One of my favorite photo-walks was in May, 2011 to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array near Socorro, New Mexico. I was working in Albuquerque and decided to head out there before the visitor center closed so I could get pictures at sunset.…
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Does finding yourself on Google Street View count as a selfie? In May 2014 I was hanging out in front of the Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá, near Bógota, Colombia, when I noticed what was obviously a Street View car driving by.…
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In November 2013 I traveled to Salt Lake City. I took a drive up to Montpelier, Idaho via US-30 through Wyoming and back around Bear Lake and back to SLC. It is very dramatic countryside. Flying in to SLC you can see Bingham Canyon Mine.…
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Here are a few select pictures from my October 2014 trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I traveled there with a coworker for a conference that was held right downtown. We took the opportunity to walk the city a bit. The streets were busy that weekend with an Octoberfest.…
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Driving through Dallas a couple weeks ago I noticed a new building next to the highway across from the
West End Marketplace and
Dallas World Aquarium that wasn’t there before. The architecture was unique although it reminded me of the museum at the
9/11 Memorial in New York.…
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In November 2014 I travelled to Charlotte, North Carolina. I think it was my first trip to Charlotte. My previous experience of North Carolina was seeing it from I-75 behind billboards reminding me how many exits were left until we reached
South of the Border, a tourist trap in South Carolina that took advantage of the differences in state laws to sell fireworks.…
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In July 2012 we took a little family vacation to Austin. My son had just graduated, was heading off to college and did not join us. My daughter was able to bring a friend. We got a condo right on the river, or at least where the river used to be.…
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Back in April 2012 I traveled to Savannah, Georgia with a couple of co-workers for a conference. Each evening we would try to take in the sights around town and out to the beach. I took a lot of pictures especially of Bonaventure Cemetery.…
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Here’s some scans from a box of slides that are probably from about 1965. They feature pictures from Marineland and Sebring. I’m unsure of the exact dates. The pictures of Spirit of America reference the record breaking run in 1964.
WWDC 2014 starts in about a week. I’m sure that by this time next week there will be a line around Moscone West waiting to get in to hear what new offerings Apple has for their community. I was lucky enough to have been in that line over a dozen times going back to the late 90’s when the event was held in San Jose.…
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If you’re ever in Hawaii on the island of Oahu I recommend a visit to Hanauma Bay (photo: http://panoramio.com/photo/25584412) for snorkeling. It is a beautiful spot and there’s a lot to see within an easy walk down from the main road and a short swim to the reef.…
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Back at the motel I was hanging out by the pool under a nearly full moon. I was watching the other guests come into the parking lot and noticed a small gray cat skulking around. The cat was obviously people-weary but it ran toward each recently parked car or truck.…
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This morning as I was walking out of my hotel to the parking lot I had a double-take trying to find my rental car. I had rented some Japanese mid-size white sedan. As is my habit I try to notice my license plate number when I rent a car to help locating it later should that become necessary.…
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