Monthly Archives: July 2008

San Francisco, 1988

Posted on July 29, 2008 by thedude

My old pal Steve is scanning his old slides and negatives, and he sent me this gem, shot somewhere in the late eighties – Steve thinks it was 1988 or 1989. He shot this with Kodak’s nearly grain-free Ektar 25 negative film loaded in his Pentax ME Super from San Franciso’s Corona Heights Park. (Google placemark) Yep, that’s a young dude in the foreground. If Steve’s time frame is right, I would have just returned from a year in Diego Garcia.

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One Walk, One Lens

Posted on July 27, 2008 by thedude

We had good lighting for a while this afternoon, so I went out with my crazy sharp 14 – 24 mm lens and took these shots – all within two blocks of our loft.




I really love Oakland, and would happily stay here forever, but it’s sometimes easy to see why not everyone feels this way.

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Park Street Crap Fair

Posted on July 26, 2008 by thedude

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Nothing special about today’s crap fair – just a load of the usual stuff that nobody needs. The high point was discovering this Smart Car-only parking spot less than 100 feet from the main stage and the fabulous Sun Kings.

BTW, This entry was made from Kelly’s iPhone using the new WordPress for iPhone App!

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System Administrator Appreciation Day

Posted on July 25, 2008 by thedude

Today is an important day in the life of thedude – System Administrator Appreciation Day.

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The Mighty Affymetrix IT Team

Posted on July 21, 2008 by thedude

I made a group shot at our IT picnic last week.

I often do not get to be in group shots, as I’m stuck behind the camera. I really wanted to be a part of this one, so I asked my boss to shoot a picture of me after I shot the group, and I PhotoShop’ed myself into the scene.

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Martian Skies

Posted on July 21, 2008 by thedude

Behold some of the most amazing images ever seen by humankind – Martian Skies.

Posted in Just Blogging, Photography | 2 Comments

Aerial 360 Degree Panoramas

Posted on July 20, 2008 by thedude

Here’s a new twist on 360 Degree Panoramas. These are shot from a helicopter. Fabulous!

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Fire!

Posted on July 17, 2008 by thedude

There was a small fire early this morning in our building’s new restaurant. It looks like a bucket of kitchen rags smoldered for hours before creating just enough heat to cause a sprinkler head to blow in the kitchen area of our favorite eatery.

The fire and smoke caused far less damage than the deluge of water from the sprinkler head. The restaurant will be closed for a few days while they replace a water-damaged wall.

I was extremely sleepy at 5:30 this morning when I took these, which probably explains why I didn’t shoot more of them.

I saw Eloisa this afternoon, and she seemed to be in pretty good spirits. We look forward to seeing MoNO open again soon!

Posted in Bay Area, Food, Just Blogging, Loft Life | 1 Comment

Test Post Via E-mail!

Posted on July 17, 2008 by thedude

I set up a WordPress blog for a friend last night and touted it’s ability to post via e-mail. After I said this, I realized that I had never even tried this feature myself, so here’s my first attempt!

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Happy Birthday America

Posted on July 4, 2008 by thedude

With love and a prayer for world peace from a beautiful girl named Grace.

Posted in Holidays, New Friends | 3 Comments