There is a great photo over on the PhotoSydney blog taken by a five year old. This is even more motivation to get the Dakota PV2 cameras I have converted for reuse and running so that I can give them to some kids I know. These would be a great, low cost (under US$20) introduction to digital photography, and if it gets broken it is not a big deal.
The final shots taken at Fort Funston last Saturday. This time they are not hang gliding related though; behind the viewing deck area there is a fenced off area, in which were a number of these yellow flowers.
There are a couple of nice photos over on my friend Grif’s weblog. The one to the right of an arched bridge with an interesting sky (I like clouds in photos!). The other one is a collage of red and green leaves simply titled vines. Check them out, along with the many other photos he has posted over there.
Updated: Grif’s site moved to a new home and in the move the rants blog is down. The photo blog is still live though, so I have moved all the links to there for now.
Another hang gliding photo from Fort Funston at the weekend.
Drove up to Fort Funston in San Francisco at the weekend and managed to get some shots of a couple of hang gliders taking off. These guys jump off a cliff just to the left of the observation deck and then soar up into the sky passing the front of the deck. Great for getting in-flight photos!
Over at The Register they are running an interview with a link spammer. Nothing different than you’d expect:
If you’re affected by this spam, say because you run a blog, or a website, or like the other 99.9 per cent of Net users just come across the stuff, Sam explain the important thing to remember is it’s nothing personal. They’re not targeting you personally.
Or this gem:
“The question of morals is one for the individual. While it’s legal, it will continue. It could be argued that a website owner is actually inviting content to their site when they allow comments.”
Interesting to note the comments towards the end about captchas (tests that are easy for humans, but tough for computers, like recognising random numbers in distorted images). I was thinking about adding one of those to my comments form to slow them down a little more. That said, my current defences seem to be holding up pretty well, so perhaps I’ll leave it as-is for the moment.
Three pine cone in the snow photos from around the cabin we stayed in at Kings Beach (at the north end of Lake Tahoe).
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Yesterday afternoon we stopped by an art-deco style house in the sunset district of San Francisco (on the corner of Moraga Street & 33rd Avenue). The house, being offered by Zephyr Real Estate, has outstanding views over the Pacific Ocean and beautiful hardwood floors throughout. Upstairs, the feel is very much art-deco sophistication. The kitchen includes a diner-style breakfast nook. Downstairs, the family room has a wet bar, and wood panel walls, making for a very cabin-like feel.
On the downside, both the kitchen & bathroom would need some updating, and it was a little smaller than we were looking for, especially for the $798,000 asking price. The third bedroom, downstairs off the garage, is also more of an office space. With only a powder room downstairs it is less practical as a guest bedroom.
The shot above was one I snapped as we were leaving the house. The listing on Zephyr’s website has more photos; here’s a few of the interior ones:
 Dining room |
 Living room |
 Kitchen |
 Family room |
 Bedroom |
I added some links towards the bottom of the left column on every page of the blog (well, OK, I re-enabled the links feature in the index template and actually entered both the links and some categories for them into WordPress). For now there are four categories:
I will add new links to these lists over time, and I’m always open to suggestions for new sites to list.
