Author: Dave

My cousin, Dan, was here this weekend. We went down to explore some of San Francisco’s waterfront as the sun set.

Palace of Fine Arts

Here is video I put together from Photojojo’s first photo safari in San Francisco. The second one is this weekend!

Who makes a coffee mug out of glass?

I pour hot tea into the mug and start walking to my room, only to have the thing explode in my hand!

Not cool.

Conversation with my roommate about the situation:

Really? Can anyone tell me one true thing they said about San Francisco in this “documentary?”

(What is an asshat?)

Here’s something I wrote on another website:

Another interesting thing this piece fails to mention, is how moderate San Francisco actually is (contrary to popular belief): In this last election, we voted against decriminalizing prostitution, against various green energy / self-sufficient energy initiatives, we voted for bringing the ROTC back to campuses and against renaming our sewage plant after G.W. Bush.

Of course when you talk about “San Francisco values,” no one mentions these things.

My friend Christina works as a science teacher in the East Bay. She sent me this email that shows what happened when she tried to access my website in her classroom. Amazing!

It’s kind of flattering even.

I remember that my sister and I shared the #1 result on Google for Horrible Faces a number of years ago. Since I moved servers and files got lost in the move, we’ve lost our claim to fame.

It’s time to retake that thrown. Here is my new web page, dedicated to horrible faces.

Join us for a photo tour of the fabulous ruins of Treasure Island, this Saturday, November 22nd.

ABOUT TREASURE ISLAND ==========
A man-made island originally built to host a 1939 World’s Fair, Treasure Island was once home to fantastic (but ephemeral) architecture, gala displays, and the (in)famous Gayway — a bawdy playland for World’s Fair visitors. Treasure Island was also intended to serve as an airport. With the outbreak of World War II, the US Navy took over the island, and it remained in Navy hands until the base was closed in 1994. Elements of all this history survive to this day, but Treasure Island’s abandoned state also makes the island feel spooky — like a post-Apocalyptic ghost town floating in the middle of San Francisco Bay.

WHERE TO MEET ================
We’ll meet near the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco at 1:00pm, specifically at the corner of 1st and Howard. (We’ll take the bus over together.)

Parking is available nearby if you want to drive instead. Map: http://tinyurl.com/56z96v

For those who aren’t able to meet us in San Francisco, you can meet up with us on Treasure Island at 2:00pm, in the parking lot near the the old Guard Shack (1st St and Palm Ave on Treasure Island). Map: http://tinyurl.com/5dhguq

AFTER SAFARI ==================
After this Photojojo Safari, we will travel back to the city and meet at Pete’s Tavern at 5:30pm, where we will share photos, drinks and stories. We’ll also be giving away some prizes from our sponsor Adobe!

Bring your cameras and some friends and we’ll see you on Saturday!

More information: http://photojojo.com/safaris/
RSVP! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46448949049

(Photo credit: Telstar Logistics)

A mural I saw while walking through the Tenderloin District today…

This place just looked sketchy though. Yikes.

One of the (many) awesome things about living in San Francisco? You are almost always guaranteed a fantastic sunset. Here is a selection of some of the sunsets I’ve seen since I moved into this apartment building nearly 2 years ago.

From tonight:

Last night:

Other previous sunsets from our apartment:

And a few sunsets from this past summer over the Golden Gate:

While some of the newer DSLR’s on the market have some new, high tech HD movie recording mode, I’ve been plugging away with my “old” Nikon D300, creating some time lapse movies using the “interval shooting” option hidden in some of the menu settings.

Here are two movies I’ve shot from the balcony of our apartment, showing traffic on the streets below. I think I may ultimately try to combine these into some sort of larger movie when I get a chance. Something similar to this or this.

Here are some photos I’ve taken the past few days.

Sunset behind our apartment building:

Peace in the Tenderloin (Shepard Fairey design):

All Alone:

More photos from the California Academy of Sciences. We went again yesterday and finally got to check out the new planetarium. Top notch! One of the coolest things I’ve seen.

Fog rolling in across the Golden Gate Bridge. This is a short time lapse movie I shot from our apartment’s balcony earlier this evening, beginning at 4:30pm with my Nikon D300. Photos were taken every 30 seconds from roughly 4:30 pm to 5:00pm.

Showing the shift in voting from 2004 to 2008. Blue counties show more Democratic votes compared to 2004, while red counties show more Republican votes compared to 2004. Source: NY Times.

The New York Times has a fascinating writeup on the shifting electorate and comparing the results of this election to 2004. Slowly but surely, we’re turning the country blue.

Great job from the Upright Citizens Brigade.

[Via Andy Carvin]

What a crazy awesome feeling to see that something I’m planning ends up in the San Francisco Chronicle.

(See also.)

The Barack Obama campaign has some great election night photos on their flickr account from campaign photographer David Katz.

Dear Sarah,

It’s been real. Have fun in Alaska.

Kind regards,

-Dave

(And here is the song quoted in the title of this post – “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Them Goodbye” by Steam)