We had a fun house party, the West Oakland Social Democrat Party, at the physical location of Myrtle Street Labs this last Saturday.  Here’s the street cam footage from 7pm until 3am after the party.

Thanks all to everybody who came out, especially to our fabulous djs Mike Evans and Steve Best, and Erik Gilling who [...]

Stored exactly one year ago this day, this sequence of images captured by our streetcam is still one of our favorites.  The camera had only been online a week or two when, in the corner of my computer screen at work, I saw her walk by and stop in front of my car.
If you pay [...]

One from the archives.  This is from October 25, 2008, when I was at the Oakland Produce Market (near Jack London Square) very early in the morning on a field trip for my son’s 5th grade class.

August 26, 2009, on Poplar St near West Grand.  Concertina wire from a rare perspective.

Pier 17, with Treasure Island in the distance.  Wednesday, September 23, just before going into Tcho Chocolate to attend Dorkbot.

I had a great time last night attending Dorkbot SF, hosted by Tcho Chocolate.  Between the intense geek energy, the overpowering chocolate aroma, and the keg of Fat Tire, the atmosphere was truly intoxicating.
Timothy Childs, Founder and Chief Chocolate Officer of Tcho Chocolate spoke at length about how Tcho is bringing the Silicon Valley startup [...]

Taken on the evening of January 10, 2009.

The Hopworksfiets is a custom built bicycle bar.  This cargo bike has it all: space for 2 kegs, inlaid wood bar, sound system and a rack to hold a stack of pizzas.  It was custom built by Metrofiets (makers of cargo bikes) for Hopworks Urban Brewing, both in Portland, Oregon.  This thing is a real [...]

I really like plastic.  I like zip-seal plastic bags, my nylon clothing, my bike helmet, my zip ties, my cling film, my leftover containers, my nalgene bottle, my cellphone, and the keyboard I’m using to type this message.  I like all the forms it takes: nylon, polystyrene, polypropolene, PVC, ABS, polyester, polycarbonate, and others I [...]

I took a little break from my daily posts, but I’m ready to jump back in the game!

There was light fog this morning when I rode my bike to BART.  It made me think of this picture I took  from our roof on the morning of March 19, 2009.

I spotted these tow trucks on The Embercardaro around 2:30 in the afternoon on Monday, September 1.  They were waiting to scoop up any cars left in the curb lane once 3pm rolled around.
This picture is the first I have postprocessed using The Gimp.  I used the dodging and burning tool to bring out some [...]