July 2008

3 Encores!!!

Saw Bloc Party last night at the Fillmore with Arsie—like their first performance there, they played three encores.

Posted in Friends, Indie, Music, San Francisco

RideCivil

Posted in Cycling

Law & Disorder

(via parent::child())

Posted in Random

Feature Creep at the Gate

Re-blogging Eric’s post from our internal blog:

Posted in Web

29!

My homie Case turned 29 yesterday, and we threw a party for him at my house:

Posted in Friends

Fixie is Your New Bicycle

Yay, spreading the fixie love!

Posted in Cycling

Google Analytics Pwns

Barack Obama is Your New Fixie got noticed this week.

Posted in Politics

Back in Black

At Delfina:

Posted in Friends

Do Want

Completely floored—this car is beautiful.

Posted in Cars, Gear

Korean BBQ is the new Taco Truck

After waking up at 6 AM, after coffee and chats with the awesome Korean BBQ truck near the 22nd street Caltrain station, after taking Muni to the mission to

Posted in Climbing, Motorcycles

Parallels and the Overhelpful

Dear Parallels,

Posted in Apple

Finally

A compact digital camera that tosses the march toward more megapixels out the window.

Posted in Gear, Photography

Traverse

Managed to traverse the entire lower climbing wall at Mission Cliffs this morning with only 2 falls—one at the 5.12/5.13 lead starts.

Posted in Climbing

@#$&%^!!!

A long time ago a colleague and fellow Perl hacker at a startup I worked for in Virginia used to refer to the sigils on Perl variables, specifically the @ sign

Posted in Language, Typography

Magnify Happiness

The other day a good friend said to me, “you magnify other people’s happiness.”

Posted in Friends, ydnar

Reprise

Walking to the Muni last night before the party, I tried to reconcile the evening’s plans with a nagging sense of post-30 bedroom DJs suffering from Peter Pan

Posted in Music, New York, San Francisco, ydnar

20th Street

Looking at houses with my friend the other day, the agent showing us around was ecstatic to note the coming redevelopment of the ship repairyard at the bay side

Posted in San Francisco

Rusty

Got asked to spin at a club on Wednesday.

Posted in Music, San Francisco, ydnar

The Wolves

Posted in Friends, Music, Video

Bride + Friends

After dinner, wandering in Rive Droite.

Posted in Friends, Paris, Travel

Congee Talk

Had lunch yesterday with Shawn + Jenny at Out The Door.

Posted in Food, Friends, San Francisco, ydnar

My Moon My Man

Friday morning, the marina Fuzio restaurant, doors open, crew setting up tables for the lunch rush was playing Feist.

Posted in Apple, Music, San Francisco, Video

Saturday, Saturday

Hearties to my homies Krissy, Steve, Jenny, Kendall, Garth, John and Lian.

Posted in Friends

The Groom

Freshly minted.

Posted in Friends, Paris, Travel

Bastille Day

One of my favorite parties every year is almost here.

Posted in San Francisco

Hellboy? Hell Yeah

Completely missed when this came out!

Posted in Film, Video

Stop Signs

Finally—San Francisco considering exempting cyclists from stop signs.

Posted in Cycling, San Francisco

Repetition Kills You

London electro artists The Black Ghosts bring this delicious slice of Paris + homage to Space Invader and Pac Man, directed by Sarah Hay, featuring Damon

Posted in Electro, Music, Paris, Video

Hope

In Paris, the window of a design firm.

Posted in Paris

Jay and SaraJane

Verdict: success.

Posted

Baltimore. Fire Truck.

Baltimore fire engine in the Paris pride parade.

Posted in Paris, Travel

Weekendering

Reaping the benefits of the Boingo WiFi tax, battling back curmudgeonly instincts while the woman at the AA desk seeming less convinced as each successive

Posted in Friends, Indie, New York, San Francisco, Travel, ydnar

Jour Native

Operation act as a native day was a success, winding down at a cafe near Montmartre, drinking beer and reading.

Posted in Paris, Travel