July 2008

3 Encores!!!

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

in Friends, Indie, Music, San Francisco

RideCivil

in Cycling

Law & Disorder

(via parent::child())

in Random

Feature Creep at the Gate

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

in Web

29!

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

in Friends

Fixie is Your New Bicycle

Yay, spreading the fixie love!

in Cycling

Google Analytics Pwns

Barack Obama is Your New Fixie got noticed this week.

in Politics

Back in Black

At Delfina:

in Friends

Do Want

Completely floored—this car is beautiful.

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

in Climbing, Motorcycles

Parallels and the Overhelpful

Dear Parallels,

in Apple

Finally

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

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.

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

in Language, Typography

Magnify Happiness

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

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

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

in San Francisco

Rusty

Got asked to spin at a club on Wednesday.

in Music, San Francisco, ydnar

The Wolves

in Friends, Music, Video

Bride + Friends

After dinner, wandering in Rive Droite.

in Friends, Paris, Travel

Congee Talk

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

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.

in Apple, Music, San Francisco, Video

Saturday, Saturday

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

in Friends

The Groom

Freshly minted.

in Friends, Paris, Travel

Bastille Day

One of my favorite parties every year is almost here.

in San Francisco

Hellboy? Hell Yeah

Completely missed when this came out!

in Film, Video

Stop Signs

Finally—San Francisco considering exempting cyclists from stop signs.

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

in Electro, Music, Paris, Video

Hope

In Paris, the window of a design firm.

in Paris

Jay and SaraJane

Verdict: success.

Baltimore. Fire Truck.

Baltimore fire engine in the Paris pride parade.

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

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.

in Paris, Travel