http://maxpictures.com/weblog What we’ve been up to (or, what we’re saying we’ve been up to). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:12:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en …worse than than old breakfast. I was introduced this morning to a frightening new train-based mobile breakfast technology: the Breakfast Bacon and Egg Quesadilla. Deceptively simple in its appearance and microwave-delivery, the quesadilla belied its complex factory-preparation and lab-based ingredients. And, it tasted terrible. Actually, it wasn’t how the quesadilla tasted, it was ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/18/new-breakfast/ …but Picasa is cheaper. Max Pictures has photos posted all over the place. Well, a couple of places. Okay, four places*, I think. We started out with a self-hosted online gallery (using the open source program Gallery, of all things), but when Flickr came on the scene we quickly jumped (our own) ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/14/i-like-flickr/ …in Davis. Actually, order takeout food from Sam’s, eat at home. The place ain’t much in the looks department, but the food is great. Miss T and I don't mind cooking, but I don’t think either of us has ever attempted to make Mediterranean food (beef shawarma, lamb kebab, falafel, etc.). There’s ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/12/eat-at-sams/ …but Happy Dharmaween! And, iPumpkinween. And, uh, Eyeballween. In case you don’t recognize the first pumpkin, it’s sporting the “modernized” Dharma Initiative logo that is part of the Lost alternate reality game “Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project.” And, uh, Lost is a TV show on ABC. Kamen Rider carved the iPumpkin. Miss T carved the ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/06/a-little-late/ …a really new day. http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/05/new-day/ …at the library. When I was in school I rarely went to the library. As an adult I’ve continued not going to the library. (Miss T is a regular library user and sometimes she checks out books for me to read—inexplicably they’re always weight-loss books.) I’m not against libraries, mind you, ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/04/its-quiet/ …it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. It’s raining cats and dogs in the Bay Area—looks like we’re having a normal (read: wet) fall/winter this year. Despite the drenched conditions, Miss T and I ventured out to San Francisco on Saturday. Our ultimate destination? The Ferry Building Marketplace. The outdoor farmers market seemed ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/11/03/its-raining/ …holiday greetings from the patch of pumpkins past. Have a safe and sane (and dry) October’s end! http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/31/holly-happoween/ …one solution (and one additional problem). As I’ve kvetched about before, there are challenges to taking photos on the train. There’s motion: swaying like a ship in 15-foot seas; vibration like a hideously unbalanced clothes dryer. Lighting: cars with zero interior lighting; cars with bland fluorescent lighting. People: passengers thinking anyone ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/29/one-problem/ …was a day of rest and reflection. I.e., we didn’t do much of anything. Miss T and I did manage to get out of the house and over to Sacramento, and we stopped off for a late lunch at a favorite place, Harry’s Cafe. On Harry’s suggestion, I had two eggs ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/28/sunday/ …schmarody. I had made up a John McCain yard sign Adobe Illustrator file—for parody purposes—quite a while ago, after reading an article in The Sacramento Bee. But, the spoof bug never bit, as I wasn’t feeling disrespectful enough—and couldn’t think of anything clever enough—to commit anything to digital print output. I still ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/27/parody/ …in the lounge car. I was running late this (Wednesday) morning. Consequently, I was treated to the sun rising over the marsh between Suisun and the Carquinez Strait (about midway through my commute). To celebrate, I ordered a sumptuous Capitol Corridor breakfast—coffee and a breakfast croissant—to accompany my discounted BART ticket. The ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/22/sunrise/ …at the mall. Miss T and I happened to stop by Arden Fair Mall last Sunday—I wanted to see the new MacBook, MacBook Pro, and LED Cinema DIsplay at the Apple Store (they’re all very, very nice, by the way)—and we ended up wandering around for about three hours. We hadn’t ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/21/legos/ …stuck on the tracks. Such was the case last week when the track switches broke down outside of Suisun. Train traffic stacked up for about 40 minutes before our Capitol Corridor train arrived and our conductors got out to flip the switches by hand. As the congestion started to sort itself ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/20/early-in-the-morning/ …and their parents at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS). I’ve weeded through the 500 or so photos Miss T and I shot at CAS last weekend. The results of that editing process—where I filter by such factors as “whoops, my thumb was in front of the lens” and “it’s so ... http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2008/10/17/a-zillion-kids/