Friday evening found me on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and back. I took some pictures with my new Canon 40D, and came out with nine that I was particularly happy with. The full set is up on Flickr, but you can see my two favorites ...
E.D. Hill, host of America’s Pulse on Fox News, further demonstrated that her network has completely lost its marbles, jumped the shark, and should not be considered to be news by anyone. On June 6th, she mused about the Obamas’ fist-bump in St. ...
Wired reports that Peter Thiel, well-known VC, along with a host of others, are planning a watery utopia through their brand new Seasteading Institute: Tired of the United States and the other 190-odd nations on Earth? If a small team of Silico...
The New York Times has an interactive map up today detailing the best and worst food from ballparks across the country. My personal favorite description is for the ever-unloved Chisox and their tepidly named U.S. Cellular Field: “What to order: ...
Bert Stephani has a fantastic blog post up on how different constraints in off-camera flash can change a photo. Pay close attention to the last shots of Mieke outside at 1/250s, 1/125s and 1/50s. Subscribed!
I’m eating lunch and watching TPMTV’s recap of the McCain trainwreck from last night, and I was struck by how much McCain blinked and stumbled over his words. A cursory glance at the current information on the psychology of lying suggests that lia...
At the end of April, I drove up to Mount Vernon in Skagit Valley, up in northern Washington, for the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. I’ve been a bit slow in posting pictures, but I finally got around to it tonight. Nine photos from Skagit Valle...
Obama was inspiring, Clinton was delusional, McCain seemed to be saying “hey you kids, get off my lawn!”
This was the moment—this was the time—when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals. That man is an absolutely electrifying speaker. My god.
Our CEO, Scott, had us over to his house a few weeks back to celebrate our recent successes with Skytap Virtual Lab. Naturally, I wandered off for a while to take a few pictures. It was a stunning day, and I was able to get a few reasonable pictur...