The Magazine is new to me. They're an online furniture retailer out of Berkeley. The prices are too steep for Lani and I, but browsing the catalogue gives me ideas for our new home.
If everything goes to plan, we'll be moving early in July.
This is the type of bed we'd like. Simple design with a curved padded headboard.
Categories:Furniture
Ikea's ad agency decorates a NY bus stop, and a Swedish train carriage.
More here and here.
Thanks Apartment Therapy
I was on the Presidio Parade Ground and saw this Army truck that I couldn't identify. The driver said it was one of over 22,000 made for the military by industrial generator maker Stewart&Stevenson of Houston Texas.
The trucks use a 7.2l six-cylinder turbocharged Caterpillar diesel rated at 275 hp at 2400rpm and 817 lbft at 1600rpm. It has all wheel drive with a 30/70 torque split (50/50 off road), 7-speed gearbox, and ABS. A quick look under the truck revealed leaf springs at each corner.
When I post video I want to be confident that the host server will always be there to preserve my work. I started out using Ourmedia.org: Uploads were slow, and they reject content they think is copyrighted. YouTube: Works well and it's become very popular. Now Google Video: I think that it's time to take a closer look at this service. Google should be a very safe place to save videos. They have vast amounts of server space. They even host full length movies! They have a profit model too. You pay 99c or more (much more) to watch some TV programmes. How soon before we'll be using GV instead of NetFlix?
The Transbay Terminal was built at the same time as the Bay Bridge (1930's) to handle the Key System streetcars that ran to the East Bay on the lower deck of the bridge. In 1959 the tracks were removed from the bridge and the streetcars replaced with buses, and the Transbay Terminal became a bus terminal.
Now, with the Financial District expanding south across Market Street, and the residential high-rises built around Rincon Hill in the last decade, the terminal location is a very desirable property for redevelopment. One plan calls for very tall residential buildings on the site, with terminals for MUNI, Golden Gate, SamTrans, AC Transit, and Greyhound. And a platform for the underground extension of CalTrains from 3rd and King, that could also be used by a future high speed SF-LA train.
Categories:Architecture San Francisco
Rocky's been taking graduation photographs at SF State. Before starting work he took this experimental photo using available light and a short focal length lens:
"McKenna Theater at SFSU before a graduation ceremony. I've been shooting them all week for Brightroom. I took that one this afternoon."
Categories:Art
Corvettes and Porsches are a common sight on Bay Area roads. They're high performance cars that can be driven every day. But it's rare to see a Lamborghini in rush hour traffic.
Categories:cars
I know this has been done before, but time lapse photography of a construction site is fun to me. When the activity is sped up, you get a better sense of what's going on.
(The smaller image at the bottom of the site is the one to watch unless you have a very fast connection)
Thanks Curbed SF
Categories:Movies Architecture
To make space in the engine compartment for the supercharger, BMW relocated the battery to the floor of the boot, where the spare wheel would go. Then they shod the car with run-flat tyres. The tyres work as promised, but cost $265 each to replace, and don't have enough grip. So I switched to sticky Toyo tyres as used in SCCA spec Miata MX5 road racing. The grip is very good on a dry surface and the wear is acceptable for such soft rubber.
Because there's no spare wheel, I carry a can of tyre inflater. On the drive home from work I got a flat and used the can to inflate the tyre and seal the leak. It works! I drove the 45 miles home without losing anymore air.
I went to the Apple store yesterday ready to buy the Mac Book laptop in white for $1099. On paper it's a very desirable computer. In person, the design is lacking. The keyboard reminds me of a Casio adding machine. The case design has large radius corners which give it a bland jelly mold look. All very dated. To cap it off, the bottom of the Mac Book is too hot to put on your lap!
So I went over to look at the Intel iMac. The price is good, but the design isn't as cool as my aging iMac G4. Yet this might be the best computer for me.
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