Travel
Eastern Sierra
2026 Recap
One Year
2015, the year our rubber hit the road.
The last time we did this…
Time to Explore
The plan: cover 3,200 miles over four weeks, from Prudhoe Bay to Glacier National Park via Denali, the Yukon, BC, ferries, flights, roads, and (according to
Houseboat 2014 Supercut
Cinematography: David Moss
Arthur’s Pass, New Zealand
Last week I spent a few days unplugged, hiking in the south island of New Zealand.
Honey Junket
Last December, I wanted to see if Bonobo could mix with hip-hop (turns out it does), and work outside my 125 BPM comfort zone.
Last night…
…I stepped out of John Dory onto Broadway, looked south, and heard a voice behind me “nice hair!”
Hiking to the Nothing
Hiking with Lily, Matt, Mike and Susan through the Alakai Wilderness, the highest swamp in the world.
City Museum
The St. Louis City Museum is a giant multi-story jungle gym for kids and adults with claustrophobic mazes, chutes and stairs, wire tunnels arching 50 feet off
The Ordinary, Day 10
Last day in paradise—we kicked it on the beach for ObamaWatch ‘08, boarded, hiked through a bamboo grove and stand of really tall beautiful pines, found a
Meta
The Society of San Franciscans With Expensive Cameras at their semi-annual in Oahu
The Bride
The Ordinary, Day 9
In spite of the cop that pulled her over for speeding and the rogue wave that tried to kill us all, Kendal and Steve’s wedding was small, genuine and perfect.
The Ordinary, Day 8
Itching to do Stuff
I am seriously behind on my music consumption.
The Ordinary, Day 7
Two days ago, four became five.
The Ordinary, Day 6
Feeling particularly lonely today.
The Ordinary, Day 5
Hawaii Five-O!
The Ordinary, Day 4
Inevitably on vacation I’m injured.
The Ordinary, Day 3
The leading edge of the weekend was about water, time spent in the Pacific, walking along the beach at night returning from dinner and drinks from the better
The Ordinary, Day 2
Plied the discretionary fund of random moments yesterday and came up with a few winners.
The Ordinary, Day 1
The calendar summer is in its back third, and the San Francisco summer is about to start.
Bride + Friends
After dinner, wandering in Rive Droite.
The Groom
Freshly minted.
Baltimore. Fire Truck.
Baltimore fire engine in the Paris pride parade.
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
Jour Native
Operation act as a native day was a success, winding down at a cafe near Montmartre, drinking beer and reading.
Paris Trois
In no particular order…
Synchronicity
While at the rehearsal dinner for my friend SaraJane’s wedding, I received an invitation to another friend’s wedding.
Paris Day 1
Despite best-laid plans to ran sans-map, sans-phrasebook and sans-plan, SaraJane foiled it with an excellent gift bag for all the wedding guests
In California
One feeling that was absolutely reinforced with blazing clarity by traveling was how much I actually love living in San Francisco.
Taheeeeee
Oh, so good.
Can Has Permission?
Two things have been smacking me over the head on my visit to Her Majesty’s shores.
Cycles
Traveling has provided ample opportunity for thoughts about life, family, death and beauty.
Berlin Subway Map for iPhone
Inspired by Khoi Vinh’s excellent New York City subway map, I made a similar version for Berlin’s U-Bahn and S-Bahn system.
My Electro Lust Manifest
I might just have to start buying wax again.
Digits
I gots ten of them!
Minor Serendipity
Buffeted by wind and the remains of yesterday’s snow, my breath visible as tiny crystallizing clouds, I was walking down Hornsgatan past exposed cliffs and
War
It hit me sometime after walking into a deserted replica of a midcentury military cafeteria, between handling a modern automatic rifle and its ancestor from
Modernism + Local
Being in Europe—or in the most immediate case—London, brings a raft of memories of previous visits.
You Can Never Be Too Shallow
Stephanie lent me her crushingly fabulous 50mm f1.4 lens today:
London Tube Map for iPhone
London tube map formatted for the iPhone.
iPhone Subway Map, Design
I went looking for an iPhone Subway Map, after having failed to assemble my own (in both PDF and 4K raster) and found this useful bit of kit from Khoi Vinh.
Kayak
I am so <3ing Kayak.com right now.
is.ydnar.in
With a little help from my friends and some Dopplr I hacked out this magic 8-ball in the parlance of HTTP:
Costa Rica Trailer
945 photos taken.
Good Holds
This weekend I learned to lead belay, rappel and climb on real rock.
I Got High
Before the unfortunate incident with my foot I drove & hiked up to the top of Mauna Kea.
Island WiFi
Found WiFi at a coffee place in Kailua.
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.
Saturday Plans
Going up to the top of Muana Kea, more desolate landscape photos to come…
Sunset
From the west coast of Hawaii (Big Island).
Metros Meme
Cribbed this from Brad:
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
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.
QuakeCon 2002
I’ll be in Mesquite Texas attending QuakeCon from tomorrow (Friday) through Monday.
Escape Velocity
How ironic; on the eve of my departure, the sun makes its presence felt.
Flu, ISP Troubles
Back in San Francisco and back to (somewhat) good health.
Shaderlab @ E3
This week I will be attending E3 in Los Angeles.