ydnar

Seven years later…

Would you believe it took a while to reinstall Ruby?

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One Year

2015, the year our rubber hit the road.

Posted in Cars, Ferrari, New Zealand, Travel, ydnar

rr.co

Since 2009, thousands of companies like Instagram, Sidecar, and Square have used Domainr to find the right domain name.

Posted in Internet, nb.io, Startups, Web, ydnar

10,000 Goodnight Kisses

Trans-Pacific flights + love songs for my better half @ 124 BPM.

Posted in Mixtapes, Music, ydnar

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.

Posted in Hip-Hop, Indie, Mixtapes, Music, Travel, ydnar

Channeling HST

First big smile of the new year, via Elliot Clowes:

Posted in Hawaii, Photography, ydnar

nb.io

I guess in some ways it was inevitable.

Posted in Friends, nb.io, Web, ydnar

I 213 My Friends

Posted in Friends, Photography, ydnar

Epic Shit, Minor Meme

This design, originally for Jay & Jen’s wedding, is now wearable.

Posted in Design, Typography, ydnar

What’s on your desk?

On my desk: Three Cups of Tea, an issue of The Economist, a subscription reminder for The Economist, a DMV renewal notice, a postcard from the California

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The Ordinary, Day 14

Played Avenue D at pub quiz last night, and they want more.

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The Ordinary, Day 13

I wish I spoke the language you were written in.

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The Ordinary, Day 12

Sold art, got invited to show in Boston in October, Eric and I are close to shipping our first alpha, and I just got an email from someone I hadn’t heard from

Posted in Random, ydnar

Itching to do Stuff

I am seriously behind on my music consumption.

Posted in Friends, Hawaii, Indie, Music, Remixes, Travel, Video, ydnar

Pattern Recognition

Two photos, separated by almost a year from my friends Lucia and Libby—both amazing, fearless climbers, one a scientist, one a nurse, both awesome.

Posted in Climbing, Friends, Mountains, ydnar

Retroblog

I like dim sum.

Posted in Food, Friends, ydnar

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

Rusty

Got asked to spin at a club on Wednesday.

Posted in Music, San Francisco, ydnar

Congee Talk

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

Posted in Food, Friends, San Francisco, ydnar

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

Golden Sweat

The subject of a few covers and remixes in its 18 months of life, Klaxons’ epic Golden Skans is one of my favorite songs of last year.

Posted in Electro, Indie, Music, Remixes, ydnar

Sincerity

I’m flattered.

Posted in Apple, Design, ydnar

Recalculation Theme

I’ve always wanted to dance to Metric’s Calculation Theme.

Posted in Music, Remixes, ydnar

Talking Past Each Other

A more polished rendition of the last mix on Bite Marks, pitting Cloud Cult against Bird and the Bee on a base of Daft Punk cover.

Posted in Electro, Music, Remixes, ydnar

Permanence

I had this design for 10 years.

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I Like Your Face

Posted in Design, ydnar

Shopping FTW

I confess.

Posted in Motorcycles, San Francisco, Shopping, Sports, Sweden, ydnar

Golden Cage

Walking out of the penumbra of the trainwreck that my love life has been for the past six months, it was nice to find this video from The Whitest Boy Alive,

Posted in Design, Electro, Music, Remixes, Typography, Video, ydnar

I R OLD

Fuck, 31.

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31 Years

21 minutes from midnight, on the 366th day of my 31st year, I’m not quite sure how to proceed.

Posted in Shaderlab, ydnar

Night Rider

Went night riding with the ever-spectacular Jenny last night.

Posted in Cycling, Friends, San Francisco, ydnar

Scrabble Tiles From Sis

My sister sent me the best early birthday present ever.

Posted in Games, Photography, ydnar

Atomicity

After yesterday’s antics—almost crashed my motorcycle, saw the sun rise from the top of Mount Tam, worked, got paid, had coffee with Tiff, cooked dinner for

Posted in Food, Motorcycles, Photography, San Francisco, ydnar

The Indomitable Brick

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Lego brick.

Posted in Hacks, Random, ydnar

Loosely Speaking

たとえば I love San Fran

Posted in Japan, San Francisco, TV, ydnar

Digits

I gots ten of them!

Posted in Random, Travel, ydnar

On TeeVee!

Thanks to Ayako, proof that I am big on TV in Japan!

Posted in Japan, San Francisco, TV, Vox, ydnar

QotD: Best Gift of ‘07

What’s the best gift you received this year?

Posted in Archive, Gear, Imported, Photography, Vox, ydnar

First Person Shooter

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

I Can Has Festive Bagel

Posted in Archive, Imported, Six Apart, Vox, ydnar

I ♥ Skids

On Sunday Beau and I rode up the Marin headlands to film a long skid from the top.

Posted in Archive, Cycling, Imported, Video, Vox, ydnar

Together Foreber

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Three Groomsmen

David, the wedding photographer posted this triptych on his Flickr.

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

The Beginning of the End of My Design Career

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an architect or a filmmaker.

Posted in Archive, Design, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Proto ydnar

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Aye Mak Sicur

Found this on YouTube—a video of someone (badly) playing through the opening level in Marathon Infinity.

Posted in Archive, Games, Imported, Video, Vox, ydnar

Postal Service Was Playing

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Rock Star

Posted in Archive, Climbing, Imported, Vox, ydnar

WINNARS

Posted in Archive, Imported, San Francisco, Vox, ydnar

Who is Randy Reddig?

Baychica hit me with the grim news earlier today.

Posted in Archive, Awesome, Imported, Video, Vox, ydnar

Vox Hunt: Photography - Favorite Photo Of Me

Show us your favorite photo of yourself.

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Best Weekend, evar

On Friday night, Tina and I went to go see the new Pirates of Caribbean movie.

Posted in Archive, Awesome, Imported, Motorcycles, Vox, ydnar

Pave the Date

Posted in Archive, Imported, San Francisco, Vox, ydnar

Mileage, Redux

Today, Tina and I rode the longest bike ride of my life.

Posted in Archive, California, Cycling, Imported, Vox, ydnar

The EZ Sends Gifts

Courtesy of The EZ, a bottle of Balie Nicol Jarvie.

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

Good Holds

This weekend I learned to lead belay, rappel and climb on real rock.

Posted in Archive, California, Climbing, Imported, Travel, Vox, ydnar

Beats & Bleeps

A long time ago in another life I used to make electronic music.

Posted in Archive, Imported, Music, Vox, ydnar

QotD: My Vox Name

How did you pick your Vox name?

Posted in Archive, Imported, Vox, ydnar

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

Posted in Archive, Cycling, Imported, Japan, Travel, Vox, ydnar

Escape Velocity

How ironic; on the eve of my departure, the sun makes its presence felt.

Posted in Archive, Imported, Travel, ydnar

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Today is …

Posted in Archive, Imported, ydnar

2 2 2K2

Should give Hamish a ring or something.

Posted in Archive, Imported, ydnar

Seattle Bound

This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.

Posted in Archive, Imported, ydnar

Flu, ISP Troubles

Back in San Francisco and back to (somewhat) good health.

Posted in Archive, Shaderlab, Travel, ydnar

Shaderlab @ E3

This week I will be attending E3 in Los Angeles.

Posted in Archive, Games, Shaderlab, Travel, ydnar