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Skyscraper, Mission Street

28-Jul-10

Barstow Train Station

10-May-10

Barstow train station The train station in Barstow California is rather lonely, like most train stations in the US. It is, however, the home of the Route 66 Museum, so if you find yourself in Barstow with a little bit of time to spare, make the drive through town, over to the station, and take [...]

Lego Robot 5 by Tom Gauld

20-Feb-10

Lego Robot 5, originally uploaded by tom gauld. I like this because: 1. It’s a nice example of how form is emphasized when color is uniform 2. The robot has four eyes. His photostream has more like this one.

California Academy of Sciences

17-Feb-10

Due to some last minute changes, we had to postpone our going-out-of-California vacation, replacing it with a stay-at-home vacation. Today was the free day (3rd Wednesday of the month) at the California Academy of Sciences, so we drove to Golden Gate Park to finally see the new building. There is a lot to like, certainly. [...]

Elevator Trail

06-Feb-10

Elevator Trail. A Saturday afternoon walk up a muddy and steep trail.

all the way around

19-Jan-10

all the way around, originally uploaded by normnode. Still having fun with Pano. The perspective starts to get a bit quirky, but I like that.

Hydrant, Lake and Carlmont.

08-Jan-10

Hydrant, Lake and Carlmont., originally uploaded by normnode. Many (perhaps all, I haven’t checked) fire hydrants in Belmont have cool custom paint jobs. My neighborhood is blessed with Smokey.

Pulgas Water Temple Panorama

06-Jan-10

Pulgas Water Temple Panorama, originally uploaded by normnode. Pano is an app for the iPhone; it makes it reasonably easy to shoot a sequence of photos for a panorama. The results are far from perfect, which makes using it all the more fun and charming.

In Water Dog Lake Park

05-Jan-10

In Water Dog Lake Park. I liked the odd perspective of this scene. And the silvery, leafless trees.