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Here’s a photo from my commute last week. Nice, eh? I’m commuting on the SF->Sausalito ferry to my Occupational Therapy Center volunteership. I’m upping from once a week to twice a week starting next week. Right now I travel: Home –> Bart to Embarcadero –> Ferry to Sausalito –>bike to office. It takes about 1 […]
I helped a friend connect with some new passions. – D. writes “Seriously, it’s funny how I’ve been stumbling around in my own little world on how to do music-light-flame art that can be interactive, rather than a passive audience, and here you’ve shown me a whole community working on PID (Physical Interactive Design) for […]
A chronicle from back in early June: Thursday I biked to Fort Mason, we met up and saw an outdoor exhibit in Fort Mason Center called “Seat“, which was exactly what you think it might be… seats as art. Which you’d think was kinda dumb but after seeing a couple of them and “getting it” […]
September thru December 2011 I beefed up my body a lot working out at CCSF. This semester I didn’t make nearly as much progress. On a lot of fronts I just kept things even. Here are the highlights: Everything I do is 2 sets of 10 reps. On most machines I stayed even from last […]
This Open House is really going to rock. There are a LOT of fun sciencey demos going on, with fire and sparks and pretty shiny things, and darn-it, it’s free! Spring Open House “The Science of Art” April 7th, 2012, 12pm-4pm Free Admission. Join us for the “The Science of Art” at The Crucible. For […]
Having a good bike is amazing. Last week, for the first time, I was able to keep up with the uphill 13.5mph green wave on Valencia… with ease! And today I rode to CPMC Pacific Campus (where I’m doing my hospital volunteering for school and such) in 30 minutes… less time than it would have […]
Update: You should get 3 things out of this post: Cars are dangerous. Motorcycles are 35 times more dangerous than cars per mile driven. There is no riding “safely”. 2/3 of motorcycle deaths are not the motorcyclist’s fault. So maybe drive a motorcycle as a pleasure-craft or occasional-transportation, but don’t make it your daily vehicle. […]
I’ll be presenting bread at East Bay Mini Maker Faire Oct 16th 10a-5p. As a presenter, I’ve got a 15% discount on tickets for friends. Register online and use the discount code 10MINBREAD :-) Wanna travel over there together? Buzz me. Here’s the full blurb about EBMMF: Independently-organized but inspired by Maker Faire (and MAKE […]
It’s all confirmed, I’ll be presenting my “Real Bread in 10 Minutes” workshop (in 30 minutes) at the East Bay Mini Maker Fair Sunday October 16th. Come, it’ll be fun. Update 10-30-11: East Bay Mini Maker Faire was quite fun. I particularly liked the space they did it in Temescal, Park Day School. Walking […]
(This originally appeared on my non-blog website but is reposted here to make it easy to find.) This is a review and commentary of the supplies I took to Burning Man 2004 – 2008. I hope you (and I) can benefit from it! 2004: I had my gear shipped out in a train container with […]