Baltimore Inner Harbor Pictures
Aug 31, 2005 in Travel
I know you all would like some actual textual content, but I don’t have time tonight — which means you’re stuck with more photos of Baltimore. Fortunately for you, there’s only two more galleries left. Until I get my photos from Tucson back, that is. Anway, until then, enjoy the nautical attractions of Baltimore’s lovely downtown Inner Harbor. Read on…
Baltimore City Pictures
Aug 30, 2005 in Photos, Travel
Tired of my travel photos yet? Not me! Here is the first of four sets of pictures from my trip to Baltimore. These are just general pictures of the city… Read on…
Welcome to Dumpsville, Population: Me
Aug 29, 2005 in True Life Stories
In sixth grade, I switched schools. Rite of passage, sure, but the hard part (insofar as I had minimal-to-no social skills) was to make friends. Somehow, I ended up part of a band of misfits. There was Blaise, the brilliant Spaniard; Larry, the incredibly creative son of a chicken parts magnate; John, the business-focused Korean; and me. Read on…
My Fame Spreads
Aug 29, 2005 in Otherwise Uncategorized
My travel-related entry The People With The Bags has been republished on Babblog! My fame grows. Check out Babblog and grow their readership, they’re pretty cool. Amusing and stuff…. Read on…
Mexico City Templo Mayor Pictures
Aug 29, 2005 in Travel
This is it — the very last set of photos from Mexico City. I has a great trip there, and I hope you’ve enjoyed the photos at least 10% as much as I enjoyed taking them. What follows is photos of the ruins of the ancient Aztec Templo Mayor, the center of life in old Tenochtitlan. If you haven’t figured out by now that clicking zooms, then I have no idea what to do with you. Read on…
Mexico City Cathedral
Aug 27, 2005 in Photos, Travel
While, someday soon, we may actually have textual content, for the moment I’m not in the mood. So, more pics from Mexico City. Don’t worry; there’s only one gallery of these left (and four from my trip to Baltimore). If you click on these photos, Smugmug will offer you many added features. Read on…
Mexico City Zocaló Pictures
Aug 26, 2005 in Photos
The Zocaló is more than just the bustling commercial center of Babylon 5 — it’s the central square in Mexico City. Pictures, zoomable with a left-click (stealable with a right-click)…. Read on…
Mexico City Anthropology Museum Photos
Aug 25, 2005 in Photos
When in Mexico City, I was lucky enough to visit the Anthropology museum and see native dancers and voladores. Here are these sights, thanks to modern technology compressed to fit on your computer screen, and enlargable with just a click.
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Mexico City Ninos Heroes Photos
Aug 23, 2005 in Photos, Travel
One of Mexico’s most famous recent monuments (that is, excepting the Aztec and Maya ruins) is the Ninos Heroes in the Bosque de Chapultepec. It’s a very proud monument for such a sad story. I’ve done my best to take proud, nationalist photos of it, despite being from the nation that inspired the cadets’ jetteé. Read on…
Mexico City Castillo de Chapultepec Photos
Aug 20, 2005 in Photos, Travel
In Mexico City’s Bosque de Chapultepec you’ll find the Castillo de Chapultepec, home of many of Mexico’s governments, including the initial Revolutionary government, Emperor Maximilian, and most of the Governors-General. It’s a bizarre hodgepodge of various styles of architecture, with components obviously built by experienced military men with an eye for a defensive position, and components built imitating the styles of the grand French chateaux. The Castillo has a great view of the whole city and is definitely where I’ll make my home, when I’m king. Read on…
Mexico City Bosque de Chapultepec Photos
Aug 19, 2005 in Photos, Travel
The Bosque, or forest, is a large area, around a hill, that has stood green since the time of the Aztecs, and which held the rulers of Mexico City from the time of the Conquistadors to well after the Revolution. Here are a few pictures I took on my recent trip to el D.F. As usual, click to enlarge, etc. Read on…
New RSS Feeds
Aug 19, 2005 in Meta
If you’re an RSS fan, look to your right — I’m offering new, more complete feeds in RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom. Thanks to regular expressions and Textile formatting,… Read on…
Love at First Sight
Aug 18, 2005 in Photos
After driving and driving on Monday through the desert, I finally got back to my little house in the Palms neighborhood of LA. I’d both desperately anticipated and feared my homecoming; I was ready to leave Phoenix but I feared I’d idealized my home and would be dissapointed by its small size, its rickety construction, its lack of air conditioning, or the ghetto that surrounds it. But my homecoming was everything I’d hoped. The house was cute (if “rustic”, as was commented), it was comfortable, and the neighborhood was vibrant and filled with fun things. Hello Los Angeles! Read on…
Intergalactic Colonization
Aug 18, 2005 in Dreams
Humans had gone to the stars, filled with hope, and colonized one planet, many light-years away from Earth. But, as we entered the universe, we made enemies, and one of these enemies attacked earth and rendered it uninhabitable. Read on…
Rio Beaches PRIME Photos
Aug 17, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
I’ve had all of these galleries of photos from South America, but the number one question I get is: “what about those beach babes in thongs on Copacabana and Ipanema in Rio?” Well, this is the entry in which I finally answer that question. Read on…
Changes Made! (Partially)
Aug 17, 2005 in Meta
If you visit this site often (all two of you), then you might have noticed the new archive formats below, and on the archive pages. This new format supports both… Read on…
Plugging Away
Aug 17, 2005 in Meta
Yes, the archives are broken. I’m working on it; everything will be much better in a day or so. I’m just plugging away, hacking on it, watching a DVD and… Read on…
Churches on Rio PRIME
Aug 14, 2005 in Travel
For some reason, I’m always inspired to put all of my photos of churches in one album. Certainly, churches make for great photos. Well, here’s the ones I took in Rio. Oh, and for some balance there’s two pictures from a street that was filled with hookers. Not that I took any pictures of the hookers. Just of the street on which the hookers sat. Frankly, Rio hookers scared me. There’s probably a future blog entry on that. Read on…
Fort Copacabana Rio PRIME Photos
Aug 13, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
As promised, pictures of the impressive Fort Copacabana in the Rio Harbor. Click to zoom. Read on…
Attention RSS, Aggregator, Syndicator Users
Aug 11, 2005 in Meta
Do you use a newsreader, an aggregator like Bloglines or My Yahoo!, or a syndicator like a Livejournal feed to read Juniorbird.com? I’d like to understand how to put together… Read on…
Corcovado In Rio PRIME Pictures
Aug 9, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
One of Rio’s most famous landmarks is the large statue of Christ on the Corcovado mountain. This was one of the banner stops on my second day in Rio. Click to zoom, etc. Read on…
Internship Presentation Stress
Aug 8, 2005 in B-School
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled PRIME photos in order to bring you this breaking stress-out about the three presentations I have to make tomorrow. Three! Including two to people who are substantially senior in grade to me and to any position I might gain in the next few years at Intel, were I to take a job there. Read on…
Pao de Azucar at Rio de Janeiro PRIME
Aug 6, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
Pao de Azucar, or Sugarloaf Mountain, is one of Rio’s major attractions. In our first day of sun, we climbed up the mountain and took in our first sights of the city. Click to buy mousepads from Smugmug, etc. Read on…
Churrasco in São Paulo PRIME Pictures
Aug 6, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
Brazil is famous for its Churrasco — all-you-can-eat barbecued meats served tableside by waitrons bearing skewers of the food and sabers to cut out the portions. I especially recommend the chicken hearts; drink with copious guaraná. (Click to enlarge photos.) Read on…
São Paulo Churches PRIME Pictures
Aug 3, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
São Paulo has some lovely churches in it. As mentioned here, these include a lovely old cathedral and and old cemetery, both in the middle of the downtown commercial district. Read on…
São Paulo PRIME Pictures
Aug 2, 2005 in Travel
As I promised, pictures of São Paulo are finally here. Enjoy! (And click to zoom or order prints of the pretty ones.) Read on…
More Santiago PRIME Pictures
Aug 1, 2005 in B-School, Photos, Travel
These are from the Cerro Santa Lucia, which I wrote about with (hopefully) some minimal skill here. As usual, click to enlarge! Read on…