Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp!

The Gaslamp claims to have the largest Mardi Gras Party west of the Mississippi. After seeing some signs for the event, Brandi and I decided to gather up some friends and give it a run for its money. We all met up at my place, with beads, masks, hair spray, and a good amount of [...]

RIP: Morley Shoe Tree

Tuesday, I ran out to Morley Field in attempt to beat the sun and get in at least 9 holes. Arriving at the second hole, there was an old friend that was now missing. In its place was this large cement slab with a single shoe on it, honoring the fallen shoe tree. Probably one [...]

Nyx Racing, Waxing Nastalgic…

After a conversation about how expensive automotive repairs have become, I dipped into the old Nyx Racing archives, to reflect upon the past and how different things were. Hard to believe that it was close to 10 years ago! I miss the fun little projects, wrenching in to the wee hours of the night, and [...]

RIP: Colin Mcrae

Colin Mcrae passed away along with his 5 year-old son in a helicopter crash on Saturday. The 39 year old, was the first briton to win the Word Rally Championship (WRC). His agressive driving style tore-up the WRC curcuit for years, and recently has participated in the X-Games Rally Event. In addition to WRC he [...]

Burning Man from above…

A huge 8698 x 8735 pixel (7.32 MB) jpeg of Black Rock City, during the recent Burning Man Festival has been released. The eight day gathering take place in Black Rock City, an spontaneous city Northwest of Reno. Ending on Labor Day, the event promotes radial self-expression, and self-reliance, resulting in a woodstock like chaos. [...]

Napa Recapped…

Erin, Monica and I flew up to ‘Frisco’ for the weekend. We met up with Mike and Krisdee on Thursday. We had some great food at a little Jazz restaurant, and c got a night-cap at the Golden Shoe bar that was next to our hotel room. Our consierge, warned us to lookout for the [...]

Big Bear Trip…

This last weekend, Erin, Grant, and I rented a cabin in Big Bear Lake, and invited a few friends. Thanks to a fresh layer of snow and temperatures below freezing, Snow Summit’s slopes were nice and powdery with very few ice patches and no slush! When we weren’t on the slopes we were hanging out [...]

MacWorld Anouncements

So… they Keynote has come and gone, and Apple’s stock jumped $7 today. Lets see how I did. Software:NO – OSX – Leopard (Preview + Release Q2) NO – Adobe CS3 Demo (+Premier back on Mac) NO- Safari Update (…its been a while) Hardware:NO – Speed Bump for MacPro, iMacNO – No Update on iTV [...]

Happy New Years…

2007 is here already. Seems like it was yesterday in the middle of a personal nightmare and unceremoniously inviting 2006. The New Year has my lucky number, so I am hoping this is the year when things happen. Life moves forward from the BS in the past, while keeping the good times going. So, as [...]

Quick Big Bear Trip

Big Bear – Dec 2006Erin, Grant, Garrett and I decided to take advantage of the fresh snow laid down by some winter storms in the area. In previous years, snowboarding was out of the question, but I decided I need to get back out on the slopes more frequently. I bought a board, boots, bindings, [...]

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