There are many ways to experience beauty. Better writers than I have written about that subject extensively, so I won’t pontificate about it here. I’ll just say that I recently visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and I saw people using their phones in a way that’s quite common now that … Continue reading
Tonight I was looking through some of my pictures from Instagram and Flickr, and I thought, “I should totally round up all the pictures I’ve ever taken of dogs”. This might not be *all* of the dog pictures, but here’s a quick stab at it:
Twelve shoots later, the calendar is done! I wasn’t able to fit everyone who was originally on the list due to random circumstances, but I did manage to fill it up. If this is even moderately successful it would be awesome to do it again and get even more people! … Continue reading
Last night I did a short shoot with Alexandra Naughton, and when the results were posted on Facebook people were kind of excited about it. Some people from the bay area poetry scene started speaking up about wanting to get portraits too, and I said “Hey, why not make a … Continue reading
My friend, Alexandra Naughton, recently created an E-book of poetry created by taking a black marker to Billy Corgan’s book of poetry. It’s a technique that’s sometimes called black-out or deletion poetry, and I thought it was a really cool idea. I was inspired to give it a try, and … Continue reading
Picking one day to make resolutions for the new year is not a good idea. We can do this any day of the year, and indeed we should resolve to make change whenever we recognize that it’s a good idea. What’s special about today is that we can take it … Continue reading
About a year ago I was contacted by a professor at UC Berkeley who had found my resume online. Her team had produced a backpack device that was capable of collecting data to generate 3D models of internal spaces, and she needed a new backpack designed that would be smaller … Continue reading
One of the big differences between doing a solo bike tour and riding with friends is that when you’re not riding it seems like a lot more fun to socialize with everybody than it is to isolate yourself with a cell phone writing blog posts. Especially with a truck to … Continue reading
We got up about 7:30, had some bagel sandwiches and coffee, and set out on our adventure. Kaitlyn was taking care of a few final details so we went her this one: We had to go to Target to get Rebecca outfitted with a complete weekend worth of clothing, then … Continue reading
So we’ve put together a summer bike tour with friends! It’s not just me this time. My girlfriend Kaitlyn, my friend Andrew from college, and his girlfriend Rebecca have rented a van and to head south down the coast from Half Moon Bay. This trip was the result of about … Continue reading