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The Brides of March is this Saturday (3/14)
Image © Paul Burd
It’s that time of year again. This Saturday (3/14), The Brides of March will be hitting the streets of San Francisco. It’s a must-see if you live in the Bay Area. Check the site for meeting time and locations.
Star Trek Movie Marathon at The Castro, March 6-8
Woohoo! The Castro Theatre here in San Francisco is having a Star Trek Marathon, March 6th through the 8th (2009). They will be showing Star Trek 1-6, starring the original cast.
Of course I’ve seen all the movies, but it will be great to see them on the big screen, again. Here’s the show times currently listed from the site:
Friday, March 6th (double feature):
Star Trek The Motion Picture – 2:15pm, 7:00pm
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – 4:45pm, 9:30pm
Saturday, March 7th (double feature):
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – 2:30pm, 7:00pm
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – 4:35pm, 9:05pm
Sunday, March 8th (double feature):
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – 2:45pm, 7:00pm
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – 4:50pm, 9:05pm
Photowalking with Miss Aniela in San Francisco
©2008 Miss Aniela
For a long time now I’ve been a big fan of the photographic work of Natalie Dybisz, better known on the internet as, Miss Aniela (pronounced ‘Ann-yella’). She’s a fine-art photographer based in South East UK, who originally received a lot of notoriety on Flickr for her self-portraitrs. She took multiple shots of herself in the same space and then combined them. Since then she’s primarily stayed in the self-portrait genre, but has expanded her work quite a bit.
I just read on her blog that she’s coming to Seattle (Jan 31st), San Francisco (Feb 2rd & 3rd), and Los Angeles (Feb 4th), and she’s inviting all who want to come, to a studio shoot and some photowalks. She’s posted her full schedule, here. Although I’m not normally one for group photography, I’m going to try and make one of the photowalks here in San Francisco. It would be great to get the opportunity to meet her.
If you live in the Bay Area, and you’re into photography, you should try to make it out. Maybe I’ll even see you there.
If you’d like to know what other photographers I like, I have a long list over at my photoblog.
Wow, the price of gas sure dropped quick!
The gas station on the corner by our house is selling gas for $1.83 per gallon. It seems like just a few months ago that it was pushing $5 per gallon here in San Francisco. It boggles my mind that the price could drop so quickly. Of course, it also boggled my mind listening to the oil companies say they had to raise prices due to supply, at the same time they were posting all-time record profits (scum suckers).
As much as it annoyed me that it took almost $50 to fill up our little Toyota Echo, I actually thought high gas prices were a good thing. I felt bad for those people who legitimately had to drive large vehicles long distances, but I think it made most people re-evaluate their driving habits. People began to realize they could actually drive less, take public transportation, carpool, and possibly even walk occasionally (heaven forbid). They also started to reconsider what kind of car they may buy next time around.
I’m a little worried that people tend to have very short memories. Falling gas prices may mean that many people go back to their same old bad habits. I hope not.
Free Macworld SF 2009 Expo Passes
Macworld San Francisco 2009 will be held on January 5th-9th. You can get free Exhibit-Only passes when registering if you use promo code, MKA31884, before 9/26/2008.
SF WordCamp 2008 is August 16th
Registration is now open for San Francisco WordCamp 2008. The event takes place at the Mission Bay Conference Center on August 16th, 2008.
Happy Birthday Wordpress
Wordpress turns 5 today (5/27). There’s a party tonight at 111 Minna here in San Francisco.
Final Cut World Tour 2008
Apple is offering a FREE 1/2 day seminar on using Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server. The list of cities isn’t long, but luckily there’s one here in San Francisco on June 26th.
Vote for me at JPG Magazine :)
I normally only post my photos to my photoblog, but I submitted this image to issue #15 of JPG Magazine, for the Noir theme, and I’m hoping to elicit some votes. :) If you’re a member of the JPG community, and you like my image, please give it your vote. Voting closes on February 15th, 2008.
Description of Noir Theme From JPG Magaine: “The dark and brooding images that evoke everything from films of the past to the haunted streets of the night. Noir is about the black and the white, the grainy imperfection of the world.
Photos submitted to this theme don’t have to be in black and white”
90 Minute Macworld Keynote in 60 Seconds
Not all of us can spare the time (or have the interest) to watch the full 90 minute Macworld 2008 Keynote by Steve Jobs. Luckily, Mahalo Daily has compressed the entire thing down to 60 seconds. It’s surprisingly accurate.
Of course, if you do want to watch the entire thing, Apple has made it available here.
I’ll be posting my impressions on what was announced as soon as I can get to it.
Mahalo Daily Link | via Laughing Squid
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