Imported
Star Wars vs Saul Bass — Borrowing Liberally from Monoscope
(via Monoscope)
Sunrise
A Month In
29 days ago, in a flash of brilliance with a bread knife and a slightly-stale bagel, I almost took off the end of my thumb.
Whistler Singer Songwriter Agitator Remixer
Distilling a batch of ten from a rough cut three times that size is a craft.
QotD: Best Gift of ‘07
What’s the best gift you received this year?
Kimya Dawson, Juno and The Moldy Peaches
Despite latent bias against soundtracks in general (cough), I love this Moldy Peaches track from Juno.
One Last Americano in Hayes Valley
Krissy: I can has beans!
First Person Shooter
Je T’Aime Neue Grotesk
First / Last
The first order, the last day.
Netnanny?
Jay Allen reminded me of this 1996 block, trying to channel Irvine Welsh and Chuck Palahniuk.
Sunshine Before Coffee
The Sky This Morning is Unbelievable
The Wire Prequels
Edit: FAIL.
Climb
Fin
Halfway at the Edge
Jenny Oh
Ready, Set
Speed or Cargo
Codebreaker
I Can Has Festive Bagel
Only 18 Shopping Days Left
San Serac
Police From Baltimore
Season 5 of the best television show ever made is coming, with prequel shorts.
800 Chestnut Street
Yesterday, my friend Ford gave me a tour of his school.
Film School
Lobster Ravioli + Brussels Sprouts
QotD: My Best Gift
What is the best present you have ever given?
Thriller
Just a shade past 25 years, and still banging.
Tuesday Electro
It’s toes are just over the cliff of cheesy, but can’t help listening to it on repeat today.
Got KT?
This one goes out to my homie Krissy:
I ♥ Skids
On Sunday Beau and I rode up the Marin headlands to film a long skid from the top.
I Left My Robot in San Francisco
If you listen very carefully you can hear it whisper “I wish I was an Autobot”
Yesterday,
Yesterday began as it ended, surrounded by a crowd of revelers, some familiar, most unfamiliar.
Oeufs et Poulet
QotD: As If I Need To Explain...
List five reasons (at least) why you are awesome.
You’re Not Helping the Turtle
Tomorrow I’m going to see my favorite film of all time in the theater for the first.
This one goes out to my homie T
Electro! Music! Danse!
First up, Kolumbo/Compuphonic’s tweaky mixes on their Emotion EP.
It’s a giant hack, but...
…I added Mark’s blog as a favorite.
FFFFOUND!
Just to +1 .tiff’s earlier post on what is possibly my favorite social media site of 2007.
Jose González / San Francisco / Bouncing Little Balls
Besides the very last few seconds where it shills for Sony, this is one of my favorite ads.
Together Foreber
Tuesday Morning
Tsuki to Oji, piment d’espelette, dill, eggs, bacon.
The Gray
Takayuki Senzaki’s Magical Origami
Three Groomsmen
David, the wedding photographer posted this triptych on his Flickr.
2nd Annual Supermarket Street Sweep
Alleycat.
Hunting for EPS
…and found this.
Amazon Wishlist
Best Webpage Evar
Sorry, Real Ultimate Power, there’s a new king in town.
Sigur Rós - Heima Trailer
At Mezzanine, tonight.
Paying for it
Current T-shirt <3.
Comfort Food, Nihonmachi Station
Sometimes a belly full of warm good is completely necessary.
ABCs for Geeks
Freezing Time
Tonight a few of us holed up in Kona and watched movies.
Meanwhile, in San Francisco
Gavin had 12x the votes of 2nd place, prop A passed and prop H sputtered out.
Pattern Recognition
Yesterday, two of my best friends got married.
Almost...
Fin
Pretexting into the Future
Helvetica is Also Everywhere
Kona Hog Sammich
Grunt!
Meta Meta Scanlines
I hope the Pacific has Edge
On a Wing and a Pair
…of engines.
Basura 13
Helvetica is everywhere.
Found!!!
Future Dinner
The Coffee Before the Vote
Dear Lazypol
Since I know you’re voting today, here are some tricksy links to a few local papers and organizations endorsements:
The Prevail
The end of Daylight Saving Time in San Francisco is an interesting event.
Yay! Mom & Dad
Opening
This morning I was pleased to find that Mike got to Bodega Head before I did.
Parkour is Fucking Awesome
As seen in the most recent Bond outing, District 13, and elsewhere.
The Edge of the Fog
Also, Cute
Duke Nukem Forever!
Except just kidding.
House (Live)
Housesitter Labels
Sadly,
…closed.
The Beginning of the End of My Design Career
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an architect or a filmmaker.
The Nothing is Coming
From my office/kitchen window this morning.
AIGA Symbol Signs - Just in Case
Chez Maman
Costume Errata
Because I’m going to have to explain this a million times today:
Hot Sauce as Anesthetic
The Beginning of the End of My Game Design Career
This news post today regarding BioWare and LucasArts made me recall a phone conversation I had on the lawn outside AltaVista back in 2001.
Old Friends and Guitar Hero
Truer Words
Cupcake et Thé
Sunset
Main Sail
Terre Helvetique
The Area
I lived on the Moon by Yannick Puig
A musical video clip by Yannick Puig inspired by the sound track “I lived on the Moon”, of the Kwoon’s album “Tales and Dreams.”
Cadence Weapon
Final Fantasy
Illegal Soap Box Derby 2007 on Bernal Heights Hill
Overflow Parking
While trying to explain to Nick and Sarah where the Tourist Club was in Marin, I brought up Google’s excellent map of Alpine Dam.
Partayyy
Tokyo Police Club
Meta
Meta, meta, meta!
Steve Jobs and Gabe Newell talk Half-Life 2
Laugh
Pista and Joe
The love you take is equal to the love you make
Traffique
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
Proto ydnar
You’re Doing It Wrong
Apple planning iPhone SDK
Red Steel, I Love You
So I have this thing for steel bikes.
SFist: Baskets Are the New Minimalism
Aye Mak Sicur
Found this on YouTube—a video of someone (badly) playing through the opening level in Marathon Infinity.
Double Fine’s Brutal Legend
Steve’s friend Steve from around the way is working on something with Jack Black.
Engagement Party
Macro
Pista Wants Burger
In a Danish Forest
Literate Graffiti in Berkeley
I love the use of the word “hence.”
Dory
Eric & Lawrence at Flipp
Standup
2 Seconds
HIJK
Logjam
Michel Gondry to Direct Animated Film with His Son
PWN
Rademacher
The Absinthe Sazerac
Bacon Salt
Half-Life: Green Shift
Now that the Orange Box is shipping, I get to bust out this old gem again.
Hanging Out
CS3 Hackathon
Making this computer do the hard work.
Helvetica
Amazing film.
A Post About Climbing
My blog has been a morass of moblog messages lately and it’s time for some real [brief] content, yo!
Saturation
Tweaking the Brightness and Contrast
Fuzzy Driver
MP4 Skull Buckle
After Burn
Chemical Nursery
Headed for the Club, Bottle full of Bub
Postal Service Was Playing
Rock Star
Base of Camino Alto
For my homie Anil
Love, Randy
Tiburon
Absolute and Utter FAIL
The Internet Archive has an interesting policy.
Kim Keever — Kinz, Tillou and Feigen
9/11 Is Over - New York Times
Helvetica at YBCA Screening Room
Going to see this this weekend.
Off Piste
REAL FLYING X-WING.
FAIL
Typos
Anagrams and inspriational art, rendered at 2K res for desktop love.
Starter for One
Apple Has Jumped the Shark
I’m an Apple fanboy as much as the next guy (maybe more, I was in an Apple ad as a kid), but Jobs’s first second company has devolved so much of late from a
Coal Fired
Industrial Sunrise
Update: Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages
Incoming
Verizon Blocks Messages of Abortion Rights Group
Germany is Living in the Future
James and Logan Epic on Half Dome
Sicky WFH on Sofa
Pista likes it.
IN UR OFFICE STEALIN UR GAMEZ
Lemon Tea & Heroes
& patch releasin’
Sayonara, iTunes Store
Happy Mission House
Ride Tomorrow
Going to get back on the horse (as it were) tomorrow morning.
The Opposite of a Bike Ride
Why Net Neutrality is Important
Ganked from Digg: http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Why_net_neutrality_is_important_pic
Beau @ Gestalt
Countries’ Flags Get Creative Direction
Via Laughing Squid:
Seed: Rise of Roboethics
WINNARS
Bicycle Film Festival 2007
Foggy Dog
Who is Randy Reddig?
Baychica hit me with the grim news earlier today.
Haunted by her Yesterdays
Insanely Awesome Lego Models
Morning Cranes
Dudes with Shaved Legs
I was listening to this, and was reminded of this.
Eastern Promises
William Gibson gives up on the future
Gibson’s newest: Spook Country is not set in the future, or even the near-future.
Cleaned...
…in 10 minutes.
Courtyard
Ready!
Supplies
Man Down
Martini
Rez HD!!!
The Burj Dubai is Fucking Tall
5 Year Plan
Randy (via mobile)
YouTube - Silly MS-DOS 5 Promo Video
500 Years of Female Faces
Very intriguing experiment in morphing.
Frankfurt Preview: Volvo ReCharge
This is only a test.
Daveman gets older
Atop Bernal
Nu:Tone - Back of Beyond
Reviving my old drum’n’bass lust with this new release from Hospital.
Music for Animals @ GAMH
Giant Steps Coffee
Stella and Pista at Crissy Field
Vox Hunt: Photography - Favorite Photo Of Me
Show us your favorite photo of yourself.
Pista Princess
Kogoro Kurata working on a giant, bone crushing Mech
Morning Doggles
Fort Funston
Randy (via mobile)
Bioshock gets 10 out of 10
I think I need a new gaming rig.
Wisdom of the Toronado
Randy (via mobile)
The Real Foleo Killer
It’s, like, not even fair.
Utilisation
Bold AND Daring
Randy (via mobile)
Thank you for leaving, please come again when you have less time.
The Corning Connection
I heard an interesting story this weekend that I hadn’t heard before: Why the the iPhone has a glass screen, who makes it, and how it came into being.
RackGaki
Disclaimer: I watched the movie, but didn’t read the book.
Aha.
Climbed an 11a yesterday, with overhang.
Walking is Better Than Driving
Stay Classy Dogpatch
No signs, the sidewalk was not roped off.
Hacking the iPhone
At this point, hacking the iPhone is pretty easy, provided you have a reasonable grasp of UNIX, Google-fu, and patience.
Breakfast
Carbon Fiber + Eames = FTW
Impromptu Bicycle Repair
Out of Practice
A long time ago...
…I used to design stuff.
Better Photo
On the Wall
On pitch 2 of Northwest Books
Morning Route
In Ur Prius Goin To Tuolomne
Randy (via mobile)
Not Quite 1337
Randy (via mobile)
Packing for Yosemite
80s Apple Porn
Retrospective on the HAL-9000 inspired white slab 80s design ethic.
Sunshine Opens
OMG.
Brass Ones
iPhone Tech Talks
11:15 - 12:00 Managing Content and Synched Data on iPhone
Leegin Rears Its Minimum Advertised Consequence
We were for capitalism before we were against it.
Breakfast Aux Champignons
Blue Bottle and eggs with dill.
From the Holy Sh*t Dept.
QotD: Why is gasoline awesome?
How does gasoline (or diesel) light up your life?
Climbing Meta
Yesterday was a milestone for me in rock climbing.
Amazing Free Soloing in Siberia
Somehow, “In Soviet Russia” jokes aren’t going to cut it.
Chronicle Article on Healthcare in the US
Article on the front page of the Chronicle today:
Genocide Rock
Sent from my iPhone
Steep
Sent from my iPhone
The Case for Universal Healthcare
When was the last time you saw a mass organized protest against Social Security or Medicare?
Colorful Gear
Boulder!
Sent from my iPhone
Ring Mountain
Sent from my iPhone
iPiano
See Steve Weep
Sent from my iPhone
WebKit Team Adds Audio + Video Support
Google and ye shall receive.
Quick Archiving in OS X Mail
Last year Michael Sippey clued me into his method of managing the deluge of email he receives every day.
Cooking
First 24 Hours with the iPhone
Besides occasional lockups doing weird things with Mail + Exchange, the only real problem I encountered was when I plugged it into my car adapter.
OMFG
Check out that interest rate.
Pista Has iPhone
They Cheered
Bridge
City
Sad
Sleeping Dog Lies
Test Link Post
Linking to TypePad…
Beer O’Clock
Newspaper lolz
2 Books
Added two books to my library today: Bansky: Wall and Piece and Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills.
Keifer Then & Now
Watching a couple episodes of 24 followed by The Lost Boys is just weird.
Bouldering
The other day I was able to complete a pretty good set of V2 problems, and get fairly far on a couple V3s.
London Alleycat
From digave.com, via Simon!
Morning
About Time
House set to pass voting bill that fixes many, but not all problems with electronic voting systems.
Krissy in Traffic
Opposite Krissy’s photo:
Costa Rica Trailer
945 photos taken.
OMG PONIES
At SFO
I'M IN UR BATHROOM
DRYIN UR HANDS
KML
Creepy Stalker Awesomeness
The Google knows.
Best Weekend, evar
On Friday night, Tina and I went to go see the new Pirates of Caribbean movie.
Bookmark this Now
Because you too can has cheeseburger.
600 Miles, Part 2
(continued from my previous post)
Fixie Mania
Stolen from Beau.
600 Miles is Hard
We were driving back from Davis on Sunday, discussing how we could possibly characterize the stress of the previous day to non-cyclists, particularly endurance
Leading
Been thinking about this for a while, and finally settled on doing it.
Drive Your Bike to Work Day
Because it’s okay to have a carbon footprint, as long as you pay for some guy to plant a tree.
Evening Bouldering
Morning Walk
Morning Walk
Dinner (or single-tasking)
Cooking has become one of my favorite single-tasking activities.
BFFs
DNF
In althetic events, DNF means did not finish.
Dog Parking
Fergie vs Alanis
I never really appreciated Alanis until now.
Minty Chocolate Awesomeness
Chocolate Altoids are crazy bananas good.
Crit Mass
Mellow Pista
Sorting Junk
I decided to go through the Box today.
Hazy Morning
1 Week
Pista, coffee, boxes.
The Tunnel of Bones (or The Bigger Dig)
I ♥ mammoth engineering projects:
Morning
Moving In
Stuff
Home
Last Thursday in SOMA
7:45 PM, listening to Spoon.
Real Life Side-Scroller
This guy is amazing:
Kritical Maas
Shamelessly stolen from Jamison.
Flash Video Downloader
This one is for my guy Steve.
Hell Froze Over
I know someone, somewhere, owes me a beer.
Solvang Double Century
Tina and I got back this afternoon from our second double century, this time in the “Danish” village of Solvang.
On the Road to Solvang
Solvang
Kermit Reznor Cash
I wish I could say this was the result of some conversation with Peter Jackson…
The Terrible 1⅓
It seemed like 130 miles of uphill.
Excellent Handiwork
Birthday Lunch at Coco
Was taken out to lunch today by a few friends at work.
Pave the Date
Apple Address Book, Exchange, Leopard, iSync and You
I’m a contacts packrat.
Richard Sachs Track
This Fully Functional Battlestation
This post composed entirely in the shiny new Safari 3.0 browser, part of Leopard.
Free Puppy
Thoughts on Adblock
Dear ad-blocking users,
QotD: The Best Blend
What’s your favorite blend or brand of coffee or tea?
No Weight!
Via Gizmodo: Eggcarton bathroom scale.
Farewell, Aquacam
The Aquacam died a horrible salty death this weekend.
Vox Hunt: Overdubbed
Audio: If you could sing like anyone, living or dead, who would you choose to sound like? Share a song of theirs.
The voices in my head
So Nick and I were talking on IM about Ratatat today:
A Double
In a little over an hour, Tina and I will be heading down to SoCal for the Butterfield Double Century.
Non-Sucky Bluetooth Headphones
Finally, fercrissake (via Gizmodo).
The Vox Phone
HTC Vox officially unveiled (via Engadget).
A Rainy Saturday Morning
On Saturday, Pista got to run in Alamo Square with Stella in a brief window when it stopped raining.
Refining Superclass Method Calls in JavaScript
Last week I was revisiting the always fun problem of implementing “classical” inheritance in JavaScript.
At the Symphony
Brad Gets Twenty Seven
Fun list:
Perian Codec for QuickTime
Just ran across this little gem: Perian, an open-source QuickTime codec for a few of those other formats that QT chokes on.
Pigs Fly
First Jobs denounces DRM and then Gates announces support for OpenID?
Steve Jobs on DRM
Interesting letter from The Steve:
East Bay Riding
Tina and I rode 160 miles this weekend.
Monday Blue Bottle
Vox Hunt: So Meta
Show us a photo of someone else taking a photo.
Doggles
Running?
This morning Pista and I went for a run.
Shrubenomics
Gut the estate tax?
Wii ♥ HL2
I hope Valve implements 1st-party support for the Wiimote…pardon the music:
Mileage, Redux
Today, Tina and I rode the longest bike ride of my life.
Pescadero
Tina at Alice’s
This is not an Onion Headline
Saudis ban the letter X?
iPhone or PlayStation 3?
Best overheard comment on Apple’s new iPhone:
The Ideal Tool
I finally got to some long-put-off reorganization of my home office.
125 Miles, Lamb and a Hot Tub
Went on a longer ride with my riding buddy Tina.
I ♥ Bacon
Just in case there was any question, my devotion to bacon is utter and complete.
Sazerac at Absinthe
Yum.
I ♥ Bluetooth Trackpad Part III
It’s supposedly for the PlayStation 3, but I’m going to wager it’s Bluetooth and dammit, it’s $80 instead of $200 and has a regular-old-rectangular trackpad
The EZ Sends Gifts
Courtesy of The EZ, a bottle of Balie Nicol Jarvie.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Neighborhood
One of my best friends John just put an offer on a place in my neighborhood.
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 Wheel
Got the wheel from Gravy today.
Frame Progress
Went to see Bernie today, and the frame looks good.
The Frankenbike
bizdeviant: what is the current iteration of franken rig?
AIDS LifeCycle 3
On June 6-12 2004 I’m riding in the AIDS LifeCycle ride from SF to LA for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Happy Birthday Q3Map2
Two years ago today, I released the first version of what eventually became Q3Map2.
Toys
Acquired first road bike today.
Nurning Ban
Skipped Burning Man again and instead spent some QT with a few kids from Ritual, showing them a bit of the San Francisco flavor (and not-so-flavorful).
404ster
For all you Friendster haters out there.
Redux 2K3
Originally posted to shaderlab.com on July 29, 2003.
Lightmapped Terrain + Q3Map2
Finally got around to releasing a map.
QuakeCon 2002
I’ll be in Mesquite Texas attending QuakeCon from tomorrow (Friday) through Monday.
Q3Map2 2.2.0-b12
Q3Map 2.2.0-b12.
Q3Map2 2.0.1
Q3Map 2.0.1.
Escape Velocity
How ironic; on the eve of my departure, the sun makes its presence felt.
New for the whole family!
To fill a need no one knew existed, now available: Shaderlab wallpaper.
Q3Map2Man Says Hi
If you use it, promote it:
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Today is …
2 2 2K2
Should give Hamish a ring or something.
TCGen Vector Basics
This note covers the basics of tcGen vector, a powerful but little-used method of texture projection in the Quake 3 Arena engine.
Tools
Did a little hacking, and made a version of q3map [the Quake 3 map compiler] that removes unseen detail faces, lessening the need for meticulous caulking.
Seattle Bound
This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
TexSynth
Shit.
Fixes
Added a pager to the bottom of pages with several items to cut down on loading time.
Crates
I finally succumbed to the temptation to make textures for the single most influential gameplay device known to man: The Crate.
Self Reflexion
Was playing Steven Garafalo’s excellent Blackjack game when I was reminded of some work I’d done nearly a decade ago.
Download All
Set downloading is now supported.
WHITEOUT This Friday
This Friday at WHITEOUT: Xis will be cutting it up with guest Kaspar Hauser at Sno-Drift, San Francisco.
Factor Texture Set
New (old) texture set: FACTOR.
Mods
I just want to take a moment to promote some of the mods using Shaderlab textures.
Shaderlab Robot Life
The new site is slowly coming online.
Peace, Love, WTF?
Oh shit, IBM tagged my website!
TN-SL1200 Concorde Racing League (TM)
Eats, drinks, beats.
Optimal 4
Throwing another party this evening, at Sno-Drift in San Francisco.
Recursion
15 minutes left until the Simpsons.
Decay, Subway
Two new sections (and 20 textures) today: Decay and Subway.
Dirty Under Construction
I’ve been busy slicing up photos from New York and recent trips to Hunter’s Point here in SF for a couple more sets, New Jack City and Subway Series.
Willow
Added a little feature today:
Majestic 2001
Majestic2001: 23 textures with a dirty Star Wars bent.
Postcards From Manhattan
Half the fun of making textures is shooting the source photographs.
Linkage
Good morning, this is rumour control.
Shaderlab 1.1
By popular request, I have brightened up the text a bit.
Holiday Cheer
An early Christmas present…37 textures in four sets from the olden days in Archived.
Phear The Bot
Revised the site code a little today, adding a “narrow” item box and a little typographic cleanup.
I Am Scifi
A link to an interesting set of sci-fi textures dropped into my box today.
Post Playstation 2 Idleness
Played Tekken Tag Tournament today; the arenas are gorgeous.
Interference
Real Life and my Real Job have been interfering with my time to work on Shaderlab.
Optimal
If you’re going to be in San Francisco on August 18, and like a little bit of that Detroit techno love, check this.
Shaderlab Moved…
…to its new home, TeleFragged.