So the billboard I showed pictures of (and gushed over) is actually part of a local art project. Though the project is very cool - wonderful really - it is commisioned and city approved, so it was not nearly the prank I guessed it was. So though it’s very much in the style of Rigo, [...]

ERRATA: 12/28/05. Turns out the billboard is art, but it was commissioned. Commissioned art is fine and in this case a wonderful temporary addition to the city, but it was not a prank as I assumed. Full details of what you are actually looking at is in my next entry.
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The above photo was taken at 5th & Natoma, Thursday December 22nd in San Francisco. I feel like I am taking a huge risk hoping that this is a stunning work of street statement. What you see is a larger-than-life image of a surveillance camera on the side of a building in a Clear (as [...]

For the last seven months I’ve been writing about the Bay Area weather for the excellent group city-blog The SFist. From here on I’ll be posting my weatherist entries here as well. I’ve found that writing /about/ the weather is much more interesting than the actual weather itself. I think you’ll enjoy it too even [...]

Death Valley is assuredly a place that is impossible to imagine without having experienced in your own skin. An early settler is quoted as describing it as “20 miles from water, 30 miles from wood, 40 feet from Hell.” Even with today’s 1,000 spot RV campground, gas stations and radiator water spiggots, one does not [...]

Dog oh dog have I been waiting quite some time to write an entry title such as this. Dogster Inc., makers of the award-winning websites dogster.com and catster.com, is a sustainable profitable business that is a seriously fun place to work for. If you’re ready to leave your cube-farm, looking for a position that will [...]

I’ve been remiss in my reporting from - stealing the tagline of one of my interviewers - “deep within the bubble,” and as you can see I’m considered a very important person (outside bars and other society parties.) The Web Industry has again roared back to life round here with examples of life changing software [...]