I'm at Los Angeles, CA, US - http://bkite.com/001lU [2:34 pm]
prince is rocking the crowd at #coachella. no cameras allowed though. [11:30 pm]
Coachella: Hot Saturday Afternoon http://tinyurl.com/5qwqpu [8:15 pm]
Coachella: Hot Saturday Afternoon
Here's a link to some of the shots I took today on Wired.com's Listening Post:
actually in this instance they have given me permission to but I'm too busy! [2:19 pm]
Coachella: Friday Wrap-up http://tinyurl.com/6jwx6h [2:14 pm]
Coachella: Friday Wrap-up
As I mentioned yesterday, I'm covering Coachella for Wired.com. I just posted a selection of the photos I shot yesterday over on Wired.com's Listening Post. I got a lift up in a cherry picker over the main stage and got some photos of the whole grounds at night:
uploading photos from #coachella ... shot 8 bands yesterday... today, even more hopefully [11:03 am]
Coachella Day 0: The Setup http://tinyurl.com/6an8xy [2:14 pm]
Coachella gets its finishing touches: http://ping.fm/peYAU [12:46 pm]
Coachella Day 0: The Setup
I'm liveblogging from Coachella for Wired.com. I just put up my first post featuring some photos I shot last night of the staging and art. I'll be posting a few times a day for the duration of the show. Check it out:
put final touches on first WIRED Blog Listening Post coachella photos and post should be going live shortly [12:06 pm]
links for 2008-04-25 http://tinyurl.com/5a2p24 [9:17 am]
just got to coachella. air thick with funnel cake. [7:25 pm]
ok heading to coachella =] [2:51 pm]
snitter needs to differentiate between direct and regular messages! [2:07 pm]
leaving to coachella in roughly 5 hours =] time to pack! [9:02 am]
picked up my RV, oh yeah, coachella: base camp check, cameras: check, leaving tomorrow =] [5:01 pm]
heading to pick up my RV for coachella [2:01 pm]
coachella madness here at the printshop ... posters, booklets and more oh my [1:21 pm]
links for 2008-04-23 http://tinyurl.com/6gbebm [9:16 am]
film crew tearing down base camp at 4am, banging poles, glad i'm waking up anyway [4:49 am]
Desert Explorers Rendezvous 2008
As I mentioned in my Mojave Wildflower post yesterday, I traveled to the revived ghost town of Shoshone for the Desert Explorers Rendezvous. We went on a few off-road trips, exploring mines and ghost towns along the way. It was my second DE Rendezvous, here is my post from the 2007 Rendezvous. Here are a few photos from the trip:
Click here to see the rest of the Desert Explorers Rendezvous 2008 photos.
Now Accepting Comments
For years my blog allowed comments, but the system was hard to figure out and people rarely commented. Recently I have noticed a few sites using Disquss to power their comments and I decided to give it a try. It's easy to use from both a publisher and a user's perspective. One nice feature is the ability to export all the comments, which I'll likely do once I finish the rewrite of the software that powers this site. I hope you'll leave a comment if you enjoy reading my blog and viewing my photos. Thanks!
Mojave Wildflowers 2008
A few weeks ago I took a trip out to the desert with my lovely wife and my father-in-law, Jim Proffitt. The group that brought us together for this excursion to Shoshone is known as the Desert Explorers. They are a group of mostly older folks who have an immense pool of knowledge and love for the desert.
I found and photographed 11 different species of wildflowers. Alan Romspert is a botany professor at UC Fullerton and helped me identify the species I shot during happy hour in Shoshone. Here are a few of the photos I shot:
Click here to check out the rest of my Mojave Wildflowers photos.
Search and Rescue : Cave and Mine Team Joint Training
This weekend my Search and Rescue Team did a joint training in Calico with the Barstow Mine Rescue team. Here is a video put together by one of our team members, Jeff Lehman:
links for 2008-04-15
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Awesome.
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A great list of questions to ask yourself about your possessions and items you're about to buy. (Post from last year)
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The next in an amazing series of adverts that started with millions of bouncy balls spilled down a San Francisco Street and tons of paint exploding on an English town.
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The password is nom.
LOLCat of the Day
Do I really need it?
links for 2008-04-10
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"...if you have to get stabbed, Santa Fe is the best place for it to happen"
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Oh noez, future douche bags.
LOLCat of the Day
Sponsor Me, Fight Cancer
I will be walking in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women and I am looking for sponsors. The Revlon Run/Walk is one of the nation's largest 5K fundraising events and has distributed nearly $50 million for cancer research, counseling, and outreach programs. My strong, powerful and beautiful mother is a cancer survivor and I am proud to be walking in her honor.
Click here to sponsor me and help fight women's cancer
Thanks for your support!
links for 2008-04-09
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Ouch!
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Involving William Buckley and Barry Goldwater in Antarctica
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My neck, my back, my fuzzy bunny back.
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This looks pretty funny.
LOLCat of the Day
LAT vs. WaPo
2nd Gallery Opening @ Spring Arts Collective
I have my second gallery show coming up this Thursday at the Spring Arts Collective Gallery during the Art Walk in Downtown Los Angeles. If you're in the area please come by and take a look at the four framed pieces I will be showing. The show is a continuation of my "Land of Nuclear Enchantment" series that just wrapped up at Niche Video Art. Here are the specifics:
Thursday April 10th, noon to 9 p.m. (Reception: 7-9 p.m.)
Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Spring Arts Tower on the Mezzanine Level
453 South Spring Street (on the corner of 5th and Spring)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Please come down and check out the show!
links for 2008-04-08
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I haven't LOL'ed at an Onion Piece in quite some time.
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I'm totally cereal about this.
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A group of protesters used ropes and climbing gear to hang their message from the Eifel Tower. [you have to click through to the 5th photo thanks to the BBC's terrible gallery system]
LOLCat of the Day
LOL @ The Onion
links for 2008-04-04
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Don't let this happen. Please sign the petition!
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Please read this and take action.
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Worst song ever, great LOL.
LOLCamel of the Day
links for 2008-04-02
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Touching story. When we have a house with a yard we will be getting a dog.
links for 2008-04-01
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You should know more about your world. I know I'm always trying to learn more. Learning is good.
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Feed it!
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OMG Cute!
Heal a Robot, Go to War : WIRED News Gallery
A few weeks ago I toured USC's medical center for WIRED News. One of the interesting things I saw was their Surgical Skills Center. One thing they do there is particularly pertinent to a serious issue in our world, the Iraq War. Click here or on the image below to see the Heal a Robot, Go to War gallery on WIRED News.
