On Saturday Mike & I went up to SF to make use of the voucher booklets he’d picked up while his parents were in town last week, and hadn’t finished. They gave you free public transport within the city and free entry to a lot of the museums and whatnot. Our original plan was to… Read more
Friday night just gone I went round to Francisco & Ross’ place for a little shindig they were having, as something of a celebration for the iPhone shipping, or something. I’m not sure what exactly. Also a house-warming, I think, for some of their uni friends that hadn’t yet seen their new place. Anyway, that… Read more
The conventional wisdom is that cars are way cheaper in the U.S. And that may be true – for U.S. cars, like Ford or whatnot. Mustangs are dirt cheap here (they’re also dirt quality, though). But European cars are very expensive. Maybe more-so than in Australia, even. And the car I’m currently eyeing, the hybrid… Read more
I took some photos of some rock piles stacked up by a guy in Sausalito, and coincidentally he saw them on Flickr and commented. So if you’re curious about stacking of rocks, bottles and whatnot, you can check out his work. 🙂
I went to see Die Hard 4 tonight (well, last night now… damn extended length). It was surprisingly good. Standard action flick, typical character stereotypes, and much in the vein of the previous ones. But it didn’t come across like it was trying to be anything other than a good laugh and some over-the-top but… Read more
Late last week people (mainly interns) started organising themselves for the weekend, and one of the ideas that came up and caught my attention was a proposed bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge and up to Muir Woods, which is apparently quite spectacular. So, at 11am on Saturday, which was way too early for… Read more
I’ve put up the photos from the ride to Sausalito and the Monterey Bay Aquarium from a few weeks back. Knock yourself out.