2025.03.05

Rogues

Rogue Trader, rogue trading, rogue code and renovation projects, and some Mad Max-y boardgaming.

2025.03.03

No u

Elon's trolley meme, fixed x2.

2025.03.01

Godspeed, European Union

This was supposed to happen day one.

2025.02.26

We weren't prepared for GenAI

Trump Gaza #1.

2025.02.09

Cape Run 2025

A few photos from the '25 Cape Run.

2025.02.04

Sad popcorn

OPM, DOGE, and /r/fednews.

2025.02.01

Drenched

A trip to the Great Wolf Lodge.

2025.01.26

Wow, Rust is just like Java

Lmao.

2025.01.25

Roguelikes

A few hours with Balatro and Roboquest.

2025.01.18

Quick bite

The TikTok ban from the perspective of someone who doesn't care.

2025.01.12

Delays

A couple of trips, a few thoughts on the Ford F-150, and a gripe about Lyft.

2024.12.31

Recap 2024

Top content from 2024.

2024.12.30

Excursions

Xmas stuff and a Cybertruck review.

2024.12.30

Reindexed

Is Google reversing course on their deindexing campaign?

2024.12.22

The Outer Web

Parasite SEO and a solution.

2024.12.17

Netherbrain

My Tactician-difficulty BG3 playthrough draws to a close.

2024.12.15

But the fire is so delightful

Winter activities: art projects and video games.

2024.11.30

Yosemite

Friendsgiving in Yosemite.

2024.11.15

Nintendo knew

That streamer guy looks like Glass Joe.

2024.11.11

Clutch

My first clutch adjustment.

2024.10.31

Halloween

Costume parties and black cats. And a rainbow seahorse.

2024.10.30

Real

It is Wednesday, my dudes.

2024.10.06

House project

Finishing the deck railing.

2024.09.27

Copilots

A little bit of everything: planes, games, projects, and tech.

2024.09.24

Succession

Fear and loathing on the campaign trail '24.

2024.09.12

Drills

Some under-6 soccer drills and activities.

2024.09.08

Nostalgia

Adding some gaming nostalgia to kilroy.

2024.08.18

Coasts

Catalina and then some gaming in NoVa.

2024.08.09

Core web

Crawled - currently not indexed.

2024.08.05

Second lap

Remnant II and BG3 are just as good the second time around.

2024.07.12

Outdoor work

House projects and such.

2024.07.06

Drawing

Just a crayon drawing.

2024.07.04

Independence Day

A roundup of news and information regarding the presidential immunity decision.

2024.06.26

So anyway, I started blasting

The SCOTUS opinions on Cargill and Rahimi.

2024.06.24

New unlocks

Second playthroughs of BG3 and Remnant II, a little PUBG mayhem.

2024.06.09

Wandering the dark forest

A few more meadows in the dark forest of the internet. And a Google API leak.

2024.06.04

Sunshine

A few outings.

2024.06.03

Final boss

Finishing BG3 and Remnant 2.

2024.05.06

Wandering

Purposeful and aimless walks into the internet.

2024.05.05

Burns

Helldivers and friendly fire: name a more iconic duo. Also some Remnant and PUBG action.

2024.04.26

Stop saying SEAL Team 6

Oral arguments on presidential immunity.

2024.04.23

Activities

Some fun in the sun with friends and family.

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.

2024.03.15

Op-eds

A few interesting op-eds in the aftermath of Trump v Anderson.

2024.03.10

Moon of Vega

Helldivers 2 crossplay woes and combing the subsurface web.

2024.03.04

Resolution

Trump v Anderson, the Civil War, and Nelson Tift.

2024.02.28

Debates

Moody v NetChoice oral arguments.

2024.02.25

For Super Earth

My first few hours of fighting for democracy.

2024.02.22

Rebel Moon

Rebel Moon was not good.

2024.02.21

Windshield wipers

A BMW pedal car and lots of water falling from the sky.

2024.02.19

Colorado and federalism

Highlights from Trump v Anderson oral arguments.

2024.02.15

Starchart

My web 1.1 corpus grew large enough to do an optimization.

2024.02.13

Exploring

Screencaps and a little discussion of Remnant II, BG3, Stray, and Slay the Spire.

2024.02.07

Tune in

Tomorrow's SCOTUS oral arguments should be interesting.

2024.01.10

Crashing the gates

Seven interesting legal battles.

2024.01.07

A random walk

Some examples of linking the indieweb.

2024.01.06

Family

A few photos from the holidays: Safari West, cozy fires, and a Boneys sess.

2023.12.31

Recap 2023

Top content from 2023.

2023.12.30

Feature complete

My static site generator can now recommend external blog/smallweb posts with similar subject matter.

2023.12.20

Rim worlds

Visiting and connecting the fringes of the web.

2023.12.11

For the eyes

The first hour of Remnant II and the end of Act II of BG3.

2023.12.02

The Waning Moon

Texas governor Elon Musk, another AdVon client catches flak for GPT reviews, and SEC v. Jarkesy.

2023.11.26

Playspace

Creating a small play area in the sideyard using rubberized playground tiles.

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.

2023.11.20

Subsurface

Links pages, webrings, and search.

2023.11.17

Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving in SF and some board games.

2023.11.12

Fin films

A roundup of films and documentaries with financial intrigue. Wall Street, finance, scams, tech - all are welcome here.

2023.11.07

Appropriations

Reading the transcript of oral arguments from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America.

2023.11.05

Static site generator

Static site generators, some good posts, and peers.

2023.10.31

Costumes

A gallery of costumes.

2023.10.29

Washington

Cox and Combes Washington, the costume.

2023.10.27

Artificial intelligence

Banking in Silicon Valley and some AI non-stories.

2023.10.25

Recreation

Fall means pumpkin patches and relatively empty beaches and zoos. It's also good for board and video games.

2023.10.22

Literally what

A MotoGP-derived sport tourer. What?

2023.10.18

Autopilot/soft landing

Investment risks, 401k funds are stupid, and ETFs that sell covered calls.

2023.10.08

Granularity

Linking internally and externally using text tokens and n-grams.

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.

2023.09.27

Enwebbed

Parsing RSS feeds to find peers.

2023.09.24

Jets

Some telephoto shots of the Blue Angels doing neat tricks.

2023.09.23

Small web

Kagi sees an opportunity to index the indieweb.

2023.09.18

Good reads

A couple of good reads from the blogosphere.

2023.09.18

Rare finds

Finishing BG3 Act I, some cuteness, and Harland's Ube IPA.

2023.09.10

Travel

A roundup of travel posts.

2023.09.03

Dunks

Pool volleyball and diving board tricks.

2023.09.01

Souls

93 til 23 and still going.

2023.08.31

Dive log

My scuba dive log.

2023.08.30

Catalina

A short trip to Catalina Island.

2023.08.25

Prigozhin't

But why two months later?

2023.08.21

Drenched

Hurricane Hilary, scuba, and leisure.

2023.08.12

Questing

BG3 and everything else.

2023.08.02

Red sky in morning

Oppenheimer and choice quotes about the recent web2 happenings.

2023.07.23

A walk in the dark forest

All of the internet in one short stroll.

2023.07.16

Cascadia

A summer trip to Washington State.

2023.07.04

Pool resurface

Going from an epoxy pool surface to a fiberglass one.

2023.07.03

The end of the ride

Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy protection.

2023.07.02

Feature request

I just want to link other people's blogs.

2023.07.01

In the defense of the comments section

The real DD is in the comments, it's true.

2023.06.30

Junta

A few details emerge about the Wagnerkrieg.

2023.06.28

Everything is better in the app

Tracking user interactions for fun and profit.

2023.06.26

Wagnerkrieg

I was up all night anyway.

2023.06.21

Cleaning house

The Reddit saga and the indieweb.

2023.06.19

Bons voyages

A few short trips and wondering why something isn't a thing.

2023.06.13

Failboats

Drama and disasters.

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.

2023.05.28

Explosions

Quick bites (quibis) about NVDA, wheelbarrow adventures, and some games.

2023.05.27

CSE/ECE career information

Transcribing some Q+A from a career panel.

2023.05.15

Happenings

Just normal stuff - a concert, a few house projects, some vehicle discussions, and our last Gloomhaven scenario.

2023.05.08

Waifus

Aircraft, spacecraft, and weird news developments.

2023.05.06

Tactical survival action

First impressions of Fire Emblem Engage, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Fallout 76, XCOM: Chimera Squad, and Gloomhaven.

2023.04.28

Next episode

Following up on previous threads: the T-14, wood preservation, and Halo (through the lens of ship naming).

2023.04.16

Michael Bay area

My PUBG replay editor workflow.

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.

2023.04.10

Further reading

I read a bunch of interesting stuff about Ukraine, Russiagate, and global security.

2023.04.01

E3 RIP

The end of E3, for now?

2023.03.27

Recovery

Fighting off viruses.

2023.03.24

RBB

A GPT replicant is added to our group chat.

2023.03.17

Boom

A bank meme, Dodd-Frank, Glass-Steagall, and a lot of fingerpointing.

2023.03.16

The gauntlet

Investing tidbits, inflation, and recent economics headlines.

2023.03.15

Halo 4

Some screencaps and commentary from Halo 4.

2023.03.14

Sea/dogs

A scuba dive, some tea parties, and organizing the video game sock drawer.

2023.03.07

ODST

Part three of the co-opable Master Chief Collection - Halo: ODST.

2023.03.05

Brain drain

WSB sounding like your dad's friends when he took you to the bar.

2023.03.05

Halo 3

A Halo 3 playthrough.

2023.03.04

C0D3

Indie SEO, Google Search Console, static websites, and Java fails/parallelization.

2023.03.02

Highlights

Three short clips from recent PUBG matches.

2023.02.25

Epilogue

Dilbert goes out with a gasp.

2023.02.24

The humans are dead

Begun this chatbot war has.

2023.02.23

Battle royale

PUBG hijinks.

2023.02.20

Samba lifecycle

Sambas never die, they just find a new purpose.

2023.02.19

Time warp

Escaping the spire with Ironclad, Defect, and Watcher.

2023.02.18

Reach

A playthrough of Halo Reach from the Master Chief Collection

2023.02.17

3.6 Roentgen

The East Palestine train crash and Chinese spy balloon.

2023.02.08

The Ascent

A playthrough of the cyberpunk squad shooter The Ascent.

2023.02.07

Leisure

Some offroading, a new fridge water pump, and The Witcher on Netflix.

2023.02.06

Halo

Turns out Halo MCC co-op is unplayable.

2023.02.05

Cape run

The Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run returned in 2023.

2023.01.30

Money and boredom

The Netflix Madoff documentary and revisiting some other national figures.

2023.01.24

Hmm

Hindenburg goes after Adani and Burry does technicals.

2023.01.14

All the genres

Finishing Wonderlands, starting Stellaris, still playing Gloomhaven and Gunfire. ESO next?

2023.01.10

d'Bears on parade

One trophy, one miserable failure, one weird final.

2023.01.09

Graphic art

/r/baseball had a funny post about old MLB team logos.

2023.01.07

Up the coast

Christmas travel.

2023.01.06

Charging on January 6th

Shots from Black's Beach on January 06, 2023.

2022.12.31

Crisis averted

Spoilery roundoup of Pandemic Legacy Season 0.

2022.12.31

Recap 2022

Top content from the year.

2022.12.18

The next campaign

Contemplating the next co-op adventure.

2022.12.16

Fungible

ElonJet, Twitter, and the digital money printer.

2022.12.12

Controversies

A newspost about soccer, Twitter, Europe, and money.

2022.12.05

Elden Lord

Finishing Elden Ring and fighting a normal-sized skeleton in Wonderlands.

2022.12.03

New quest

Finishing Elden Ring - almost - and starting Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

2022.11.19

Prompts

Experimenting with prompts in Stable Diffusion.

2022.11.18

Surprise

Just a meme about the World Cup.

2022.11.14

Stable Diffusion setup

Getting Stable Diffusion up and running on Ubuntu 22.04 with an RTX3080 Ti.

2022.11.08

Turning points

Twitter, Elon, a video card upgrade, and some music.

2022.10.17

Convergence

Brief thoughts on current events and a billionaire who thinks very highly of himself.

2022.10.12

Deckbuilding and action

Initial thoughts on Shadowverse Champions Battle and Gunfire Reborn. More Elden Ring and Across the Obelisk.

2022.10.11

Leisure

A family-friendly winery, a ballgame, and a weekend trip.

2022.09.25

Danger zone system

Gallery of the Blue Angels at the Miramar Air Show.

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.

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.

2022.08.24

Space plane games

Reviews of roguelikes Griftlands and Crying Suns.

2022.08.19

Rewiring

Playing with autoencoders for graphics processing.

2022.08.17

Exploring

Volcano Manor and the Leyndell, plus some Reddit commentary on the invader mechanic.

2022.08.15

The platform

Another node in the indieweb and a Java library for personal projects.

2022.08.14

Popcorn

Watching this week's political news from the peanut gallery.

2022.08.03

Keras cheat sheet

Examples of keras merging layers, convolutional layers, and activation functions in L, RGB, HSV, and YCbCr.

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.

2022.07.18

Indicators

Interest rates, housing, and catalysts.

2022.07.15

Plane games

Informal reviews of Project Highrise and Nowhere Prophet for Switch.

2022.07.11

Black sand

A trip to the big island.

2022.06.25

Decided

Reflecting on the SCOTUS decisions from this week.

2022.06.23

Dall-e

Experimenting with Dall-e text inputs, moving a sandbox example offline, and troubleshooting jax/cuda.

2022.06.18

Carnage

More investment carnage, turf boot carnage, and sci-fi carnage.

2022.06.15

Finished

The veranda gets artificial grass and is finally complete.

2022.06.10

Underdogs

CPI Friday, asset-backed loans, and more indieweb.

2022.06.07

Fog door

A birthday party, wood oil, board games, video games, and other stuff.

2022.06.05

Slay the spire

Climbing towers and flipping cards in Slay the Spire.

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.

2022.05.24

This is fine

A few rabbit holes regarding the current state of real estate and Meme Lorde himself.

2022.05.20

Packs

Trading the stroller out for a baby backpack. Retrofitting old posts to new markup. A couple Elden Ring dragons.

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.

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.

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.

2022.04.29

Lands between

Some scenery from Elden Ring.

2022.04.27

Conversations

Installing a dryer booster fan, choosing a cat name for an intern project, and some convos about Twitter and Truth.

2022.04.17

Links

Pool pump work, hacker news and the indie web/blogsphere, and Elon wants to buy Twitter.

2022.04.06

Not looking back

Pandemic Season 0, Zinsco breaker replacement, robots shooting basketballs, and the Blyatskrieg grinds on.

2022.03.30

Diversions

Initial thoughts on Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West with plenty of screencaps.

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.

2022.02.20

Imminent?

The US claims an invasion is imminent, Reddit watches drones, I buy energy stonks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2022.01.09

Clincher

The best NFL season finale ever (Chargers-Raiders), what the heck was that timeout, and the Go Charge Go copypasta.

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.

2021.12.29

Evergreen

Rain, goats, and gifts.

2021.12.21

Vball championship

Night volleyball with a rear-curtain flash and a slow shutter.

2021.12.19

Covidivision

Often said: "I'm not anti-vaccine, I'm anti-mandate."

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.

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.

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.

2021.11.08

The upswing

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

2021.11.07

Togetherness

Friendsgiving mayhem, timely Halloween costumes, gun stonks, and Tacoma parts. And some machine learning graphics links and learnings.

2021.10.26

How to (not) get a PS5

Chasing the Playstation 5 white whale.

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.

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.

2021.08.26

News

I am an uncle.

2021.08.22

Perils

I start Mass Effect 2, Google kills Hangouts, the US pulls out of Afghanistan.

2021.08.01

Film vault

Digging through the shoebox of film photos.

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.

2021.07.17

Just buy SPY

Lordstown marketing subreddit and my six month wheel trading report card

2021.07.12

Up and down

Screencaps and commentary from Virgin Galactic's first passenger flight... then they dilute. Some more Lordstown chat.

2021.07.06

To the moon

Hype post willing SPCE to the moon.

2021.07.04

Lambos or shambos

PLTN, SPCE, and RIDE. I watch the China Hustle (recommend!) and some video games are played.

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.

2021.06.15

Bro, the humanity

Hindenburg Research is short DKNG and Redditors discuss short selling. Hilti tools are the ultimate flex.

2021.06.13

Equities

Lots of woodporn as the veranda takes shape. Meme stonks stage a comeback and candles are replaced with crayons.

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.

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.

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.

2021.04.13

Third house

Fire Emblem Three Houses squad optimization.

2021.04.10

Humble request

We can never have too many Xes.

2021.04.08

Investment drama

Archegos, Lordstown, and contextualizing everything in film terms.

2021.04.06

Resistance

My winding path to vaccination, the perfect PUBG match, hardware multiboot, and discussions from my spicy millennialism list.

2021.04.01

Millennialisms

My most- and least-favorite millennialisms. Spoiler: I don't care about avocado toast one way or the other.

2021.03.27

Ever memein'

The Ever Given debacle seems oddly familiar.

2021.03.15

Follow up

WSB donates its tendies to fellow apes. Some wheel trading analysis. Games: Bloodborne, Fire Emblem, Remnant.

2021.03.12

Deliveries

Danielle arrives. And some other stuff while nevously awaiting delivery.

2021.02.09

Fails

The WallStreetBets GME saga continues with industry reactions and a coup. And some other stuff.

2021.01.30

GME volume

We are all Gamestop holders now.

2021.01.26

Will Gamestop?

Will GME continue to moon?

2021.01.23

Gamestop

Deep Fucking Value.

2021.01.20

Current events

January 6th and the two weeks that followed.

2021.01.03

Swell

Shots from a few San Diego spots during the recent swell.

2021.01.02

The next break

Reflecting on investments and Warren B. Some sunset surf shots, video games, and AI image stylization.

2020.12.25

Staying warm by the fire

Fixing the transformer on a 1970s furnace, PUBG meme strats, and thinking about autoencoders.

2020.12.12

On lock

The covid surge is a good time for video games and fantasy football.

2020.12.06

Edges and corners

Taking the 500mm out for some surf shots. Tweaking neural style transfer.

2020.11.29

Mods

Tweaking the TensorFlow implementation of 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.

2020.11.01

Darkness

The first night surf photography session in awhile. Halloween, elections, brushfires, and stonks.

2020.10.17

Cash-secured put

Getting passive income from cash.

2020.10.10

Cover

Star Wars: Squadrons and covered calls 101.

2020.10.03

Squadrons

X-Wing is reborn.

2020.09.30

Above-average Wednesday

A mega-gallery from Black's Beach during a nice swell.

2020.09.26

Seascape

Taking the 500mm out to Seascape with some buddies.

2020.09.25

Covid election

Thoughts about a recent Atlantic article about how the 2020 election might be contested.

2020.09.13

Hot start

Fantasy football season begins, Nioh, and The Last of Us 2.

2020.09.09

The four horsemen

Ill portents, investment films, and surf photos.

2020.09.06

Fantasy

My fantasy teams this year.

2020.08.27

Go right

The nearly-invisible personal website, theta gang, and a bunch of video games.

2020.08.20

Tapatio noodles

Tapatio came out with a ramen cup.

2020.08.08

Revisiting

Painting the house from scaffolding, buying bonds, Barotrauma, RoR2, and Blaseball.

2020.08.01

Shootin' buckets

I break out the Nikon 500m f4g for the first time.

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.

2020.07.17

Heating up

Summer things like hot dogs and toxic clouds. More covid memes, more stonks, and a DIY monopod design.

2020.07.03

High/low country

Borderlands 3 Bounty of Blood, Barotrauma submarine design, Divinity, and some summer things.

2020.07.01

Dogfight

I set up a remote X-Wing miniatures match for Jon and Rob. It gets heartwarmingly LARPy.

2020.06.26

Second peak

Just an OC covid meme.

2020.06.24

The Last of Us Pt. II

First impressions of the newest TLOU and some of the weird reactions to its release.

2020.06.19

Get hype(rspace)

Excited for Star Wars Squadrons.

2020.06.15

Choose your home adventure

Renovating the media room, some current events, and some video games.

2020.05.31

Opening/closing

Covid eases. Less PUBG, more Payday. Some lockdown pastimes.

2020.05.31

Perrrrrsona!

Adding avatars to my blog.

2020.05.18

Exploration

Lockdown video gaming, socially-distanced beer exploration, and site generator improvements.

2020.05.09

Raster

Moving pixels around with Java.

2020.04.20

Plenty to do

Pandemic activities: trading, gaming, and coding.

2020.04.19

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus remaster: sixteen colossi, one button mapping issue, and a bittersweet ending.

2020.04.05

Biohazards

The day covid lockdown started and some of the ensuing memes. FE Three Houses, Tarkov, Divinity 2, and Borderlands 3.

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.

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.

2020.02.15

Crimson Flower

The Crimson Flower branch of Fire Emblem: Three Houses and minmaxing for the endgame.

2020.02.11

Whistler

A ski trip to Whistler.

2020.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2020-2029

A gallery of my favorite screencaps from this decade.

2020.02.02

Cape Run

The 2020 Blind Lade Ale House Cape Run.

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.

2020.01.10

Favorite photos, 2020-2029

My own favorite photos from this decade.

2020.01.04

P-games only

Pako Car Chase Simulator, Pony Island, Post Scriptum, and PUBG.

2019.12.31

So long, twenty-teens

Ten things that defined this decade.

2019.12.29

Up and back

A road trip, Fire Emblem Three Houses, and BL3 Handsome Jackpot.

2019.12.08

December

Just a time-lapse of tree decorating.

2019.11.30

It's nicer indoors

Fire Emblem Tree Houses, the Borderlands 3 endgame, another Dying Light playthrough, and Barotrauma.

2019.11.10

Castles

A Fire Emblem Three Houses review and some turkey.

2019.10.27

Apexes

Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2, and volleyball under the moon.

2019.10.26

Halloween

A costume party.

2019.10.03

Another lap

Food and parties, Borderlands and Risk of Rain.

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.

2019.08.10

Deeper dive

A trip to Las Vegas, finishing Division 2, Risk of Rain 2 items, and DL4J/CNN stuff.

2019.07.20

Sweltering

Hot dogs, hot zones, and hot worms.

2019.06.30

Beating the heat

Borderlands GOTY, RoR2, and a new PUBG tactic.

2019.06.12

E3 2019

E3 2019.

2019.06.03

Chipper

A review of the Power King 7hp woodchipper.

2019.06.02

Parallelism

Doing distributed processing with Java's parallelStream.

2019.06.01

Back to it

A trip out east, a RHCP tribute band, Borderlands GOTY, and RoR2.

2019.05.23

Thumbnailing

Naive thumbnail generation in Java.

2019.05.18

Sets

I added post sets to my static site generator.

2019.05.01

Lists

List posts and my favs.

2019.04.29

Winterfell

A roundup of Reddit commentary after the Battle of Winterfell.

2019.04.24

Europe: novelties

Silly stuff from the Europe trip.

2019.04.24

Europe: social studies

A few cultural quirks from our two weeks on the continent.

2019.04.24

Europe: food

A summary of foods from the Europe trip.

2019.04.23

Tuesday: GVA - AMS - LAX

Travel day: Geneva to Los Angeles and then back home.

2019.04.22

Monday: Murren - Lausanne - Montraux - Geneva

Visiting friends in Lausanne before the flight home.

2019.04.21

Sunday: Murren - Schilthorn

Hiking a ski slope in Murren then taking the gondola to Piz Gloria.

2019.04.20

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

Interlaken to the Schilthorn to liters at the Hotel Eidelweiss.

2019.04.19

Friday: Bacharach - Interlaken

From Germany to Switzerland with a minor transportation scare.

2019.04.18

Thursday: Bacharach - Burg Eltz

A day trip to Burg Eltz from Bacharach.

2019.04.17

Wednesday: Brussels - Bacharach

Brussels to Bacharach by train.

2019.04.16

Tuesday: Paris - Brussels

Paris to Brussels by train and foot.

2019.04.15

Monday: Paris

Lunch at a Michelin restaurant, scootering the Louvre, and a bike tour on an ill-fated day.

2019.04.14

Sunday: Paris

A metro and walking loop to the catacombs and Champs-Elysees. Moulin Rouge.

2019.04.13

Saturday: Rayol - Nice - Paris

Rayol Canadel to Paris via Nice.

2019.04.12

Friday: Rayol Canadel Sur Mer

A Sentier Fenouillet hike, quick swim, and some crepes.

2019.04.11

Thursday: Gigondas - Avignon - Aix - Rayol

Gigondas to Rayol Canadel sur Mer with stops in Avignon and Aix.

2019.04.10

Wednesday: Lyon - Gigondas

A Lyon market and the wine country.

2019.04.09

Tuesday: plane - CDG - GVA - Lyon

The LAX to GVA via CDG, then a relatively short drive to Lyon.

2019.04.08

Monday: San Diego - LAX - plane

Taking the train to LAX for our flight to Paris.

2019.04.07

Europe preparation

Maps, money, and translation software.

2019.04.06

Some improvements

Some web site updates, a bday photo session, and an assortment of games.

2019.04.04

Lists

All of my lists.

2019.04.02

About

The obligatory 'about this site' page.

2019.04.01

Top ten games

My top ten video games of all time.

2019.03.16

Bouncing around

The amazing Nikkor 50mm 1/.4G, Far Cry 5 has a dark ending, and a few other multiplayer games.

2019.02.26

Destination

A Maui trip during humpback season.

2019.02.17

Canyoning

Putting the 'adventure' back in the Gentlemen's Beer Exploration Society.

2019.02.10

Hood

Mount Hood brocation.

2019.02.02

BLAH Cape Run

The 2019 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.

2019.01.27

Entertainment

Fire Emblem Fates, Divinity, Far Cry, and a bunch of other video games.

2018.12.30

Santa's little helpers

Christmas with a weim and a golden.

2018.12.22

Enduring

Far Cry 5 and the new PUBG snow map.

2018.11.25

Looking back/forward

Some video game talk, a new jacket, and descaling the water heater.

2018.11.14

Dogeared

Kafka gets ear surgery, I eat Din Tai Fung and play some games.

2018.11.04

Masks

Halloween, PUBG, and a trip to Seattle.

2018.10.21

RPG

Some short trips, finishing Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, beginning Gloomhaven.

2018.08.30

Drafted

Gaming: PUBG, fantasy, Alienation, God of War, X-Wing miniatures.

2018.08.04

Vidya

Lots of gaming: PUBG, Risk, Destiny 2, Alienation, and God of War.

2018.07.23

Tactics

Hot weather means X-Com, PUBG, Destiny, and an X-Wing miniatures corvette battle.

2018.06.25

Sun reas

The 2018 World Superbike race at Laguna Seca.

2018.06.20

Adventuring

Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, The Division, X-Com 2, PUBG, and Tacoma suspension.

2018.06.12

E3

E3 2018.

2018.05.31

Dialogue

Text chats implemented in html, some more neural style transfer, LED headlight installation, and Sea of Thieves.

2018.05.13

CA primary

The California primary voter guide in all its weirdness.

2018.05.13

Deep dive

Neural style transfer using DL4J and other starter projects. An ATL trip and two hours before the mast.

2018.04.08

Blowing off some dust

EDH builds: Narset and Oloro.

2018.04.01

Graphics

Sea of Thieves, Monster Hunter, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and some outdoor activities.

2018.03.25

Drenched

Park City ski-brocation, a Kingwin HDD switch for multi-boot, and first thoughts on Sea of Thieves.

2018.03.07

Menacing

Pouring concrete for the murder room, Monster Hunter, and Altered Carbon.

2018.02.27

Tags

Adding tags to my static site generator.

2018.02.25

Onward

The BLAH Cape Run, pouring concrete for the murder room, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

2018.02.11

Grinding

I play some Horizon and Monster Hunter, work on the murder room, and build some EDH decks.

2018.01.28

Spoiled

Murder room concrete work, a wedding shoot, the Horizon Zero Dawn finale, and Pandemic Legacy.

2018.01.07

Horizon

Screencaps, videos, and initial thoughts on Horizon Zero Dawn.

2017.12.31

Sleighride

A holiday trip to NorCal, an Ezuri EDH deck, and static site generator mod for building and sharing MTG decks.

2017.12.27

J's top ten video games

My buddy dropped his all time top 10 video games on me.

2017.12.17

Sunsets

Weather, Monster Hunter, thoughts on my Zero S, and The Last Jedi.

2017.12.11

OC

Internet content, from OC to excrement.

2017.11.25

The craft

Moving from a Ducati to a Zero S. Rebel Galaxy and some other video games.

2017.11.14

All over the map

Installing a tankless water heater and a few board games.

2017.11.13

Ixalan sealed

Ixalan sealed night at Barrel Harbor. Pirates, dinos, beer.

2017.10.31

Fantasy

Halloween costumes, fantasy football, Paragon, and MtG.

2017.10.24

Weekenders

Trips to Oakland, OC, and some Paragon.

2017.09.30

Finishing

Horizontal fencing installation, a DC trip, and Battleborn.

2017.08.20

Fancy, flying

Picking up Battleborn in its dying days, disassembling the pool pump, and some travel.

2017.07.22

Completion

A time-lapse gif of re-epoxying the pool. The Dying Light DLC, Andromeda, Killing Floor 2, and Persona 5.

2017.06.13

E3 2017

AAA titles are all the rage at E3 2017.

2017.06.09

Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 and Mass Effect Andromeda.

2017.05.30

Dying Light

A brief overview of Dying Light co-op.

2017.05.15

Fancy events

Wedding.

2017.04.21

The calm

Mass Effect Andromeda, Civilization tabletop, and a trip to Atomic City raceway.

2017.03.31

Horizons

Work travel, getting out of town, and going to Andromeda.

2017.02.28

A real winter

Travel and 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.

2016.12.31

Roaming

Holiday travel, engagement photos. Battlefield 1, The Witcher, and Warframe.

2016.11.20

Disguised

Halloween, the Turkey Bowl, The Witcher, and Warframe.

2016.10.30

Civilizing

Volleyball photos, installing a Trex deck, and Legacy games. Video games include The Witcher, Civ VI, Broforce, Warframe, and Planetside.

2016.09.04

Trips

Oahu, fantasy football, and a giant Guiness.

2016.08.14

Watery

Cache Creek rafting, pool vball, Warframe, and Witcher 3.

2016.07.20

Ikelite nightsurfing

A nightsurfing photo session with an Ikelite housing and flash.

2016.07.17

Back to work

Fireworks at the Cove and tiling a medicine cabinet. In the game room: Fallout, Warframe, and TLOU.

2016.06.22

Spare time

A wedding, gate installs, and tuna crabs.

2016.06.01

Satisfying

Finishing the brewery crawl, Tropico 5, and Warframe.

2016.05.07

Warframe

Finishing The Division and starting Warframe.

2016.05.02

A'a

Diving Kauai.

2016.04.23

FFS

Challenge 10 giant chaos. It must be primary season.

2016.04.20

Indie

An Austin bachelor party, The Division, Firewatch, and Broforce.

2016.04.03

All games

The Division, Broforce, and Helldivers

2016.03.16

Indoor

Skiing with a torn MCL, file ops in Java, surfing, and Helldivers.

2016.03.02

Sedentary

MCL tear, froading, clay pigeons, volleyball.

2016.02.20

Moving earth

A motorsports fan judges Monster Jam (and gets booed). Cities: Skylines, Helldivers, and Fallout 4.

2016.01.31

Boards

Some decorative surfboards and shelving.

2016.01.30

Cape Run

The 2016 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.

2016.01.17

Cuts

Trying out video stabilization software: VirtualDub with Deshaker and Hyperlapse.

2016.01.08

From Diego to The Bay

Wiffle ball, high tide surfing, a Raiders game, and skiing.

2015.12.02

Caps

My second chunk of progress in Fallout 4.

2015.11.16

Bombing it

A first look at Fallout 4. Also the Turkey Bowl (flag football) and some Planetside 2 action.

2015.11.04

Nino

A couple of unimpressive lightning pics.

2015.11.02

Spooks

Four Halloween costumes and some Planetside.

2015.10.10

Dos a tres

The US-Mexico CONCACAF Cup match.

2015.10.07

Flights

An east coast trip, disc golf, and some Planetside 2 action.

2015.08.25

Amok

Patio renovations, nerf storage, and a couple of celebrations. Also some fantasy football and Planetside action.

2015.08.24

VR4 work

Replacing an oxygen sensor, struts, and springs on a 3000GT VR4.

2015.07.13

Camp'n'crawl

The League of Sport camp and crawl and returning from Oregon by train.

2015.07.12

Forever war

My first few hours of Planetside 2 and some more Borderlands 2.

2015.06.02

Kona

The big island at 14,000 feet above sea level and 60 feet below.

2015.05.24

Battlestations

The garage annex "murder room" gets more murdery, an Ikelight strobe, a cabon fibersurfboard, HotS and the Handsome Collection.

2015.05.09

Storms

A Heroes of the Storm LAN party, local scuba dive, and adorable Mothers' Day photos.

2015.04.22

Circuits

The 2015 Long Beach Grand Prix, ASUS customer support, and a new rig.

2015.04.01

Class

A dog photoshoot and some other stuff.

2015.03.22

Completion

Final thoughts on Far Cry 4, including the map editor and experiments with C4. Kafka destroys a cognac box.

2015.03.22

HTTP

Looking at site traffic for the first time and writing a naive classifier.

2015.02.09

Far Cry 4

Initial thoughts and screencaps from Far Cry 4.

2015.02.08

Cape run

The 2015 Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.

2015.02.04

Hangers

Some shower and light fixtures.

2015.01.31

Buoyant

Garibaldi and kelp in La Jolla Cove.

2015.01.27

Clean sets

Clean waves in Del Mar and a monster attacks SimCity.

2015.01.19

Improvements

Static site generator changes, fantasy football, and some video games.

2015.01.01

New *

An office and OS reorg, sand and snow for the doggo.

2014.12.01

Transition

A couple of trips and an AT-AT costume for Kafka.

2014.10.19

Daysurfing

I take the Ikelight underwater housing and D700 out to shoot some Del Mar surf.

2014.10.05

Footgolf

Footgolf at Welk, a bachelor party in Big Bear, and a mountain goat dog.

2014.09.16

Dog session

A golden hour walk with the doggies.

2014.09.09

Destiny

My Destiny-edition PS4 arrives.

2014.08.19

Greedydraft

Using Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for fantasy football.

2014.08.03

Nightsurfing, part six

Photographing a stealth mission.

2014.07.27

Nightsurfing, part cinq

An Ikelite underwater housing, a D700, and some night surfing.

2014.07.01

Brazuca

The American Outlaws World Cup 2014 trip to Brazil.

2014.06.10

Copa

Trials and tribulations getting tickets for the 2014 World Cup of Soccer.

2014.06.04

Pump reno iv

Finishing the pumphouse renovation, a gas burner, and some soccer.

2014.05.26

Pump reno iii

Part III of the pump house rebuild.

2014.05.18

Pump reno ii

Part II of the pump house rebuild.

2014.05.12

Pump reno i

Part I of the pump house rebuild.

2014.04.17

Competition

The 2014 Austin (motorcycle) Grand Prix and fantasy (like wizards) flag football.

2014.03.17

Partyin partyin

A birthday barbecue and classy party.

2014.03.10

GP Motorcycles, strike 2.5

Just the valves, please.

2014.03.08

Blayke 51

A bday photo session and discussion of my postprocessing... er... process.

2014.02.16

F*ckr

Moving from Flickr to self-hosted images.

2014.02.13

Mahalopoints

Overnighting the Kalalau Trail and a stopover on a different north shore.

2014.01.01

Popular

A gallery of my most popular photos, updated regularly.

2013.09.27

Sbk

World Superbike at Laguna Seca.

2013.06.11

E3 2013

New consoles, fast cars, and a giant mech at E3 2013.

2013.05.15

The last bit of thirty

KO turns 40, Dad turns 60 in Hawaii, Lee and Carly get married.

2013.03.17

Flight

The Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run, a going away party, and a ride on Ty's new Triumph.

2012.12.28

All with one shoulder

Bicycles are friggin dangerous.

2012.11.14

Cure

The Run For Your Lives zombie run and some shower tiling.

2012.10.03

Week of tile

Tiling the master shower.

2012.09.26

Dabbling

Dodgeball and a fantasy draft.

2012.08.19

Cheese

A taco party, homebrew, and quitting Facebook.

2012.08.08

Top down

Vaulting the master bathroom and watching the Giants from a box.

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.

2012.07.04

Fourth

Cenote diving near Cancun and some fireworks watching.

2012.06.18

Long days

E3 2012 and a pool volleyball party.

2012.05.22

Necromania

Left 4 Dead 2, Lost Rhino brewery, and adult kickball.

2012.04.01

Now with vitamin r

Skiing Kirkwood and taking the dogs to Fiesta Island.

2012.02.19

xlvi

A Super Bowl party.

2012.01.28

BLAH Run

The first Blind Lady Ale House Cape Run.

2012.01.08

Tapping back in

Twilight Imperium and dog beach.

2011.11.23

Postfriendsgiving

TES V: Skyrim has arrived. And two goofy dogs.

2011.10.30

Prefriendsgiving

Prepping the yard for visitors and trips to DC and Vegas.

2011.09.27

Glowing water

Swimming in bioluminescence off the Scripps Pier.

2011.09.06

Football

Flag and fantasy football.

2011.08.12

Dream team

A Jackson-oriented fantasy football team.

2011.08.07

Eaves

Building planter boxes into the deck.

2011.07.27

Grand prix

The 2011 Red Bull Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

2011.07.12

Best seats in the house

My MovieSac was lonely so I got it a pair of GamerSacs.

2011.06.22

The Leaguies

A League of Sport pool party, a new (used) truck, and a patent.

2011.06.14

June 2011 is busy

E3 2011, deck work, and a shindig.

2011.05.28

Railing

Replacing the damaged deck railing with steel cable.

2011.05.20

Deck again

A more extensive deck plank repair job, on a budget.

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.

2011.04.24

More lighting

Garage lighting and a skylight.

2011.04.22

Replacement gear

Some new moto gear after a vigorous offroading trip in Utah.

2011.04.12

New lights

Cable lights beneath a skylight for good lighting at all hours.

2011.04.08

Spring

Excited to see MotoGP at Laguna Seca.

2011.03.23

Chilly

Cansecwest 2011.

2011.02.20

Snow, lots and lots of snow

Swapping HIDs into the VR4 and lots of powder in Tahoe.

2011.02.09

Garage work

Installing HIDs on the VR4.

2011.01.30

Entertainment

The Walking Dead, board games, and some stuff for the office.

2011.01.09

Cover 2

Dogs and flag football.

2010.12.28

Eggsmas

A trip to NorCal with the doggo.

2010.12.14

d'Dogs

Some multiple exposure/flash fun at the park with the dog, Shar visits, and fantasy playoffs.

2010.11.28

Kitchen lighting

Turning recessed flourescent lighting into something better.

2010.11.21

Rainy days

Flag football in the rain and mud.

2010.10.26

Playing the field

Football - fantasy and flag - and a trip to colorful Shenandoah National Park.

2010.10.19

Football overload

Well maybe not overload; a daytrip to see the Raiders-9ers, some fantasy, and organizing weekly flag football games.

2010.10.13

Cabo

A quick Cabo trip.

2010.10.04

Lapse

Civilization V, Dave Matthews, and Warp Riders.

2010.08.29

A proper backyard by winter

Some backyard renovations.

2010.08.22

d'Draft

A live fantasy draft.

2010.08.08

Casual weekend

Backyard greenery and Starcraft II.I.

2010.08.03

Some more screenery

Starcraft II gallery.

2010.08.01

Starcraft

Initial thoughts on Starcraft II.I and photographing paintball from the trenches.

2010.07.28

Kaf and Shar

The Petco Park suite and some pets at the park.

2010.07.26

mi3

A chili cookoff and sun sail installation.

2010.07.21

Sargent

The Sargent aftermarket seat on a Ducati 900SS.

2010.07.19

Motorsport weekend 2010

Looking forward to some motorsports this weekend. So is Kafka.

2010.07.18

Cleanup

The World Cup, some house work, and a chiminea.

2010.06.21

Independence

The mech suits and pregnant zombies of E3 2010.

2010.04.25

Brolagio

Some backyard features.

2010.04.18

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

Kafka turns one.

2010.04.02

Malware

2010.03.21

Piping

Sweating pipe for the master bathroom.

2010.03.10

pf01

Enkei PF01s for the VR4.

2010.03.07

Purchases, products, plantings

Staining the deck and adding some greenery to the backyard.

2010.02.24

Garage doors

Swapping out old garage doors and figuring out how to pipe body sprays the right way (closed loop).

2010.02.10

Favorite screencaps, 2010-2019

My favorite screenshots from this decade.

2010.02.08

xliv

A backyard Super Bowl party and some Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition.

2010.01.31

Transitions

Rearranging some living spaces and starting a new Mass Effect 2 run.

2010.01.27

Precedents

Some thoughts of Mass Effect 2. An Axis and Allies game and Kafka eats some snacks.

2010.01.18

San Clemente State Beach

Camping with friends at San Clemente State Beach.

2010.01.10

Favorite photos, 2010-2019

My favorite photo memories from this decade.

2010.01.10

A hot, steamy bowl of awesome

My chili cookoff recipe.

2010.01.01

Christmas weekend

Kafka drives a Bobcat and gets a bunch of new rawhides.

2009.12.20

Master bath

Work begins on the master bathroom.

2009.12.10

December

Wayne and I throw a baby shower and a dragon attacks me in Dragon Age.

2009.12.03

Backyard lights

Xmas lights up in the backyard.

2009.11.26

Miles

Trips to Virginia, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.

2009.11.08

Auto lighting

Some new lighting in the living room and common area.

2009.11.04

New stuff, brah

Halloween costumes, Forza 3, and new Bridgestones for the Duc.

2009.10.25

One year

Gutting the master bathroom.

2009.10.22

Pre-Halloween

Jack-o-lanterns and drywall removal.

2009.10.21

Broader fov

Nikkor 20mm f/2.8, some renovations, and some Dom.

2009.10.14

Two weeks

Rigging the xbox wheel for the Lovesac.

2009.10.09

Some reviews

Halo ODST, Sins of a Solar Empire, and the last Futurama Movie.

2009.09.29

Looking for more green

2009.09.20

Backyard greenery

Painting the terrace walls and pinhole shots at the fantasy draft.

2009.09.16

Nevergreen terrace

2009.09.07

Heavy in the games

A live fantasy draft and some Axis and Allies.

2009.08.27

The return of film

Pinhole shots using the P-Sharan cardboard camera and film photos from dirtbiking Plaster City.

2009.08.24

Second bout

2009.08.23

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

2009.08.10

My first F

2009.08.02

Full frame

2009.07.24

Kafka at three months

2009.07.15

1941

2009.07.12

Toasted

Kafka meets a kitty.

2009.07.05

Independence cookout

July 4th bbq and fireworks.

2009.06.30

We will fight them in the living rooms...

2009.06.22

Pupdate

2009.06.15

The saga of the dog, episode one

2009.06.13

New resident

2009.06.09

Listage

2009.06.02

Important events

A trip to NoVa.

2009.05.12

No photos

2009.05.04

All kinds of win

2009.04.20

Unexpected surprises

2009.04.16

New light source

2009.04.12

A few events

Dirt biking Plaster City, Settlers of Catan, bathroom renovation.

2009.04.05

Speed night at the theater

2009.04.01

A few more shots of the carnage

2009.04.01

Multiple fronts

2009.03.28

Refinishing the garage floor

2009.03.28

The return of the leaderboard

2009.03.23

Proportions

2009.03.22

Piso mojado

2009.03.18

Yard, tile, library

2009.03.15

Reinforcements

2009.03.08

More milestones

2009.03.04

Keeping myself occupied

2009.03.01

I red myself

2009.02.25

Zones

2009.02.22

Backyard work

2009.02.17

A story told by portraits

2009.02.16

Portraits that tell a story (?)

2009.02.12

Preparing for the future

2009.02.08

Brakes and such

2009.02.05

Solar

2009.02.02

xliii

2009.01.26

The unnerving bits

2009.01.21

DC never looked so good

2009.01.16

Squeezing in

2009.01.16

You can imagine where it goes from here

2009.01.13

Maui wowie

Some motorcycling, diving, and golfing on Maui

2009.01.03

Christmas and New Year's

2008.12.23

Wintry activities

2008.12.18

Touches of civility

2008.12.17

I can haz blinds

2008.12.10

Compromising admissions

2008.12.06

A few errands later

2008.12.05

Time lapse blogography

2008.11.24

Odds and ends

2008.11.21

With carpet

2008.11.21

Gears of War 2

2008.11.09

Furnishments

2008.11.01

Now for a little something different

2008.10.29

Upstairs bathroom

2008.10.26

Getting there

2008.10.21

Cahoots

2008.10.19

Making space

2008.10.10

The end is nigh

2008.10.06

A fine weekend

2008.10.05

Floors

Renovations.

2008.10.05

Entryway floor

2008.10.02

Burning the midnight oil

2008.09.29

More work

2008.09.24

Construction site with amenities

2008.09.17

Piecing it together

2008.09.11

Last of the painting, start of the flooring

2008.09.07

First barbecue

Enjoying the bbq and pool.

2008.09.07

Living room

2008.09.04

Renovation limbo

2008.09.04

Portfolio fin

My photo class final project.

2008.09.02

Domestication

2008.08.05

The weekend in summary

2008.08.04

Portfolio part III

Motorcycles on Palomar mountain. On film.

2008.07.31

Double crossed

2008.07.31

Portfolio part II

2008.07.30

Portfolio part I

Motorcycling photos for class.

2008.07.27

A lack of focus

2008.07.27

House quandary I

2008.07.22

The Mint 400

2008.07.22

The tank is half full

2008.07.22

Motorsports day

2008.06.24

Rifftrax II

The Aeon Flux Rifftrax.

2008.06.11

Neural networks

2008.06.11

Picking ponies

2008.05.29

Meat loaf versus steak

2008.05.26

A couple charts

2008.05.25

Indy film

2008.05.25

Jack Murphy parking lot

2008.05.22

Available light

2008.05.22

Prime or zoom

2008.05.16

New shoes

2008.05.12

Extreme closeup

2008.05.11

Rollies

2008.05.04

Major cwnage

Autocross day.

2008.04.28

Sloppy joes

2008.04.28

Cheers and tears

2008.04.09

Spoken III

2008.04.06

Crossed up

2008.03.27

Garage daze

2008.03.23

Bret: The man, the hero, the legend

2008.03.18

Odds and ends

2008.03.16

Brawl

2008.03.03

A winning combination

2008.02.24

Drift day

Drift Day at El Toro. Many tires were lost in the making of this post.

2008.02.20

West coast

2008.02.12

The leaderboard

2008.02.11

You must have eight cylinders to ride

2008.02.11

Spoken II

2008.01.28

Bring on the band aids

2008.01.24

The leader board

2008.01.23

'Boozin with beer for the bowl'

2008.01.21

The goggles do nothing

2008.01.13

Retirement

2008.01.01

Riding dirty

2007.12.31

Snowcaps

Ski trip.

2007.12.19

Spoken

2007.12.10

Distractions

The VR4 and some things that are happening.

2007.12.05

There and back again

2007.10.29

We are not who we appear to be

2007.10.28

First part

2007.10.25

Diversions

2007.10.21

The rise and fall of Sauritch

2007.10.15

Could you say that into my lapel pin?

2007.10.15

Artificial life concepts

2007.10.07

Saturday headache

2007.09.24

Firepower and horsepower

2007.09.16

Feathers in the cap/black eyes

2007.09.11

September already

2007.07.04

Transformers

2007.06.11

Another exhausting weekend

2007.06.10

An exhausting weekend

2007.06.01

Forza

2007.05.29

Bret and Courtney's party

2007.05.22

Someone's sick idea of fun

My county fair photo entry: motorcycle hooliganry.

2007.05.21

Nightsurfing, part quatre

2007.05.17

El jollo loco

Two unimportant items.

2007.05.13

Drivetrain IV

2007.05.10

Drivetrain III

2007.05.07

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

2007.05.06

Corral Canyon

2007.05.06

Nightsurfing, Part Trois

2007.05.02

Drivetrain II

2007.04.26

Drivetrain I

2007.04.25

240,000 miles later

2007.04.20

Consoles and cars

2007.04.18

Court and Bretney

2007.04.15

Cafe cruising

2007.04.15

Not much, really

2007.04.12

Thursday

2007.04.07

Fletcher's

2007.04.06

Uh, would that be the hot pants, sir?

2007.04.05

Free at last

2007.04.04

Nightsurfing Part Trois

2007.04.03

Kauai

2007.03.19

It's all just too real

2007.03.18

Greenery

2007.03.18

Captain worst cartoon ever

2007.03.13

New glass

2007.03.13

A weekend

2007.03.13

Nightsurfing part deux

My second attempt at photographing a stealth mission. Some lessons are learned.

2007.03.04

Paper weight

2007.02.13

The Ministry of Peace

2007.02.09

Barren slopes

2007.02.04

XLI

2007.02.02

The new ish

Touch football retold with mspaint.

2007.01.12

Find your guitar hero inspiration

Live music. Come.

2007.01.05

Call of Duty 3

Some thoughts on CoD3 for Wii.

2006.12.30

From under the tree

Xmas swag.

2006.12.30

The long way down

I should do some adventure riding.

2006.12.22

Deprecated

And just like that, the need for post categories disappeared.

2006.12.18

On categorization

An attempt to categorize posts.

2006.11.20

[Insert forced Wii pun here]

A few hours with the hottest new console.

2006.11.08

People who wear socks to bed are evil

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

2006.01.16

Amago

Taking the motord to the Amago kart track.

2005.12.21

Sets

Good-sized sets, lifeguards, and dolphins in Del Mar.

2005.12.18

Portraits

A film/slide/digital portrait session.

2005.10.18

China

Photos from two weeks in China.

2005.09.11

Sunrise

Some enthusiastic motorcycling.

2005.09.05

Shasta day three

Summiting Mt. Shasta from a Lake Helen campsite, then the descent.

2005.09.04

Shasta day two

From the Mt. Shasta trailhead to the campsite at Lake Helen.

2005.09.03

Shasta day one

Acclimating for the Mt. Shasta climb.

2005.07.15

Fort Point

Fort Point in black and white.

2005.07.05

Rat training

Getting some motorcycling practice in.

2005.06.06

E3

A gallery from E3 2005.

2005.05.27

Last hurrah

Rosarito.

2004.12.31

Tahoe

A ski trip.

2004.07.04

Movie night

Just a picture.

2004.06.01

XP hike

Hiking Pine Hills and then cross-processing.

2004.05.22

E3

E3 2004.

2004.05.22

PB Block Party

The Pacific Beach Block Party in black and white.

2004.04.03

Celica suspension

Replacing the struts and springs on the Celica.

2003.10.25

Cedar fire

A gallery of images from the 2003 San Diego Cedar Fire.

2003.08.14

Alaska

Juneau, Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, and Kenai.

2003.05.10

PB Block Party

The 2003 Pacific Beach Block Party, just a few photos.

2002.12.31

Tahoe

A few shots from a Tahoe ski trip.

2002.08.01

Shasta

An unsuccessful attempt to summit Mount Shasta.

2002.05.24

E3

E3 2002.

2001.12.01

Skiing

Reuniting with the hometown friends for some skiing and snowboarding.

2001.05.17

E3

Gamecube, Sonic, and a Saleen S7 at the 2001 E3 Expo.

2000.07.01

Graeagle

Backpacking in the sierras.

2000.01.10

Favorite photos, 2001-2009

A compendium of my favorite photos from this decade.