Entries from November 2005

November 21, 2005

Spinal Tap reference in SlingPlayer help

Here’s one more reason why I’m loving my new Slingbox. They threw in a reference to This is Spinal Tap on the help page for audio settings:
“Also, if you’ve noticed that our volume control goes up to 11, that’s in case you need that extra push over the cliff, you can put it up [...]

November 21, 2005

Slingbox

I’ve been seeing great reviews of Slingbox since it came out in the summer. It recently appeared in Time magazine’s best inventions of 2005 issue. And I love how the idea for Slingbox came from Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian’s frustration about not being able to watch San Francisco Giants games while he [...]

November 17, 2005

Thursday Challenge – Patterns

My submission to Thursday Challenge – Patterns. This is a close-up view of the new de Young Museum in San Francisco.

November 15, 2005

Wayfaring Personalized Maps

I created my first Wayfaring map. Wayfarer is a new service that lets you build a personalized Google map without requiring any programming. You can annotate the map with a route, add notes, tags & photos to your map, and share the map with friends.

Filed under: Wayfaring, Google Maps

November 14, 2005

San Francisco November Sunsets

The sunsets have been pretty amazing in the SF Bay Area the past couple of days, especially the sunset on Sunday the 13th. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me but I was able to find some good shots on Flickr. As far as I can tell, these are all shots [...]

November 13, 2005

Cal vs USC, Nov 12, 2005

I went to the Cal-USC game yesterday. USC defeated the Bears 35-10. Click here for the complete photo set on Flickr.

November 11, 2005

Thursday Challenge – Fast

My submission to Thursday Challenge – Fast. These dogs are competing in a Flyball demonstration, held recently in Golden Gate Park.

November 7, 2005

Huston Street – 2005 AL Rookie of the Year

Congratulations to Huston Street on a well deserved AL Rookie of the Year award. That makes it back-to-back rookie of the year awards for the A’s. Bobby Crosby won it last year.

Technorati tags: mlb, baseball, oakland a’s, huston street

November 1, 2005

Goats in San Francisco

Goats R Us (yes, that’s the name of the company that owns these goats) returned to my neighborhood today to clear some brush. They usually stay for a few days, leaving behind a barren hill.