Off to Paris!

For the new job.

I’ll be back Monday.

Phew!

Looking for a Girlfriend

Ok, this is an unusually frank post. The title pretty much speaks for itself. Put the word out. Ask that dear friend of yours if you think we might get along nicely. Don’t be shy, life is short!

Are You Going to Burning Man This Year?

Mark Pauline Video

Here’s a really good video of Mark Pauline, founder of Survival Research Labs.

The Survival of Mark Pauline

Bacheeso’s for Lunch in Berkeley

I just got back from Bacheeso’s in Berkeley.
Good food!
Here’s what I put on Yelp:
2501 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 644-2035
5 stars

Terrific lunchtime buffet! You could eat decadent or healthy as you saw fit! Many very friendly homestyle dishes in the buffet.  :-)

Inexpensive, $7.95 + tip for the buffet which included desert items, salads, main dishes and soup :-)

Downgrade your iPhone to 3.1.3 from 4.0.1

Without any help from Steve Jobs I downgraded my phone from the stupidly slow IOS 4.0.1. It is SOOOOOOOO much faster.

Thank you Lifehacker! Downgrade your phone here.

Previously, and.

How to Buy or Rent a Bike for Burning Man

If you’re going to Burning Man, you should bring a bicycle. Many people have asked me the best way to get a bike to Burning Man. Here is a great guide from the Jack Rabbit Speaks

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Burning Man Update: The Jack Rabbit Speaks Volume 14, Issue #26: BIKES July 27, 2010

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INTRODUCTION

BIKES: THE ESSENTIAL PLAYA ACCESSORY
+ WHAT KIND OF BIKE SHOULD YOU BRING TO BURNING MAN?
+ LIGHT YOUR BIKE, OR DIE
+ WHERE CAN I GET A BIKE?
+ BURNING MAN’S COMMUNITY BIKES PROGRAM
+ DON’T WANT YOUR BIKE TO GET STOLEN? OK THEN …
+ GOT A BIG THEME CAMP? PROVIDE BIKE RACKS!
+ DISPOSING OF YOUR BIKE AT THE END OF THE EVENT

CONNECT WITH BURNING MAN:
+ Burning Man on your favorite social networks

ADMINISTERRATA:
+ Want to unsubscribe from the JRS? Really? OK, here’s how:
+ http://tinyurl.com/2rwqzx

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Really Happy with this Landline Long Distance Phone Provider

I’m really happy with the long distance landline telephone service I’ve gotten from ECG. I signed up for their service like 4 years ago and it “just works” the way phone service should. Sign up and I’ll buy you a burrito. Here’s how to sign up.

My New iPhone sucks

This is exactly what IOS4 did to my 3G iPhone, no exaggeration.

local version:

I called Apple again today to try and resolve this problem. I was on hold for 13 minutes. “Ryan” came on and the call quality immediately went to crap. The call failed after a few seconds. I’ll call back later after my phone rage has subsided.

It is rage because I got this phone because it “just works”. But last week Steve Jobs broke my phone and the best answer I’ve gotten so far is “Well, it was an optional update so we won’t support it.” (yes, exact words). Me along with a million other people got your fucking^W update. I paid to live in a walled garden and now the gardeners are telling me in no unambiguous terms that it is their right to burn down the garden and make me buy another one. The evil Droid phone is starting to look pretty good.

160,000 pictures of my trip

I’m on my way back from Oregon. It was so beautiful that I couldn’t stop taking pictures. I must have taken 160,000 pictures or so with my new 12 megapixel camera rig! Yes, really!

Or… Hey, check out my new portable panopticon! Every 10 meters it automatically snaps a 360 degree panorama image that gets stitched into a 36 megapixel 3d image!