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I got to meet more of my childhood  heroes at the XFF event. Here is Peter Conheim of Negativland and in wigglevision!

Performing at XFF:

local version:

:-)

Here’s a glimpse of the SRL Hovercraft by day (Hi Tad!)

And some SRL bedlam by night

I was riding down a foggy, dark Berkeley hill over the summer thinking, “I can’t see the road! I’m going to get killed!” So I got a bright bike light. I only ended up paying $50 on Amazon and I’m quite happy with it.

• It is literally as bright as a car headlight! I’ve pulled up at stop lights and the light it cast is comparable to the low beams of the cars next to me. I can see the road!
• It took a full month to arrive from Hong Kong. But it looks like they are shipping from the US now.
• You definitely want to get the wide angle lens, otherwise one spot is lit brilliantly and you can’t much see the rest of the road.
• The battery lasts something like 1.5 to 3 hours.
• The ONLY problem I have is that it runs full strength until it runs out… which means it could die unexpectedly on the road. So I carry my old 1 watt light when I’m travelling a long distance at night.
• I tried to take photos of the light at night but they didn’t come out well. I’ll just say that the hard-to-believe-bright images on Amazon and elsewhere are real
• It isn’t perfectly balanced on my handlebar so when I hit a bump, it jiggles. But it’s pretty good… and just $50! Wait… they lowered the price, looks like it’s $30 + $10 for the lens…  total $40!
• $40, wow! REI sells similarly bright headlamps for around $200. I hope this one isn’t going to give me cancer or something

Here are the products:
4 Mode 1200 Lumen CREE XML T6 Bulb LED Bicycle bike HeadLight Lamp Flashlight Light Headlamp (Amazon link)

Wide Angle Lens for MagicShine, Gemini, and many other Bike Lights / Headlight (Amazon link)

We’ve got a great new postcard flyer in the Kinetics Department at the Crucible

That’s what I’m talking about!
Learn something awesome!
Bring a friend!

I just logged on for the first time to my entirely online Sociology class. This is one of the first things I saw:

So which browser should I use? How far back should I go?
Ah, I found mention that it won’t work with Firefox 10. But Firefox 9 was last built December 2011. Gulp.
Moving on…

I was looking for someone’s phone number today. I had the hardest time finding residential 411 service, you know, where they ask “What city and listing please”. I finally found my number. You might find these services useful. None are perfect but here we go:

Most useful directory service first:

• http://wp.superpages.com  (from Free, see comments)
• http://www.anywho.com/whitepages
• http://www.corp.att.com/directory/
• http://whitepages.com
• http://www.spokeo.com
• http://www.instantcheckmate.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1

Also maybe useful

• 888-247-2425 Tellme/Bing
• 1-800-FREE-411

It was curious that dialing 411 on my landline and my cell phone both landed me with weird, unhelpful services.

I taught a Real Bread in 10 Minutes class at a friend’s house yesterday. The dynamic was quite different in a home than in a classroom. The feedback was pretty terrific. Victor G writes:

Lee,
Thank you so much for the fabulous time yesterday. It’s wonderful to learn new things and to do so while shared with friends is quite awesome. I am imagining many days Jill and I will spend making delicious and imaginative bread in the future.
Thank you again for the gift that will last a lifetime.
-Vic

Oop, I did it again. I hired a company to clean my fictitious rugs!

I’ve gotten about 5 robocall telemarketing calls from Carpet Care, 510-699-6152. I tried “press 9 to be removed from our list” a few times to no avail.

So I said “Yes, come clean my rugs!” They should be here tomorrow between 1 and 4.

I should be getting an angry human calling me tomorrow at 4:30 or so. At which point I believe I will be able to remove myself from their list.

I did this once before to hilarious (and effective) result.

Maura told me I should see the TV Show Slings and Arrows a while back. I just got to it after seeing the end of Breaking Bad Season 4 and Walter White graduating to actual evil (hope I didn’t spoil it for you) I needed a different kind of stimulation. Slings and Arrows is passionate and terrific. Join me!

Megan, I just finished watching season 1 and I could watch it again with you. And then there’s season 2 & 3!

I’ve been terrible about blogging about this of late, but I need to say what a great time I’ve been having with Megan and family over the holiday. We saw the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, opened presents and presents, went to Santa Rosa and to Bodega Bay. Megan is the greatest. I’m also thankful for a few moments of quiet after my stressful semester of classes, GRE studying, volunteering, and application putting-together.

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. The show was great fun!

Bodega Head with Megan’s family

Bodega Head with Megan’s family in 3D Wiggle Vision! Click and enjoy!

Doesn’t Megan look terrific by the sea? What’s better than Instagram? When it’s real! I’ll give a gold star to whoever can tell me how I made this photo (hint: no digital effects were used)