SF Skyline shown with permission by photographer Lane Hartwell 

Archive for July, 2005


Do You Find Me Disarming?

p_cred: Niall
It’s been 3 weeks since I snapped my left radius right where it connects to the wrist. In one week the cast will be shortned to before my elbow (it currently goes halfway up my bicep) and with any luck I’ll be cast free two weeks after that.
The picture above is to answer, “How [...]

Crash, Burn, Restore

Have you ever had your computer crash and had to delete the entire hard drive and then re-install the operating system (OS) just to get the machine to be functional again? It’s the worst right? The computer is gone for at least a week while you have to pay someone to fix it. [...]

Trucks Not Advised

        
This morning a truck ran out of control one block over taking out 2 cars and a telephone pole. We didn’t hear it, but realized something was up when our power went out. A call to PG&E told us 83 residents had just lost power.
A couple minutes later I headed off to work and a [...]

Simulated Nuclear Explosion: 1/10,000 Scale

   p_cred: Glenn Campbell
Going to Simnuke this weekend to smolder in the existential burn.
Creating a 1/10,000 scale version of the first ever nuclear detontation - exactly 60 years to the second since the false dawn of the nuclear age began - for the pround purpose of exposing non-combative humans to the gruesome awe of our [...]

I Broke My Left Radius

p_cred: Niall
Diving for a fly ball in our SFist softball game against Wired.
However, I will go on the DL batting 1.000.

Michael Sepso Plays In the Major Leagues

A couple weeks ago while in NYC, a friend suggested I talk with Michael Sepso, the right-on founder of Major League Gaming. We did so at a bar along with some co-workers preparing for their 200th hugely important presentation to Pepsi taking place the next morning. Also the next day, 60 Minutes would be doing [...]