Pages Tagged “NaBloPoMo 2013”
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- A Month of Daily Blogging: NaBloPoMo 2013 Round-Up
For November 2013, I decided to try NaBloPoMo and post every day this month. I’d been getting all the NaNoWriMo emails, and while I didn’t have the time or story ideas (and Katie’s covering the “writing a novel” thing), I was a little nostalgic for a writing challenge. Today wraps up my participation in the event. I […]
- Not Exactly Bifrost
Is that a rainbow bridge between two buildings? No, it’s part of a sun halo, formed not by water droplets but by ice crystals reflecting sunlight.
- WonderCon Wants to Go Home
WonderCon still wants to return to San Francisco, but the only convention center big enough is awfully busy…and so is the spring con schedule.
- Learn to Park!
What is it about the holiday season that makes people forget how to drive, especially in parking lots? The other day, while I was trying to back out of a parking space at the grocery store, two cars independently barreled down the wrong way in a crowded one-way aisle. A third tried, but another driver’s […]
- This is why I can’t see stars anymore
Rain, a late night and dark adapted eyes gave me a relatively nice view last night…but I miss clear skies. A photo of LA from space explains why.
- It Came from the Long Beach Comic & Horror Con 2013
My lack of a plan for this year’s con made the show floor less satisfying, but the panels were great: Marv Wolfman, Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Young Justice.
- Light and Shadow in LA: What a Difference a Day Makes
I went out for a brief walk Thursday afternoon (sometimes you just need fresh air). It had been raining, but had stopped, and the sun had broken through the clouds. Something made me go up to the top of the nearby parking structure where I could see downtown Los Angeles. It turned out to still […]
- A Walk Outside
I’ve found my lunchtime patterns fossilizing. Mostly, there aren’t a whole lot of places to eat within walking distance that aren’t hotel restaurants and therefore expensive, and parking is such a chore that it’s not worth driving anywhere. So I end up going to two fast food places and two cafes, over and over again. […]
- Daily Posting Observations
So, I think I’ve lost the NaBloPoMo challenge, since I failed to write anything yesterday. I had something planned and everything, but I’ve been blogging in the evenings, and felt sick last night and completely forgot that I even needed to. All I remember is lying on the couch, reading Les Miserables, and reading kids’ […]
- Important* Information† About Your‡ Account!**
The envelope strongly implies, but doesn’t actually state that it’s account information from Verizon, but it turns out to be an ad for Time Warner Cable.
- Gullible
There’s an old children’s joke that goes like this: “Did you know the word gullible isn’t in the dictionary?” Then when the other child goes to look it up, you laugh at them for believing you. On the face of it, it’s a lesson in not believing everything you hear. But when it comes down […]
- Feeling Sheepish
So, um, I can’t really think of anything to write about today, not anything I can do justice to in the free time I have before midnight. So, please enjoy this artistic shot of a toy sheep that was sitting on the table. (His name is, of course, Shaun.)
- Duct Tape, Foil and Cardboard
Last night I had to do some late-night laundry, and when I went in to move clothes from the washer to the dryer, I noticed water on the floor. My first thought: Great, the washing machine’s busted. On opening it, though, it looked like it had at least drained fine. So I checked the closet […]
- Mobile: Design for Offline
Mobile apps shouldn’t stop working in a dead zone.
- WonderCon Staying in Anaheim for 2014, Long Beach Comic-Con Next Week
It’s official: WonderCon will be back in Anaheim next year, which means I’m almost certain to go. Coming up sooner, though: Long Beach, next weekend.
- Somebody Hears You
Every time I listen to Vienna Teng’s “The Hymn of Acxiom,” it gets creepier. It’s beautiful, it’s haunting…and it’s all about how big data is tracking…
- Hotels and the Illusion of Simplicity
A hotel stay feels like you’ve simplified your life, but it’s an illusion. Your complexities are deferred, and someone still has to handle maintenance.
- Airplane, leaving me to my own devices
Between my outbound and return flight, new policy allowed me to start writing during takeoff. Thoughts on flying over cities, water and open space at night.
- Nighttime HDR Test: Yerba Buena Gardens
While in San Francisco on business, I wandered into the Yerba Buena Gardens and around the Moscone center. My phone took better pictures than I expected.
- I Left my Trash in San Francisco
San Francisco makes you think about just where your trash is going, both by offering options and by labeling them.
- Time to Read
I have a long list of books I wanted to read this year, and I haven’t read nearly as many as I’d hoped. But some of the ones I have read are immense.
- Ghosts in the Cave
A long exposure shot in Thurston Lava Tube on Hawaii. If I’d known it would look this much better in black and white, I would have converted it ages ago.
- Escape from LA(X)
The spillover from today’s LAX shooting: helicopters hovering, roads closed, travelers hiking miles on foot with their luggage to get away from the airport.