Live forever or die trying
Just got back from a family vacation up near Hayden Lake. Had a great time–waterskiing, playing with nieces and nephews, biking in the mountains, (too much) good food. Will be leaving for Seasteading ’09/Ephemerisle tomorrow.
Brenner on the boat
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Amazing pic of the Obama inauguration.
Be sure to scroll into the picture. Via reichart
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Turnout was quite high — I’d guess probably 30-35 people. The place was packed, though most of that was due to Mac World, I’d guess.
Cheryl Cline
I don’t remember his name, unfortunately. He’s a filmmaker of some sort.
Seditious Mission
Justine, organizer of Liberty On the Rocks
Nathan and Justine
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Hike the Geek this Sunday.
A few pics from last week’s hike:
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Noah
Jonah
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Until recently, I shunned Facebook as it seemed like another version of Friendster. I really only used my account to respond to other people’s friend requests.
However, I’ve started using it more, and I’ve found that I really like their photo tagging facility. For example, here’s a photo of my high school Academic Decathlon team, on our way to nationals:
It was taken by one of my teammates, Wendee Shulsen. I tagged it with my name, and now it shows up in my album. Cool!
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My boss’s new car. It’s surprisingly roomy on the inside — anyone under 6’2″ tall would probably feel comfortable driving it. The fit and finish seemed pretty good, although the door sounds somewhat tinny when you close it.
Some flowers in the neighbor’s hedge.
meredith was in town last weekend, so we went to the 8th Annual Fire Arts Festival in Oakland. (Note to self: when meeting a woman for the first time, don’t park in the empty underground parking garage.)
We arrived just as the gates opened, and the place was soon packed. The announcer said that over 2000 people were there that night.
My favorite exhibit was the Fire Vortex. Two guys dressed in silver flame retardant suits stood across from each other. Each held a long metal wand, from which they could shoot an aerosolized mist of fuel. Between them was a large ducted fan, which created a strong vortex of air. They would fire fuel from the wands into the vortex, and light the mist on fire, creating a tornado of fire.
Quite lovely to see.
My second favorite? The Omega Recoil, which consisted of a man dressed in a full body Faraday cage. He writhed underneath a giant inverted Tesla coil, which shot lighting bolts into his suit.
Meredith and I climbed up through the center of the Steampunk Treehouse. The Festival was held in view of the BART, and every time one passed, you could see the passengers looking out the window to watch the exhibits. It made quite a lovely tableau, with the crowds writhing around the burning fire exhibits, as a lighted train filled with passengers passed slowly along on the risers above.
Some pictures:
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