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Last week I got to attend “From The ‘Hood to the House”. This year,  the Glide Church annual holiday festival was held at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on the 12th. It was quite an affair with Maya Angelou, a huge church ensemble singing, dancers, musicians and Cecil Williams celebrating his 45th anniversary running Glide Church.

I have to thank Cindy for inviting Charlotte and I to volunteer for the event. We got to help folks (I helped Cindy in the office much of the day), see most of the show and try a zillion tasty foods. :-)

Saturday I played lasertag with Ziggy and 30 friends in Junipero Serra Park in San Bruno. It was great fun!

I love that expression. I used it at Maker Faire… check the last 10 seconds of the video I made. But I got it wrong, sticking the “and” in there. It’s actually:

“Fly! Be Free!
[Mork tosses the egg in the air. It makes a quick and unfortunate decent to the counter top, smashing]
Well I guess we’ll have to have a quick burial at sea then.”

You can find it 38:18 minutes:seconds into the pilot episode of Mork and Mindy. This is hopefully still a link to the pilot episode of Mork and Mindy.

It’s amazing how individual moments get captured and amplified. I last saw that episode like 20+ years ago.

Last month Charlotte and I saw Robert Cameron’s photo show at the Metreon. It was pretty fantastic.

Yesterday Charlotte told me that he died. That’s the bad news. The good news is that… well, let me grab snippets from his obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle:

Three months ago, Robert Cameron was hanging out of a helicopter taking pictures of Lombard Street.
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He was 98 and in the midst of his last show – “Environmental Journey: Robert Cameron’s Aerial Photography of our Pacific Rim,” which is on display at the Metreon in downtown San Francisco.
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Over four decades, Mr. Cameron produced 15 coffee table books in the “Above” series, with 3 million copies in print.
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Mr. Cameron, who was by then married to his high school sweetheart,
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In lieu of services, the family would like people to attend “Environmental Journey,” Mr. Cameron’s show at the Metreon, scheduled to be up until the end of the month. It includes 59 giant photo murals highlighting green practices and environmental themes from across the Pacific Rim. The window display on Fourth Street is his last photo of Lombard Street, colorfully made over for an anniversary celebration of the board game Candy Land.

“He regarded that show as his legacy,” Tony Cameron said. “He wanted to be able to show at the end of his life the kind of work that he did.”

Go to the show.
Live life.

Why is iTunes so awfully slow? If I weren’t locked into iTunes to sync my iPhone, it would be in the trash right now.

And for what it does, iTunes sucks 9 different ways. I could go into it but why bother? The tasks it is required to do are really very simple. Why did they make it so hard?

Oh, forget it…  Calgon, take me away.

Come play! Feel free to write something in the space below!
No, that’s not an image below, it’s a real, realtime editor!
Call a friend and have them type in their window on their computer and it’ll show up instantly in your window!

Or you can open up the editor in a full window.

Update: Here is an image of the Etherpad as of 12-6-09. They were bought by Google for $10 million. Etherpad is to be released as open source and incorporated into Google Wave.

Want to find out what gun was used in a movie? Check the Internet Movie Firearms Database!

My handgun is apparently quite popular in the movies.

Tuesday evening the International Space Station will be flying by San Francisco. Join a contingent on Bernal Hill or just look up at the right time. I caught it once before and was cooler than you’d initially imagine.

Tuesday evening starting at 5:29pm sharp for just 3 minutes. Starting in the southwest, going high in the sky and ending in the northeast.

Join us on Bernal Hill! Call me or comment on the blog or just show up

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Find out when the International Space Station will be in San Francisco.

and

Find out when it’s coming to YOUR town.

I was chatting with Schuyler and I was reminded of his fantastic Stranger Eats,  the site is predicated on him asking total strangers online for recipes. The results are sometimes delicious and often hilarious.

Most recently, he made queso fresco so I gave it a try. Let me just say that 10 minutes ago I had milk, salt and vinegar and right now I am eating my very own home made queso fresco! And it’s good!

I’m excited about going to this outdoor lasertag game I’ve heard about in the Bay Area for a while now. I heartily welcome you to join me!

Check out BattleSFO lasertag either on the website or Facebook

Here is the invite from Facebook

Capture-the-flag lasertag and potluck picnic party
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 4:30pm
Location: Junipero Serra Park- Isis lasertag group picnic site
Street: 1801 Crystal Springs Rd
City/Town: San Bruno, CA
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Description: http://sflasertag.org/battlesfo/participate

BattleSFO is an intense afternoon of outdoor lasertag and a potluck picnic party in the park. Six Teams will be playing 12 minute games of capture-the-flag in a 2 acre wooded area of Junipero Serra Park.

We’ll provide the latest in mil-spec outdoor lasertag equipment and radio headsets for each player.

This is lasertag at its finest. We’ll be playing with some of the best lasertag equipment available, running around in the open woods. The radio headsets help you know what’s going on, making the games much more thrilling. Between games we’ll be having a potluck BBQ picnic party at our private group picnic area, and watch the other teams play from above. It’s going to be a high-adrenaline afternoon of fierce competition and fun times. Spectators welcome

Cost:

* Player: $50 per player covers all lasertag and radio equipment rentals, park rental fees, and staffing
* Youth Games: $15 per youth (with a registered adult)
* Volunteer: There are 8 openings for volunteers who will play for free in exchange for refereeing games and helping setup.
* Spectator: People are welcome attend the potluck picnic for free without playing, but please register so we know you’re coming.

Please register on the event website to confirm your space. Thanks! Volunteers should also register, as there are only 2 more spaces.

http://sflasertag.org/battlesfo/participate