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Left column: all posts. Right column: a random sampling of images.

2025.01.18

Quick bite

The TikTok ban from the perspective of someone who doesn't care.
censorship, internet, quibi, social media, technology, tiktok

2025.01.12

Delays

A couple of trips, a few thoughts on the Ford F-150, and a gripe about Lyft.
austin, beer, lyft, review, texas, travel, virginia

2024.12.31

Recap 2024

Top content from 2024.
clip show, highlight reel, html, kilroy, list, recap, static site generator

2024.12.30

Excursions

Xmas stuff and a Cybertruck review.
beer, cybertruck, fedex, gbes, reviews, san diego, tesla

2024.12.30

Reindexed

Is Google reversing course on their deindexing campaign?
google search console, html, internet, meta, search, seo, static site generator

2024.12.22

The Outer Web

Parasite SEO and a solution.
google, kilroy, media, search, static site generator, the outer web, web 1.1

2024.12.17

Netherbrain

My Tactician-difficulty BG3 playthrough draws to a close.
baldur's gate 3, discussion, review, rpg, video games

2024.12.15

But the fire is so delightful

Winter activities: art projects and video games.
baldur's gate 3, drawing, painting, squad fps, tactics, video games, winter

2024.11.30

Yosemite

Friendsgiving in Yosemite.
beer, friendsgiving, stray, trains, travel, video games, yosemite

2024.11.15

Nintendo knew

That streamer guy looks like Glass Joe.
boxing, meme, memes, netflix, tv

2024.11.11

Clutch

My first clutch adjustment.
auto work, clutch, friendsgiving, how-to, toyota, travel, wrenching

2024.10.31

Halloween

Costume parties and black cats. And a rainbow seahorse.
beach, breaking bad, costumes, dick tracy, furiosa, legos, napoleon dynamite

2024.10.30

Real

It is Wednesday, my dudes.
captain haddock, meme, memes, tintin

2024.10.06

House project

Finishing the deck railing.
backyard, deck, house, railing, renovation, trex

2024.09.27

Copilots

A little bit of everything: planes, games, projects, and tech.
500mm, ai, blogging, gbes, railing, renovation, san diego

2024.09.24

Succession

Fear and loathing on the campaign trail '24.
america, election, politics, scotus, supreme court, twitter, united states

2024.09.12

Drills

Some under-6 soccer drills and activities.
coaching, soccer, sports, youth sports

2024.09.08

Nostalgia

Adding some gaming nostalgia to kilroy.
borderlands 4, features, kilroy, meta, references, static site generator, video games

2024.08.18

Coasts

Catalina and then some gaming in NoVa.
catalina, diving, fps rpg, los angeles, open-world soulslike, travel, video games

2024.08.09

Core web

Crawled - currently not indexed.
google, hacker news, internet, search, technology, web 1.1

2024.08.05

Second lap

Remnant II and BG3 are just as good the second time around.
baldur's gate, baldur's gate 3, remnant, remnant ii, rpg, squad fps, video games

2024.07.12

Outdoor work

House projects and such.
auto work, coilovers, gentlemen's beer exploration society, landscaping, renovation, suspension, wrenching

2024.07.06

Drawing

Just a crayon drawing.
drawing, person, portrait

2024.07.04

Independence Day

A roundup of news and information regarding the presidential immunity decision.
america, current events, law, news, scotus, supreme court, united states

2024.06.26

So anyway, I started blasting

The SCOTUS opinions on Cargill and Rahimi.
america, civil rights, current events, guns, law, politics, united states

2024.06.24

New unlocks

Second playthroughs of BG3 and Remnant II, a little PUBG mayhem.
battle royale, battlegrounds, fps battle royale, lolbaters, remnant ii, squad fps, video games

2024.06.09

Wandering the dark forest

A few more meadows in the dark forest of the internet. And a Google API leak.
blogosphere, internet, kilroy, meta, site, smallweb, static site generator

2024.06.04

Sunshine

A few outings.
gbes, gto, julian, slay the spire, soccer, ticket to ride, toys

2024.06.03

Final boss

Finishing BG3 and Remnant 2.
baldur's gate, baldur's gate 3, remnant, remnant ii, rpg, squad fps, video games

2024.05.06

Wandering

Purposeful and aimless walks into the internet.
blogging, hacker news, indieweb, internet, search, technology, web 1.1

2024.05.05

Burns

Helldivers and friendly fire: name a more iconic duo. Also some Remnant and PUBG action.
battlegrounds, helldivers 2, lolbaters, reddit, remnant ii, squad fps, video games

2024.04.26

Stop saying SEAL Team 6

Oral arguments on presidential immunity.
current events, news, politics, scotus, supreme court

2024.04.23

Activities

Some fun in the sun with friends and family.
board games, flag football, football, league of sport, legoland, sports, zoo

2024.03.31

Here's what I'm up to right now

The indieweb, SCOTUS hoists itself with its own petard, a visit to the Fleet Science Center, and some video games.
baldur's gate 3, gunfire reborn, helldivers 2, rpg, science, scotus, texas

2024.03.15

Op-eds

A few interesting op-eds in the aftermath of Trump v Anderson.
current events, law, news, politics, scotus, supreme court

2024.03.10

Moon of Vega

Helldivers 2 crossplay woes and combing the subsurface web.
helldivers 2, indieweb, internet, kilroy, meta, squad shooter, web 1.1

2024.03.04

Resolution

Trump v Anderson, the Civil War, and Nelson Tift.
current events, law, news, politics, scotus, supreme court

2024.02.28

Debates

Moody v NetChoice oral arguments.
current events, florida, news, oral arguments, scotus, supreme court, texas

2024.02.25

For Super Earth

My first few hours of fighting for democracy.
helldivers, helldivers 2, review, squad shooter, video games

2024.02.22

Rebel Moon

Rebel Moon was not good.
aliens, movies, netflix, rant, review, space, tv

2024.02.21

Windshield wipers

A BMW pedal car and lots of water falling from the sky.
cars, flooding, rain, san diego, toys

2024.02.19

Colorado and federalism

Highlights from Trump v Anderson oral arguments.
current events, law, news, politics, politics news, scotus, supreme court

2024.02.15

Starchart

My web 1.1 corpus grew large enough to do an optimization.
blogging, blogosphere, html, kilroy, programming, static site generator, web 1.1

2024.02.13

Exploring

Screencaps and a little discussion of Remnant II, BG3, Stray, and Slay the Spire.
baldur's gate 3, legacy board games, roguelike deckbuilder, roguelike shooter, rpg, slay the spire, squad fps

2024.02.07

Tune in

Tomorrow's SCOTUS oral arguments should be interesting.
current events, law, news, politics, reddit, scotus, technology

2024.01.10

Crashing the gates

Seven interesting legal battles.
current events, elon musk, internet, politics, reddit, supreme court, texas

2024.01.07

A random walk

Some examples of linking the indieweb.
blogosphere, html, internet, seo, site, ssg, technology

2024.01.06

Family

A few photos from the holidays: Safari West, cozy fires, and a Boneys sess.
500mm, board games, giraffe, nikkor, nikon, safari west, surfing

2023.12.31

Recap 2023

Top content from 2023.
clip show, highlight reel, html, kilroy, list, meta, static site generator

2023.12.30

Feature complete

My static site generator can now recommend external blog/smallweb posts with similar subject matter.
coding, hacker news, kilroy, rss, search, site, software

2023.12.20

Rim worlds

Visiting and connecting the fringes of the web.
blogosphere, hacker news, html, nintendo, smallweb, technology, web 1.1

2023.12.11

For the eyes

The first hour of Remnant II and the end of Act II of BG3.
baldur's gate, baldur's gate 3, remnant, remnant ii, rpg, squad fps, video games

2023.12.02

The Waning Moon

Texas governor Elon Musk, another AdVon client catches flak for GPT reviews, and SEC v. Jarkesy.
investments, law, machine learning, politics, scotus, technology, texas

2023.11.26

Playspace

Creating a small play area in the sideyard using rubberized playground tiles.
gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, how-to, play area, renovation, sideyard, wood preservation

2023.11.22

Thanksgiving cheat sheet

Print this post on an index card and keep it in your pocket in case someone at Thanksgiving dinner describes themself as a taxpayer.
law, politics, scotus, supreme court, thanksgiving, world news

2023.11.20

Subsurface

Links pages, webrings, and search.
blogging, blogosphere, internet, meta, search, static site generator, technology

2023.11.17

Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving in SF and some board games.
board games, friendsgiving, legacy board games, legacy games, san francisco, technology, travel

2023.11.12

Fin films

A roundup of films and documentaries with financial intrigue. Wall Street, finance, scams, tech - all are welcome here.
film, hbo, investing, investments, list, netflix, tv

2023.11.07

Appropriations

Reading the transcript of oral arguments from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America.
current events, news, politics, scotus, supreme court

2023.11.05

Static site generator

Static site generators, some good posts, and peers.
blogging, blogosphere, graphics, internet, smallweb, software, web 1.1

2023.10.31

Costumes

A gallery of costumes.
american outlaws, costume, e3, e3expo, halloween, la convention center, los angeles

2023.10.29

Washington

Cox and Combes Washington, the costume.
america, costume, george washington, halloween, history, united states

2023.10.27

Artificial intelligence

Banking in Silicon Valley and some AI non-stories.
adventure, current events, ftx, gpt, news, stray, twitter

2023.10.25

Recreation

Fall means pumpkin patches and relatively empty beaches and zoos. It's also good for board and video games.
aeon's end legacy, beach, gunfire reborn, halloween, legacy board games, payday 3, rpg

2023.10.22

Literally what

A MotoGP-derived sport tourer. What?
ducati, motogp, motorcycles, multistrada, wtf

2023.10.18

Autopilot/soft landing

Investment risks, 401k funds are stupid, and ETFs that sell covered calls.
dividends, etfs, investments, reddit, stock market, technology, wallstreetbets

2023.10.08

Granularity

Linking internally and externally using text tokens and n-grams.
code, coding, html, internet, java, software, web 1.1

2023.10.01

The underworld

Is Stray good game for a two year old to copilot? Also Payday 3, Baldur's Gate 3, and Fallout 76.
baldur's gate, baldur's gate 3, fallout, lolbaters, rpg, survival, video games

2023.09.27

Enwebbed

Parsing RSS feeds to find peers.
blogging, code, html, indieweb, java, rss, web 1.1

2023.09.24

Jets

Some telephoto shots of the Blue Angels doing neat tricks.
500mm, america, blue angels, nikkor, nikon, san diego, united states

2023.09.23

Small web

Kagi sees an opportunity to index the indieweb.
blogosphere, html, internet, meta, search, site, smallweb

2023.09.18

Good reads

A couple of good reads from the blogosphere.
blogosphere, hackernews, indieweb, internet, reddit, scams, web 1.1

2023.09.18

Rare finds

Finishing BG3 Act I, some cuteness, and Harland's Ube IPA.
baldur's gate, baldur's gate 3, battle royale, fps battle royale, lolbaters, pj masks, video games

2023.09.10

Travel

A roundup of travel posts.
html, kilroy, meta, static site generator, travel

2023.09.03

Dunks

Pool volleyball and diving board tricks.
bbq, league of sport, pool, pool volleyball, volleyball

2023.09.01

Souls

93 til 23 and still going.
concert, hieroglyphics, hip hop, music

2023.08.31

Dive log

My scuba dive log.
dive, diving, scuba, travel

2023.08.30

Catalina

A short trip to Catalina Island.
catalina, diving, island, los angeles, scuba, travel

2023.08.25

Prigozhin't

But why two months later?
credibledefense, current events, europe, ncd, news, ukraine, world news

2023.08.21

Drenched

Hurricane Hilary, scuba, and leisure.
board games, clank legacy, diving, gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, scuba, weather

2023.08.12

Questing

BG3 and everything else.
baldur's gate 3, battle royale, battlegrounds, fallout, mmo squad fps, slay the spire, xcom

2023.08.02

Red sky in morning

Oppenheimer and choice quotes about the recent web2 happenings.
film, hacker news, internet, movies, reddit, technology, twitter

2023.07.23

A walk in the dark forest

All of the internet in one short stroll.
blogging, chatgpt, html, internet, machine learning, seo, web traffic

2023.07.16

Cascadia

A summer trip to Washington State.
airport, forest, mountains, seattle, travel, vacation, washington

2023.07.04

Pool resurface

Going from an epoxy pool surface to a fiberglass one.
fiberglass, pool, renovation, resurfacing

2023.07.03

The end of the ride

Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy protection.
cnbc, investing, investments, lmc, lordstown, lordstown motors

2023.07.02

Feature request

I just want to link other people's blogs.
blogging, html, indieweb, kilroy, meta, posse, web 1.1

2023.07.01

In the defense of the comments section

The real DD is in the comments, it's true.
arguments, discourse, google, internet, investing, investments, wallstreetbets

2023.06.30

Junta

A few details emerge about the Wagnerkrieg.
current events, europe, news, russia, ukraine, world news

2023.06.28

Everything is better in the app

Tracking user interactions for fun and profit.
current events, internet, news, privacy, reddit, technology

2023.06.26

Wagnerkrieg

I was up all night anyway.
current events, europe, ncd, news, reddit, technology, twitter

2023.06.21

Cleaning house

The Reddit saga and the indieweb.
blogging, blogosphere, current events, internet, news, reddit, web 1.1

2023.06.19

Bons voyages

A few short trips and wondering why something isn't a thing.
board games, breweries, cars, pool, research, tesla, unfathomable

2023.06.13

Failboats

Drama and disasters.
google, html, news, reddit, site, static site generator, web traffic

2023.06.09

GMAO

Gamespost: GTA Online, FTL, Goat Simulator, and a few old favorites. I guess those are all old, but I hadn't played them before.
fps battle royale, ftl, goat simulator, gta online, gunfire reborn, roguelike shooter, video games

2023.05.28

Explosions

Quick bites (quibis) about NVDA, wheelbarrow adventures, and some games.
battlegrounds, chatgpt, fps battle royale, gentlemen's beer exploration society, investing, technology, video games

2023.05.27

CSE/ECE career information

Transcribing some Q+A from a career panel.
advice, careers, college, engineering, internet, jobs, software

2023.05.15

Happenings

Just normal stuff - a concert, a few house projects, some vehicle discussions, and our last Gloomhaven scenario.
ai, board games, concert, door, music, rally, subaru

2023.05.08

Waifus

Aircraft, spacecraft, and weird news developments.
credibledefense, current events, europe, noncredibledefense, technology, ukraine, world news

2023.05.06

Tactical survival action

First impressions of Fire Emblem Engage, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Fallout 76, XCOM: Chimera Squad, and Gloomhaven.
3d platformer, fallout 76, gloomhaven, i was a teenage exocolonist, review, video games, xcom

2023.04.28

Next episode

Following up on previous threads: the T-14, wood preservation, and Halo (through the lens of ship naming).
backyard, costco, credibledefense, furniture, news, noncredibledefense, terrace

2023.04.16

Michael Bay area

My PUBG replay editor workflow.
battle royale, how-to, lolbaters, pubg, video, video editing, video games

2023.04.16

Scripted

An insightful Reddit comment about the next Star Wars installment and we talk Lord of the Rings with Santos's GPT buddy.
chatgpt, disney, gpt, lord of the rings, reddit, star wars, technology

2023.04.10

Further reading

I read a bunch of interesting stuff about Ukraine, Russiagate, and global security.
current events, europe, memes, noncredibledefense, osint, reddit, russia

2023.04.01

E3 RIP

The end of E3, for now?
e3, e3expo, la convention center, memes, memorial, retrospective, video games

2023.03.27

Recovery

Fighting off viruses.
battle royale, investing, pubg, renovation, robotics, technology, wallstreetbets

2023.03.24

RBB

A GPT replicant is added to our group chat.
ai, chatbot, chatgpt, greentext, machine learning, programming, software

2023.03.17

Boom

A bank meme, Dodd-Frank, Glass-Steagall, and a lot of fingerpointing.
current events, investing, investments, news, reddit, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.03.16

Blyatdependence day

Russia experiments with saving munitions.
current events, europe, meme, news, russia, ukraine, world news

2023.03.16

The gauntlet

Investing tidbits, inflation, and recent economics headlines.
current events, investing, investments, news, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.03.15

Halo 4

Some screencaps and commentary from Halo 4.
fps, halo, halo mcc, review, video games

2023.03.14

Sea/dogs

A scuba dive, some tea parties, and organizing the video game sock drawer.
diving, idiocracy, kilroy, sea lion, site, software, web traffic

2023.03.07

ODST

Part three of the co-opable Master Chief Collection - Halo: ODST.
fps, halo, halo mcc, video games

2023.03.05

Brain drain

WSB sounding like your dad's friends when he took you to the bar.
internet, investments, politics, reddit, taxes, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.03.05

Halo 3

A Halo 3 playthrough.
fps, halo, halo mcc, video games

2023.03.04

C0D3

Indie SEO, Google Search Console, static websites, and Java fails/parallelization.
blogosphere, html, java, site, software, static site generator, web 1.1

2023.03.02

Highlights

Three short clips from recent PUBG matches.
battle royale, battlegrounds, fps battle royale, lolbaters, pubg, video games

2023.02.25

Epilogue

Dilbert goes out with a gasp.
current events, dilbert, internet, news, scott adams

2023.02.24

The humans are dead

Begun this chatbot war has.
ai, chatbot, chatgpt, google, machine learning, microsoft, news

2023.02.23

Battle royale

PUBG hijinks.
battle royale, battlegrounds, fps battle royale, lolbaters, pubg, video games

2023.02.20

Samba lifecycle

Sambas never die, they just find a new purpose.
adidas, renovation, sambas, shoes, soccer, sports

2023.02.19

Time warp

Escaping the spire with Ironclad, Defect, and Watcher.
deckbuilder, roguelike deckbuilder, slay the spire, video games

2023.02.18

Reach

A playthrough of Halo Reach from the Master Chief Collection
fps, halo, halo mcc, halo reach, video games

2023.02.17

3.6 Roentgen

The East Palestine train crash and Chinese spy balloon.
china, current events, news, politics, reddit, technology

2023.02.08

The Ascent

A playthrough of the cyberpunk squad shooter The Ascent.
cyberpunk, shooter, squad top-down shooter, steam, the ascent, video games

2023.02.07

Leisure

Some offroading, a new fridge water pump, and The Witcher on Netflix.
home repair, jeep, netflix, offroading, refrigerator, tv, water pump

2023.02.06

Halo

Turns out Halo MCC co-op is unplayable.
fps, halo, halo mcc, steam, technology, troubleshooting, video games

2023.02.05

Cape run

The Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run returned in 2023.
beer, blah, blind lady ale cape run, pizza, san diego

2023.01.30

Money and boredom

The Netflix Madoff documentary and revisiting some other national figures.
bernie madoff, dilbert, movies, netflix, scotus, supreme court, technology

2023.01.24

Hmm

Hindenburg goes after Adani and Burry does technicals.
hindenburg research, investing, investments, reddit, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.01.14

All the genres

Finishing Wonderlands, starting Stellaris, still playing Gloomhaven and Gunfire. ESO next?
come see my hole, elder scrolls online, gunfire reborn, realtime 4x, reddit, social survival, video games

2023.01.10

d'Bears on parade

One trophy, one miserable failure, one weird final.
fantasy football, football, nfl, sports

2023.01.09

Graphic art

/r/baseball had a funny post about old MLB team logos.
baseball, humor, mlb, reddit, sports, technology

2023.01.07

Up the coast

Christmas travel.
current events, news, norcal, pauly shore, travel, xmas

2023.01.06

Charging on January 6th

Shots from Black's Beach on January 06, 2023.
500mm, blacks beach, la jolla, nikon, surf, surfing, telephoto

2022.12.31

Crisis averted

Spoilery roundoup of Pandemic Legacy Season 0.
board games, frosthaven, gloomhaven, pandemic, pandemic legacy

2022.12.31

Recap 2022

Top content from the year.
highlight reel, html, kilroy, list, meta, recap, static site generator

2022.12.18

The next campaign

Contemplating the next co-op adventure.
dying light 2, elder scrolls online, halo, html, mmo, red solstice, static site generator

2022.12.16

Fungible

ElonJet, Twitter, and the digital money printer.
elon musk, investing, reddit, technology, twitter, wallstreetbets, wsb

2022.12.12

Controversies

A newspost about soccer, Twitter, Europe, and money.
ai, economics, elon musk, europe, investing, machine learning, soccer

2022.12.05

Elden Lord

Finishing Elden Ring and fighting a normal-sized skeleton in Wonderlands.
borderlands, elden ring, fps rpg, html, static site generator, tiny tina's wonderlands, wonderlands

2022.12.03

New quest

Finishing Elden Ring - almost - and starting Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.
borderlands, elden ring, fps rpg, open-world soulslike, tiny tina's wonderlands, video games, wonderlands

2022.11.19

Prompts

Experimenting with prompts in Stable Diffusion.
coding, deep learning, graphics, graphics processing, keras, stable diffusion, tensorflow

2022.11.18

Surprise

Just a meme about the World Cup.
meme, world cup

2022.11.14

Stable Diffusion setup

Getting Stable Diffusion up and running on Ubuntu 22.04 with an RTX3080 Ti.
code, dall-e, geforce, machine learning, reddit, software, technology

2022.11.08

Turning points

Twitter, Elon, a video card upgrade, and some music.
amazon, fence, how-to, music, reddit, renovation, travel

2022.10.17

Convergence

Brief thoughts on current events and a billionaire who thinks very highly of himself.
investing, politics, reddit, scotus, supreme court, twitter, wallstreetbets

2022.10.12

Deckbuilding and action

Initial thoughts on Shadowverse Champions Battle and Gunfire Reborn. More Elden Ring and Across the Obelisk.
elden ring, gloomhaven, lolbaters, reddit, shadowverse, shadowverse: champion's battle, video games

2022.10.11

Leisure

A family-friendly winery, a ballgame, and a weekend trip.
giants, oktoberfest, petco, san francisco, travel, wine, winery

2022.09.25

Danger zone system

Gallery of the Blue Angels at the Miramar Air Show.
america, blue angels, miramar, miramar air show, nikkor, nikon, photography

2022.09.20

How-to

Across the Obelisk Void boss tactics, shou sugi ban, hard drive management, The Cool S, Elden Ring, and a trip to Vegas.
across the obelisk, elden ring, news, pickleball, renovation, travel, video games

2022.09.03

Battles

Across the Obelisk for solo and co-op, replacing a shower cartridge, and a new PC case. And the usual stuff: Gloomhaven, current events, and investing.
gloomhaven, indieweb, internet, investing, lolbaters, technology, wallstreetbets

2022.08.24

Space plane games

Reviews of roguelikes Griftlands and Crying Suns.
across the obelisk, crying suns, deck builder, narrative deckbuilder roguelike, nintendo, roguelike, switch

2022.08.19

Rewiring

Playing with autoencoders for graphics processing.
artificial intelligence, battle royale, deep learning, fps battle royale, machine learning, pubg, tesla

2022.08.17

Exploring

Volcano Manor and the Leyndell, plus some Reddit commentary on the invader mechanic.
elden ring, open-world soulslike, reddit, technology, video games

2022.08.15

The platform

Another node in the indieweb and a Java library for personal projects.
coding, cyber, indieweb, internet, programming, software, windows

2022.08.14

Popcorn

Watching this week's political news from the peanut gallery.
current events, investments, politics, scotus, technology, twitter, wsb

2022.08.03

Keras cheat sheet

Examples of keras merging layers, convolutional layers, and activation functions in L, RGB, HSV, and YCbCr.
code, coding, deep learning, keras, neural networks, python, software

2022.07.29

Adhesives

Prepping wood planks for the next project, chasing an elusive Gloomhaven personal quest, concatenate layers in ML, and a little bit of recreation.
backyard, battlegrounds, deck, gentlemen's beer exploration society, lolbaters, machine learning, steam

2022.07.18

Indicators

Interest rates, housing, and catalysts.
china, cnbc, investing, investments, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2022.07.15

Plane games

Informal reviews of Project Highrise and Nowhere Prophet for Switch.
deckbuilder, nintendo, project highrise, roguelike, simulation, switch, tactical deckbuilder roguelike

2022.07.11

Black sand

A trip to the big island.
big island, ikelite, manta, mauna kea, scuba, travel, underwater

2022.06.25

Decided

Reflecting on the SCOTUS decisions from this week.
dall-e, law, neural art, opinion, politics, scotus, supreme court

2022.06.23

Dall-e

Experimenting with Dall-e text inputs, moving a sandbox example offline, and troubleshooting jax/cuda.
art, coding, dall-e, deep learning, graphics processing, machine learning, python

2022.06.18

Carnage

More investment carnage, turf boot carnage, and sci-fi carnage.
investments, scifi, sports, streaming, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2022.06.15

Finished

The veranda gets artificial grass and is finally complete.
investing, investments, star wars, technology, terrace, veranda, wallstreetbets

2022.06.10

Underdogs

CPI Friday, asset-backed loans, and more indieweb.
blogosphere, internet, office, peripherals, renovation, terrace, veranda

2022.06.07

Fog door

A birthday party, wood oil, board games, video games, and other stuff.
politics, reddit, renovation, terrace, video games, wallstreetbets, wood treatment

2022.06.05

Slay the spire

Climbing towers and flipping cards in Slay the Spire.
roguelike deckbuilder, slay the spire, video games

2022.06.03

The decline of user data storage

Trying to find out how many files are in a Google Drive directory precipitates a short rant about the big picture.
design, google, history, microsoft, rant, software, ui

2022.05.24

This is fine

A few rabbit holes regarding the current state of real estate and Meme Lorde himself.
elon musk, gen-z, investing, investments, reddit, twitter, zoomers

2022.05.20

Packs

Trading the stroller out for a baby backpack. Retrofitting old posts to new markup. A couple Elden Ring dragons.
code, html, kilroy, meta, playstation 5, ps5, video games

2022.05.14

Learning

What do NASDAQ and Elden Ring have in common? Also a trip to the amusement park and some machine learning meta topics.
blogging, internet, machine learning, neural networks, ps5, wallstreetbets, web traffic

2022.05.07

90s aesthetic

The indieweb and blogging with a couple of webring rabbit holes. RSS with source and a small Elden Ring gallery.
kilroy, meta, programming, ps5, smallweb, video games, web 1.1

2022.05.03

Edges

WSB discussion about margin borrowing, Zillow, and Evergrande. Links to code samples for graphics processing and some work on the veranda.
code, coding, investments, programming, renovation, technology, wood treatment

2022.04.29

Lands between

Some scenery from Elden Ring.
elden ring, gallery, open-world soulslike, playstation, playstation 5, screenshots, video games

2022.04.27

Conversations

Installing a dryer booster fan, choosing a cat name for an intern project, and some convos about Twitter and Truth.
beer, gbes, goldeneye, how-to, james bond, memes, quotes

2022.04.17

Links

Pool pump work, hacker news and the indie web/blogsphere, and Elon wants to buy Twitter.
culture, europe, meta, news, pool, static site generator, web 1.1

2022.04.06

Not looking back

Pandemic Season 0, Zinsco breaker replacement, robots shooting basketballs, and the Blyatskrieg grinds on.
board games, current events, electrical, html, investments, news, renovation

2022.03.30

Diversions

Initial thoughts on Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West with plenty of screencaps.
500mm, nikkor, open-world soulslike, photography, playstation 5, ps5, video games

2022.03.08

Revanchist

The Ukraine tensions go kinetic, the market reacts, and Reddit watches planes. Far Cry 6 final thoughts with some Deep Rock Galactic and Horizon Forbidden West.
current events, far cry 6, gamestop, horizon forbidden west, politics, united nations, wallstreetbets

2022.02.20

Imminent?

The US claims an invasion is imminent, Reddit watches drones, I buy energy stonks.
current events, film, memes, reddit, russia, shar, war

2022.02.15

Global macro

Viewing the Russia-Ukraine hostilities with a historical perspective (South Ossetia and Crimea) because this might be a time to join cash gang.
news, rowsdower, russia, technology, ukraine, video games, war

2022.02.04

Exeunt

Final thoughts on the Mass Effect trilogy, I create lists of my favorite graphics, and a Far Cry 6 villain rides a lion.
ending, far cry, far cry 6, investments, mass effect 3, plot, taxes

2022.01.24

Demise

Russia stages forces on its Ukrainian border and a Redditor connects the Putin-Manafort-Burisma dots. I hunt treasure in Far Cry 6 and hit the final stretch of the Mass Effect trilogy. KO and Connie play on words in a language I do not understand.
action rpg, java, mass effect, neural style transfer, politics, technology, terrace

2022.01.15

Deep graphics

An implementation of the Burning Ship fractal and some experiments in creating autoencoders. Changing the style layers in style transfer and combining the outputs into a composite image. Mass Effect 3 Leviathan and Omega DLCs.
action rpg, java, loss functions, mass effect, neural networks, programming, software

2022.01.09

Clincher

The best NFL season finale ever (Chargers-Raiders), what the heck was that timeout, and the Go Charge Go copypasta.
chargers, copypasta, football, nfl, raiders, reddit, sports

2022.01.01

Charts

Omicron spikes but this could be a good thing, static web things, the gang plays Lunch Lady, and my wheel trading report card.
coronavirus, current events, cyber, http, lunch lady, options, the wheel

2021.12.29

Evergreen

Rain, goats, and gifts.
amtrak, beer, board games, pandemic, train, travel, wine

2021.12.21

Vball championship

Night volleyball with a rear-curtain flash and a slow shutter.
egg nog, league of sport, motion blur, night photography, rear curtain, volleyball

2021.12.19

Covidivision

Often said: "I'm not anti-vaccine, I'm anti-mandate."
coronavirus, covid, covid-19, current events, news, politics, society

2021.12.19

Off repeat

Danny Trejo opens a taco shop in Yara, the lolbaters play the Super People beta, and I play ME3 From Ashes.
construction, investments, mass effect, mass effect 3, open-world fps, renovation, super people

2021.12.13

On repeat

Final thoughts on the live action Cowboy Bebop, diving into Far Cry 6, and the Back 4 Blood final boss.
far cry, far cry 6, reddit, squad fps, technology, theta gang, tv

2021.11.27

Pre-omicron

Buckling down for the totally-predictable omicron surge by watching (anime) Cowboy Bebop, Wheel of Time, and audioreading Ringworld. Also: Back 4 Blood, Gloomhaven, Nioh 2, Mass Effect 3, and Risk of Rain 2. I should go outside. No, wait, omicron.
back 4 blood, magicka 2, nioh, nioh 2, soulslike, squadrons, zombies

2021.11.08

The upswing

The market crash is coming, what are good recovery investments?
investing, investments, market, stocks

2021.11.07

Togetherness

Friendsgiving mayhem, timely Halloween costumes, gun stonks, and Tacoma parts. And some machine learning graphics links and learnings.
deep learning, friendsgiving, gentlemen's beer exploration society, investments, supreme court, toyota, wsb

2021.10.26

How to (not) get a PS5

Chasing the Playstation 5 white whale.
fail, gaming, investing, playstation, reddit, technology, wsb

2021.10.10

Reequipping

A bespoke graphics editor for my static blog workflow. Lordstown finally hits the highway after inking a deal with Foxconn. PUBG and Nioh 2 are the multiplayer selections, Mass Effect 2 on the solo front.
action rpg, cnbc, fps battle royale, graphics, investing, nioh 2, renovation

2021.09.09

Dialogue

Covid, ivermectin, and memes. Fantasy football is back and I play Nioh 2, Mass Effect 2, and Dying Light 1 a second time.
coronavirus, dying light, mass effect 2, nioh 2, quotable, soulslike, video games

2021.08.26

News

I am an uncle.
c4, current events, fps battle royale, league of sport, lolbaters, pubg, video games

2021.08.22

Perils

I start Mass Effect 2, Google kills Hangouts, the US pulls out of Afghanistan.
dying light, humor, investments, lordstown motors, software, troubleshooting, wallstreetbets

2021.08.01

Film vault

Digging through the shoebox of film photos.
concert, crt monitor, long exposure, portrait, star wars, surf, tennis

2021.07.27

Everything is cool

Veranda construction, the new Zero cafe racer, Microsoft nouns a verb, Lordstown dilutes, and I play a few video games.
arbitration, backyard, lordstown, lordstown motors, terrace, veranda, video games

2021.07.17

Just buy SPY

Lordstown marketing subreddit and my six month wheel trading report card
investments, lmc, lordstown, nikola, reddit, theta gang, wallstreetbets

2021.07.12

Up and down

Screencaps and commentary from Virgin Galactic's first passenger flight... then they dilute. Some more Lordstown chat.
investments, lmc, reddit, sports, virgin galactic, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.07.06

To the moon

Hype post willing SPCE to the moon.
fine art, investing, investments, memes, spce

2021.07.04

Lambos or shambos

PLTN, SPCE, and RIDE. I watch the China Hustle (recommend!) and some video games are played.
investments, lordstown, mass effect legendary edition, risk of rain 2, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.06.25

The show goes on

Lordstown, Virgin Galactic, and Paperhands Portnoy. Veranda construction and a Wuhan Hong Dong Long stout. Mass Effect Legendary Edition, at last. And RIP Johnny Mac and Google Hangouts.
backyard project, brewery, construction, john mcafee, lmc, renovation, wallstreetbets

2021.06.15

Bro, the humanity

Hindenburg Research is short DKNG and Redditors discuss short selling. Hilti tools are the ultimate flex.
astroturfing, film, hindenburg, investing, investments, movies, technology

2021.06.13

Equities

Lots of woodporn as the veranda takes shape. Meme stonks stage a comeback and candles are replaced with crayons.
construction, investments, party, renovation, terrace, trading, veranda

2021.06.02

Memeorial

Poway things, steel cable, veranda materials research, and dishwasher repair. Seeking Alpha and my college buddies dissect the recent meme stonk movement.
battlegrounds, gme, pubg, reddit, repair, terrace, veranda

2021.05.26

Risk mitigation

Construction begins on the veranda, the market dips while China cracks down on crypto, meme stonks, and some video games.
lmc, lordstown, reddit, remnant, technology, turn-based tactics, video games

2021.05.08

Upgrayedds

I check out Google search console, discuss graphics in static site generation, and talk SEO when I really don't care about SEO. Plus some investing, video games, and foot talk.
battle royale, coding, fps battle royale, investing, meta, office, wsb

2021.04.13

Third house

Fire Emblem Three Houses squad optimization.
fire emblem, fire emblem strategy, fire emblem: three houses, gaming, tactics, turn-based tactics, video games

2021.04.10

Humble request

We can never have too many Xes.
coronavirus, covid, covid-19, current events, millennialisms, news, vaccine

2021.04.08

Investment drama

Archegos, Lordstown, and contextualizing everything in film terms.
cnbc, current events, lmc, margin call, news, technology, wsb

2021.04.06

Resistance

My winding path to vaccination, the perfect PUBG match, hardware multiboot, and discussions from my spicy millennialism list.
c4, coronavirus, ethics, lolbaters, photoshop, pubg, society

2021.04.01

Millennialisms

My most- and least-favorite millennialisms. Spoiler: I don't care about avocado toast one way or the other.
humor, lists, memes, millennials, rant, rants, society

2021.03.27

Ever memein'

The Ever Given debacle seems oddly familiar.
current events, film, humor, mad max, meme, memes, news

2021.03.15

Follow up

WSB donates its tendies to fellow apes. Some wheel trading analysis. Games: Bloodborne, Fire Emblem, Remnant.
co-op, excel, investing, remnant: from the ashes, soulslike, technology, wallstreetbets

2021.03.12

Deliveries

Danielle arrives. And some other stuff while nevously awaiting delivery.
investing, investments, mural, renovation, survival, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.02.09

Fails

The WallStreetBets GME saga continues with industry reactions and a coup. And some other stuff.
battlegrounds, camera, gme, investing, meme, technology, video games

2021.01.30

GME volume

We are all Gamestop holders now.
beer, current events, news, spoken, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.01.26

Will Gamestop?

Will GME continue to moon?
gme, investing, investments, news, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.01.23

Gamestop

Deep Fucking Value.
current events, gme, investing, investments, reddit, stonks, wallstreetbets

2021.01.20

Current events

January 6th and the two weeks that followed.
500mm, current events, meme, memes, news, nikon, surf photography

2021.01.03

Swell

Shots from a few San Diego spots during the recent swell.
500mm, beach, la jolla, nikkor, san diego, telephoto, waves

2021.01.02

The next break

Reflecting on investments and Warren B. Some sunset surf shots, video games, and AI image stylization.
bloodborne, deep learning, graphics, investments, lolbaters, machine learning, nikon

2020.12.25

Staying warm by the fire

Fixing the transformer on a 1970s furnace, PUBG meme strats, and thinking about autoencoders.
autoencoders, c4, christmas, fps battle royale, furnace, options, renovation

2020.12.12

On lock

The covid surge is a good time for video games and fantasy football.
battlegrounds, coronavirus, dog, fps battle royale, nfl, pubg, video games

2020.12.06

Edges and corners

Taking the 500mm out for some surf shots. Tweaking neural style transfer.
500mm, graphics, investing, lolbaters, photography, pubg, transfer learning

2020.11.29

Mods

Tweaking the TensorFlow implementation of Neural Style Transfer.
coronavirus, fps battle royale, graphics, lolbaters, options, turkey, video games

2020.11.15

Decisionvirus

Election day, commentary, and fallout. The Nioh journey comes to an end. A sprinkling of BL3, Among Us, Risk of Rain.
election, fps rpg, lolbaters, memes, politics, reviews, roguelike shooter

2020.11.01

Darkness

The first night surf photography session in awhile. Halloween, elections, brushfires, and stonks.
adventure, coronavirus, covid-19, election, flash, pirates, sid meier's pirates

2020.10.17

Cash-secured put

Getting passive income from cash.
etrade, investing, options, options trading, stocks, theta gang, wall street

2020.10.10

Cover

Star Wars: Squadrons and covered calls 101.
investing, investments, nfl, options, star wars, video games, x-wing

2020.10.03

Squadrons

X-Wing is reborn.
space combat, squadrons, star wars, star wars: squadrons, steam, video games, x-wing

2020.09.30

Above-average Wednesday

A mega-gallery from Black's Beach during a nice swell.
500mm, carlsbad, nikkor, nikon, surf, technique, telephoto

2020.09.26

Seascape

Taking the 500mm out to Seascape with some buddies.
beach, del mar, gallery, nikkor, nikon, photography, telephoto

2020.09.25

Covid election

Thoughts about a recent Atlantic article about how the 2020 election might be contested.
2020, coronavirus, covid-19, current events, informational, journalism, politics

2020.09.13

Hot start

Fantasy football season begins, Nioh, and The Last of Us 2.
adventure, football, greedydraft, nfl, soulslike, the last of tlou, video games

2020.09.09

The four horsemen

Ill portents, investment films, and surf photos.
500mm, netflix, photography, prime, roguelike shooter, video games, watchlist

2020.09.06

Fantasy

My fantasy teams this year.
fantasy, football, greedydraft, memes, nfl, raiders, sports

2020.08.27

Go right

The nearly-invisible personal website, theta gang, and a bunch of video games.
divinity: original sin 2, investments, risk of rain 2, roguelike shooter, rpg, stocks, video games

2020.08.20

Tapatio noodles

Tapatio came out with a ramen cup.
bachelor chow, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, noodles, technology, twitter

2020.08.08

Revisiting

Painting the house from scaffolding, buying bonds, Barotrauma, RoR2, and Blaseball.
500mm, bonds, coronavirus, investing, nikkor, photography, stonks

2020.08.01

Shootin' buckets

I break out the Nikon 500m f4g for the first time.
500mm, nikkor, scripps, surf photography, surfing, technique, telephoto

2020.07.26

Sniping

How to build a carbon fiber monopod for a telephoto. Part 2 of my TLOU2 review. Some other stuff in the era of covid.
adventure, diy, investments, monopod, photography, technique, the last of us part 2

2020.07.17

Heating up

Summer things like hot dogs and toxic clouds. More covid memes, more stonks, and a DIY monopod design.
bash brothers, bbq, covid, graphics, investments, media room, memes

2020.07.03

High/low country

Borderlands 3 Bounty of Blood, Barotrauma submarine design, Divinity, and some summer things.
bonds, covid-19, fps rpg, investments, rpg, spoken, video games

2020.07.01

Dogfight

I set up a remote X-Wing miniatures match for Jon and Rob. It gets heartwarmingly LARPy.
board games, coronavirus, covid-19, gaming, star wars, tabletop, x-wing

2020.06.26

Second peak

Just an OC covid meme.
comic, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, dog, memes

2020.06.24

The Last of Us Pt. II

First impressions of the newest TLOU and some of the weird reactions to its release.
bots, metacritic, playstation, spoken, the last of us part 2, tlou, zombies

2020.06.19

Get hype(rspace)

Excited for Star Wars Squadrons.
action flight simulation, polygon, preview, space combat, squadrons, star wars: squadrons, x-wing

2020.06.15

Choose your home adventure

Renovating the media room, some current events, and some video games.
ea, gbes, microsoft, paint, playstation, renovation, stone

2020.05.31

Opening/closing

Covid eases. Less PUBG, more Payday. Some lockdown pastimes.
battlegrounds, bosch, coronavirus, covid, fps stealth, payday, video games

2020.05.31

Perrrrrsona!

Adding avatars to my blog.
avatars, characters, coding, design, site, software, static site generator

2020.05.18

Exploration

Lockdown video gaming, socially-distanced beer exploration, and site generator improvements.
code, divinity 2, dog, fps rpg, java, meme, photobash

2020.05.09

Raster

Moving pixels around with Java.
code, coding, filter, graphics, photobash, programming, raster

2020.04.20

Plenty to do

Pandemic activities: trading, gaming, and coding.
coding, coronavirus, divinity, pizza, programming, star wars, static site generator

2020.04.19

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus remaster: sixteen colossi, one button mapping issue, and a bittersweet ending.
adventure, games, gaming, playstation, screenshot, shadow of the colossus, video games

2020.04.05

Biohazards

The day covid lockdown started and some of the ensuing memes. FE Three Houses, Tarkov, Divinity 2, and Borderlands 3.
borderlands 3, covid, hammerlock, quarantine, squad fps, tentacles, turn-based tactics

2020.03.14

Fourteen days later

Is this covid thing for real? One thing is for certain: the memes are good. Self-isolating with PUBG and Borderlands 3.
5g, borderlands, current events, fps rpg, pandemic, pc, screenshots

2020.03.01

Wild week

Pandemic (the board game) and quarantinis as the price of PPE explodes. Active investing vs passive investing. A bunch of video games.
battle royale, borderlands, clicking, fire emblem: three houses, fps rpg, meme, video games

2020.02.15

Crimson Flower

The Crimson Flower branch of Fire Emblem: Three Houses and minmaxing for the endgame.
fire emblem, fire emblem: three houses, switch, turn-based tactics, video games

2020.02.11

Whistler

A ski trip to Whistler.
battle royale, british columbia, fps battle royale, lolbaters, ski, skiing, slowboarding

2020.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2020-2029

A gallery of my favorite screencaps from this decade.
html, kilroy, list, lists, meta, retropost, static site generator

2020.02.02

Cape Run

The 2020 Blind Lade Ale House Cape Run.
blah cape run, cape, hank, modern times, north park beer company, san diego, tiger tiger

2020.01.26

Neural fails

Experiments with convolutional autoencoders and style transfer. East coast travel and video games plus the big wall of Gloomhaven achievements.
brewery, coding, fps battle royale, programming, software, tensorflow, travel

2020.01.10

Favorite photos, 2020-2029

My own favorite photos from this decade.
kilroy, list, lists, meta, photography, retropost, static site generator

2020.01.04

P-games only

Pako Car Chase Simulator, Pony Island, Post Scriptum, and PUBG.
hacienda, pako car chase simulator, pony island, rngesus, squad fps, steam, video editing

2019.12.31

So long, twenty-teens

Ten things that defined this decade.
html, kilroy, list, meta, retrospective, static site generator, tay

2019.12.29

Up and back

A road trip, Fire Emblem Three Houses, and BL3 Handsome Jackpot.
borderlands 3, dog, driving, fire emblem: three houses, food, fps rpg, lost abbey

2019.12.08

December

Just a time-lapse of tree decorating.
christmas, december, football, nfl, sports, time lapse, tree

2019.11.30

It's nicer indoors

Fire Emblem Tree Houses, the Borderlands 3 endgame, another Dying Light playthrough, and Barotrauma.
borderlands 3, dying light, fire emblem, fps rpg, portrait, thanksgiving, video games

2019.11.10

Castles

A Fire Emblem Three Houses review and some turkey.
fire emblem: three houses, friendsgiving, hike, sand castle, santa cruz, the unnatural ones, video games

2019.10.27

Apexes

Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2, and volleyball under the moon.
block, borderlands, butt dazzle, dunk, flash, fps rpg, photography

2019.10.26

Halloween

A costume party.
costume, crocodile, halloween, nightmare before christmas, willllssssonnnnnn, wilson, wolverine

2019.10.03

Another lap

Food and parties, Borderlands and Risk of Rain.
borderlands 3, fps rpg, gearbox, hike, roguelike shooter, video games, waffle

2019.09.14

New games

Borderlands 3 arrives, The Division 2 ends, RoR2 strategy discussion, Zelda and FE3H. I enjoy a Kook Slams IPA and draft my fantasy team.
borderlands, fire emblem, gilded coast, greedydraft, risk of rain, risk of rain 2, the division 2

2019.08.10

Deeper dive

A trip to Las Vegas, finishing Division 2, Risk of Rain 2 items, and DL4J/CNN stuff.
craigsec, deep learning, keras, portrait, the division, the division 2, video games

2019.07.20

Sweltering

Hot dogs, hot zones, and hot worms.
beach, cover shooter, dog, lolbaters, risk of rain, roguelike shooter, video games

2019.06.30

Beating the heat

Borderlands GOTY, RoR2, and a new PUBG tactic.
borderlands, fight for sanctuary, fps rpg, gravity heights, lolbaters, pubg, uswnt

2019.06.12

E3 2019

E3 2019.
dying light, e3, fps rpg, lime, square, video games, world cup

2019.06.03

Chipper

A review of the Power King 7hp woodchipper.
chipper, landscaping, power king, renovation, shredder, wood chipper, yard

2019.06.02

Parallelism

Doing distributed processing with Java's parallelStream.
coding, graphics, information, parallel processing, parallelism, software, stream

2019.06.01

Back to it

A trip out east, a RHCP tribute band, Borderlands GOTY, and RoR2.
battlegrounds, concert, fps battle royale, fps rpg, lolbaters, risk of rain, risk of rain 2

2019.05.23

Thumbnailing

Naive thumbnail generation in Java.
coding, graphics, heuristics, html, raster, static site generator, thumbnail

2019.05.18

Sets

I added post sets to my static site generator.
europe, features, html, meta, sets, site, static site generator

2019.05.01

Lists

List posts and my favs.
features, film, html, kilroy, reviews, static site generator, video games

2019.04.29

Winterfell

A roundup of Reddit commentary after the Battle of Winterfell.
a song of ice and fire, dragons, game of thrones, reddit, technology, tv, worst episode ever

2019.04.24

Europe: novelties

Silly stuff from the Europe trip.
cats, europe, hats, honeymoon, photography, signs, travel

2019.04.24

Europe: social studies

A few cultural quirks from our two weeks on the continent.
animals, coffee, culture, dog, europe, pets, social studies

2019.04.24

Europe: food

A summary of foods from the Europe trip.
europe, food, honeymoon, photography, restaurants, travel, wine

2019.04.23

Tuesday: GVA - AMS - LAX

Travel day: Geneva to Los Angeles and then back home.
delta, europe, food, geneva, honeymoon, klm, train

2019.04.22

Monday: Murren - Lausanne - Montraux - Geneva

Visiting friends in Lausanne before the flight home.
boat, europe, honeymoon, montraux, travel, vineyard, wine

2019.04.21

Sunday: Murren - Schilthorn

Hiking a ski slope in Murren then taking the gondola to Piz Gloria.
007, alps, easter, gondola, honeymoon, murren, schilthorn

2019.04.20

Saturday: Interlaken - The Car Free Town of Gimmelwald - Murren

Interlaken to the Schilthorn to liters at the Hotel Eidelweiss.
europe, food, gimmelwald, honeymoon, interlaken, photography, schilthorn

2019.04.19

Friday: Bacharach - Interlaken

From Germany to Switzerland with a minor transportation scare.
flavor, fondue, food, germany, photography, switzerland, wine

2019.04.18

Thursday: Bacharach - Burg Eltz

A day trip to Burg Eltz from Bacharach.
burg, burg eltz, europe, food, forest, hike, train

2019.04.17

Wednesday: Brussels - Bacharach

Brussels to Bacharach by train.
bacharach, belgium, brussels, food, honeymoon, riesling, weimaraner

2019.04.16

Tuesday: Paris - Brussels

Paris to Brussels by train and foot.
belgium, brussels, champions league, food, honeymoon, thalys, wine

2019.04.15

Monday: Paris

Lunch at a Michelin restaurant, scootering the Louvre, and a bike tour on an ill-fated day.
bicycling, fat tire bike tours, food, honeymoon, photography, saturne, wine

2019.04.14

Sunday: Paris

A metro and walking loop to the catacombs and Champs-Elysees. Moulin Rouge.
champs elysees, food, illness, marathon, paris, travel, wine

2019.04.13

Saturday: Rayol - Nice - Paris

Rayol Canadel to Paris via Nice.
europe, honeymoon, nice, photography, st tropez, tgv, train

2019.04.12

Friday: Rayol Canadel Sur Mer

A Sentier Fenouillet hike, quick swim, and some crepes.
europe, hiking, honeymoon, photography, polar bear, rayol canadel sur mer, sentier fenouillet

2019.04.11

Thursday: Gigondas - Avignon - Aix - Rayol

Gigondas to Rayol Canadel sur Mer with stops in Avignon and Aix.
aix-en-provence, food, honeymoon, palais de papes, rayol canadel sur mer, travel, wine

2019.04.10

Wednesday: Lyon - Gigondas

A Lyon market and the wine country.
cheese, food, gigondas, honeymoon, photography, travel, wine

2019.04.09

Tuesday: plane - CDG - GVA - Lyon

The LAX to GVA via CDG, then a relatively short drive to Lyon.
cdg, gva, honeymoon, photography, terasse st clair, travel, wine

2019.04.08

Monday: San Diego - LAX - plane

Taking the train to LAX for our flight to Paris.
a380, airfrance, food, lax, los angeles, metro, wine

2019.04.07

Europe preparation

Maps, money, and translation software.
europe, honeymoon, maps, photography, preparation, translate, travel

2019.04.06

Some improvements

Some web site updates, a bday photo session, and an assortment of games.
gloomhaven, html, java, kilroy, payday 2, risk of rain 2, steam

2019.04.04

Lists

All of my lists.
car movies, features, film, list, lists, review, speed night

2019.04.02

About

The obligatory 'about this site' page.
about, html, kilroy, meta, static site generator

2019.04.01

Top ten games

My top ten video games of all time.
aventure, fps rpg, god of war, grand theft auto, mario, warcraft, x-wing

2019.03.16

Bouncing around

The amazing Nikkor 50mm 1/.4G, Far Cry 5 has a dark ending, and a few other multiplayer games.
apex legends, f/1.4, fps stealth, gloomhaven, payday, photography, video games

2019.02.26

Destination

A Maui trip during humpback season.
fish, humpback whale, ikelite, lahaina, mala pier, maui dive shop, whale

2019.02.17

Canyoning

Putting the 'adventure' back in the Gentlemen's Beer Exploration Society.
adventure, gentlemen's beer exploration society, hiking, mason aleworks, poison oak, scooter, weather

2019.02.10

Hood

Mount Hood brocation.
government camp, mt hood, oregon, slowboarders, snowmageddon, snowpocalypse, travel

2019.02.02

BLAH Cape Run

The 2019 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.
blah, blah cape run, blind lady ale cape run, cape, graphics, neural style transfer, pizza

2019.01.27

Entertainment

Fire Emblem Fates, Divinity, Far Cry, and a bunch of other video games.
battlegrounds, bed, divinity original sin, far cry, rapture, video games, viscera cleanup detail

2018.12.30

Santa's little helpers

Christmas with a weim and a golden.
advent of code, christmas, dog, drive, travel, tumbleweed

2018.12.22

Enduring

Far Cry 5 and the new PUBG snow map.
dog, heartgard, horse races, motorcycle, open-world fps, pubg, screenshot

2018.11.25

Looking back/forward

Some video game talk, a new jacket, and descaling the water heater.
battle royale, bosch, descale, diy, fire emblem fates, fps battle royale, how to

2018.11.14

Dogeared

Kafka gets ear surgery, I eat Din Tai Fung and play some games.
dtf, fire emblem, gloomhaven, photography, portrait, portraiture, the unnatural ones

2018.11.04

Masks

Halloween, PUBG, and a trip to Seattle.
battle royale, fps battle royale, lolbaters, party, pepper, pepperoni, starbucks

2018.10.21

RPG

Some short trips, finishing Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, beginning Gloomhaven.
brogue squadron, divinity, friendsgiving, gbes, gloomhaven, video games, x-wing

2018.08.30

Drafted

Gaming: PUBG, fantasy, Alienation, God of War, X-Wing miniatures.
aventure, brogue squadron, chicken dinner, fps battle royale, graphics, heroes of the aturi cluster, squad top-down shooter

2018.08.04

Vidya

Lots of gaming: PUBG, Risk, Destiny 2, Alienation, and God of War.
battle royale, fps rpg, god of war, god of war 2, record, relics of the golden age, sirichai

2018.07.23

Tactics

Hot weather means X-Com, PUBG, Destiny, and an X-Wing miniatures corvette battle.
battle royale, board games, furniture, graphics, portrait, tactics, xcom 2

2018.06.25

Sun reas

The 2018 World Superbike race at Laguna Seca.
ducati, honda, jonathan rea, motorcycle, mv agusta, neural style transfer, photography

2018.06.20

Adventuring

Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, The Division, X-Com 2, PUBG, and Tacoma suspension.
division, fps battle royale, gentlemans beer exploration society, lolbaters, neural style transfer, piscotty, shocks

2018.06.12

E3

E3 2018.
battlegrounds, chair accessories, cyberpunk, fps battle royale, la convention center, los angeles, video games

2018.05.31

Dialogue

Text chats implemented in html, some more neural style transfer, LED headlight installation, and Sea of Thieves.
kilroy, laguna seca, pirate, sbk, screenshot, software process, static site generator

2018.05.13

CA primary

The California primary voter guide in all its weirdness.
california, election, governor, politics, primary, senate, voting

2018.05.13

Deep dive

Neural style transfer using DL4J and other starter projects. An ATL trip and two hours before the mast.
java, maven, park city, piracy, programming, ski, software

2018.04.08

Blowing off some dust

EDH builds: Narset and Oloro.
board games, commander, games, mtg, oloro, the division, video games

2018.04.01

Graphics

Sea of Thieves, Monster Hunter, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and some outdoor activities.
cannon, flash bracket, garage, lovers in a dangerous spacetime, monster hunter world, photography, sea of thieves

2018.03.25

Drenched

Park City ski-brocation, a Kingwin HDD switch for multi-boot, and first thoughts on Sea of Thieves.
games, murder room, rig, screenshot, southwest, video games, windows

2018.03.07

Menacing

Pouring concrete for the murder room, Monster Hunter, and Altered Carbon.
action rpg, airbnb, concrete, fallout, meta, monster hunter, screenshot

2018.02.27

Tags

Adding tags to my static site generator.
coding, html, kilroy, meta, site, software, tags

2018.02.25

Onward

The BLAH Cape Run, pouring concrete for the murder room, and Horizon Zero Dawn.
games, horizon zero dawn, la croix, open-world adventure, organization, recipes, safari park

2018.02.11

Grinding

I play some Horizon and Monster Hunter, work on the murder room, and build some EDH decks.
aloy, games, horizon, monster hunter world, murder room, technique, video games

2018.01.28

Spoiled

Murder room concrete work, a wedding shoot, the Horizon Zero Dawn finale, and Pandemic Legacy.
board games, games, garage, hamilton, open-world adventure, renovation, screenshot

2018.01.07

Horizon

Screencaps, videos, and initial thoughts on Horizon Zero Dawn.
aloy, behemoth, charger, games, horizon, meridian, video games

2017.12.31

Sleighride

A holiday trip to NorCal, an Ezuri EDH deck, and static site generator mod for building and sharing MTG decks.
games, lovers in a dangerous spacetime, magic, renovation, travel, unstable, video games

2017.12.27

J's top ten video games

My buddy dropped his all time top 10 video games on me.
fps adventure, fps rpg, list, metal gear solid, metroid prime, open-world action rpg, warframe

2017.12.17

Sunsets

Weather, Monster Hunter, thoughts on my Zero S, and The Last Jedi.
ebike, football, games, monster hunter, warframe, zero, zero s

2017.12.11

OC

Internet content, from OC to excrement.
4chan, internet, reddit, retropost, technology

2017.11.25

The craft

Moving from a Ducati to a Zero S. Rebel Galaxy and some other video games.
draft, games, iconic masters, magic, mtg, rebel galaxy, zero s

2017.11.14

All over the map

Installing a tankless water heater and a few board games.
amazon, axis and allies, how-to, legacy, sfo, water heater, wedding

2017.11.13

Ixalan sealed

Ixalan sealed night at Barrel Harbor. Pirates, dinos, beer.
barrel harbor, deck, dinosaur, games, magic, mtg, vampire

2017.10.31

Fantasy

Halloween costumes, fantasy football, Paragon, and MtG.
deck, draft, esports, fantasy football, fps moba, halloween, video games

2017.10.24

Weekenders

Trips to Oakland, OC, and some Paragon.
board games, moba, paragon, raiders, screenshot, sports, video games

2017.09.30

Finishing

Horizontal fencing installation, a DC trip, and Battleborn.
east coast, enola gay, fence, fps moba, games, travel, x-wing

2017.08.20

Fancy, flying

Picking up Battleborn in its dying days, disassembling the pool pump, and some travel.
battleborn, deltron, fps moba, gearbox, home repair, pool, pump

2017.07.22

Completion

A time-lapse gif of re-epoxying the pool. The Dying Light DLC, Andromeda, Killing Floor 2, and Persona 5.
board games, gif, killing floor, mass effect, persona, persona 5, star wars

2017.06.13

E3 2017

AAA titles are all the rage at E3 2017.
e3, e3expo, far cry, la convention center, los angeles, photos, video games

2017.06.09

Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 and Mass Effect Andromeda.
action rpg, bugs, electronic arts, killing floor 2, mass effect, video game, video games

2017.05.30

Dying Light

A brief overview of Dying Light co-op.
dying light, open-world adventure, playstation, playstation 4, screenshots, video games, zombies

2017.05.15

Fancy events

Wedding.
box, guest board, instax, lomography, padres, petco, wedding

2017.04.21

The calm

Mass Effect Andromeda, Civilization tabletop, and a trip to Atomic City raceway.
action rpg, andromeda, beach, mass effect andromeda, mass effect: andromeda, screenshot, work

2017.03.31

Horizons

Work travel, getting out of town, and going to Andromeda.
action rpg, andromeda, beer, mass effect andromeda, screenshots, squad fps, staycation

2017.02.28

A real winter

Travel and Warframe.
board games, idaho, m4, shar, shooting, super bowl, video games

2017.01.29

Conditioning

The 2017 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run, the USMNT plays Serbia, a suppressed AR in a state where they're legal, and the SD women's march.
ar, battlefield 1, board games, sd womens march, serbia, soccer, travel

2016.12.31

Roaming

Holiday travel, engagement photos. Battlefield 1, The Witcher, and Warframe.
action rpg, beer, board games, dog, football, speaker, sports

2016.11.20

Disguised

Halloween, the Turkey Bowl, The Witcher, and Warframe.
action rpg, badminton, board games, friendsgiving, open-world action rpg, witcher, witcher 3

2016.10.30

Civilizing

Volleyball photos, installing a Trex deck, and Legacy games. Video games include The Witcher, Civ VI, Broforce, Warframe, and Planetside.
alpinestars, board games, civilization vi, planetside 2, pool, turn-based strategy, volleyball

2016.09.04

Trips

Oahu, fantasy football, and a giant Guiness.
dog, footgolf, greedydraft, league of sport, oahu, pipeline, snorkel

2016.08.14

Watery

Cache Creek rafting, pool vball, Warframe, and Witcher 3.
beachball, gwent, open-world action rpg, pool, summer, volleyball, warframe

2016.07.20

Ikelite nightsurfing

A nightsurfing photo session with an Ikelite housing and flash.
ikelite, night surf, photography, scripps, stealth mission, surfing, underwater

2016.07.17

Back to work

Fireworks at the Cove and tiling a medicine cabinet. In the game room: Fallout, Warframe, and TLOU.
adventure, bethesda, mystery science theater, screenshot, the last of us, vanity, warframe

2016.06.22

Spare time

A wedding, gate installs, and tuna crabs.
action rpg, dog, rocket league, sports, tuna crab, video games, warframe

2016.06.01

Satisfying

Finishing the brewery crawl, Tropico 5, and Warframe.
32 north, action rpg, city simulation, green flash, screenshot, st archer, video games

2016.05.07

Warframe

Finishing The Division and starting Warframe.
action rpg, cover shooter, graffiti, playstation, tom clancy, video games, warframe

2016.05.02

A'a

Diving Kauai.
dive, diving, kauai, lihue, nikon, reef, scuba

2016.04.23

FFS

Challenge 10 giant chaos. It must be primary season.
california, congress, election, politics, primary, senate, voting

2016.04.20

Indie

An Austin bachelor party, The Division, Firewatch, and Broforce.
board game, dogs, reviews, screenshots, shar, stubbs, video games

2016.04.03

All games

The Division, Broforce, and Helldivers
cover shooter, helldivers, platformer, reviews, screenshots, the division, tom clancy

2016.03.16

Indoor

Skiing with a torn MCL, file ops in Java, surfing, and Helldivers.
ballast point, computer, powder mountain, sculpin, seagate, sql, squad top-down shooter

2016.03.02

Sedentary

MCL tear, froading, clay pigeons, volleyball.
clay pigeon, lodge, minigolf, not skiing, palomar, skiing, trail

2016.02.20

Moving earth

A motorsports fan judges Monster Jam (and gets booed). Cities: Skylines, Helldivers, and Fallout 4.
bethesda, cities skylines, helldivers, kilroy, open-world action rpg, static site generator, video games

2016.01.31

Boards

Some decorative surfboards and shelving.
b-wing, book, bookshelf, living room, renovation, shelf, surfboard

2016.01.30

Cape Run

The 2016 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.
blah, blind lady ale cape run, cape, livewire, pizza, tiger tiger, tornado

2016.01.17

Cuts

Trying out video stabilization software: VirtualDub with Deshaker and Hyperlapse.
gopro, northstar, skiing, snow, stabilization, video editing, volleyball

2016.01.08

From Diego to The Bay

Wiffle ball, high tide surfing, a Raiders game, and skiing.
el nino, football, league of sport, skiing, snow, tahoe, wine

2015.12.02

Caps

My second chunk of progress in Fallout 4.
bethesda, borderlands, fallout 4, handsome collection, open-world action rpg, playstation, renovation

2015.11.16

Bombing it

A first look at Fallout 4. Also the Turkey Bowl (flag football) and some Planetside 2 action.
bethesda, fallout, fallout 4, flag football, football, turkey bowl, video games

2015.11.04

Nino

A couple of unimpressive lightning pics.
el nino, lightning

2015.11.02

Spooks

Four Halloween costumes and some Planetside.
chewbacca, costume, faith militant, halloween, infiltrator, mmo squad fps, sports

2015.10.10

Dos a tres

The US-Mexico CONCACAF Cup match.
confederations cup, football, mexico, pasadena, rose bowl, soccer, usmnt

2015.10.07

Flights

An east coast trip, disc golf, and some Planetside 2 action.
carbon maine, fins, league of sport, mmo squad fps, phone, planetside 2, travel

2015.08.25

Amok

Patio renovations, nerf storage, and a couple of celebrations. Also some fantasy football and Planetside action.
fantasy, football, footgolf, greedydraft, paso robles, patio, video games

2015.08.24

VR4 work

Replacing an oxygen sensor, struts, and springs on a 3000GT VR4.
3000gt, bosch, kyb, sensor, struts, vr4, wrenching

2015.07.13

Camp'n'crawl

The League of Sport camp and crawl and returning from Oregon by train.
adventure, burney, golf, lan party, league of sport, mt lassen, train

2015.07.12

Forever war

My first few hours of Planetside 2 and some more Borderlands 2.
borderlands, borderlands 2, fps rpg, mmo squad fps, planetside 2, screenshots, video games

2015.06.02

Kona

The big island at 14,000 feet above sea level and 60 feet below.
d700, david mitchell, dive, manta, mauna kea, observatory, scuba

2015.05.24

Battlestations

The garage annex "murder room" gets more murdery, an Ikelight strobe, a cabon fibersurfboard, HotS and the Handsome Collection.
aviso, battlestation, graphics, handsome collection, playstation, renovation, truck

2015.05.09

Storms

A Heroes of the Storm LAN party, local scuba dive, and adorable Mothers' Day photos.
coronados, diving, hots, ikelite, top-down moba, underwater photography, video games

2015.04.22

Circuits

The 2015 Long Beach Grand Prix, ASUS customer support, and a new rig.
asus, gigabyte, grand prix, indycar, los angeles, race, trucks

2015.04.01

Class

A dog photoshoot and some other stuff.
chrome, classy party, dom pong, pong perignon, quotes, spoken, weimaraner

2015.03.22

Completion

Final thoughts on Far Cry 4, including the map editor and experiments with C4. Kafka destroys a cognac box.
chomp, far cry 4, map editor, open-world fps, remy martin, screenshot, video games

2015.03.22

HTTP

Looking at site traffic for the first time and writing a naive classifier.
html, kilroy, lists, meta, static site generator, statistics, the notorious hacker 4chan

2015.02.09

Far Cry 4

Initial thoughts and screencaps from Far Cry 4.
co-op, elephant, far cry 4, open-world fps, playstation, screenshots, video games

2015.02.08

Cape run

The 2015 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.
blah, blind lady ale blah, blind lady ale house, cape run, pizza, run, san diego

2015.02.04

Hangers

Some shower and light fixtures.
bathroom, lamp, light, lighting, master, media room, renovation

2015.01.31

Buoyant

Garibaldi and kelp in La Jolla Cove.
crab, dive, fish, ikelite, la jolla cove, ocean enterprises, scuba

2015.01.27

Clean sets

Clean waves in Del Mar and a monster attacks SimCity.
encinitas, ikelite, simcity, surf, surfing, talon, technique

2015.01.19

Improvements

Static site generator changes, fantasy football, and some video games.
borderlands, borderlands tps, coding, fps rpg, squad fps, static site generator, video games

2015.01.01

New *

An office and OS reorg, sand and snow for the doggo.
linksys, routers, snow, study, time warner, weimaraner, windows

2014.12.01

Transition

A couple of trips and an AT-AT costume for Kafka.
agritourism, borderlands, dc, dog, friendsgiving, park city, weimaraner

2014.10.19

Daysurfing

I take the Ikelight underwater housing and D700 out to shoot some Del Mar surf.
5th street, del mar, focus, ikelite, surf, surfing, underwater housing

2014.10.05

Footgolf

Footgolf at Welk, a bachelor party in Big Bear, and a mountain goat dog.
argyle, big bear, boat, dog, footgolf, league of sport, weimaraner

2014.09.16

Dog session

A golden hour walk with the doggies.
dog, dogs, golden hour, lola, rain, san diego, weimaraner

2014.09.09

Destiny

My Destiny-edition PS4 arrives.
bungie, cryptarch, destiny, fps rpg, playstation, playstation 4, screenshots

2014.08.19

Greedydraft

Using Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for fantasy football.
algorithms, draft, draft party, draft strategy, sports, statistics, value above replacement

2014.08.03

Nightsurfing, part six

Photographing a stealth mission.
diving, flash, housing, night, photography, scuba, underwater

2014.07.27

Nightsurfing, part cinq

An Ikelite underwater housing, a D700, and some night surfing.
6812, housing, ikelite, sb800, scuba, surfing, underwater

2014.07.01

Brazuca

The American Outlaws World Cup 2014 trip to Brazil.
american outlaws, italy, plane 2, recife, scuba, usa, world cup

2014.06.10

Copa

Trials and tribulations getting tickets for the 2014 World Cup of Soccer.
american outlaws, fifa, tickets, visa, world cup

2014.06.04

Pump reno iv

Finishing the pumphouse renovation, a gas burner, and some soccer.
barbecue, de filter, gas line, posts, roofing, soccer, watch

2014.05.26

Pump reno iii

Part III of the pump house rebuild.
fence, posts, pump, pumphouse, renovation, roofing, solar

2014.05.18

Pump reno ii

Part II of the pump house rebuild.
de filter, fence, hayward, renovation, roofing, solar, valve

2014.05.12

Pump reno i

Part I of the pump house rebuild.
concrete, fence, posts, pump, renovation, roofing, solar

2014.04.17

Competition

The 2014 Austin (motorcycle) Grand Prix and fantasy (like wizards) flag football.
austin, circuit of the americas, ducati, game of thrones, pool, track, valentino rossi

2014.03.17

Partyin partyin

A birthday barbecue and classy party.
barbecue, classy party, portraits

2014.03.10

GP Motorcycles, strike 2.5

Just the valves, please.
customer service, ducati, gp motorcycles, san diego

2014.03.08

Blayke 51

A bday photo session and discussion of my postprocessing... er... process.
adobe, photography, photoshop, processing, raw, technique, workflow

2014.02.16

F*ckr

Moving from Flickr to self-hosted images.
dog, flickr, hosting, html, kilroy, scooby snack, static site generator

2014.02.13

Mahalopoints

Overnighting the Kalalau Trail and a stopover on a different north shore.
goat by the sea, goatsea, hawaii, na pali coast, princeville, surfing, trail

2014.01.01

Popular

A gallery of my most popular photos, updated regularly.
html, kilroy, list, lists, meta, retropost, static site generator

2013.09.27

Sbk

World Superbike at Laguna Seca.
california, laguna seca, motorcycle race, motorsports, race, sbk, world superbike

2013.06.11

E3 2013

New consoles, fast cars, and a giant mech at E3 2013.
adventure, console war, gran turismo, mech, playstation 4, video games, wind waker

2013.05.15

The last bit of thirty

KO turns 40, Dad turns 60 in Hawaii, Lee and Carly get married.
40, borderlands 2, claptrap, dc, fps rpg, kauai, tunnels

2013.03.17

Flight

The Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run, a going away party, and a ride on Ty's new Triumph.
blah, blind lady ale cape run, bonneville, pizza, snow northstar, thirsty dog, triumph

2012.12.28

All with one shoulder

Bicycles are friggin dangerous.
cycling, deathtrap, ducati, electrical, renovation, spark plug, wires

2012.11.14

Cure

The Run For Your Lives zombie run and some shower tiling.
costumes, exercise, grout, renovation, spectralock, tile, zombie run

2012.10.03

Week of tile

Tiling the master shower.
bathroom, harbor freight, master bathroom, renovation, tile, tile saw

2012.09.26

Dabbling

Dodgeball and a fantasy draft.
bathroom, borderlands 2, draft, electrical, league of sport, tile, video games

2012.08.19

Cheese

A taco party, homebrew, and quitting Facebook.
brewing, facebook, homebrew, iron maiden, old honey, pinata, taco party

2012.08.08

Top down

Vaulting the master bathroom and watching the Giants from a box.
bathroom, drywall, giants, master bathroom, renovation, shower, travel

2012.07.23

Shower reboot

Vaulting the shower ceiling and adding a shelf and backer board. The Stingray-J IPA recipe and a Pyramidhead sighting at SDCC.
beer, electrical, plumbing, quotes, sdcc, skylight, tile

2012.07.04

Fourth

Cenote diving near Cancun and some fireworks watching.
dive, diving, electrical, halocline, mexico, tile, travel

2012.06.18

Long days

E3 2012 and a pool volleyball party.
e3, e3expo, halo, league of sport, memorial day, pool, warthog

2012.05.22

Necromania

Left 4 Dead 2, Lost Rhino brewery, and adult kickball.
dc, kickball, l4d2, left 4 dead 2, lost rhino, squad fps, video games

2012.04.01

Now with vitamin r

Skiing Kirkwood and taking the dogs to Fiesta Island.
beer, brewing, dog, dogs, kirkwood, shar, skiing

2012.02.19

xlvi

A Super Bowl party.
848, football, nfl, party, pool party, super bowl, tijuana steamer

2012.01.28

BLAH Run

The first Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.
beer, blah, blind lady ale cape run, brewing, pizza, porter rico

2012.01.08

Tapping back in

Twilight Imperium and dog beach.
axis and allies, board games, brewing, dogs, shar, twilight imperium, weimaraner

2011.11.23

Postfriendsgiving

TES V: Skyrim has arrived. And two goofy dogs.
dog, dogs, open-world action rpg, screenshots, skyrim, video games, weimaraner

2011.10.30

Prefriendsgiving

Prepping the yard for visitors and trips to DC and Vegas.
borderlands, fps rpg, friendsgiving, gearbox, painting, renovation, video games

2011.09.27

Glowing water

Swimming in bioluminescence off the Scripps Pier.
bioluminescence, red tide, scripps

2011.09.06

Football

Flag and fantasy football.
draft, fantasy football, flag football, football, league of sport, nfl, sports

2011.08.12

Dream team

A Jackson-oriented fantasy football team.
draft party, fantasy football, football, nfl, sports

2011.08.07

Eaves

Building planter boxes into the deck.
backyard, deck, lighting, plants, renovation

2011.07.27

Grand prix

The 2011 Red Bull Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
honda, motogp, motorcycle, motorcyles, motorsports, valentino rossi, yamaha

2011.07.12

Best seats in the house

My MovieSac was lonely so I got it a pair of GamerSacs.
gamersac, lovesac, media room, motogp, motorcyles, motorsports, renovation

2011.06.22

The Leaguies

A League of Sport pool party, a new (used) truck, and a patent.
flag football, football, league of sport, patent, pool party, sports, truck

2011.06.14

June 2011 is busy

E3 2011, deck work, and a shindig.
e3expo, foosball, forza, la convention center, los angeles, nintendo, sniper

2011.05.28

Railing

Replacing the damaged deck railing with steel cable.
backyard, deck, plank, railing, renovation, stain

2011.05.20

Deck again

A more extensive deck plank repair job, on a budget.
coffee mug, deck, exo-700, railing, renovation, scorpion, steel cable

2011.05.05

One last job...

The Speed Night crew reviews The Fast and the Furious 5, some flag football, and a creative lighting solution.
cable lights, film, flag football, halo risk, league of sport, skylight, speed night

2011.04.24

More lighting

Garage lighting and a skylight.
attic, board rack, dog run, fast and furious, garage, lighting, renovation

2011.04.22

Replacement gear

Some new moto gear after a vigorous offroading trip in Utah.
agvsport, bachelor party, exo-400, joe rocket, new enough, speedmaster, utah

2011.04.12

New lights

Cable lights beneath a skylight for good lighting at all hours.
cable lights, drywall, garage, kitchen, lighting, renovation, tiella

2011.04.08

Spring

Excited to see MotoGP at Laguna Seca.
laguna seca, monterey, motogp, motorcycle, motorcyles, motorsports, racing

2011.03.23

Chilly

Cansecwest 2011.
bubble bobble, cansecwest, conference, fuzzing, rim, technology, vancouver

2011.02.20

Snow, lots and lots of snow

Swapping HIDs into the VR4 and lots of powder in Tahoe.
blizzard, brocation, sierra nevada, snow, snowboarding, snowstorm, tahoe

2011.02.09

Garage work

Installing HIDs on the VR4.
garage, goodbye blue medieval gridiron, hid, mitsubishi 3000gt, painting, renovation, super bowl party

2011.01.30

Entertainment

The Walking Dead, board games, and some stuff for the office.
board games, dominion, football, quotes, spoken, sports, walking dead

2011.01.09

Cover 2

Dogs and flag football.
beer, dog, dog beach, dogs, flag football, football, weimaraner

2010.12.28

Eggsmas

A trip to NorCal with the doggo.
baklava, balaclava, dog, ducati, fantasy football, league of sport, weimaraner

2010.12.14

d'Dogs

Some multiple exposure/flash fun at the park with the dog, Shar visits, and fantasy playoffs.
dog, dogs, medieval gridiron, nfl, night photography, shar, sports

2010.11.28

Kitchen lighting

Turning recessed flourescent lighting into something better.
cable lights, drywall, kitchen, lighting, renovation, skylight

2010.11.21

Rainy days

Flag football in the rain and mud.
105mm, flag football, halo reach, league of sport, mud, rain, technique

2010.10.26

Playing the field

Football - fantasy and flag - and a trip to colorful Shenandoah National Park.
dc, flag football, league of sport, mario galaxy 2, shenandoah, video games, west virginia

2010.10.19

Football overload

Well maybe not overload; a daytrip to see the Raiders-9ers, some fantasy, and organizing weekly flag football games.
candlestick, darth vader, nfl, niners, raiders, sports, tailgating

2010.10.13

Cabo

A quick Cabo trip.
cabo, dive, diving, mexico, scuba, underwater photography, zip line

2010.10.04

Lapse

Civilization V, Dave Matthews, and Warp Riders.
backyard, board games, dog, pool, the sword, turn-based strategy, weimaraner

2010.08.29

A proper backyard by winter

Some backyard renovations.
backyard, draft, fantasy football, lighting, plumbing, renovation

2010.08.22

d'Draft

A live fantasy draft.
draft, draft party, fantasy football

2010.08.08

Casual weekend

Backyard greenery and Starcraft II.I.
backyard, blizzard, renovation, screenshots, starcraft, sunsail, video games

2010.08.03

Some more screenery

Starcraft II gallery.
realtime tactics, screenshots, starcraft 2, starcraft ii, video games

2010.08.01

Starcraft

Initial thoughts on Starcraft II.I and photographing paintball from the trenches.
blizzard, paintball, photography, realtime tactics, starcraft 2, starcraft ii, video games

2010.07.28

Kaf and Shar

The Petco Park suite and some pets at the park.
box, dodgers, dog, dogs, padres, shar, weimaraner

2010.07.26

mi3

A chili cookoff and sun sail installation.
backyard, chili, chili cookoff, cooking, pool, renovation, steel rope

2010.07.21

Sargent

The Sargent aftermarket seat on a Ducati 900SS.
ducati, sargent, seat

2010.07.19

Motorsport weekend 2010

Looking forward to some motorsports this weekend. So is Kafka.
backyard, ducati, formula 1, monaco, sargent, seat, sun sail

2010.07.18

Cleanup

The World Cup, some house work, and a chiminea.
chiminea, epoxy, garage, renovation, study, world cup

2010.06.21

Independence

The mech suits and pregnant zombies of E3 2010.
civilization v, e3, html, motion control, pregnant zombie, site, sony

2010.04.25

Brolagio

Some backyard features.
backyard, fountain, indoor, renovation, soccer, sports, terrace

2010.04.18

Productive... enjoyable... why how would you describe it?

Kafka turns one.
desmosedici rr, dog, fiesta island, harley, summer, terramar, weimaraner

2010.04.02

Malware

malware, virus

2010.03.21

Piping

Sweating pipe for the master bathroom.
backyard, grass, irrigation, kohler, moen, piping, renovation

2010.03.10

pf01

Enkei PF01s for the VR4.
3000gt, enkei, gto, mitsubishi, tire rack, vr4, wheels

2010.03.07

Purchases, products, plantings

Staining the deck and adding some greenery to the backyard.
3000gt, deck, front yard, mitsubishi, pf01, renovation, vr4

2010.02.24

Garage doors

Swapping out old garage doors and figuring out how to pipe body sprays the right way (closed loop).
bamboo, bathroom, body spray, garage, master bathroom, renovation, shower

2010.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2010-2019

My favorite screenshots from this decade.
features, html, kilroy, lists, retropost, static site generator, video games

2010.02.08

xliv

A backyard Super Bowl party and some Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition.
allies, axis and allies anniversary, backyard, barbecue, dog, pool, super bowl

2010.01.31

Transitions

Rearranging some living spaces and starting a new Mass Effect 2 run.
bed, owl, renovation, rpg, sealy, study, video games

2010.01.27

Precedents

Some thoughts of Mass Effect 2. An Axis and Allies game and Kafka eats some snacks.
action rpg, backyard, mass effect 2, paint, stucco, video games, weimaraner

2010.01.18

San Clemente State Beach

Camping with friends at San Clemente State Beach.
aston martin, camp, san clemente, surf, weimaraner

2010.01.10

Favorite photos, 2010-2019

My favorite photo memories from this decade.
features, html, kilroy, list, meta, photography, retropost

2010.01.10

A hot, steamy bowl of awesome

My chili cookoff recipe.
chili, football, landscaping, lighting, recipe, renovation, sports

2010.01.01

Christmas weekend

Kafka drives a Bobcat and gets a bunch of new rawhides.
bobcat, christmas tree, dog, fire, scrabble, weimaraner

2009.12.20

Master bath

Work begins on the master bathroom.
bathroom, body spray, master bathroom, plumbing, skylight, tub, vaulted ceiling

2009.12.10

December

Wayne and I throw a baby shower and a dragon attacks me in Dragon Age.
action rpg, cupcake, dragon, dragon age: origins, living room, screenshot, video games

2009.12.03

Backyard lights

Xmas lights up in the backyard.
backyard, christmas lights, deck, led, pool, renovation, xmas

2009.11.26

Miles

Trips to Virginia, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.
army of two, cormac mccarthy, dragon age origins, new super mario, spoken, the road, travel

2009.11.08

Auto lighting

Some new lighting in the living room and common area.
electrical, how to, lighting, living room, motion sensor

2009.11.04

New stuff, brah

Halloween costumes, Forza 3, and new Bridgestones for the Duc.
bridgestone, buymoto, cyclegear, forza, qualifier, racing simulation, video games

2009.10.25

One year

Gutting the master bathroom.
backyard, bathroom, deck, insulation, pool, renovation, shower

2009.10.22

Pre-Halloween

Jack-o-lanterns and drywall removal.
bathroom, dragon, halloween, pumpkin, renovation

2009.10.21

Broader fov

Nikkor 20mm f/2.8, some renovations, and some Dom.
20mm, bathroom, ft86, irrigation, nikkor, photography, renovation

2009.10.14

Two weeks

Rigging the xbox wheel for the Lovesac.
forza 3, gulf livery, love sac, racing simulation, technology, video games, wheel

2009.10.09

Some reviews

Halo ODST, Sins of a Solar Empire, and the last Futurama Movie.
backyard, barbecue, gaming, halo, realtime 4x, sins of a solar empire, video games

2009.09.29

Looking for more green

backyard, dog, grass, irrigation, landscape, renovation, weimaraner

2009.09.20

Backyard greenery

Painting the terrace walls and pinhole shots at the fantasy draft.
backyard, draft, grass, lawn, paint, pinhole, renovation

2009.09.16

Nevergreen terrace

halo, hammer drill, irrigation, painting, renovation, surf, surfing

2009.09.07

Heavy in the games

A live fantasy draft and some Axis and Allies.
allies, draft, football, medieval gridiron, nfl, sports, strategy

2009.08.27

The return of film

Pinhole shots using the P-Sharan cardboard camera and film photos from dirtbiking Plaster City.
'froading, beach, dirt bike, motorcycle, offroading, pinhole, technique

2009.08.24

Second bout

allies, axis, axis and allies anniversary, game night, strategy

2009.08.23

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit...

bernardo winery, diving, fish, lobster, photography, scuba, underwatersealion

2009.08.10

My first F

f100, html, meta, nikon, plumbing, renovation, static site generator

2009.08.02

Full frame

d2x, dog, irrigation, landscape, quotes, spoken, weimaraner

2009.07.24

Kafka at three months

dog, lens filter, panning, park, puppy, weimaraner

2009.07.15

1941

1941, avalon hill, axis and allies, board, board games, games, macro

2009.07.12

Toasted

Kafka meets a kitty.
camembert, cat, cheese, dog, kim, venissimo, weimaraner

2009.07.05

Independence cookout

July 4th bbq and fireworks.
dog, fireworks, july 4, long exposure, poker, pool, weimaraner

2009.06.30

We will fight them in the living rooms...

allies, axis, axis and allies anniversary, dog, game night, roosevelt, stalin

2009.06.22

Pupdate

burger lounge, dog, puppy, stick, weimaraner

2009.06.15

The saga of the dog, episode one

dog, puppy, weimaraner

2009.06.13

New resident

dog, puppy, tasty weeds, weimaraner

2009.06.09

Listage

bayes rule, dog, dog names, fuzzy logic, probability

2009.06.02

Important events

A trip to NoVa.
9mm, appetizers, drywall, range, talib kweli, virginia, wedding

2009.05.12

No photos

asparagus fern, backyard, expansion, landscape, renovation, settlers of catan, time lapse

2009.05.04

All kinds of win

backyard, citysac, henna, love sac, media room, renovation, settlers of catan

2009.04.20

Unexpected surprises

coax, costco, foam board, japanese art, red alert, red alert 3, renovation

2009.04.16

New light source

c crane, cities and knights, electrical, led, light, renovation, underwater

2009.04.12

A few events

Dirt biking Plaster City, Settlers of Catan, bathroom renovation.
bathroom, cities and knights, dirt bike, game night, garage, jump, renovation

2009.04.05

Speed night at the theater

car movies, cars, fast and furious, film, paul walker, review, snark

2009.04.01

A few more shots of the carnage

cars, film, garage, nikon, renovation, review, surf board

2009.04.01

Multiple fronts

car movies, film, media room, pilot, quotes, review, thermocouple

2009.03.28

Refinishing the garage floor

3000gt, acid stain, floor, garage, grinder, step by step, surf board

2009.03.28

The return of the leaderboard

car movies, death race, initial d, mad max, movin too fast, review, ronin

2009.03.23

Proportions

accounting, distribution, diy, expenses, renovation

2009.03.22

Piso mojado

acid, acid stain, how to, media room, polished concrete, renovation, stain

2009.03.18

Yard, tile, library

bathroom, deck, hallway, hunter s thompson, landscape, night photography, tile

2009.03.15

Reinforcements

backyard, bolt, cat, how to, ostrich, renovation, tools

2009.03.08

More milestones

autocross, backyard, deck, offsets, pool, s2000, scca

2009.03.04

Keeping myself occupied

backyard, film, ilford, landscape, lost, quote, renovation

2009.03.01

I red myself

backyard, electrical, fence, lighting, painting, redwood, stain

2009.02.25

Zones

bmw, film, prius, roll cage, the office, track car, zone system

2009.02.22

Backyard work

backyard, darkroom, i gots it in my flickrs, paint, photography, printing, sauna

2009.02.17

A story told by portraits

3000gt, darkroom, girl, gto, how to, photography, vr4

2009.02.16

Portraits that tell a story (?)

beer, contact sheet, front yard, gto, mitsubishi, photography, vr4

2009.02.12

Preparing for the future

black and white, casbah, ducati, email, survival, suspension, video games

2009.02.08

Brakes and such

brembo, crg, ducati, ferodo, motogp, nascar, world superbike

2009.02.05

Solar

film, overpass, printing, solarize, turbo

2009.02.02

xliii

dive, fireplace, game night, news, pennsylvania, pocky, settlers of catan

2009.01.26

The unnerving bits

attic, bookshelf, fallout, lighting, living room, motion sensor, video games

2009.01.21

DC never looked so good

fallout, fallout 3, gnome, lighting, living room, renovation, wine

2009.01.16

Squeezing in

bathroom, couch, electrical, kim, living room, mirror, vanity

2009.01.16

You can imagine where it goes from here

cable, how to, how-to, internet, quote, renovation, top gear

2009.01.13

Maui wowie

Some motorcycling, diving, and golfing on Maui
ducati, m1000, monster, scuba, snorkel, volcano, wailea

2009.01.03

Christmas and New Year's

bmw, football, halo, poker, quote, settlers of catan, sports

2008.12.23

Wintry activities

fire, fireplace, honda, living room, poker, xr

2008.12.18

Touches of civility

blinds, conversation, door, hallway, living room, renovation, window treatments

2008.12.17

I can haz blinds

blinds, hardwood floor, hunter s thompson, movie, ninja turtles, singapore sling, stairs

2008.12.10

Compromising admissions

bathroom, construction, electrical, media room, nikon, quotes, rug

2008.12.06

A few errands later

costco, curtains, ikea, lighting, media room, mirror, rug

2008.12.05

Time lapse blogography

frys, hardwood floor, kim, recipe, stairs, surf, taboo

2008.11.24

Odds and ends

crg, fantasy football, gp, gto, proitalia, surfboard, vr4

2008.11.21

With carpet

bed, bedroom, carpet, guest room, renovation

2008.11.21

Gears of War 2

bender, cover shooter, halo, machine learning, screenshot, video games, xbox

2008.11.09

Furnishments

electrical, hardwood floor, living room, media room, wiring, xr, xr400

2008.11.01

Now for a little something different

granite counter, media room, mst3k, shower, sink, tile, watchmen

2008.10.29

Upstairs bathroom

bathroom, plumbing, renovation, shower, tile, tiling, travertine

2008.10.26

Getting there

chandelier, fireplace, hallway, media room, renovation, tile, tub

2008.10.21

Cahoots

acoustics, door, flooring, media room, renovation, snake, tiling

2008.10.19

Making space

board rack, garage, hardwood, mirror, panasonic, quiver, renovation

2008.10.10

The end is nigh

bowling, floor, flooring, hardwood, hardwood floor, living room, renovation

2008.10.06

A fine weekend

backyard, fireplace, high dive, poker, quote, renault, spoken

2008.10.05

Floors

Renovations.
deck, flooring, high dive, juniper, poker, pool, renovation

2008.10.05

Entryway floor

backyard, deck, entryway, flooring, hardwood, hardwood floor, renovation

2008.10.02

Burning the midnight oil

ceiling, grout, how to, living room, renovation, tile, tiling

2008.09.29

More work

formula 1, garage, renovation, shower, singapore, tile window

2008.09.24

Construction site with amenities

deck, lcd, media room, renovation, tile, wheelbarrow, xbox

2008.09.17

Piecing it together

ceiling, door, fireplace, lighting, skylight, texturing, wall texture

2008.09.11

Last of the painting, start of the flooring

dining room, floor, living room, paint, painting, renovation, scaffolding

2008.09.07

First barbecue

Enjoying the bbq and pool.
backyard, barbecue, cannonball, photomerge, pool, steak, stupid matrix jump

2008.09.07

Living room

ceiling, fireplace, lighting, living room, renovation, scaffolding, skylight

2008.09.04

Renovation limbo

backyard, bedroom, ceiling, living room, paint, pool, renovation

2008.09.04

Portfolio fin

My photo class final project.
1098, ducati, film, motorcyles, palomar, photography, supersport

2008.09.02

Domestication

backyard, epoxy, floor, how to, morelos, party, pool

2008.08.05

The weekend in summary

80-400, crash, ducati, mother's kitchen, mt palomar, suzuki, twisties

2008.08.04

Portfolio part III

Motorcycles on Palomar mountain. On film.
angeles crest, motorcycles, palomar, panning, photography, technique, twisties

2008.07.31

Double crossed

autocross, autox, cones, lap times, rsx, sdsolo, vr4

2008.07.31

Portfolio part II

bike night, d70, miramesa, motorcycle, night photography, nikon, street photography

2008.07.30

Portfolio part I

Motorcycling photos for class.
ducati, motorcycle, motorcycles, night photography, panning, supersport

2008.07.27

A lack of focus

gto, live, mazdaspeed 6, mystery science theater, rifftrax, spoken, vr4

2008.07.27

House quandary I

bathroom, bedroom, ceiling, kitchen, living room, renovation, skylight

2008.07.22

The Mint 400

club, giraffe, las vegas, lax, lazy river, mgm, roulette

2008.07.22

The tank is half full

cell phone, environmentalism, hydrogen power, irvine, jalopnik, oil crisis, scooter

2008.07.22

Motorsports day

corkscrew, fia, glock, motorcyles, motorsports, sbk, spoken

2008.06.24

Rifftrax II

The Aeon Flux Rifftrax.
comiccon, movie, mst3k, mystery science theater, rifftrax

2008.06.11

Neural networks

how to, market, neural network, programming, scrabble, software, trading

2008.06.11

Picking ponies

ann, hybrid, hybrid algorithm, programming, software, stock market, vaporware

2008.05.29

Meat loaf versus steak

advice, equipment, lenses, opinion, photography, slr, technique

2008.05.26

A couple charts

motorcycles, mpg, prices, san diego, surf, trends, waves

2008.05.25

Indy film

commentary, film, indiana jones

2008.05.25

Jack Murphy parking lot

autox, cone, impreza, race, scca, solo, vr4

2008.05.22

Available light

light, photography, portrait, portraiture, technique, workout

2008.05.22

Prime or zoom

advice, canon, how to, nikon, photography, prime, zoom

2008.05.16

New shoes

autocross, falken, garage, rsx, tire, wheel

2008.05.12

Extreme closeup

105mm, equipment, invicta, macro, photography, pizza port, vr

2008.05.11

Rollies

car, edge racing, mitsubishi, tire rack, tires, tsw, wheels

2008.05.04

Major cwnage

Autocross day.
car, cone autox, impreza, lancer, race, scca, scnax

2008.04.28

Sloppy joes

mission beach, ocean, photography, summer, surf, surfing, wave

2008.04.28

Cheers and tears

car movies, death race, gumball rally, review, ronin, speed night, tokyo drift

2008.04.09

Spoken III

conversation, march madness, quotes, spoken

2008.04.06

Crossed up

240sx, autox, conversation, gto, mitsubishi, s13, vr4

2008.03.27

Garage daze

auto, carboncar, gto, how to, installation, strut brace, vr4

2008.03.23

Bret: The man, the hero, the legend

barbecue, beer, beer pong, bocce, meat, ribs

2008.03.18

Odds and ends

music, photography, quotes, rock band, spoken, technique, xbox 360

2008.03.16

Brawl

fighter, image, nintendo, samus, screenshot, super smash bros. brawl, wii

2008.03.03

A winning combination

car movies, film, jackie chan, movie, review, speed night, thunderbolt

2008.02.24

Drift day

Drift Day at El Toro. Many tires were lost in the making of this post.
drift day, drifting, el toro, mazda, motorsports, nissan, silvia

2008.02.20

West coast

autocross, autox, impreza, lotus, nissan, snowman, subaru

2008.02.12

The leaderboard

car movies, driven, leaderboard, movies, redline, review, speed night

2008.02.11

You must have eight cylinders to ride

car movies, days of thunder, film, mad max, movie, review, speed night

2008.02.11

Spoken II

quotes, spoken

2008.01.28

Bring on the band aids

music, rock band, video games, xbox

2008.01.24

The leader board

car movies, driven, initial d, movies, review, reviews, speed night

2008.01.23

'Boozin with beer for the bowl'

party, players sports bar, super bowl

2008.01.21

The goggles do nothing

biker boyz, car movies, cars, film, initial d, mad max, reviews

2008.01.13

Retirement

drift, drift day, quote, spoken, tires

2008.01.01

Riding dirty

colin mcrae, dirt, racing, rally, video game, xbox

2007.12.31

Snowcaps

Ski trip.
northstar, ski, skiing, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, tahoe

2007.12.19

Spoken

dragons, ducati, led, mitsubishi, peter jackson, quotes, virus

2007.12.10

Distractions

The VR4 and some things that are happening.
3000gt, gto, mass effect, mitsubishi, nfl, sports, vr4

2007.12.05

There and back again

3000gt, alaska airlines, car buying, gto, nike, on the beach, oregon

2007.10.29

We are not who we appear to be

costume, futurama, halloween, mystery science theater, party, steve zissou, zoidberg

2007.10.28

First part

carbon fiber, costume, ducati, halloween, how-to, supersport, windshield

2007.10.25

Diversions

2007, carbon fiber, epoxy, fire, how-to, san diego

2007.10.21

The rise and fall of Sauritch

atc2k, board, break, surf, surfing, this is a disaster

2007.10.15

2007.10.15

Artificial life concepts

animation, genetic programming, neural network, programming, simulation, software, swarm

2007.10.07

Saturday headache

300mm, beach, photography, surf, surfing, technique, wind

2007.09.24

Firepower and horsepower

birthday, how-to, karting, miramar, shooting, shotguns, skeet

2007.09.16

Feathers in the cap/black eyes

action rpg, fantasy football, football, knights of the old republic, kotor, metroid, video games

2007.09.11

September already

big bear, fantasy football, trip, vacation, wiffle

2007.07.04

Transformers

film, hollywood, michael bay, movies, transformers

2007.06.11

Another exhausting weekend

camp, exercise, mud run, pendleton, run

2007.06.10

An exhausting weekend

birthday, dussini, magic mountain, roscoe's, six flags, sports, weekend

2007.06.01

Forza

forza 2, forza motorsport, forza motorsport 2, racing, racing simulation, video games

2007.05.29

Bret and Courtney's party

engagement party, hemet, party, quotes, spoken

2007.05.22

Someone's sick idea of fun

My county fair photo entry: motorcycle hooliganry.
knee drag, motorcycles, nighttime, photography, professional rider, sparkers, technique

2007.05.21

Nightsurfing, part quatre

flash, night surf, nightsurfing, stealth mission, surfing, technique, underwater

2007.05.17

El jollo loco

Two unimportant items.
garibaldi, la jolla cove, snorkeling, sun god, ucsd

2007.05.13

Drivetrain IV

brakes, half shaft, kumho, mechanic, raybestos, repair, rotor

2007.05.10

Drivetrain III

how-to, motegi, raybestos, repair, suspension, toyota, toyota celica

2007.05.07

I get more phone numbers rollin this than I ever did on the bus

17, celica, dv5, motegi, rim, tire, toyota

2007.05.06

Corral Canyon

atv, crf, honda, offroad, quad, san diego, xr

2007.05.06

Nightsurfing, Part Trois

flash, night surf, nightsurfing, photography, stealth mission, surfing, technique

2007.05.02

Drivetrain II

celica, halfshaft, raybestos, repair, rotor, steering knuckle, suspension

2007.04.26

Drivetrain I

auto, cv, parts, raybestos, rotor, steering knuckle, suspension

2007.04.25

240,000 miles later

brake, cv, mechanic, parts, rotor, steering knuckle, toyota celica

2007.04.20

Consoles and cars

360, nintendo, playstation, sony, technology, video games, wii

2007.04.18

Court and Bretney

engagement, kate, pants, photos, softball, tree, waffles

2007.04.15

Cafe cruising

acai, encinitas, food, motorcyles, ride, swamis, weekend

2007.04.15

Not much, really

1098, california burrito, ducati, gp motorcycles, moto forza, san diego, tennis

2007.04.12

Thursday

heidi, operator overloading, programming, quote, spoken, surf trip, work

2007.04.07

Fletcher's

beach, photography, san diego, surf, surfing, technique

2007.04.06

Uh, would that be the hot pants, sir?

cafe, coffee, ducati, latte, pants, squid, this is a disaster

2007.04.05

Free at last

bane, move, paint, tape

2007.04.04

Nightsurfing Part Trois

beach, la jolla shores, nightsurfing, photography, scripps, surfing, technique

2007.04.03

Kauai

hawaii, na pali coast, polihale, surfing, tamba, travel, vacation

2007.03.19

It's all just too real

analysis, current events, driving, forza, news, video games

2007.03.18

Greenery

corned beef, pancakes, recipes, san diego, shamrock, st. patrick's day, this is a disaster

2007.03.18

2007.03.13

New glass

300mm, blown out, camera, canon, lenses, technique, wave

2007.03.13

A weekend

motogp, music, soccer, sports, surf, the sword, wii

2007.03.13

Nightsurfing part deux

My second attempt at photographing a stealth mission. Some lessons are learned.
film, flash, glowsticks, night, photography, surfing, technique

2007.03.04

Paper weight

scanning, scrapbook, spreadsheets

2007.02.13

The Ministry of Peace

analysis, articles, current events, news, saic, vanity fair

2007.02.09

Barren slopes

sierra nevada, ski, skiing, snow, snow angel, snowboard, tahoe

2007.02.04

XLI

football, nfl, party, prop bet, san diego, sports, sportsbook

2007.02.02

The new ish

Touch football retold with mspaint.
cal, mud run, pendleton, sports, stanford, the big game, the play

2007.01.12

Find your guitar hero inspiration

Live music. Come.
beer, event, lions paw, music, pacific beach, reggae, tropicoso

2007.01.05

Call of Duty 3

Some thoughts on CoD3 for Wii.
call of duty, nintendo, shooter, video games, wii

2006.12.30

From under the tree

Xmas swag.
christmas, gadgets, mp3 player, sandisk, skagen, watch

2006.12.30

The long way down

I should do some adventure riding.
kawasaki, motorcycles, south america, travel

2006.12.22

Deprecated

And just like that, the need for post categories disappeared.
beta, blogger, google, kilroy, meta, static site generator, tags

2006.12.18

On categorization

An attempt to categorize posts.
beta, blogger, features, flickr, information architecture, kilroy, topics

2006.11.20

[Insert forced Wii pun here]

A few hours with the hottest new console.
microsoft, nintendo, sony, sports, technology, video games, xbox

2006.11.08

People who wear socks to bed are evil

It's more than just waking up with sweaty feet.
bed, evil

2006.01.16

Amago

Taking the motord to the Amago kart track.
amago, motard, motorcycle, motorsport, race, reservation, track

2005.12.21

Sets

Good-sized sets, lifeguards, and dolphins in Del Mar.
del mar, dolphin, photography, rescue, retro post, surf, wave

2005.12.18

Portraits

A film/slide/digital portrait session.
boudoir, digital, film, photography, portrait, portraiture, technique

2005.10.18

China

Photos from two weeks in China.
caves, chengdu, china, lamma island, panda, retro post, travel

2005.09.11

Sunrise

Some enthusiastic motorcycling.
dank hoolie, drz, motorcycles, photography, retro post, sparks, wheelie

2005.09.05

Shasta day three

Summiting Mt. Shasta from a Lake Helen campsite, then the descent.
backpacking, climbing, mountain, mountaineering, mt shasta, snow, view

2005.09.04

Shasta day two

From the Mt. Shasta trailhead to the campsite at Lake Helen.
clouds, forest, ice axe, mountain, mountaineering, shasta, sunset

2005.09.03

Shasta day one

Acclimating for the Mt. Shasta climb.
backpack, backpacking, climbing, kiteboard, mountain, mountaineering, shasta

2005.07.15

Fort Point

Fort Point in black and white.
fort point, golden gate bridge, norcal, retro post, san francisco

2005.07.05

Rat training

Getting some motorcycling practice in.
learning, motorcycle, msf, rat bike, retro post, riding, squid

2005.06.06

E3

A gallery from E3 2005.
adventure, e3, e3expo, marc ecko, mario, video games, xbox 360

2005.05.27

Last hurrah

Rosarito.
baja, graduation, mexico, rosarito, surf, surfing, villa

2004.12.31

Tahoe

A ski trip.
retro post, sierra nevada, ski, skiing, snow, tahoe, view

2004.07.04

Movie night

Just a picture.
glow stick, july 4, living room, long exposure, movie, retro post

2004.06.01

XP hike

Hiking Pine Hills and then cross-processing.
cross process, hike, julian, photography, retro post, san diego, this is a disaster

2004.05.22

E3

E3 2004.
e3, gran turismo, half-life, sims, skyline, square, video games

2004.05.22

PB Block Party

The Pacific Beach Block Party in black and white.
pacific beach, party, pb block party, retro post, san diego, steet photography

2004.04.03

Celica suspension

Replacing the struts and springs on the Celica.
how-to, kyb, pro-kit, retro post, strut, suspension, wrenching

2003.10.25

Cedar fire

A gallery of images from the 2003 San Diego Cedar Fire.
current events, fire, fire truck, poway, retro post, san diego, wildfire

2003.08.14

Alaska

Juneau, Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, and Kenai.
anchorage, cabin, fjord, hike, kenai, mountain, travel

2003.05.10

PB Block Party

The 2003 Pacific Beach Block Party, just a few photos.
block party, house party, pacific beach, party, pb block party, retro post, street photography

2002.12.31

Tahoe

A few shots from a Tahoe ski trip.
lake, lift, retro post, sierra nevada, ski, skiing, snow

2002.08.01

Shasta

An unsuccessful attempt to summit Mount Shasta.
backpack, california, climb, hike, mountaineering, shasta, view

2002.05.24

E3

E3 2002.
e3expo, la convention center, peripheral, retro post, squaresoft, technology, video games

2001.12.01

Skiing

Reuniting with the hometown friends for some skiing and snowboarding.
retro post, sierra nevada, ski, skiing, slowboarding, snow, tahoe

2001.05.17

E3

Gamecube, Sonic, and a Saleen S7 at the 2001 E3 Expo.
e3, e3expo, gamecube, los angeles, nintendo, retro post, sony

2000.07.01

Graeagle

Backpacking in the sierras.
backcountry, brocation, camping, graeagle, hiking, retro post, tahoe

2000.01.10

Favorite photos, 2001-2009

A compendium of my favorite photos from this decade.
features, kilroy, list, lists, meta, retropost, static site generator

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