. Video. Evar.
It just gets better and better…
ROWE
This is the most interesting biz article I’ve read in a while.
Pista at the Vet
She loves her new pink boot!
Good Holds
This weekend I learned to lead belay, rappel and climb on real rock.
Hi, DPI!
Ah, Apple brings the resolution-independent hotness.
UCLA Student Tasered
Reasonable coverage here and here.
Boo
I hate having a cold.
Homelife
Kicking it at home with Pista, cooking chicken soup with lentils on the stove, with The Streets and Sufjan on the stereo.
Mo Beta
Yesterday I finished a pair of walls longer than I’d climbed before, and did the insanely hard 5.10C corner that had previously stumped me.
Ducati 1098 Launch
As seen here on the Ducati site.
iTunes Remote Control
At home, I have two Macs: A MacBook Pro for work/email/gaming, and a Mini in my living room for watching movies, listening to music, etc.
Adobe Makes an Open Source Play
Adobe has given the Flash ActionScript (ECMAScript or JavaScript 2.0) interpreter to the Mozilla foundation as the new open source core of SpiderMonkey, the
Beats & Bleeps
A long time ago in another life I used to make electronic music.
QotD: My Vox Name
How did you pick your Vox name?
Waiting for Godot, er MacBook
Um, China to Alaska to Indiana (to California)?
6A Reprazent (Part 2)
Paradise PB Redux
48.6 miles, 2:58.
Atheist Rubric
The book is at the same time both hilarious and incredibly frightening.
Ducati 1098, In Situ
I for one welcome our new side-by-side headlamp overlords.
On Vox: Ducati 1098, In Situ
A fellow snagged two shots (and a video) of the less-than-secret replacement for the 999 on a tour of the Ducati factory.
Climbing Update
Finished every wall I started last night.
Paradise PB
Rode the Paradise/Tiburon loop door-to-door in 3:05, just a hair over 48 miles.
Climbing
1st Post via E70
Pista investigates her new bed.
5.10c
Took climbing to a new level (har) yesterday.
Steampunk Laptop
Via Engadget, the coolest laptop ever made, bar none.
I Heart Skyline
Oh hell yeah.
November Past & Future
This is heartening.
Climbing Update
Climbed a 5.9, a 5.9+ and a 5.10a yesterday.
A Long Day
Dear Internet,
Bluetooth Trackpad Make Geek Happy
Finally.
Mission Cliffs
Sports Basement WTF
Biancati? Ducanchi?
My mind is bended.
Pista at Stow Lake
Safety First
Today’s shopping theme: Gear, specifically safety equipment.
Random Bits
I decided that climbing Mount Everest is going to have to be done at some point.
Vox Hunt: Great Postcard
Show us a great postcard.
About Bacon
I was inspired by Kimmie’s post about bacon.
Murrow 2.0
Best. TV. Show. Ever.
There is only one television event that matters this fall, maybe this year.
I Got High
Before the unfortunate incident with my foot I drove & hiked up to the top of Mauna Kea.
The Lady and the Spider
100% pure web gold.
Flight Home
In the words of Whitaker, I had a ridonculous amount of leg room.
Island WiFi
Found WiFi at a coffee place in Kailua.
Solace
One very nasty drive, one hike and I found my very own stretch of beach.
Vox Hunt: Oops
Take a photo of an accident or a mistake.
If I was a Superstitious Person...
…I’d say the gash on my foot was because I committed a bunch of generally annoying tourist stuff on the mountain summit.
Atop Saddle Road
Halfway between Muana Kea and Muana Loa, Kona and Hilo.
I Heart Vacation
Oh shit I ended up in the Hospital again.
Saturday Plans
Going up to the top of Muana Kea, more desolate landscape photos to come…
Deplaning
Reminds me of the Bismarck airport.
Hotel
One Last Line
Gas is expensive here.
Sunset
From the west coast of Hawaii (Big Island).
Traffic Jam
Guess there was one more line.
Vox Hunt: Orange Crush
Take a photo of something orange.
Alleycat
Raced in an all fixed-gear alleycat today.
Breakfast
Mm, breakfast.
deYoung
Dinner
Pan-fried tilapia.
The New Mouse Hotness
Keeping my fingers crossed this actually gets built: The furry mouse!
Headlands fixie ride, Friday morning
Vox Hunt: Rearview Mirror
Show us what’s in your rearview mirror.
Graphics
Recently dug up some old photos, er screenshots from the days when I was a graphics geek.
Metros Meme
Cribbed this from Brad:
Silent Headlands
Pista battled the Fog today.
QotD: Is This Thing On?
When was the last time you had to speak in front of a group? How did you feel?
What Pista Chewed, Part XIV
Last night Pista completely demolished 1 pair $200 snowboarding goggles and snuck into the shower where she found, dragged upstairs, and ultimately dismantled a
QotD: The Best Part of Waking Up...
What’s your morning beverage of choice? Coffee, tea, juice? Homemade or store-bought?
Save Rudy
You never know when your dog is going to FALL INTO THE OCEAN.
Windows Live Writer
Via Ars Technica, Microsoft has released a new WYSIWYG blogging tool that not only works with Windows Live Spaces, but other blogging services as well via
GTA: Coke
This is truly great advertising:
Cube Redux
My prediction for WWDC tomorrow morning?
I <3 Speed Download
It’s 25 bucks, which I consider borderline extortion for a shareware app, but man is it good.
QotD: My life is taggable!
What are the 5 words that best describe your life right now?
Another Day, Another DWR Sale
I <3 My iPhone
Via Engadget:
QotD: Can you hear me now?
What’s your cell phone’s ringtone?
Century
Went to Alice’s today, crosswinds on 280 can be a scary thing.
HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray, Who cares?
Someone once told me that if you bother repeating something to 3 or more people, you might as well blog about it.
Moblog Test
QotD: It’s hot in here...
What’s the most extreme weather you’ve been in?
QotD: Shaken not stirred
What’s your favorite drink or cocktail?
Atop Twin Peaks
Alien Ninja Sea Lions From the Future
San Francisco never fails in the random WTF department.
Almost Famous
I almost have a Wikipedia entry.
Depressing Story of the Day
Boy, 15, Beaten with his Artificial Leg
QotD: No shouting on the bus!
What was your most memorable or favorite school field trip?
Bluetooth Headset for the Convertible Set
Bone conduction technology is cool, especially when the implementation leaves to the imagination exactly how this is supposed to fit on your ear.
Holy War
This is a brilliant solution to the age-old problem of tabs versus spaces in source code.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
This one time in Japan, I was caught in a blizzard on top of a volcano in Kyushu, abandoned on a 70 mile bridge between Shikoku and Honshu and caught Scarlet
More quarters please...
In no particular order, my favorite games of all time:
But is it Fountainproof?
Yeah, yeah.
James Bond, Referee
Having watched the excellent trailer for the upcoming second remake of the first James Bond film, I noticed this post elsewhere on Vox using strong language to
Dashboard Meme
If the soul of the dashboard meme is to mark the passage of time or the significance of an event, I humbly submit my entry: New Year’s 2000:
People say I look like...
I am a unique and delicate snowflake.
Whistle Tips go Woo Woo
Because Anil reminded me of this classic.
I love this recipe...
Reblogged from Flickr:
I've got $10,000 and an hour
Part of me wants to be altruistic and do the Right Thing.
Now with 25% More Space
At the aforementioned DWR warehouse sale (a disappointing shadow of its former self), I acquired a bookshelf.
Headlands
Headlands (top)
Time for some coffee.
Lake Shasta Timeslice
The speedboat had a busted ladder.
Maddy and Me
Oi, the blogger and the cuteness.
My weekend plans...
DWR warehouse sale.
Waiting in Line
Windows Mobile Sucks
…or maybe just Cingular sucks.
Birthday Meme
This one is sort of interesting.
Childhood foods, all grown up
Mushrooms.
Sunday Morning Fixie Loop
Going on a Sunday morning fixie ride (probably to Fairfax and back, maybe White’s Hill if I’m feeling ambitious).
I loved this costume so much...
In the pre-Windowlicker tour, Aphex Twin had giant faceless neon-colored teddy bears dancing around on stage.
Visited States
Because I’m a sucker for memes, I’ve visited 45 states (88%) and 16 countries (16%) with a woeful lack of Southern Hemisphere.
Another Day, Another Push
As the battery on my laptop runs down, I reflect back on another day at Six Apart and think, yeah, it was good.
My Real Neighborhood
Construction in my neighborhood is at an all-time high.
Vox
So the project we’ve been working on for over a year (almost two, depending on where you want to start counting) is finally out.
Vox
I’m happy to announce the unveiling of the project that’s been consuming most of my time for the past year: Vox.
Pista @ Alamo Square
Pista’s popular.
I love to play...
I like lots of board games.
Second Ride
Liz and I rode over to the Panhandle, saw a Katamari get rolling on Bay to Breakers, cooked some albacore, and then rode back through the Mission.
First Ride
Rode around Potrero Hill, the Mission and SOMA.
When I grow up...
An architect, or at least glue bricks together at Legoland.
Crash Mitigation
Got my motorcycle license today.
My dream vacation would be...
Galapagos islands, the Easter islands or Nepal.
Mendocino
Went to Mendocino this past weekend avec Liz and took approximately a billion photos.
Star Lords
Like peanut butter & jelly, two great tastes that go great together.
Barry’s 710th Homerun
Thanks to Andrew, I got to see Barry crank it out of the park his 1st time up to bat.
Food Photoblogging
Gabo works at Boulette’s Larder and makes food photography look good.
Springtime Music
It’s April, and time for new music.
Last Night
Last night a few of us went out for Lisa’s birthday.
Food and Gibson
SFist mentions one of my favorite books and blogs about food in the same post.
Wind, Sand and Time Make Styrofoam
Erosion and a plastic cameraphone lens have a wonderful effect on what is normally a right-angled subject.
Standalone IE7
Looks like it’s possible with some registry hacking.
Breakfast of Champignons
Had some chanterelles waiting to be eaten, so I decided to make breakfast.
On Vanity
After almost 10 years in limbo, I have finally secured the one true domain.
The Dichotomy of Shuffle
With a large enough library of music, I’ve found that it’s simply not possible to mentally keep track of everything I like listening to.
GRY
It’s official.
V for Vendetta
The Wachowski bros have redeemed themselves.
Mac Home Theater Hacks
A few people (you know who you are) at the office just picked up an Intel Mac Mini.
MoCo LoCo
Because I’m into modern furniture, I find this [blog] utterly delicious.
Hayes Valley to SOMA
A couple months ago I tried to see if it was possible to walk from Hayes Valley (specifically Blue Bottle) to the office in SOMA.
The Neighborhood
One of my best friends John just put an offer on a place in my neighborhood.
28 Paragraphs
28 was a good year.
Audio Bullys
We made a higher grade.
The Routine
Every morning around 7 or so, I take Pista for a walk around SOMA.
Comet RSS Screensaver
Along with Artur, Ben & Mena and Andrew, and about a million other people who bought that first truckload at the Apple Store, I acquired my first piece of Apple
Fort Funston
Fort Funston is dog heaven.
Overheard
Overheard at Otis bar last night:
Chair (post by email)
Chair This post was created with the rocking new mail gateway.
Whiteout Flyer (Concorde)
I’ve been a fan of the Ortofon Concorde headshell/styli for quite a while.
the uncanny ted(-alike)
Talking with Beau whose other thing has a truly righteous logo this morning, I looked down and did a double-take.
1000 Photos
1000 WordsPhotos.
Moving Redux
Today I’m moving for the 25th time in 29 years.
Newly Listening To
New additions to my music library for 2006 (links to follow):
4 Things Meta
This is a bastardization of this meme, also seen here, here and here.
Not Played Ever
There are things you know, things you know you don’t know, but it’s the things you don’t know you don’t know that are probably the most interesting.
Feingold Brings It
Senator Russ Feingold finally came out and said it.
Grasping at Air
Closure is an elusive quarry, maddeningly taunting you just far enough out of reach.
Reload CSS Bookmarklet
Nick asked me today if there was a way to just reload the stylesheets without having to reload the whole page, which can be frustrating for AJAX development.
Rainy Day Photos
Rode around San Francisco on a rainy Saturday.
47x19
When talking with other cyclists, particularly other fixie riders the subject of gearing often comes up.
Fitting the Template
So iTunes users drive VWs and drink cider + imported beer.
Triple Half-Caf Venti IED, Please
WTF?
Organic Fast Food
For a bunch of reasons, I refrain from eating at McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, etc.