Category: Media
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San Diego Zoo
I drove down to the San Diego Zoo today to make some pictures of the animals. It was a little chilly, and it was a little rainy, which I wasn’t expecting. I spent the latter part of the day with my camera wrapped in my shirt trying to keep it dry. Still, all things considered,…
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Apple Picking at Riley’s at Los Rios Rancho in Oak Glen
About a year ago, I heard about this place, Oak Glen, up in the mountains just outside Los Angeles. They have a bunch of U-Pick apple orchards, and trees with leaves that actually turn colors like it’s fall. I’ve been wanting to check it out for a while, and since October is apple picking season…
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Newport Beach Sand Castle Contest
Newport Beach held their 46th annual Sand Castle Contest today, so I drove down to photograph it. These things always have this weird mix of really privative children’s creations and reasonably elaborate carvings. I think I may have liked The King Has Two Thrones the best. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the…
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Santa Clarita Sidewalk Art Festival
Santa Clarita has this sidewalk, chalk art festival. I went up there today to check it out. Of course, I took my camera, and you can see some of my sidewalk art photos.
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Devo Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Devo performing Satisfaction on Saturday Night Live is 10 kinds of awesome. I think I probably must have some Devo on my iPod. I’m going to have to rock that tonight.
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A Softer World
I just went through the back archives for A Softer World. I suspect the creator would resist this label, but it’s sort of a hipster comic strip. It seems to try too hard in a lot of them (maybe that’s just a natural consequence of doing 250+ of them), but there are flashes of brilliance…
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Brilliant, Awesome Viral Video of a Drum Playing Ape
Cadbury’s A Minute and a Half Full of Joy is one of the best viral videos I’ve ever seen. I defy you to watch this to the end and not smile. Every time I see it, I laugh out loud. Now, I want some chocolate. The only problem is that there doesn’t seem to be…
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Road Trip
I took a two week road trip up the western coast of the US and into Canada. Naturally, I took a ton of pictures.
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Whale Watching and Santa Barbara Zoo
I drove up to Santa Barbara and went out on a whale watching boat trip. It was a fun day. Some of the whales got almost within touching distance, and there were hundreds of dolphins swimming and jumping around. It turns out it’s not very easy to photograph whales. You basically just get a bit…
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Solstice Canyon Loop Hike
Yesterday, I went for a hike in Malibu. The Solstice Canyon Loop is an interesting trail to hike. There’s this burnt out old building that you can explore, and plenty of streams and waterfalls. I would have liked to have seen the house before it was burned. It’s sort of tough getting an idea of…