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Maya Hairball with Crystals

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:41:12 +0000

Maya Hairball with Crystals

Experimenting with Autodesk Maya 2013.

2012 Summit Shorty 3 Video

Fri, 11 May 2012 07:02:37 +0000

Had a chance to attend and capture footage at race 3 of the 2012 Summit Shorty series.
Watch the beginner open (C), 35+, and women. Then a POV shot of the first lap of the intermediate open (B) 35+ category.

Watch races 4 and 5 here:

2012 Summit Shorty Race #4

There's the Gopher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:57:39 +0000

Hairy dog gopher watching at Point Isabel. And it’s really funny when he drools onto the gopher’s head. :')

Ralston Peak and Lake - South Lake Tahoe

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:07:29 +0000

A view from Ralston Peak down towards Ralston Lake.

Spine Jungle

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:52:37 +0000

Playing around with the macro lens. I really need to get a longer macro. The depth of field on this 55mm is about 1mm.

2008 NorCal High School MTB League Race2

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:22:43 +0000

Posted a set of photos on flickr from the NorCal High School race.

My Fast SyCip Ride

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:10:49 +0000

San Francisco Bay Sunset From Tunnel Rd

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:17:21 +0000

My very nice SyCip hard tail

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:11:24 +0000

Protected Habitat Oil Spill

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:17:46 +0000

Race Report :: 2002 Surf City Cyclocross #2

Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:30:04 +0000

Date: October 27, 2002
Event: Surf City Cyclocross #2
Category: Senior B
Place: 27th
Field: 70+
Team mates: Brett, Ron, Jeremy, Stephen, Mike
Support: Dennis, Funke, Matt

Oh the joy of Daylight Savings Time ending. Waking up at 6:30am and not being sure if it’s really 7:30am or possibly 5:30am. Wondering if the alarm clock was one of the many time pieces that was correctly set back. All good reasons to blow off the Masters race that would start at 10am. Or 9am or 11am or whenever. Might as well play it safe and just race the Senior B at 1:30pm. With that late a start there would be plenty of room for error. And, more time to sleep! :')

Decision formula for variables in life

Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:16:00 +0000

My friend was having difficulty deciding on her weekend plans because of the “variables” in her life.

I thought I could give her a hand by writing a little formula to help her decide. Here it is:

Decision Factor = (((boy) / (excuses)) * (expectations) + (hope) - (reality)) / (family obligations)

Maybe it can help you. :')

Cheers!

Tugboat Limbo!

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:20:00 +0000

I just had to post this link. Check out this tugboat doing the limbo!

Thanks to kottke.org for the link.

Passing of my grandmother

Sun, 02 Dec 2001 19:41:00 +0000

On November 23, 2001 my grandmother Florence Dodds Smith passed away.

She was an incredible woman that influenced my life in ways that I am still realizing. She was always caring and loving towards me. Always interested in how life was treating me and that I was happy.

I will miss her.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article about my grandmother. And here is the obituary that my father wrote: Florence Dodds Smith Of McCandless Township, died Friday, November 23, 2001, at the age of 83. Mrs. Smith, a retired entrepreneur, was the widow of David O. Smith who died in January 2001. She was the Founder and President of Kellner Equipment Company, a petroleum equipment business in the North Hills. Mrs. Smith was a leader in her industry. In 1978 she served as President of the Petroleum Equipment Institute, an international trade association with over 900 member companies in 58 countries. In this position, Florence Smith was the first woman to serve as the head of a national trade association. Although her entire professional life was spent in industries dominated by men, she often said that being a woman was an advantage. As President of the PEI, Mrs. Smith met George Bush, then United Nations delegate, and became active in local Republican politics. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David D. Dodds of Oakmont. Dr. Dodds, a Presbyterian Minister, taught his daughter the principles of door-to-door salesmanship during the Depression. She graduated from Oakmont High School in 1935 and attended Grove City College. In 1936 she was voted Miss Personality of Pittsburgh. During World War II, she worked for the National Bomb Committee under the direction of Augustus Anheiser Busch. In this position she traveled widely and coordinated all strategic materials used in the manufacture of semi armor-piercing and general purpose bombs. In 1944 she married Hans W. Kellner, of Scarsdale, New York, whom she divorced in 1947. Following the war she was Secretary, first to the Treasurer of Blaw Knox Steel, then to the President of Scaife Corporation. In 1948 she began selling petroleum marketing equipment for the firm of Stover and Rust. After the sudden death of Mr. Stover in 1951, she founded her own company, Kellner Equipment Company, which she ran for almost 40 years. In 1952, she married David O. Smith, a Pittsburgh businessman who joined Kellner Equipment Company soon after their marriage. The two were avid golfers, members of Wildwood Golf Club, Wanango Country Club, and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. A member of Bakerstown Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Smith also supported Grove City College and La Roche College. After Mr. Smith’s death, Mrs. Smith resided at Alterra Clare Bridge Memory Care Home in Cheswick. She suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease. Florence Smith is survived by a brother, Dr. David W. Dodds, of McHenry, Illinois; a son, Hans Dodds Kellner, of Arlington, Texas; & 3 grandchildren, Hans David Kellner, of San Francisco, California, Annaliese Kellner, of Durham North Carolina, & Margaret Kellner, of Evanston, Illinois.

Larkspur to San Francisco Sunset Photos

Sat, 03 Nov 2001 08:20:00 +0000

I rode the Larkspur ferry home from work the other day during one of those rare sunsets in the bay area.

Captured some digital photos of the sunset with my new Sony DCR-TRV30.

New look and feel!

Wed, 24 Oct 2001 06:34:00 +0000

I have introduced a new look and feel to the site. Part of the transformation involves converting over to CSS and becoming W3C XHTML 1.0 compliant. If you have no idea what I am talking about then you will either need to read up on these subjects or simply nod your head and continue on, content that what I am doing is just fine.