Category Archives: events

gdgt live in Los Angeles on October 28th!

By Dave | Published: October 17, 2011

At the end of this month, I’ll be down in Los Angeles for our gdgt live event. It’s our first time coming to Southern California. If you like gadgets and want a chance to play with some of the latest and greatest devices out there (and also win them), you should come out! It’s free, [...]

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Awesome seats for Fleet Week 2011

By Dave | Published: October 10, 2011

My friend Scott and I took the afternoon off this past Friday to check out the Blue Angels practicing over San Francisco. We somehow found ourselves on a boat and ended up having front row seats to the practice. It was incredible! If you need some proper theme music, may I suggest the Top Gun [...]

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The final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

By Dave | Published: May 1, 2011

STS-134 NASA Tweetup and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour On April 28th and April 29th, 2011, I was fortunate enough to participate in the NASA Tweetup for STS-134. It was to be the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the second to last mission in the Space Shuttle program. I [...]

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What a missile launch looks like in Southern California

By Dave | Published: November 9, 2010

The media is abuzz about a mysterious “missile launch” that happened off the coast of Southern California yesterday. Interestingly enough, while growing up, I remember seeing a number of missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base while at our home in Southern California, nearly 220 MILES east of Vandenberg’s launch facilities! I looked through my [...]

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Some photos from Fleet Week 2010

By Dave | Published: October 9, 2010

Here are some photos I shot during yesterday’s air show practice for Fleet Week 2010 here in San Francisco. For this year’s show, I rented a gigantic 400mm lens from BorrowLenses.com. You can see the full set here. How crazy was this 400mm lens? Check out this photo of myself and Marcie Lynn (a fantastic [...]

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Best Photos of 2009

By Dave | Published: January 4, 2010

Another year has closed, and once again, San Francisco photographer Jim Goldstein is calling for your top photos taken this year! It’s always a blast to participate in and review some of my favorite shots taken over the past year. You can also see my best photos from 2008. – Protestors gather at Civic Center [...]

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Ovo by Cirque du Soleil

By Dave | Published: December 9, 2009

Last weekend, Kerry and I saw the latest Cirque du Soleil show, Ovo, which is currently playing in San Francisco. It was stunning! This was the second time I’ve seen a Cirque du Soleil show and it was every bit as impressive as the first time I saw it! I’m pretty sure my mouth was [...]

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Halloween party and uninvited guests

By Dave | Published: October 25, 2009

Last night, we ventured out to the East Bay for a friend’s annual Halloween Party. Hilarious and creative costumes were the norm of course and good times were had by all! Mostly. Last night, towards the end of the party, I posted a message to Twitter, which received a number of responses this morning: One [...]

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Random photos from @sffoodwars

By Dave | Published: August 23, 2009

Mac and cheese competition at Stable Cafe in San Francisco! See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Dave Schumaker’s Posterous

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Thoughts on the MacBook Air

By Dave | Published: January 16, 2008

So the rumors turned out to be true after all! Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced the release of the MacBook Air, a new ultra portable laptop that Apple has allegedly spent the past two years developing. It’s a small little laptop that’s sexy only in the way that Apple can make a product. The specs: -13.3 [...]

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