Drink plenty of water
It’s hot out. (photo by Archie McPhee)
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Robots!
I saw an ad on Metro today for EMP’s robot collection on display through October 26th. The EMP website reads:
Robots: A Designer’s Collection of Miniature Mechanical Marvels celebrates our long fascination with humankind’s technological version of itself. This exhibition draws from a one-of-a-kind assemblage of toy robots, which noted designer Tom Geismar has been collecting for decades. Inspired by antique tin and wooden toys, samurai warriors and mid-20th century Japanese film characters, these intricately detailed and beautifully designed miniatures are set against EMP|SFM’s backdrop of life-sized robots, androids and cyborgs from the world of science fiction film and television.
I wish I had known that this was running sooner, but it’s not too late! It’s one of the rare worthwhile excuses to step into EMP.
Learn to park!
Is it just me, or have more people forgotten how to park recently? Here are a few rules and polite suggestions for those parking vehicles (including scooters):
1) Do not block sidewalks or driveways. End of story.
2) Do not take up more than one space. This includes street parking (see two examples in the photo) and parking lots. If your vehicle is too big for one spot, downsize to a smaller vehicle.
3) Park closer to the curb, not out in the street.
4) If the sign says “No Parking Within 30 Feet”, don’t park there.
5) Do not move scooters to fit into a spot.
6) If parking a scooter, don’t cram into a gap between two cars. The cars need that gap to get out of the spot.
There is likely a lot more for this list, but I’ve said enough for now. Common sense: use it.
older and richer, microsoft gang reconvenes for a group photo
 photo from Microsoft, via Newsweek [#]. |
Just about thirty years ago Bob Greenberg won a free portrait session. He took the Microsoft gang (minus office manager Miriam Lubow, who got caught in a snowstorm) to the shopping mall for a group photo. The group reconvened this year (minus shareware pioneer Bob Wallace, who died in 2002) to recreate the shot on the occasion of Bill Gates leaving the company.
(via kottke.org)
Within An Hour: Middle Fork
I look forward to camping and hiking all year. This weekend, we decided to revisit Middle Fork, an area of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest about an hour east of Seattle.
Camping is one of the ways we can unwind from city life. As residents of the lively Capitol Hill neighborhood, we are constantly surrounded by the noise of people, emergency vehicles, delivery trucks, helicopters, planes descending to Sea-Tac Airport, and even traffic from I-5. We replaced this constant hum with the relaxing sound of the Snoqualmie River. We didn’t even have cell phone reception.
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pictures from you: the solstice parade
Already, our group pool is brimming with great pictures from yesterday’s Solstice parade in Fremont. There are too many to post here now, but a few selections for your viewing pleasure … be sure to check out the photographers’ own sets for more.
 photo by Suzie [flickr :: photoset] . |
 photo by Tyler Kantzer [flickr]. |
  photos by Beth [flickr :: photoset] and Mike D [flickr :: photoset] . |
 photo by Grundlepuck [flickr :: photoset] |
Hope float
 photo by joshc [flickr] |
An Obama-loving Uncle Sam makes an appearance at the Solstice Parade. The symbolism here is, I think, clear: Fremont has set aside its love affair with Dennis Kucinich and is ready to embrace Obama in the presidential election. More psychologically complex (and not pictured), however, was the naked man who wore an empty picture frame labeled with Dick Cheney’s name in front of his genitals, hidden only by a small coat of blue body paint.
I didn’t bring my camera to the festivities; we’d love it if you’d share your favorite sights in our group photopool!
Behind The Scenes
I took this picture this morning at the Race For The Cure that Erin was running. As I was watching the last of the first wave start the race, I realized that I was about 15 feet away from Jean Enersen interviewing Christine Gregoire live on TV. Fun!
Urban Spoon @ Artemis
Last night, I had the pleasure of meeting the folks from Urban Spoon at the wonderful Artemis Cafe. The Urban Spooners hosted a meet-and-greet style event and ended up with a crowd of about 30 local resident bloggers. Definitely keep your eye on Urban Spoon. I spoke with Adam and Patrick about the site and it sounds like a great resource for finding new places to eat. With my introduction to Artemis, they are off to a great start.
Semolina cake with taleggio cheese sauce & fried sage - $10
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