Category: General

  • San Francisco Anti-War Rally Photo Gallery

    Here in San Francisco thousands of people marched through downtown protesting against any war on Iraq. The march proceeded from Justin Herman Plaza up Market Street and ended in the Civic Center Plaza. I shot several photos and grabbed a couple of short video clips from the event. Select an image below to view an…

  • Poison Oak!!! Argh!!!

    Oh the evils of mother nature. I was once again touched by one of her servants, the infamous Poison Oak. There isn’t an off-season for this nasty beast. It can strike at any time. It has many forms, a shape shifter of demon plants. Here’s a link to a gallery I put together: Western Poison…

  • Hard Drive Death : Rebirth

    I now have a new replacement hard drive and my system is up and running. While my computer was down I started looking around for a drive. Because of the time it was taking I considered buying one so I could use my computer. I would then add the warranty replacement as a secondary drive.…

  • Hard Drive Death : Support hell

    As I mentioned previously, my hard drive decided to die on me. Still in the warranty time frame, Dell support came to replace it but brought the wrong size drive. Rescheduled for installation the following day. So, the following day I get a message from a tech support person. I call back and he starts…

  • Hard Drive Death

    My hard drive started letting out death squeaks the other night while I was working on one of my videos. Everything froze up while the drive let out its death song. I had to cold boot to stop the system. Luckily the system booted back up and I was able to test the drive. It…

  • Google not really ignoring common words?

    If you search on google for “photos of snow”: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=photos+of+snow My website has a hit on the first page. But, google indicates that the “of” is a common word and is not included in the search. But, if you then search for “photos snow”: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=photos+snow The results are different and my site doesn’t show up…

  • Manchester State Park Flowing Tidal Pool Video

    Here are two small clips that I shot with my Sony TRV30 video camera. They are both from a spot near Manchester State Park up along the Northern California coast. There is a channel between the mainland and the rocky flats along the ocean. Water collects on the rocks then flows down into the channel.…

  • Downieville Video :: Butcher Ranch Trail

    I shot some helmet cam footage of the Downieville downhill course. The course runs down Butcher Ranch, Second Divide, and then First Divide. 2002 Butcher Ranch Trail (Clip 1 of 4) Downieville, CA The flat fire road section at the start of the trail. This is the section that requires a lot of pedaling during…