Category Archives: San Francisco

How I almost became a San Francisco Giants fan

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2010

“If the Giants win the World Series, I’ll give you this hat.” I was 7 years old and we were on a family camping trip with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in Southern California. Really, it was more like pseudo-camping — there were motorhomes and such involved, but all the kids got to sleep [...]

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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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They’re back!

By Dave | Published: October 7, 2010

It’s Fleet Week 2010 here in San Francisco. And so begins four days of jets flying over San Francisco, to the excitement of some and the ire of others! I took this photo from the top of our office building in SOMA today with a Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 lens. The thing weighs more than I [...]

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Where Muni turnstiles go to die.

By Dave | Published: September 14, 2010

Where Muni turnstiles go to die…, originally uploaded by Dave Schumaker. SF Muni is in the process of upgrading the turnstiles in all their underground stations. Here, a pile of old turnstiles sits abandoned in a corner of Powell Station. Interestingly enough, while taking this photo, the newly installed turnstiles (which have weird, automatic gates) [...]

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Paradise Loop

By Dave | Published: September 12, 2010

Decided to try and tackle Paradise Loop today. By far the longest cycling ride I’ve yet gone on. 45 miles later, I’m ready to pass out. Here’s the route as recorded by Runmeter on my iPhone 4. Here are some of the raw statistics output from Runmeter: Ride Time: 4:46:04 Stopped Time: 23:23 Distance: 45.41 [...]

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What is PG&E’s problem?

By Dave | Published: September 10, 2010

Last night’s explosion of a PG&E natural gas line in San Bruno was a horrifying experience. One can’t imagine what that must be like to lose your home, possessions, memories, and potentially even family in a heartbeat. In addition to the sad news from San Bruno, this morning, there was news of minor explosion in [...]

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Apple event on Wednesday!

By Dave | Published: August 30, 2010

(I took the above photo today at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — I love Lightroom 3!) We’ll be there, covering it live. Follow along at gdgt on Wednesday at 10AM Pacific.

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San Franciscans are a finicky bunch

By Dave | Published: August 24, 2010

Don’t get me wrong. I complain about the weather as much as anyone else, but the tweets flowing from my fellow San Francisco citizens in the past few days are kind of amazing in both quantity and content. A few from my friends.

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What’s faster than Muni? Everything.

By Dave | Published: August 19, 2010

Maybe I shouldn’t be too surprised at this — but I’m kind of in awe that biking home from downtown San Francisco (entirely uphill, mind you) is faster than taking a bus. GPS info riding my bike: GPS info while riding the bus: Here are the times: * Bike – 2.64 miles in ~18 minutes, [...]

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Closer and closer to equality

By Dave | Published: August 13, 2010

Slowly but surely, we’re moving ever closer to equality for all. There’s still a lot left to do, but it’s encouraging.

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