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

2026.06.09

More runs

 Hades II, Borderlands 4, and some others.
action roguelike, astro bot, borderlands 4, fps battle royale, hades ii, lolbaters, pearlescent

2026.05.10

Fixes

 Office renovation, faucet repair, and some odds and ends.
office, playstation 5, plumbing, repair, sony, space, video games

2026.03.30

Building

 Some initial thoughts on Slay the Spire 2 (early access).
battle royale, early access, lolbaters, pubg, review, roguelike deckbuilder, roguelike shooter

2026.03.28

Breaking

 Stuff is breaking all over the place for me - bath fixtures, motorcycle parts, dreams of attending the World Cup.
battlegrounds, diy, fifa, investing, politics, world cup 2026, zero

2026.02.28

Beachside

 A week in Kauai.
adventure, puka dog, scuba, travel, vacation, wailua, waimea

2026.02.09

Eliminated

 Losing all of my World Cup ticket random draw bids and checking out the resale price.
america, fifa, soccer, sports, tickets, united states, world cup

2026.02.01

Blue Hole

 Some research on how to get to Kauai's Blue Hole.
adventure, blue hole, hawaii, hiking, kauai, travel

2026.01.13

Moneyball

 The quest for World Cup tickets.
america, fifa, soccer, sports, tickets, united states, world cup

2025.12.31

Recap 2025

 Looking back at 2025.
clip show, highlight reel, kilroy, list, meta, recap, static site generator

2025.12.26

Winter trips

 Holiday stuff at home and up the coast.
airplanes, aviation, christmas, sci-fi, sledding, snow, washington

2025.12.12

Intergalactic

 Some thoughts after a good amount of stick time with Borderlands 4 and Astro Bot.
3d platformer, astro bot, borderlands, borderlands 4, fps rpg, review, video games

2025.11.23

Aliens

 Escaping the queen in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, a few minutes of Stardew Valley, and a few hours of Abiotic Factor.
abiotic factor, aliens: fireteam elite, farm simulation, review, stardew valley, survival, video games

2025.11.16

U6 coaching

 Drills and takeaways from a second season of U6 soccer.
coaching, drills, soccer, sports, youth sports

2025.10.31

Autumn stuff

 Halloween, Octoberfest, and a staycation with a concert.
beer, costume, dinosaur, food, music, office, staycation

2025.09.30

Last days of summer

 Friendsgiving, Padres, the Miramar Airshow, and some pool time.
boardgames, las vegas, nikkor, nikon, photography, review, the elder scrolls

2025.09.12

Borderlands 4 hours

 A few quick thoughts after a few hours with BL4.
borderlands, borderlands 4, fps rpg, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, video games

2025.09.07

The rim

 Exploring the indieweb is a bit like hopping planets in a sci-fi galaxy.
code, coding, hacker news, internet, kilroy, meta, web 1.1

2025.08.09

In the sun

 Summertime trips to the zoo and beach and everywhere else.
board games, coaching, legoland, legos, pandemic legacy, scythe, soccer

2025.08.02

120 stars

 Chasing completionist goals and sometimes just completion in Sackboy, Horizon Forbidden West, Shadow of the Erdtree, and Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
3d platformer, abiotic factor, aliens, horizon forbidden west, littlebigplanet 3, open-world soulslike, review

2025.07.30

Catalina

 A few days of diving, swimming, and eating in Avalon.
beach, catalina, diving, leica, scuba, travel, tsunami

2025.06.14

Compressed embeddings

 Adding effiency to a simple embeddings implementation for webpage linking.
kilroy, machine learning, meta, outer web, software, static site generator, web 1.1

2025.06.07

Cooperating

 Diving back into Horizon, progressing in SOTE, and finding a new game for the little one.
3d platformer, elden ring, horizon, horizon forbidden west, hot wheels unleashed 2: turobcharged, open-world adventure, racing

2025.05.27

Embeddings

 Adding embeddings to post matching.
html, java, kilroy, machine learning, programming, search, software

2025.05.21

Showdown

 In the next few months we'll see how the Roberts Court handles the executive power grab.
current events, news, politics, reddit, scotus, supreme court, technology

2025.05.17

Bronze

 In search of an eight anniversary gift.
anniversary, bronze, gifts, greentext, how-to, jewelry, metal

2025.05.04

Saved rounds

 Lego Star Wars, Shadow of the Erdtree, and the end of Persona 3 Reload.
elden ring, jrpg, lego star wars: the skywalker saga, open-world soulslike, persona, persona 3 reload, video games

2025.04.09

Breaking point

 Ended, this trade war hasn't.
current events, investing, investments, news, reddit, technology, wsb

2025.04.07

Medicine

 April 7, 2025: just another day on Wall Street.
current events, investing, investments, news, politics, reddit, wallstreetbets

2025.04.06

Guh

 After hours circuit breaker, wow.
current events, investing, investments, news, politics, reddit, wallstreetbets

2025.04.05

Mos Eisley Marina Cantina

 Five days before the mast on Disney Wonder.
catalina, cruise, disney, legoland, mexico, travel, vacation

2025.03.23

Persona 3 Reload

 A few dozen hours with Persona 3 Reload.
jrpg, persona, persona 3 reload, video games

2025.03.19

He's going to fix the ecomony

 My portfolio is announcing retaliatory tariffs on the market.
current events, elon musk, federal reserve, investing, investments, politics, stocks

2025.03.15

First off, weak foe and then precious item ahead

 Mopping up the main game to get geared for Shadow of the Erdtree.
elden ring, gallery, guide, open-world soulslike, reddit, strategy, technology

2025.03.05

Rogues

 Rogue Trader, rogue trading, rogue code and renovation projects, and some Mad Max-y boardgaming.
battlegrounds, board games, code, java, lolbaters, pubg, software

2025.03.03

No u

 Elon's trolley meme, fixed x2.
elon musk, europe, geopolitics, russia, technology, twitter, ukraine

2025.03.01

Godspeed, European Union

 This was supposed to happen day one.
america, europe, news, politics, reddit, technology, ukraine

2025.02.26

We weren't prepared for GenAI

 Trump Gaza #1.
america, current events, elon musk, gaza, geopolitics, israel, united states

2025.02.09

Cape Run 2025

 A few photos from the '25 Cape Run.
beer, blah, blind lady ale house, cape run, pizza, running, san diego

2025.02.04

Sad popcorn

 OPM, DOGE, and /r/fednews.
america, current events, elon musk, news, politics, reddit, technology

2025.02.01

Drenched

 A trip to the Great Wolf Lodge.
aquarium, diy, great wolf lodge, kitchen, plumbing, pool, travel

2025.01.26

Wow, Rust is just like Java

 Lmao.
humor, programming, ragebait

2025.01.25

Roguelikes

 A few hours with Balatro and Roboquest.
balatro, remnant ii, review, roboquest, roguelike shooter, squad fps, video games

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, beach, beer, f-150, snow, texas, travel

2024.12.31

Recap 2024

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

2024.12.30

Excursions

 Xmas stuff and a Cybertruck review.
cars, gbes, tesla, travel, trucks, wood preservation, wood treatment

2024.12.30

Reindexed

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

2024.12.22

The Outer Web

 Parasite SEO and a solution.
internet, meta, outer web, seo, static site generator, the outer web, web traffic

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.
activities, baldur's gate 3, painting, squad fps, tactics, video games, winter

2024.11.30

Yosemite

 Friendsgiving in Yosemite.
california, friendsgiving, hiking, stray, trains, travel, video games

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, how-to, tacoma, toyota, travel, wrenching

2024.10.31

Halloween

 Costume parties and black cats. And a rainbow seahorse.
backyard, beetlejuice, costumes, furiosa, legos, napoleon dynamite, zoolander

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.
america, blogging, miramar, nikon, photography, renovation, telephoto

2024.09.24

Succession

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

2024.09.12

Drills

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

2024.09.08

Nostalgia

 Adding some gaming nostalgia to kilroy.
borderlands 4, features, fps rpg, kilroy, meta, references, video games

2024.08.18

Coasts

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

2024.08.09

Core web

 Crawled - currently not indexed.
google, hacker news, internet, outer web, 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.
deck, gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, gto, hess, slay the spire, suspension

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, politics, scotus, united states

2024.06.26

So anyway, I started blasting

 The SCOTUS opinions on Cargill and Rahimi.
civil rights, current events, guns, law, news, politics, scotus

2024.06.24

New unlocks

 Second playthroughs of BG3 and Remnant II, a little PUBG mayhem.
baldur's gate 3, battle royale, battlegrounds, lolbaters, pubg, rpg, squad fps

2024.06.09

Wandering the dark forest

 A few more meadows in the dark forest of the internet. And a Google API leak.
html, indieweb, kilroy, outer web, site, smallweb, web traffic

2024.06.04

Sunshine

 A few outings.
3000gt, gentlemen's beer exploration society, julian, sd wave, ticket to ride, ticket to ride legacy, vr4

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, blogosphere, hacker news, indieweb, internet, outer web, web 1.1

2024.05.05

Burns

 Helldivers and friendly fire: name a more iconic duo. Also some Remnant and PUBG action.
battlegrounds, fps battle royale, helldivers 2, pubg, remnant ii, squad fps, technology

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.
politics, san diego, science, scotus, texas, video games, web 1.1

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.
blogosphere, html, indieweb, links, meta, seo, static site generator

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, politics, scotus, 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, film, movies, netflix, rant, 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.
graphs, html, internet, kilroy, smallweb, static site generator, web 1.1

2024.02.13

Exploring

 Screencaps and a little discussion of Remnant II, BG3, Stray, and Slay the Spire.
adventure, board games, remnant ii, roguelike deckbuilder, rpg, slay the spire, stray

2024.02.07

Tune in

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

2024.01.10

Crashing the gates

 Seven interesting legal battles.
elon musk, internet, law, politics, reddit, scotus, texas

2024.01.07

A random walk

 Some examples of linking the indieweb.
blogging, internet, outer web, site, software, ssg, technology

2024.01.06

Family

 A few photos from the holidays: Safari West, cozy fires, and a Boneys sess.
500mm, california, nikkor, rhino, surf, surfing, zoo

2023.12.31

Recap 2023

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

2023.12.30

Feature complete

 My static site generator can now recommend external blog/smallweb posts with similar subject matter.
blogosphere, chatbot, internet, meta, search, site, web 1.1

2023.12.20

Rim worlds

 Visiting and connecting the fringes of the web.
blogging, hacker news, html, internet, nintendo, smallweb, static site generator

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.
investing, machine learning, npr, reddit, scams, twitter, wsb

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, wood, wood preservation, wood treatment

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.
blogosphere, hacker news, html, internet, meta, microsoft, seo

2023.11.17

Friendsgiving

 Friendsgiving in SF and some board games.
aeon's end legacy, friendsgiving, heat pedal to the metal, legacy board games, legacy games, san francisco, technology

2023.11.12

Fin films

 A roundup of films and documentaries with financial intrigue. Wall Street, finance, scams, tech - all are welcome here.
film, investing, investments, list, movies, 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.
blogosphere, indieweb, internet, outer web, smallweb, software, web 1.1

2023.10.31

Costumes

 A gallery of costumes.
film, halloween, la convention center, los angeles, soccer, sports, video games

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.
ai, ftx, google, journalism, media, microsoft, stray

2023.10.25

Recreation

 Fall means pumpkin patches and relatively empty beaches and zoos. It's also good for board and video games.
beach, legacy board games, legacy games, payday 3, rpg, stickers, zoo

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.
bonds, dividends, etfs, investing, investments, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.10.08

Granularity

 Linking internally and externally using text tokens and n-grams.
blogosphere, coding, html, kilroy, software, tags, 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.
adventure, arcade racing, baldur's gate 3, daddy games, fallout, fallout 76, video games

2023.09.27

Enwebbed

 Parsing RSS feeds to find peers.
blogosphere, code, internet, rss, small web, software, web 1.1

2023.09.24

Jets

 Some telephoto shots of the Blue Angels doing neat tricks.
500mm, america, miramar, miramar air show, nikkor, photography, telephoto

2023.09.23

Small web

 Kagi sees an opportunity to index the indieweb.
html, internet, meta, search, smallweb, static site generator, web 1.1

2023.09.18

Good reads

 A couple of good reads from the blogosphere.
apple, blogging, hackernews, indieweb, reddit, technology, web 1.1

2023.09.18

Rare finds

 Finishing BG3 Act I, some cuteness, and Harland's Ube IPA.
battle royale, ebay, fps battle royale, lolbaters, pj masks, rpg, 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?
current events, europe, ncd, news, noncredibledefense, russia, ukraine

2023.08.21

Drenched

 Hurricane Hilary, scuba, and leisure.
board games, current events, gbes, legacy board games, news, pool, scuba

2023.08.12

Questing

 BG3 and everything else.
baldur's gate 3, battlegrounds, i was a teenage exocolonist, pubg, rpg, slay the spire, tower defense deckbuilder

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.
ai, google, internet, outer web, seo, twitter, web traffic

2023.07.16

Cascadia

 A summer trip to Washington State.
forest, mountains, pacific northwest, 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, blogosphere, indieweb, internet, kilroy, posse, static site generator

2023.07.01

In the defense of the comments section

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

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.
europe, ncd, news, reddit, russia, technology, twitter

2023.06.21

Cleaning house

 The Reddit saga and the indieweb.
blogging, blogosphere, internet, news, outer web, reddit, technology

2023.06.19

Bons voyages

 A few short trips and wondering why something isn't a thing.
cars, gentlemen's beer exploration society, legacy games, pool, research, travel, unfathomable

2023.06.13

Failboats

 Drama and disasters.
amazon, google, html, internet, kilroy, news, site

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.
goat simulator, grand theft auto, gta online, i was a teenage exocolonist, lolbaters, open-world squad adventure, survival simulation

2023.05.28

Explosions

 Quick bites (quibis) about NVDA, wheelbarrow adventures, and some games.
battle royale, deep rock galactic, gbes, investing, investments, 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, cars, door, machine learning, music, rally, renovation

2023.05.08

Waifus

 Aircraft, spacecraft, and weird news developments.
credibledefense, europe, news, noncredibledefense, reddit, technology, ukraine

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, fire emblem engage, gloomhaven, turn-based tactics rpg, xcom, xcom: chimera squad

2023.04.28

Next episode

 Following up on previous threads: the T-14, wood preservation, and Halo (through the lens of ship naming).
backyard, current events, europe, furniture, gentlemen's beer exploration society, noncredibledefense, russia

2023.04.16

Michael Bay area

 My PUBG replay editor workflow.
battle royale, fps battle royale, lolbaters, pubg, replay, 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, news, noncredibledefense, politics, technology, war, world news

2023.04.01

E3 RIP

 The end of E3, for now?
e3, la convention center, los angeles, memorial, nostalgia, retrospective, video games

2023.03.27

Recovery

 Fighting off viruses.
battle royale, fps battle royale, investments, lolbaters, meme strat, renovation, technology

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.
investing, investments, news, reddit, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2023.03.16

The gauntlet

 Investing tidbits, inflation, and recent economics headlines.
current events, economics, investing, investments, news, technology, 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.
algorithms, diving, programming, seo, software, weather, 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, technology, 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.
blogging, code, html, indieweb, outer web, programming, reddit

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, current events, google, microsoft, news, technology

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, the witcher, tv, water pump

2023.02.06

Halo

 Turns out Halo MCC co-op is unplayable.
fps, halo, microsoft, 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.
current events, investing, investments, movies, netflix, tv, twitter

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, elder scrolls online, lolbaters, mmo, roguelike shooter, walking simulator

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.
blacks beach, la jolla, nikkor, nikon, photography, telephoto, waves

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.
clip show, highlight reel, html, kilroy, list, recap, static site generator

2022.12.18

The next campaign

 Contemplating the next co-op adventure.
aliens, dying light 2, elder scrolls online, halo, html, kilroy, top-down squad shooter

2022.12.16

Fungible

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

2022.12.12

Controversies

 A newspost about soccer, Twitter, Europe, and money.
ai, current events, europe, investing, politics, soccer, world cup

2022.12.05

Elden Lord

 Finishing Elden Ring and fighting a normal-sized skeleton in Wonderlands.
borderlands, elden ring, fps rpg, html, kilroy, open-world soulslike, static site generator

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.
deep learning, graphics, graphics processing, machine learning, python, software, stable diffusion

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.
dall-e, graphics, nvidia, reddit, software, stable diffusion, technology

2022.11.08

Turning points

 Twitter, Elon, a video card upgrade, and some music.
amazon, elon musk, fence, renovation, technology, travel, twitter

2022.10.17

Convergence

 Brief thoughts on current events and a billionaire who thinks very highly of himself.
current events, investing, investments, news, reddit, technology, twitter

2022.10.12

Deckbuilding and action

 Initial thoughts on Shadowverse Champions Battle and Gunfire Reborn. More Elden Ring and Across the Obelisk.
across the obelisk, gloomhaven, narrative deckbuilder roguelike, roguelike, shadowverse, turn-based tactics rpg, video games

2022.10.11

Leisure

 A family-friendly winery, a ballgame, and a weekend trip.
fantasy football, food, giants, padres, petco, san francisco, travel

2022.09.25

Danger zone system

 Gallery of the Blue Angels at the Miramar Air Show.
blue angels, miramar, miramar air show, nikon, san diego, telephoto, united states

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.
current events, deckbuilder roguelike, las vegas, open-world soulslike, pickleball, video games, wood

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.
indieweb, internet, investing, investments, shower, video games, wallstreetbets

2022.08.24

Space plane games

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

2022.08.19

Rewiring

 Playing with autoencoders for graphics processing.
artificial intelligence, dall-e, graphics, keras, 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.
code, coding, cyber, internet, java, outer web, web 1.1

2022.08.14

Popcorn

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

2022.08.03

Keras cheat sheet

 Examples of keras merging layers, convolutional layers, and activation functions in L, RGB, HSV, and YCbCr.
coding, deep learning, graphics, 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.
dall-e, deck, gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, gentlemens beer exploration society, keras, wood

2022.07.18

Indicators

 Interest rates, housing, and catalysts.
china, cnbc, evergrande, investing, investments, reddit, wsb

2022.07.15

Plane games

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

2022.07.11

Black sand

 A trip to the big island.
big island, hawaii, ikelite, manta, mauna kea, scuba, waterfall

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, dall-e, deep learning, graphics, graphics processing, machine learning, software

2022.06.18

Carnage

 More investment carnage, turf boot carnage, and sci-fi carnage.
investing, investments, reddit, soccer, sports, streaming, wallstreetbets

2022.06.15

Finished

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

2022.06.10

Underdogs

 CPI Friday, asset-backed loans, and more indieweb.
backyard, blogosphere, internet, posse, renovation, technology, wallstreetbets

2022.06.07

Fog door

 A birthday party, wood oil, board games, video games, and other stuff.
board games, election, internet, investments, renovation, technology, veranda

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.
computers, design, google, rant, software, storage, ui

2022.05.24

This is fine

 A few rabbit holes regarding the current state of real estate and Meme Lorde himself.
conversations, investing, investments, real estate, reddit, technology, wallstreetbets

2022.05.20

Packs

 Trading the stroller out for a baby backpack. Retrofitting old posts to new markup. A couple Elden Ring dragons.
blogging, elden ring, internet, open-world soulslike, programming, static site generator, 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.
kilroy, meta, neural networks, playstation, ps5, static site generator, technology

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.
blogging, blogosphere, elden ring, kilroy, ps5, smallweb, static site generator

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, elon musk, investing, terrace, wood preservation, wood treatment, wsb

2022.04.29

Lands between

 Some scenery from Elden Ring.
elden ring, gallery, playstation, playstation 5, ps5, 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, cats, conversation, food, goldeneye, how-to, technology

2022.04.17

Links

 Pool pump work, hacker news and the indie web/blogsphere, and Elon wants to buy Twitter.
current events, kilroy, meta, renovation, russia, ukraine, volleyball

2022.04.06

Not looking back

 Pandemic Season 0, Zinsco breaker replacement, robots shooting basketballs, and the Blyatskrieg grinds on.
electrical, html, kilroy, meta, news, renovation, static site generator

2022.03.30

Diversions

 Initial thoughts on Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West with plenty of screencaps.
500mm, elden ring, horizon, nikon, open-world adventure, photography, ps5

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.
far cry 6, fps, horizon forbidden west, memes, politics, ps5, wsb

2022.02.20

Imminent?

 The US claims an invasion is imminent, Reddit watches drones, I buy energy stonks.
dog, dogs, investments, news, osint, russia, shar

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.
europe, gloomhaven, mystery science theater, news, politics, russia, turn-based tactics rpg

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.
action rpg, ending, html, lists, mass effect 3, plot, stocks

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.
construction, investments, mass effect, memes, news, renovation, russia

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.
code, fractals, gloomhaven, mass effect, mass effect 3, software, turn-based tactics rpg

2022.01.09

Clincher

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

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.
fantasy football, kilroy, lolbaters, memes, options, stealth, tierlist

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.
battle royale, construction, far cry, mass effect, mass effect 3, renovation, video games

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.
back 4 blood, gloomhaven, lolbaters, mass effect, soulslike, squad fps, technology

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.
action flight simulation, covid-19, mass effect, risk of rain 2, roguelike shooter, star wars: squadrons, top-down adventure

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.
costumes, fantasy football, fire, guns, investing, oil, politics

2021.10.26

How to (not) get a PS5

 Chasing the Playstation 5 white whale.
gamestop, gaming, investing, investments, playstation, video games, 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.
cnbc, coding, lordstown motors, mass effect 2, nioh 2, renovation, terrace

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.
covid, fantasy football, mass effect 2, nioh 2, reddit, reviews, technology

2021.08.26

News

 I am an uncle.
current events, fps battle royale, news, pool, sports, video games, volleyball

2021.08.22

Perils

 I start Mass Effect 2, Google kills Hangouts, the US pulls out of Afghanistan.
firefox, google, lordstown motors, mass effect, quotes, reddit, video games

2021.08.01

Film vault

 Digging through the shoebox of film photos.
canon, portrait, programming, scanner, slr, surfing, technique

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.
action rpg, amazon, mass effect, motorcycles, renovation, roguelike shooter, screen shots

2021.07.17

Just buy SPY

 Lordstown marketing subreddit and my six month wheel trading report card
investing, investments, lmc, lordstown motors, reddit, technology, wsb

2021.07.12

Up and down

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

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.
action rpg, investing, lmc, lolbaters, lordstown motors, technology, 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.
astroturfing, brewery, investments, john mcafee, lordstown motors, mass effect legendary edition, reviews

2021.06.15

Bro, the humanity

 Hindenburg Research is short DKNG and Redditors discuss short selling. Hilti tools are the ultimate flex.
hindenburg, investing, movies, reddit, technology, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.06.13

Equities

 Lots of woodporn as the veranda takes shape. Meme stonks stage a comeback and candles are replaced with crayons.
1x4, construction, gamestop, gazebo, redwood, stain, wsb

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.
current events, fps battle royale, gamestop, gme, pergola, technology, wallstreetbets

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.
fire emblem, investing, investments, remnant, technology, turn-based tactics, veranda

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.
google search, investments, lolbaters, markup, video games, web traffic, wsb

2021.04.13

Third house

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

2021.04.10

Humble request

 We can never have too many Xes.
coronavirus, covid, covid-19, english, lexicon, millennialisms, news

2021.04.08

Investment drama

 Archegos, Lordstown, and contextualizing everything in film terms.
cnbc, investing, investments, lordstown, lordstown motors, margin call, wsb

2021.04.06

Resistance

 My winding path to vaccination, the perfect PUBG match, hardware multiboot, and discussions from my spicy millennialism list.
covid-19, fps battle royale, meme, office, photoshop, vaccine, video games

2021.04.01

Millennialisms

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

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, covered call, playstation, reddit, video games, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.03.12

Deliveries

 Danielle arrives. And some other stuff while nevously awaiting delivery.
investing, pliny the younger, survival, tacoma, valheim, video games, wallstreetbets

2021.02.09

Fails

 The WallStreetBets GME saga continues with industry reactions and a coup. And some other stuff.
camera, investing, investments, java, kilroy, meme, software

2021.01.30

GME volume

 We are all Gamestop holders now.
gme, news, quoted, stocks, stonks, technology, wallstreetbets

2021.01.26

Will Gamestop?

 Will GME continue to moon?
current events, gamestop, gme, investing, news, stocks, wsb

2021.01.23

Gamestop

 Deep Fucking Value.
investing, investments, news, reddit, stocks, wallstreetbets, wsb

2021.01.20

Current events

 January 6th and the two weeks that followed.
500mm, memes, movies, news, photography, reviews, surf photography

2021.01.03

Swell

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

2021.01.02

The next break

 Reflecting on investments and Warren B. Some sunset surf shots, video games, and AI image stylization.
500mm, battlegrounds, deep learning, investing, nikkor, pubg, surf

2020.12.25

Staying warm by the fire

 Fixing the transformer on a 1970s furnace, PUBG meme strats, and thinking about autoencoders.
autoencoders, christmas, deep learning, graphics, lolbaters, neural networks, video games

2020.12.12

On lock

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

2020.12.06

Edges and corners

 Taking the 500mm out for some surf shots. Tweaking neural style transfer.
graphics, investing, investments, lolbaters, rossi, surf, tensorflow

2020.11.29

Mods

 Tweaking the TensorFlow implementation of Neural Style Transfer.
code, covid-19, deep learning, graphics, investing, keras, neural style transfer

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.
among borderlands, election, fantasy, lolbaters, reviews, soulslike, sports

2020.11.01

Darkness

 The first night surf photography session in awhile. Halloween, elections, brushfires, and stonks.
adventure, coronavirus, covid, flash, investing, investments, pandemic

2020.10.17

Cash-secured put

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

2020.10.10

Cover

 Star Wars: Squadrons and covered calls 101.
fantasy, fidelity, investing, squadrons, star wars, star wars: squadrons, stonks

2020.10.03

Squadrons

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

2020.09.30

Above-average Wednesday

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

2020.09.26

Seascape

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

2020.09.25

Covid election

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

2020.09.13

Hot start

 Fantasy football season begins, Nioh, and The Last of Us 2.
football, greedydraft, nfl, samurai, the last of us, the last of us part 2, video games

2020.09.09

The four horsemen

 Ill portents, investment films, and surf photos.
nikkor, nikon, pauly shore, photography, quotes, risk of rain 2, video games

2020.09.06

Fantasy

 My fantasy teams this year.
draft, espn, fantasy, football, graphics, memes, yahoo

2020.08.27

Go right

 The nearly-invisible personal website, theta gang, and a bunch of video games.
divinity: original sin 2, investments, league of sport, lolbaters, pandemic, reviews, video games

2020.08.20

Tapatio noodles

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

2020.08.08

Revisiting

 Painting the house from scaffolding, buying bonds, Barotrauma, RoR2, and Blaseball.
blaseball, bonds, lolbaters, risk of rain, risk of rain 2, scaffolding, video games

2020.08.01

Shootin' buckets

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

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.
bonds, civilization, photography, portrait, portraiture, the last of us part 2, video games

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, bonds, covid, media room, memes, prime, spoken

2020.07.03

High/low country

 Borderlands 3 Bounty of Blood, Barotrauma submarine design, Divinity, and some summer things.
barotrauma, borderlands 3, gearbox, lolbaters, memes, sports, zonies

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, gaming, star wars, x-wing, x-wing miniatures

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.
internet, metacritic, playstation, quote, the last of us part 2, tlou, trolls

2020.06.19

Get hype(rspace)

 Excited for Star Wars Squadrons.
joystick, polygon, preview, star wars, video games, vr, x-wing

2020.06.15

Choose your home adventure

 Renovating the media room, some current events, and some video games.
action flight simulation, adventure, barotrauma, divinity 2, ea, hdmi, lolbaters

2020.05.31

Opening/closing

 Covid eases. Less PUBG, more Payday. Some lockdown pastimes.
amazon, coronavirus, covid-19, fps stealth, payday 2, quarantine, video games

2020.05.31

Perrrrrsona!

 Adding avatars to my blog.
avatars, coding, design, java, kilroy, site, software

2020.05.18

Exploration

 Lockdown video gaming, socially-distanced beer exploration, and site generator improvements.
gearbox, gentlemen's beer exploration society, html, image processing, meme, poker, red tide

2020.05.09

Raster

 Moving pixels around with Java.
code, graphics, java, photobash, programming, raster, software

2020.04.20

Plenty to do

 Pandemic activities: trading, gaming, and coding.
brazil, classifier, divinity, fps rpg, keras, machine learning, site

2020.04.19

Shadow of the Colossus

 Shadow of the Colossus remaster: sixteen colossi, one button mapping issue, and a bittersweet ending.
adventure, gaming, ico, 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.
coronavirus, fire emblem: three houses, fps rpg, jakobs, lovecraft, rpg, tentacles

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.
battle royale, battlegrounds, pc, photography, portrait, portraiture, rig

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.
borderlands, borderlands 3, fire emblem: three houses, meta, pizza port, ssl, 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.
british columbia, canada, fps battle royale, gondola, pubg, slowboarding, snowboard

2020.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2020-2029

 A gallery of my favorite screencaps from this decade.
features, html, list, meta, retropost, static site generator, video games

2020.02.02

Cape Run

 The 2020 Blind Lade Ale House Cape Run.
beer, blah, blind lady ale cape run, cape, lana, modern times, north park beer company

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, convolutional autoencoder, gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, sake, software, travel

2020.01.10

Favorite photos, 2020-2029

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

2020.01.04

P-games only

 Pako Car Chase Simulator, Pony Island, Post Scriptum, and PUBG.
arcade driving, lolbaters, pako car chase simulator, post scriptum, pubg, steam, video editing

2019.12.31

So long, twenty-teens

 Ten things that defined this decade.
beer, electric cars, facebook, html, list, meta, society

2019.12.29

Up and back

 A road trip, Fire Emblem Three Houses, and BL3 Handsome Jackpot.
borderlands, fps rpg, gbes, hyundai, potbelly, sandwiches, turn-based tactics

2019.12.08

December

 Just a time-lapse of tree decorating.
december, fantasy football, football, playoffs, 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.
dying light, fire emblem, lolbaters, photography, portrait, technique, thanksgiving

2019.11.10

Castles

 A Fire Emblem Three Houses review and some turkey.
beach, dog, fire emblem, gloomhaven, palo alto, the unnatural ones, turkey

2019.10.27

Apexes

 Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2, and volleyball under the moon.
flash, fps rpg, risk of rain, risk of rain 2, roguelike shooter, technique, video games

2019.10.26

Halloween

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

2019.10.03

Another lap

 Food and parties, Borderlands and Risk of Rain.
borderlands 3, dog, gbes, gearbox, mcl, 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.
fps rpg, gilded coast, nintendo, open-world adventure, playstation, risk of rain 2, zelda

2019.08.10

Deeper dive

 A trip to Las Vegas, finishing Division 2, Risk of Rain 2 items, and DL4J/CNN stuff.
casino, las vegas, lolbaters, machine learning, photography, portrait, tensorflow

2019.07.20

Sweltering

 Hot dogs, hot zones, and hot worms.
beach, cover shooter, lana, machine learning, risk of rain 2, shar, volleyball

2019.06.30

Beating the heat

 Borderlands GOTY, RoR2, and a new PUBG tactic.
fight for sanctuary, fill, fps rpg, pizza, risk of rain, risk of rain 2, roguelike shooter

2019.06.12

E3 2019

 E3 2019.
e3, e3expo, energy drinks, gravedigger, la convention center, los angeles, scooter

2019.06.03

Chipper

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

2019.06.02

Parallelism

 Doing distributed processing with Java's parallelStream.
code, information, java, mapreduce, programming, software, spliterator

2019.06.01

Back to it

 A trip out east, a RHCP tribute band, Borderlands GOTY, and RoR2.
battle royale, battlegrounds, borderlands, concert, flying dog, lolbaters, risk of rain

2019.05.23

Thumbnailing

 Naive thumbnail generation in Java.
heuristics, html, java, kilroy, meta, raster, static site generator

2019.05.18

Sets

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

2019.05.01

Lists

 List posts and my favs.
features, film, html, kilroy, meta, 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, winterfell, worst episode ever, writing

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.
coffee, dog, driving, europe, pets, photography, travel

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.
europe, honeymoon, klm, photography, train, travel, wine

2019.04.22

Monday: Murren - Lausanne - Montraux - Geneva

 Visiting friends in Lausanne before the flight home.
europe, geneva, montraux, photography, steamboat, switzerland, travel

2019.04.21

Sunday: Murren - Schilthorn

 Hiking a ski slope in Murren then taking the gondola to Piz Gloria.
easter, easter bunny, europe, james bond, murren, piz gloria, switzerland

2019.04.20

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

 Interlaken to the Schilthorn to liters at the Hotel Eidelweiss.
europe, gimmelwald, honeymoon, interlaken, murren, schilthorn, travel

2019.04.19

Friday: Bacharach - Interlaken

 From Germany to Switzerland with a minor transportation scare.
bacharach, flavor, food, germany, honeymoon, interlaken, wine

2019.04.18

Thursday: Bacharach - Burg Eltz

 A day trip to Burg Eltz from Bacharach.
burg, burg eltz, castle, food, forest, koblenz, travel

2019.04.17

Wednesday: Brussels - Bacharach

 Brussels to Bacharach by train.
bacharach, belgium, food, honeymoon, photography, riesling, travel

2019.04.16

Tuesday: Paris - Brussels

 Paris to Brussels by train and foot.
belgium, brussels, cathedral, champions league, europe, food, wine

2019.04.15

Monday: Paris

 Lunch at a Michelin restaurant, scootering the Louvre, and a bike tour on an ill-fated day.
europe, honeymoon, notre dame, photography, saturne, travel, wine

2019.04.14

Sunday: Paris

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

2019.04.13

Saturday: Rayol - Nice - Paris

 Rayol Canadel to Paris via Nice.
honeymoon, mediterranean, nice, photography, st tropez, tgv, travel

2019.04.12

Friday: Rayol Canadel Sur Mer

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

2019.04.11

Thursday: Gigondas - Avignon - Aix - Rayol

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

2019.04.10

Wednesday: Lyon - Gigondas

 A Lyon market and the wine country.
cheese, europe, food, gigondas, ruins, travel, wine

2019.04.09

Tuesday: plane - CDG - GVA - Lyon

 The LAX to GVA via CDG, then a relatively short drive to Lyon.
europe, food, photography, rhone, terasse st clair, travel, wine

2019.04.08

Monday: San Diego - LAX - plane

 Taking the train to LAX for our flight to Paris.
airbus, airfrance, honeymoon, los angeles, metro, travel, 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.
fps stealth, hoxton, html, lolbaters, payday, polarizer, steam

2019.04.04

Lists

 All of my lists.
car movies, film, lists, review, reviews, speed night, video games

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.
battle royale, beyond good and evil, borderlands, lists, mario, ocarina of time, wind waker

2019.03.16

Bouncing around

 The amazing Nikkor 50mm 1/.4G, Far Cry 5 has a dark ending, and a few other multiplayer games.
action rpg, apex legends, electronic arts, far cry 5, fps battle royale, gloomhaven, lolbaters

2019.02.26

Destination

 A Maui trip during humpback season.
boat, dive, ikelite, lahaina, maui, maui dive shop, whale

2019.02.17

Canyoning

 Putting the 'adventure' back in the Gentlemen's Beer Exploration Society.
gbes, gentlemen, lime, mason aleworks, poison oak, scooter, weather

2019.02.10

Hood

 Mount Hood brocation.
government camp, ski, ski bowl, skiing, snowboard, snowmageddon, 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, neural networks, neural style transfer, pizza

2019.01.27

Entertainment

 Fire Emblem Fates, Divinity, Far Cry, and a bunch of other video games.
bed, charterstone, david sedaris, divinity original sin, pubg, screenshot, second chance

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.
battle royale, battlegrounds, battlestation, food, horse races, lolbaters, zero

2018.11.25

Looking back/forward

 Some video game talk, a new jacket, and descaling the water heater.
alpinestars, battlegrounds, descale, how-to, lolbaters, skills, turn-based tactics

2018.11.14

Dogeared

 Kafka gets ear surgery, I eat Din Tai Fung and play some games.
dog, dtf, dumplings, fire emblem, food, gloomhaven, portraiture

2018.11.04

Masks

 Halloween, PUBG, and a trip to Seattle.
battlegrounds, lolbaters, seattle, starbucks, the shape of water, travel, twitch

2018.10.21

RPG

 Some short trips, finishing Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, beginning Gloomhaven.
friendsgiving, gbes, gentlemen's beer exploration society, la croix, las vegas, rpg, video games

2018.08.30

Drafted

 Gaming: PUBG, fantasy, Alienation, God of War, X-Wing miniatures.
alienation, brogue squadron, chicken dinner, neural networks, video games, wins above replacement, x-wing

2018.08.04

Vidya

 Lots of gaming: PUBG, Risk, Destiny 2, Alienation, and God of War.
aventure, destiny, how-to, kenny powers, pubg, record, relics of the golden age

2018.07.23

Tactics

 Hot weather means X-Com, PUBG, Destiny, and an X-Wing miniatures corvette battle.
battlegrounds, brogue squadron, neural, neural networks, portrait, portraiture, technique

2018.06.25

Sun reas

 The 2018 World Superbike race at Laguna Seca.
aprilia, kawasaki, laguna seca, motorcycle, technique, wheelie, yamaha

2018.06.20

Adventuring

 Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, The Division, X-Com 2, PUBG, and Tacoma suspension.
athletics, battle royale, gentlemen's beer exploration society, html, meta, piscotty, video games

2018.06.12

E3

 E3 2018.
cyberpunk, dying light 2, e3expo, fps battle royale, jurassic world, persona, the last of us part 2

2018.05.31

Dialogue

 Text chats implemented in html, some more neural style transfer, LED headlight installation, and Sea of Thieves.
dl4j, headlamp, html, image, led, lolbaters, world superbike

2018.05.13

CA primary

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

2018.05.13

Deep dive

 Neural style transfer using DL4J and other starter projects. An ATL trip and two hours before the mast.
atlanta, code, coding, graphics, java, lolbaters, programming

2018.04.08

Blowing off some dust

 EDH builds: Narset and Oloro.
commander, edh, games, magic, narset, oloro, video games

2018.04.01

Graphics

 Sea of Thieves, Monster Hunter, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and some outdoor activities.
action rpg, equipment, flash, lovers in a dangerous spacetime, monster hunter, photography, ship

2018.03.25

Drenched

 Park City ski-brocation, a Kingwin HDD switch for multi-boot, and first thoughts on Sea of Thieves.
brocation, park city, screenshot, squad adventure, travel, utah, video games

2018.03.07

Menacing

 Pouring concrete for the murder room, Monster Hunter, and Altered Carbon.
cheese, games, garage, garage annex, murder room, site, video games

2018.02.27

Tags

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

2018.02.25

Onward

 The BLAH Cape Run, pouring concrete for the murder room, and Horizon Zero Dawn.
frozen wilds, games, horizon, la croix, open-world adventure, storage, video games

2018.02.11

Grinding

 I play some Horizon and Monster Hunter, work on the murder room, and build some EDH decks.
games, garage annex, horizon zero dawn, ixalan, murder room, renovation, warframe

2018.01.28

Spoiled

 Murder room concrete work, a wedding shoot, the Horizon Zero Dawn finale, and Pandemic Legacy.
garage, hamilton, horizon, murder room, pandemic, screenshot, video games

2018.01.07

Horizon

 Screencaps, videos, and initial thoughts on Horizon Zero Dawn.
charger, games, horizon, horizon zero dawn, open-world adventure, screenshot, strider

2017.12.31

Sleighride

 A holiday trip to NorCal, an Ezuri EDH deck, and static site generator mod for building and sharing MTG decks.
ezuri, games, lovers in a dangerous spacetime, mtg, 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.
borderlands, halo, horizon zero dawn, html, mass effect 2, static site generator, stealth adventure

2017.12.17

Sunsets

 Weather, Monster Hunter, thoughts on my Zero S, and The Last Jedi.
electric, fantasy football, football, monster hunter, motorcycle, travel, video games

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.
games, kilroy, motorcycle, rebel galaxy, reviews, warframe, zero

2017.11.14

All over the map

 Installing a tankless water heater and a few board games.
amazon home services, board games, bosch, how to, pandemic, sfo, x-wing

2017.11.13

Ixalan sealed

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

2017.10.31

Fantasy

 Halloween costumes, fantasy football, Paragon, and MtG.
esports, fantasy football, fps moba, magic, moba, muriel, video games

2017.10.24

Weekenders

 Trips to Oakland, OC, and some Paragon.
bicycle, fps moba, nfl, raiders, screenshot, sports, x-wing

2017.09.30

Finishing

 Horizontal fencing installation, a DC trip, and Battleborn.
board games, dulles, enola gay, fps moba, plane, renovation, screenshot

2017.08.20

Fancy, flying

 Picking up Battleborn in its dying days, disassembling the pool pump, and some travel.
board games, deltron, east coast, games, hayward, home repair, renovation

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, dying light, jrpg, mass effect, persona 5, playstation, video games

2017.06.13

E3 2017

 AAA titles are all the rage at E3 2017.
art, conference, fallout, nintendo, open-world adventure, technology, xbox

2017.06.09

Killing Floor 2

 Killing Floor 2 and Mass Effect Andromeda.
action rpg, andromeda, bugs, fps, killing floor 2, mass effect, 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.
arthur, box, instax, lomography, photobooth, photos, wedding

2017.04.21

The calm

 Mass Effect Andromeda, Civilization tabletop, and a trip to Atomic City raceway.
andromeda, board games, civilization, mass effect, office, photos, screenshot

2017.03.31

Horizons

 Work travel, getting out of town, and going to Andromeda.
beer, desert, mass effect, mass effect andromeda, squad fps, witcher, witcher 3

2017.02.28

A real winter

 Travel and Warframe.
m4, shar, ski, snow, snow skiing, the wire, warframe

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.
blind lady ale house, board games, mmo squad fps, sd womens march, serbia, soccer, video games

2016.12.31

Roaming

 Holiday travel, engagement photos. Battlefield 1, The Witcher, and Warframe.
battlefield 1, beer, chargers, mmo squad fps, snow, stereo, sweater

2016.11.20

Disguised

 Halloween, the Turkey Bowl, The Witcher, and Warframe.
badminton, gwent, league of sport, union, video games, warframe, witcher

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, moon door, planetside 2, pool party, structure, support

2016.09.04

Trips

 Oahu, fantasy football, and a giant Guiness.
dive, dog, fantasy, footgolf, nfl, oahu, pandemic legacy

2016.08.14

Watery

 Cache Creek rafting, pool vball, Warframe, and Witcher 3.
adventure, beachball, open-world action rpg, pool, rafting, slide, video games

2016.07.20

Ikelite nightsurfing

 A nightsurfing photo session with an Ikelite housing and flash.
ikelite, nightsurfing, nikon, photography, 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.
bethesda, la jolla, mystery science theater, renovation, the last of us, video games, zombies

2016.06.22

Spare time

 A wedding, gate installs, and tuna crabs.
dumpling inn, rocket league, sports, tuna crab, usmnt, wedding, weimaraner

2016.06.01

Satisfying

 Finishing the brewery crawl, Tropico 5, and Warframe.
campncrawl, city simulation, green flash, league of sport, reckless, screenshot, video games

2016.05.07

Warframe

 Finishing The Division and starting Warframe.
action rpg, cover shooter, free to play, graffiti, playstation, the division, tom clancy

2016.05.02

A'a

 Diving Kauai.
brewery, diving, eel, fish, nikon, reef, scuba

2016.04.23

FFS

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

2016.04.20

Indie

 An Austin bachelor party, The Division, Firewatch, and Broforce.
board games, cover shooter, firewatch, helldivers, platformer, the division, tom clancy

2016.04.03

All games

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

2016.03.16

Indoor

 Skiing with a torn MCL, file ops in Java, surfing, and Helldivers.
ballast point, canopy, helldivers, lodge, screenshots, sql, squatters pub

2016.03.02

Sedentary

 MCL tear, froading, clay pigeons, volleyball.
jeep, lodge, night photography, shotgun, skeet, skiing, sledding

2016.02.20

Moving earth

 A motorsports fan judges Monster Jam (and gets booed). Cities: Skylines, Helldivers, and Fallout 4.
cities: skylines, city simulation, helldivers, monster jam, playstation plus, screenshot, squad top-down shooter

2016.01.31

Boards

 Some decorative surfboards and shelving.
b-wing, bookshelf, living room, renovation, shelf, shelving, 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.
football, league of sport, skiing, snow, twilight struggle, waves, wiffleball

2015.12.02

Caps

 My second chunk of progress in Fallout 4.
borderlands 2, closet, fallout 4, fps rpg, handsome collection, renovation, screenshot

2015.11.16

Bombing it

 A first look at Fallout 4. Also the Turkey Bowl (flag football) and some Planetside 2 action.
fallout, fallout 4, flag football, planetside 2, screenshot, 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.
fantasy, infiltrator, jabba, planetside 2, screenshots, sports, weimaraner

2015.10.10

Dos a tres

 The US-Mexico CONCACAF Cup match.
concacaf cup, football, pasadena, soccer, sports, tunnel, usmnt

2015.10.07

Flights

 An east coast trip, disc golf, and some Planetside 2 action.
carbon maine, league of sport, phone, screenshots, surfboard, travel, video games

2015.08.25

Amok

 Patio renovations, nerf storage, and a couple of celebrations. Also some fantasy football and Planetside action.
fantasy, football, footgolf, patio, renovation, taco party, tecolote canyon

2015.08.24

VR4 work

 Replacing an oxygen sensor, struts, and springs on a 3000GT VR4.
3000gt, auto work, bosch, kyb, oxygen, replacement, springs

2015.07.13

Camp'n'crawl

 The League of Sport camp and crawl and returning from Oregon by train.
amtrak, burney, esports, league of sport, portland, suburban camping, train

2015.07.12

Forever war

 My first few hours of Planetside 2 and some more Borderlands 2.
borderlands, borderlands 2, fps rpg, handsome collection, mmo squad fps, planetside 2, torgue

2015.06.02

Kona

 The big island at 14,000 feet above sea level and 60 feet below.
books, d700, david mitchell, fish, ikelite, mauna kea, travel

2015.05.24

Battlestations

 The garage annex "murder room" gets more murdery, an Ikelight strobe, a cabon fibersurfboard, HotS and the Handsome Collection.
computer, fps rpg, graphics, hdr, murder room, study, top-down moba

2015.05.09

Storms

 A Heroes of the Storm LAN party, local scuba dive, and adorable Mothers' Day photos.
diving, hots, lan party, portrait, scuba, underwater photography, video games

2015.04.22

Circuits

 The 2015 Long Beach Grand Prix, ASUS customer support, and a new rig.
asus, computer, indycar, motherboard, race, rma, trucks

2015.04.01

Class

 A dog photoshoot and some other stuff.
chrome, classy party, cristal kings, pepperoni, pong perignon, 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.
c4, map editor, open-world fps, rainbow road, remy martin, screenshot, video games

2015.03.22

HTTP

 Looking at site traffic for the first time and writing a naive classifier.
html, http, kilroy, lists, security, 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.
black team, blah, blind lady ale blah, blind lady ale house, cape, pizza, run

2015.02.04

Hangers

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

2015.01.31

Buoyant

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

2015.01.27

Clean sets

 Clean waves in Del Mar and a monster attacks SimCity.
encinitas, photography, screenshots, surfing, talon, technique, underwater housing

2015.01.19

Improvements

 Static site generator changes, fantasy football, and some video games.
borderlands, coding, duckduckgo, html, kilroy, meta, static site generator

2015.01.01

New *

 An office and OS reorg, sand and snow for the doggo.
dog, norcal, routers, snow, study, time warner, tree

2014.12.01

Transition

 A couple of trips and an AT-AT costume for Kafka.
beach, ca-cycleworks, costume, ducati, halloween, video games, 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, surf, surf photography, surfing, technique

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, halo, screenshots, video games

2014.08.19

Greedydraft

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

2014.08.03

Nightsurfing, part six

 Photographing a stealth mission.
housing, night, nightsurfing, photography, scripps, surf, technique

2014.07.27

Nightsurfing, part cinq

 An Ikelite underwater housing, a D700, and some night surfing.
night, photography, sb800, scuba, surf, surfing, technique

2014.07.01

Brazuca

 The American Outlaws World Cup 2014 trip to Brazil.
brazil, ghana, manaus, portugal, scuba, soccer, travel

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, gas line, posts, pump, renovation, skagen, soccer

2014.05.26

Pump reno iii

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

2014.05.18

Pump reno ii

 Part II of the pump house rebuild.
de filter, posts, pump, pumphouse, renovation, roofing, solar

2014.05.12

Pump reno i

 Part I of the pump house rebuild.
de filter, fence, posts, pump, pumphouse, roofing, solar

2014.04.17

Competition

 The 2014 Austin (motorcycle) Grand Prix and fantasy (like wizards) flag football.
chalking, ducati, flag football, motogp, motorsports, racing, 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, histogram, photoshop, processing, raw, technique, workflow

2014.02.16

F*ckr

 Moving from Flickr to self-hosted images.
dog, flickr, hosting, html, meta, scooby snack, weimaraner

2014.02.13

Mahalopoints

 Overnighting the Kalalau Trail and a stopover on a different north shore.
beach, goatsea, hike, kalalau, oahu, surf, surfing

2014.01.01

Popular

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

2013.09.27

Sbk

 World Superbike at Laguna Seca.
california, laguna seca, motorcycle race, motorcycles, motorcyles, race, sbk

2013.06.11

E3 2013

 New consoles, fast cars, and a giant mech at E3 2013.
adventure, console war, forza, la convention center, los angeles, metal gear solid, wind waker

2013.05.15

The last bit of thirty

 KO turns 40, Dad turns 60 in Hawaii, Lee and Carly get married.
40, brewing, claptrap, dc, hawaii, tunnels, video games

2013.03.17

Flight

 The Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run, a going away party, and a ride on Ty's new Triumph.
blah, bonneville, north carolina, pizza, snow northstar, super bowl, thirsty dog

2012.12.28

All with one shoulder

 Bicycles are friggin dangerous.
beer, brewing, cycling, deathtrap, electrical, renovation, spark plug

2012.11.14

Cure

 The Run For Your Lives zombie run and some shower tiling.
body sprays, costumes, halloween, renovation, shower, vanity, 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.
dodgeball, draft, medieval gridiron, party bus, renovation, tile, video games

2012.08.19

Cheese

 A taco party, homebrew, and quitting Facebook.
beer, 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.
box, drywall, epoxy, giants, tile, travel, vaulted ceiling

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.
commiccon, electrical, panasonic, pyramid head, quotes, sdcc, skylight

2012.07.04

Fourth

 Cenote diving near Cancun and some fireworks watching.
cave, cenote, dive, diving, scuba, travel, wedding

2012.06.18

Long days

 E3 2012 and a pool volleyball party.
borderlands 2, nerf russian roulette, party, pool, video games, volleyball, warthog

2012.05.22

Necromania

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

2012.04.01

Now with vitamin r

 Skiing Kirkwood and taking the dogs to Fiesta Island.
beer, dog, dogs, shar, ski-in-ski-out, snow, weimaraner

2012.02.19

xlvi

 A Super Bowl party.
848 evo, beer, football, pool, 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, beer, brewing, dog, dogs, porter rico, twilight imperium

2011.11.23

Postfriendsgiving

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

2011.10.30

Prefriendsgiving

 Prepping the yard for visitors and trips to DC and Vegas.
backyard, borderlands, friendsgiving, gearbox, las vegas, painting, 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 party, 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.
ducati island, monterey, motorcycle racing, 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.
laguna seca, lovesac, media room, motogp, motorcyles, motorsports, moviesac

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.
deck, ferrari, foosball, los angeles, renovation, resurfacing, 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, resurfacing, 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.
fast and furious, film, halo risk, league of sport, renovation, skylight, tiella

2011.04.24

More lighting

 Garage lighting and a skylight.
board rack, drywall, fast and furious, garage, lighting, renovation, skylight

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, scorpion, 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.
ca-cycleworks, laguna seca, monterey, motorcycle, motorcycle racing, motorcyles, motorsports

2011.03.23

Chilly

 Cansecwest 2011.
bubble bobble, conference, dan kaminsky, microsoft, rim, security, vancouver

2011.02.20

Snow, lots and lots of snow

 Swapping HIDs into the VR4 and lots of powder in Tahoe.
blizzard, northstar, ski, snowboard, snowboarding, tahoe, technique

2011.02.09

Garage work

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

2011.01.30

Entertainment

 The Walking Dead, board games, and some stuff for the office.
dominion, flag football, football, puerto rico, quote, quotes, sports

2011.01.09

Cover 2

 Dogs and flag football.
beer, dog beach, dogs, flag football, football, league of sport, weimaraner

2010.12.28

Eggsmas

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

2010.12.14

d'Dogs

 Some multiple exposure/flash fun at the park with the dog, Shar visits, and fantasy playoffs.
dog, fantasy football, football, nfl, night photography, photography, 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.
flag football, halo reach, league of sport, mud, photography, 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, flag football, nfl, niners, raiders, sports, tailgating

2010.10.13

Cabo

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

2010.10.04

Lapse

 Civilization V, Dave Matthews, and Warp Riders.
board games, civilization v, dog, fantasy football, pool, the sword, warfish

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, photography, realtime tactics, starcraft 2, starcraft ii, technique, 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.
ducati, formula 1, monaco, motogp, renovation, sargent, 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.
e3, e3expo, html, kilroy, playstation, pregnant zombie, zombie

2010.04.25

Brolagio

 Some backyard features.
fountain, indoor, pool, renovation, soccer, sports, water

2010.04.18

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

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

2010.04.02

Malware
malware, virus

2010.03.21

Piping

 Sweating pipe for the master bathroom.
how to, how-to, irrigation, kohler, master bathroom, plumbing, shower

2010.03.10

pf01

 Enkei PF01s for the VR4.
18, 3000gt, car, mitsubishi, pf01, silver, tire rack

2010.03.07

Purchases, products, plantings

 Staining the deck and adding some greenery to the backyard.
achievement unlocked, enkei, front yard, gto, pf01, plants, renovation

2010.02.24

Garage doors

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

2010.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2010-2019

 My favorite screenshots from this decade.
features, html, list, lists, meta, retropost, video games

2010.02.08

xliv

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

2010.01.31

Transitions

 Rearranging some living spaces and starting a new Mass Effect 2 run.
bed, bedroom, costco, mattress, owl, 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, axis and allies anniversary, backyard, mass effect 2, paint, renovation, stucco

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, lists, meta, photography, retropost

2010.01.10

A hot, steamy bowl of awesome

 My chili cookoff recipe.
chili, cooking, landscaping, media room, 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, drain, master bathroom, plumbing, shower, vaulted ceiling

2009.12.10

December

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

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.
cover shooter, dragon age: origins, las vegas, spoken, thanksgiving, valentineone, video games

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.
battleax, bridgestone, buymoto, forza, forza motorsport 3, qualifier, treadwear

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.
bathroom, foreshorten, ft86, grass, landscaping, nikon, photography

2009.10.14

Two weeks

 Rigging the xbox wheel for the Lovesac.
forza 3, forza motorsport 3, gulf livery, microsoft, racing simulation, technology, wheel

2009.10.09

Some reviews

 Halo ODST, Sins of a Solar Empire, and the last Futurama Movie.
barbecue, futurama, gaming, halo, odst, realtime 4x, 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, juniper, paint, painting, surfing

2009.09.07

Heavy in the games

 A live fantasy draft and some Axis and Allies.
allies, axis and allies anniversary, football, game night, medieval gridiron, nfl, strategy

2009.08.27

The return of film

 Pinhole shots using the P-Sharan cardboard camera and film photos from dirtbiking Plaster City.
beach, camera, desert, film, motorcycle, 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, d700, dog, fish, nikon, scuba, underwatersealion

2009.08.10

My first F
f100, meta, nikon, plumbing, polarizer, renovation, static site generator

2009.08.02

Full frame
backyard, irrigation, korean grass, puppy, quote, quotes, spoken

2009.07.24

Kafka at three months
dog, lens filter, panning, park, puppy, weimaraner

2009.07.15

1941
avalon hill, axis and allies, axis and allies anniversary, board, board games, macro, war room

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, dog, puppy, roosevelt, stalin, weimaraner

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, vent, virginia, wedding

2009.05.12

No photos
asparagus fern, expansion, great river, landscape, renovation, settlers of catan, time lapse

2009.05.04

All kinds of win
bean bag, henna, living room, love sac, pool, renovation, site traffic

2009.04.20

Unexpected surprises
climbingaudio, coax, d70, foam board, japanese art, media room, red alert 3

2009.04.16

New light source
backyard, cities and knights, electrical, game night, led, light, rabot

2009.04.12

A few events

 Dirt biking Plaster City, Settlers of Catan, bathroom renovation.
dirt bike, game night, living room, renovation, settlers of catan, vanity, xylem

2009.04.05

Speed night at the theater
cars, fast and furious, film, review, snark, speed night, vin diesel

2009.04.01

A few more shots of the carnage
d70, film, garage, review, speed night, surf board, truth in 24

2009.04.01

Multiple fronts
bathroom, garage, hallway, renovation, review, settlers of catan, spoken

2009.03.28

Refinishing the garage floor
3000gt, acid, car hold, floor, grinder, how to, surf board

2009.03.28

The return of the leaderboard
cars, death race, driven, fast and furious, initial d, movin too fast, review

2009.03.23

Proportions
accounting, distribution, diy, expenses, renovation

2009.03.22

Piso mojado
acid stain, grind, how to, media room, polished concrete, renovation, stain

2009.03.18

Yard, tile, library
bathroom, deck, landscape, night photography, nikon, renovation, tile removal

2009.03.15

Reinforcements
backyard, bolt, concrete, hammer drill, living room, panning, sawzall

2009.03.08

More milestones
backyard, deck, pool, s2000, scca, starbucks, watchmen

2009.03.04

Keeping myself occupied
backyard, dryer, ilford, landscape, lost, polaroid transfer, quote

2009.03.01

I red myself
backyard, deck, electrical, fence, garage, painting, stain

2009.02.25

Zones
contact sheet, film, grinding, prius, track car, welding, zone system

2009.02.22

Backyard work
darkroom, landscape, paint, pool, quote, tram, wild animal park

2009.02.17

A story told by portraits
beer, darkroom, girl, oil filter, photography, socket, vr4

2009.02.16

Portraits that tell a story (?)
contact sheet, darkroom, front yard, girl, gto, oil filter, vr4

2009.02.12

Preparing for the future
900, black and white, ducati, email, film, open-world action rpg, zombies

2009.02.08

Brakes and such
brembo, ducati, ferodo, formula 1, motogp, sbk, supersport

2009.02.05

Solar
film, overpass, printing, solarize, turbo

2009.02.02

xliii
current events, dive, fireplace, game night, news, pennsylvania, pocky

2009.01.26

The unnerving bits
electrical, fallout 3, grand theft auto, mad max, quote, quotes, renovation

2009.01.21

DC never looked so good
cabinets, chandelier, fallout, gnome, lighting, living room, open-world action rpg

2009.01.16

Squeezing in
bathroom, couch, fireplace, kim, lighting, renovation, vanity

2009.01.16

You can imagine where it goes from here
cable, electrical, how to, how-to, internet, quote, renovation

2009.01.13

Maui wowie

 Some motorcycling, diving, and golfing on Maui
airlines, dive, m1000, maui, scuba, united, 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, quote, renovation

2008.12.17

I can haz blinds
floor, hardwood, hardwood floor, hunter s thompson, ninja turtles, renovation, watchmen

2008.12.10

Compromising admissions
bathroom, d70, electrical, media room, quotes, rug, spoken

2008.12.06

A few errands later
curtains, lighting, long exposure, mirror, renovation, rug, vanity

2008.12.05

Time lapse blogography
computer repair, game night, madden, sata, spoken, stairs, the itis

2008.11.24

Odds and ends
crg, ducati, football, proitalia, renovation, sports, supersport

2008.11.21

With carpet
bed, bedroom, carpet, guest room, renovation

2008.11.21

Gears of War 2
bender, cover shooter, gears of war 2, halo, machine learning, media room, screenshot

2008.11.09

Furnishments
audio, electrical, hardwood floor, honda, living room, media room, renovation

2008.11.01

Now for a little something different
granite counter, map, mystery science theater, preview, tile, travertine, watchmen

2008.10.29

Upstairs bathroom
bathroom, plumbing, renovation, shower, tile, travertine, tub

2008.10.26

Getting there
bathroom, bear, chandelier, fireplace, flooring, hot mop, living room

2008.10.21

Cahoots
acoustics, bathroom, conversation, flooring, renovation, snake, tiling

2008.10.19

Making space
fan, garage, mirror, quiver, renovation, shower, surf rack

2008.10.10

The end is nigh
bowling, fireplace, flooring, hardwood, hardwood floor, living room, renovation

2008.10.06

A fine weekend
deck, fire, fireplace, high dive, living room, poker, spoken

2008.10.05

Floors

 Renovations.
backyard, deck, hallway, nail gun, pbr, poker, renovation

2008.10.05

Entryway floor
backyard, entryway, fireplace, floor, hallway, hardwood, living room

2008.10.02

Burning the midnight oil
beam, chandelier, grout, how to, how-to, living room, tile

2008.09.29

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

2008.09.24

Construction site with amenities
bathroom, deck, lcd, media room, renovation, tile, wheelbarrow

2008.09.17

Piecing it together
fireplace, lighting, renovation, skylight, solar tube, texture gun, wall texture

2008.09.11

Last of the painting, start of the flooring
dining room, floor, hallway, hardwood floor, paint, painting, 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
appliances, cabinets, ceiling, deck, kitchen, pool, yeti

2008.09.04

Portfolio fin

 My photo class final project.
1098, ducati, macro, motion blur, motorcyles, palomar, supersport

2008.09.02

Domestication
epoxy, floor, maintenance, morelos, pump, renovation, skylight

2008.08.05

The weekend in summary
80-400, angeles crest, calumet, ducati, hunter s thompson, mt palomar, rides

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
cones, gto, impreza, rsx, s13, subaru, vr4

2008.07.31

Portfolio part II
bike night, d70, long exposure, miramesa, motorcycle, night photography, nikon

2008.07.30

Portfolio part I

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

2008.07.27

A lack of focus
3000gt, autocross, autox, comiccon, gto, live, vr4

2008.07.27

House quandary I
bathroom, bedroom, ceiling, kitchen, living room, skylight, solar tube

2008.07.22

The Mint 400
blackjack, giraffe, las vegas, lazy river, mgm, roulette, valentineone

2008.07.22

The tank is half full
cell phone, environmentalism, hydrogen power, irvine, jalopnik, oil crisis, scooter

2008.07.22

Motorsports day
corkscrew, laguna seca, motogp, sbk, spoken, valentino rossi, vr46

2008.06.24

Rifftrax II

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

2008.06.11

Neural networks
explained, hybrid algorithm, market, neural network, programming, scrabble, trading

2008.06.11

Picking ponies
ann, hybrid, neural network, prediction market, programming, software, stock market

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
impreza, mitsubishi, s13, scca, sdad, solo, vr4

2008.05.22

Available light
light, photography, portrait, portraiture, technique, workout

2008.05.22

Prime or zoom
advice, discussion, how to, nikon, prime, technique, 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
3000gt, car, edge racing, gto, mitsubishi, tires, wheels

2008.05.04

Major cwnage

 Autocross day.
240sx, autocross, car, impreza, jetta, race, scnax

2008.04.28

Sloppy joes
beach, ocean, photography, summer, surf, surfing, wave

2008.04.28

Cheers and tears
2 fast 2 furious, car movies, death race, gumball rally, movin too fast, ronin, the fast and the furious

2008.04.09

Spoken III
conversation, march madness, quotes, spoken

2008.04.06

Crossed up
3000gt, autox, gto, mitsubishi, san diego, sti, wrx

2008.03.27

Garage daze
3000gt, auto, gto, how to, installation, mitsubishi, strut brace

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, video games

2008.03.16

Brawl
fighter, image, nintendo, screenshot, super smash bros. brawl, video games, wii

2008.03.03

A winning combination
car movies, film, movie, racing, 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, nissan, rx7, silvia

2008.02.20

West coast
autocross, autox, cars, lotus, nissan, race, snowman

2008.02.12

The leaderboard

 Our first six Speed Night films, ranked.
days of thunder, driven, fast and the furious, leaderboard, movies, review, speed night

2008.02.11

You must have eight cylinders to ride
car movies, days of thunder, film, mad max, movie, redline, 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
action, driven, initial d, movies, reviews, speed night, the fast and the furious

2008.01.23

'Boozin with beer for the bowl'
party, players sports bar, super bowl

2008.01.21

The goggles do nothing
car movies, mad max, movies, reviews, speed night, the fast and the furious, torque

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, sierra nevada, ski, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, tahoe

2007.12.19

Spoken
dragons, ducati, dystopia, hid, movie, quotes, vr4

2007.12.10

Distractions

 The VR4 and some things that are happening.
3000gt, action rpg, fantasy football, football, mitsubishi, nfl, video games

2007.12.05

There and back again
alaska airlines, bowflex, nike, on the beach, oregon, portland, rifftrax

2007.10.29

We are not who we appear to be
costume, futurama, halloween, mst3k, mystery science theater, party, steve zissou

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, ann, genetic programming, 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, adventure, fantasy football, knights of the old republic, kotor, sports, 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.
closed course, knee drag, motorcycles, nighttime, photography, professional rider, sparkers

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
auto, car, parts, raybestos, repair, tire, toyota

2007.05.10

Drivetrain III
brembo, celica, half shaft, modern, rim, toyota, wheel

2007.05.07

I get more phone numbers rollin this than I ever did on the bus
17, celica, dv5, motegi, red, rim, wheel

2007.05.06

Corral Canyon
atv, california motorsport, corral canyon, crf, dirt bike, quad, san diego

2007.05.06

Nightsurfing, Part Trois
flash, night surf, nightsurfing, stealth mission, surfing, technique, underwater

2007.05.02

Drivetrain II
brakes, cv joint, drivetrain, halfshaft, mechanic, suspension, wheels

2007.04.26

Drivetrain I
brake, brakes, half shaft, parts, raybestos, rotor, toyota

2007.04.25

240,000 miles later
brake, celica, how-to, parts, repair, rotor, steering knuckle

2007.04.20

Consoles and cars
360, cars, forza, microsoft, playstation, quotes, video games

2007.04.18

Court and Bretney
engagement, kate, lost, pants, photos, softball, 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, sandwich, 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, fire, jeans, latte, this is a disaster

2007.04.05

Free at last
bane, move, paint, tape

2007.04.04

Nightsurfing Part Trois
beach, la jolla shores, nightsurf, scripps, surf, surfing, technique

2007.04.03

Kauai
kauai, kealia, 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
beach, camera, canon, photography, surfing, technique, wave

2007.03.13

A weekend
motorsports, photography, soccer, sports, technique, the sword, wii

2007.03.13

Nightsurfing part deux

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

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
google, sierra nevada, snow, snow angel, squaw valley, tahoe, vacation

2007.02.04

XLI
football, nfl, party, san diego, sports, sportsbook, super bowl

2007.02.02

The new ish

 Touch football retold with mspaint.
exercise, monkeys, sports, stanford, the big game, the play, training

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, html, kilroy, meta, static site generator, tags

2006.12.18

On categorization

 An attempt to categorize posts.
features, flickr, google, html, information architecture, static site generator, topics

2006.11.20

[Insert forced Wii pun here]

 A few hours with the hottest new console.
gaming, microsoft, nintendo, playstation, sports, wii sports, 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.
motard, motorcycle, motorcycles, motorsport, race, reservation, retro post

2005.12.21

Sets

 Good-sized sets, lifeguards, and dolphins in Del Mar.
closeout, photography, rescue, retro post, surf, wave, waves

2005.12.18

Portraits

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

2005.10.18

China

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

2005.09.11

Sunrise

 Some enthusiastic motorcycling.
dank hoolie, drz, hayabusa, knee drag, motorcycles, photography, twisties

2005.09.05

Shasta day three

 Summiting Mt. Shasta from a Lake Helen campsite, then the descent.
clouds, glissading, ice axe, mountain, mountaineering, mt shasta, snow

2005.09.04

Shasta day two

 From the Mt. Shasta trailhead to the campsite at Lake Helen.
backpacking, beans, climbing, clouds, mountaineering, snow, view

2005.09.03

Shasta day one

 Acclimating for the Mt. Shasta climb.
backpack, backpacking, ice axe, mountain, mountaineering, mt shasta, 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, e3expo, mario, mario strikers, nintendo, xbox, zelda

2005.05.27

Last hurrah

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

2004.12.31

Tahoe

 A ski trip.
retro post, sierra nevada, ski, slowboard, 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, hiking, julian, photography, retro post, san diego

2004.05.22

E3

 E3 2004.
blizzard, la convention center, nintendo, sims, snake eater, 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.
auto work, brake, eibach, how-to, kyb, spring, wrenching

2003.10.25

Cedar fire

 A gallery of images from the 2003 San Diego Cedar Fire.
del mar, disaster, fire, police, poway, retro post, wildfire

2003.08.14

Alaska

 Juneau, Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, and Kenai.
cabin, fjord, glacier, hike, lighthouse, moose, travel

2003.05.10

PB Block Party

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

2002.12.31

Tahoe

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

2002.08.01

Shasta

 An unsuccessful attempt to summit Mount Shasta.
backpack, backpacking, california, climb, mountaineering, retro post, shasta

2002.05.24

E3

 E3 2002.
e3, la convention center, retro post, sega, squaresoft, technology, video games

2001.12.01

Skiing

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

2001.05.17

E3

 Gamecube, Sonic, and a Saleen S7 at the 2001 E3 Expo.
e3, la convention center, nintendo, retro post, saleen s7, sonic, sony

2000.07.01

Graeagle

 Backpacking in the sierras.
backpacking, camping, graeagle, hiking, lake, retro post, tahoe

2000.01.10

Favorite photos, 2001-2009

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