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Partly Cloudy

2013-05-23T17:16:00.001-07:00

Oakland, of course.

Fremont: The home of Solyndra remains "as committed as ever to clean technology"

2013-05-23T05:15:00.000-07:00

See how the home of Solyndra has doubled down on green-tech manufacturing and is doing just great, thankyouverymuch.

Is It The Weekend Yet?

2013-05-22T18:04:00.003-07:00

Wow! I'm really tired of Congress. How 'bout you?

Prayers From Napa

2013-05-21T13:31:00.002-07:00

For Oklahoma....

Just Another Sunrise

2013-05-20T06:18:00.002-07:00

Been experimenting with a free account at SmugMug - may make the jump over there. Problem is the over 5,000 photos I have on Flickr - yee gods what a hassle it would be to move. BUT, SmugMug has a much better user interface AND you can sell pictures from there, all different sizes and styles and even framing options. They keep 15%; not great, but not bad either. Decisions, decisions. Here's

Yo Knows

2013-05-19T19:12:00.002-07:00

Circling the bases after a game-winning home run...

Fox at Night

2013-05-16T15:22:00.002-07:00

Still haven't been inside this place...

Lucky 21

2013-05-15T17:40:00.002-07:00

I think the two adult Canadian geese with this group were babysitting because a few seemed to be older than the others. Still, I don't think I've ever seen this many babies together at one time - they made quite a train when they took off down the lakefront.

Lake Merritt Pan

2013-05-14T17:31:00.003-07:00

One of those picture perfect days.

Viral Cats

2013-05-13T07:47:00.003-07:00

Watching viral internet cat videos on a 10-story building. Just another night in Oakland...

Happy Mother's Day

2013-05-12T09:29:00.000-07:00

For my Mom, a picture of the smorgasbord of colors at the Bare Minerals store in San Francisco. Happy Mother's Day!

For the Sailors

2013-05-10T07:10:00.002-07:00

The Bay may seem like a relatively peaceful body of water, but it's still a place that holds danger, as we are reminded everyday. A mournful salute to the Artemis and to Olympic medalist Andrew Simpson, who drowned when the boat flipped during a training run yesterday. The catamarans are a joy to watch; I've got more pictures of them training near the Bridge and Treasure Island and hope to

North Country Dreamland

2013-05-09T16:32:00.001-07:00

North Country Dreamland from LakeSuperiorPhoto on Vimeo Enjoy Michigan.

Waitin' on a Train

2013-05-09T03:51:00.002-07:00

From the platform of the Coliseum BART stop. So, Mark Schauer, huh? Maybe there is reason for hope after all. The thought brings a huge smile to my face, although I wouldn't wish the stress of a gubernatorial run on anyone - especially in Michigan as it stands now. The Big Money Boyz are going to throw everything they have at this race to keep the public coffers all for themselves and their

Ruins

2013-05-07T19:32:00.003-07:00

Sorry so late, here's another from Sutro. Dawned on me today that in the not-so-distant future this will be under water...

Coffee Coffee

2013-05-06T05:44:00.002-07:00

The Hills Bros Building on the Embarcadero. Check the moon.

Sutro

2013-05-05T09:51:00.003-07:00

Sutro Baths from the hill. Wanted to show the size of the complex - that's the Cliff House in the background. Interesting history here... On March 14, 1896, the Sutro Baths were opened to the public as the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment. The baths were built on the sleepy western side of San Francisco by wealthy entrepreneur and former mayor of San Francisco (1894–1896),

Joltin' Joe

2013-05-03T16:57:00.002-07:00

It was 77 years ago today that Joe DiMaggio played his first game in the majors. Got three hits. (h/t ESPN) Here's the playground sign from the North Beach neighborhood where he grew up.

Stay For The Pie

2013-04-28T18:27:00.003-07:00

Eric Sogard gets his dessert.

City by the Bay

2013-04-28T07:03:00.002-07:00

Shot of SF in the morning from Treasure Island, taken with the big camera on exposure lock. (Update: cloned out the seams, looks better, although Fickr compression leaves a lot to be desired) Scroll through the big 3000 px version for a view of the entire waterfront.

Showtime

2013-04-27T11:32:00.001-07:00

Organ player at the Paramount Theatre, still the best shot I got with the phone. The Paramount is a historic 1931 art-deco movie palace in the Uptown neighborhood of Oakland, every inch of the place gilded and sculpted with grand elegance that probably couldn't be duplicated now. The Wiki has a few shots of things like the four-story grand lobby and decorations; the phone did OK with clarity,

Thermal Projection

2013-04-25T16:45:00.001-07:00

Here's one from the side of the building at Pier 15, capturing the crowd as it went by.

Pier Fifteen

2013-04-24T05:51:00.002-07:00

The digital company Obscura put on a great show for the opening of the new Exploratorium museum at Pier 15; colors and pictures swirled over the white facade of the building, all set to electronic music. Around the side was a heat-sensor projection that captured people in the crowd. I've only done a few pics from the show so far, you can check those out here. More to follow...

Napa

2013-04-23T06:19:00.001-07:00

Here is the Napa picture I tweeted out the other day. For whatever reason, it looked blurry on the tweet but clear on the phone and the computer. Something on the Twitter end? Sweat on the phone? Not sure. Sharpened it up for posting here. Anyway, baby grape leaves are bursting on the vines in Napa as another growing season gets underway. Highway 29 through the Valley is a beautiful view,

Attack of the Clones

2013-04-22T18:22:00.003-07:00

This story combines both my favorite states for a great idea - if you're planting something in hopes of greening the world, might as well make it the biggest and the best. A family from Copemish, Michigan has been working since the 1990's on this project... Ceremonial plantings of two dozen clones from California's mighty coastal redwoods were taking place Monday in seven nations: Australia,