Just how big is the lens I rented today?
♫ "I can see for miles and miles..." ♫
Now I can finally do that paparazzi gig that Wired magazine was talking about...
Fleet Week and the Blue Angels in San Francisco
It's the beginning of the annual Fleet Week festivities here in San Francisco. That means all sorts of noise as aircraft of all types scream through our fair city over the next few days. Among the things I'm most excited for is the Blue Angels. They did a practice show today (and yesterday) and I went down to the bay to take photos.
To facilitate some good photographic opportunities, I rented a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 lens and a 2X tele-converter.
To see all the photos I've taken for the 2008 Fleet Week, check out this link.
The Daily Show - What is an Undecided Voter?
John Stewart and the gang strike again!
Fake Sarah Palin
Another awesome thing about Twitter:
Fake Sarah Palin and Fake John McCain have accounts. Hilarious!
Voting for a New Candidate?
Papalote - Great Burrito or Greatest Ever?
One of my favorite Mexican places in San Francisco is Papalote. I absolutely love their burritos and their salsa is just killer. That leads me to ask: Papalote - Great burritos or greatest burritos ever?
Interestingly enough, I know I rag on SF Mexican food a lot and say it doesn't compare to So Cal, but really who am I kidding? The only things better in So Cal are the baseball teams and beaches! ;-)
That's A Lot of Internet
We live on the 17th story of an apartment building near downtown San Francisco. A quick scan of the available wifi networks shows an overwhelming number of them. It's good to see most of them are secured.
If we load up network analysis tools like iStumbler or KisMac, we can see nearly 45 different networks!
Rock Music
Below, you will find a list of every single band and concert I've ever seen up to this point. Some people keep ticket stubs. I just keep anal-retentive lists.
Below are a few photos I've taken from some random shows:
Little Yellow Perfect
Tsunami Bomb
Hot Water Music
Angie Mattson
Read on to see the complete list of shows...
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant (09-18-98) @ Irvine Meadows
Aerosmith (5-7-99) @ Hollywood Bowl Johnny Lang
Warped Tour (7-1-99) @ Orange Show Fairgrounds in San Bernardino Pennywise Vandals Living End Zebra Head Sevendust Suicidal Tendacies Bouncing Souls Dropkick Murphys Less Than Jake Luna Chicks My Super Hero
Offspring (7-16-99) @ Irvine Meadows The Dickies Lit
Alice Cooper (9-17-00) @ San Manuel Indian Casino in San Bernardino
Bad Religion (9-24-00) @ Glass House in Pomona Ignite
Bad Religion (10-27-00) @ Orange Show Fairgrounds in San Bernardino Ignite Guttermouth TSOL
Orgy (12-17-00) @ Gotham in San Bernardino
Sick of It All (4-27-01) @ Glass House Boy Sets Fire Death by Stereo Hope Conspiracy
Vandals (5-19-01) @ University California Riverside Pharcyde
401 Waterman (06-09-01) @ The Pig's Ear Pub in San Bernardino
Warped Tour 2001 (06-29-01) @ LA Colliseum AFI Bouncing Souls Guttermouth Fear Pennywise Vandals Less Than Jake
Ozzfest 2001 (06-30-01) @ Blockbuster Pavilion Taproot MudVayne Crazy Town Black Label Society Disturbed Linkin Park Papa Roach Slipknot Marilyn Manson Black Sabbath
Offspring (07-14-01) @ Universal Amphitheater Millencolin TSOL
Offspring (07-21-01) @ The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel) in Las Vegas Millencolin TSOL
Aerosmith (08-24-01) @ Blockbuster Pavilion Fuel
KROQ Inland Invasion (8-25-01) @ Blockbuster Pavilion Cold Adema Weezer Pennywise Social Distortion Incubus Offspring
Social Distortion (09-08-01) @ Glass House Tsunami Bomb
AFI (10-07-01) @ Glass House F-minus The Missing 23rd Toys That Kill
Tantric (10-21-01) @ Gotham Oleander Beautiful Creatures Transmatic
Ataris (11-10-01) @ Greek Theater (U of Redlands) Tsunami Bomb Fairview Rufio Codename: Rocky
Social Distortion (12-29-01) @ Hollywood House of Blues Delphines
Judas Priest (01-19-02) @ Anaheim House of Blues Anthrax
Tsunami Bomb (02-03-02) @ Glasshouse Yellowcard Sugarcult Audio Karate
H20 (02-09-02) @ Epicenter in San Diego Mest Tsunami Bomb Bigwig Parkside Drive
Lennon (03-01-02) @ Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana Crush Reality Psuedocipher
Static-X (03-30-02) @ Gotham Flaw Sugarcult Ph8
Sammy Hagar (06-22-02) @ Blockbuster David Lee Roth
Offspring (07-31-02) @ HOB Anaheim
Tsunami Bomb (09-21-02) @ Hollywood Troubadour Audio Karate The Frisk Days Away
Vandals (11-15-02) @ Grove of Anaheim Tsunami Bomb Audio Karate
Get the Girl (3-21-03) @ Louie's Landing in Mentone Shimmer 57
Bouncing Souls (10-12-03) @ the Glasshouse Tsunami Bomb Strike Anywhere Vision
401 Waterman (11-07-03) @ Decafe in Redlands In Ashes We Lie Lorene Drive No Alliance
Tsunami Bomb (11-10-03) @ Chain Reaction in Anaheim Matchbook Romance Maxeen
The Offspring (04-15-04) @ The Warfield in San Francisco The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Angie Mattson (06-22-04) @ Canter's Deli in Los Angeles
Terra Naomi (07-07-04) @ The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood
Tsunami Bomb (07-10-04) @ Slim's in San Francisco Thought Riot The New Trust
The Greening (09-07-04) @ Studio Z in San Francisco Shut-Ins Paige Adrian West
Hot Water Music (10-17-04) @ Slim's Alexisonfire Don't Look Down Moments in Grace
Rise Against (02-12-05) @ Slim's Tsunami Bomb Only Crime Tsunami Bomb (02-27-05) @ Phoenix Theater in Petaluma Circa Survived Somerset Exposure
Hootie and the Blowfish (06-19-05) @ The Speedway (Golden Gate Park) in San Francisco
System of a Down (10-08-05) @ Oakland Arena The Mars Volta
The White Stripes (12-09-2005) @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco Death Cab for Cutie
Pop Rocks (12-15-2006) @ The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco
Angie Mattson (02-07-2007) @ The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood
Pop Rocks (08-11-2007) @ The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco
Little Yellow Perfect (08-23-2007) @ The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco Squaretape
Richard Cheese (08-28-2007) @ The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco
Squaretape (09-21-2007) @ The Elbo Room in San Francisco
Interpol (10-20-2007) @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco Liars
Angie Mattson (12-14-2007) @ Hotel Utah in San Francisco
Sally Greenfield Band (01-10-2008) @ Grant and Green in San Francisco
Chris Trapper (02-20-2008) @ Hotel Utah in San Francisco Robyn Harris
Jonathan Douglas (02-26-2008) @ Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco Jonah Matranga
Citizen Cope (03-25-2008) @ The Independent in San Francisco
Justin Currie (04-21-2008) @ Cafe du Nord in San Francisco Angie Mattson
Pop Rocks (07-25-2008) @ Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco
Tornado Rider (08-20-2008) @ Boom Boom Room in San Francisco Sally Greenfield Band
Pop Rocks (09-27-2008) @ Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco
Hot Water Music (08-28-2008) @ Regency Center in San Francisco Strike Anywhere
MC Hammer (10-3-2008) @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Gogol Bordello
Stars (10-06-2008) @ Fillmore in San Francisco
Supporting the Boys in Blue
The National League Championship Series begins on Thursday. Just wanted to support my boys in blue.
We only need 4 wins and then we return to the World Series for the first time in 20 years. (Should the baseball gods grant it, it would be exactly 50 years after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles)
Fun at the Cal Academy of Sciences
Last Friday, a few of us ventured into Golden Gate Park to check out a few things.
1.) The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival - We saw MC Hammer play a few numbers to a bunch of middle schoolers. 2.) The new California Academy of Sciences building. An incredible museum and research institution.
Obligatory photographs to follow.
