When I was in high school, an especially talented teacher brought the hammer down on all of us idealistic almost-voters. Our votes for president, she told us, wouldn’t count.
Easy for her to say. And not necessarily wrong. We were living in Alaska, which holds a whopping three electoral votes. And those three electoral votes are [...]
I haven’t been watching the Olympics, mainly because the rabbit-ears on our television don’t pick up NBC. But if I were, I’m sure I’d be just as disappointed with NBC as everyone else seems to be–the tape delays, the incessant commentary. Since NBC is blocking international video feeds online, I can’t see any that way, [...]
I was surprised to hear that Li Ning was the final torch bearer at Beijing’s opening ceremonies. That’s him flying through the air, photographed by Xinhua. That Li should be the choice makes sense: after staying away from the Olympics for decades, China returned in 1984; then-19-year-old Li Ning left L.A. with six medals [...]
Bollywood production with big Bollywood star comes to the Bay Area, and they wouldn’t let me take any photos. That’s the view toward their San Jose set yesterday. The city hall rotunda in San Jose was “Golden Gate, Inc.,” hence the sign outside. It is apparently also called “Golden Gate Engineering,” if the signs inside [...]
This morning, NASA and the Exploratorium webcast live from Xinjiang, China. You can watch their hour-long production at the Exploratorium’s Total Solar Eclipse web site. (That’s a photo from the Exploratorium blog above.)
The broadcast starts about 30 minutes before totality, when the moon completely blocks out the sun. The first fifteen minutes include a lesson [...]
This is Mr. Lu. He is a farmer.
He lives in a village in northeastern China. He has traveled throughout the country but his favorite part is this little valley. His family has been here for centuries. These are his cattle:
Every morning he takes his cattle out to graze, then brings them back around lunchtime. He [...]
1969+clever teenager+John Lennon+reel-to-reel audio tape = Oscar nominated short film.
Go to the Youtube site for a high-res version.
Would be nice to have a little color around here. You’ll learn something, too.
Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
Posting will be slow, er, slower, until the home internet thing is straightened out.
Sorry, sorry. I haven’t had a chance to update here lately, and now Jeremy Rue’s comment on my Twitter/blog redundancy is coming into stark relief. Any suggestions for a solution? I guess I could just post more here.
http://is.gd/TCe …”Lack of cougar?” Now that is awkward. Well, there’s always the Balboa Cafe. #
1:40 a.m. and finishing up some vector maps of China and India. Now what? Too bad I don’t have proper GIS stuff. What a nerd. #
SF Examiner fumbles, causes year’s busiest SF Board of Supes mtg to be cancelled. So [...]
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