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Saturday, January 28, 2006
 Today, while playing around with my guitar and djembe drum (along with GarageBand, Final Cut Pro, and my little camcorder), I put this together. Sure, I'm no professional musician like Dan Landrum, but I do enjoys the musics.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
My article about the Macworld Expo has been published in the Chattanooga Pulse. Welcome to any readers that may have wandered here from there!
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
 San Francisco 2006: The Last DaysOn Thursday, I returned to Macworld Expo and went from one side allll the way over to the other side of the Exhibit Hall. That night King and I went to the 1906 Earthquake Slide Show (there was a flyer in an earlier photo) at the local library branch. The Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) put this on for their monthly meeting. It was quite interesting, seeing the City before, during, and after those events one hundred years ago. I recognized some of the landmarks, but the packed basement obviously recognized many more (King was surprised by some sights). There have been some recent discoveries, such as the death of thousands instead of the official count of 473 (or something); the locals didn't want the world to realize how catastrophic it really was -- bad for tourism and investments. This neighborhood happened to be spared after most of the City had burned. The nearby Golden Gate Park was a refugee camp for a couple years. The acerbic commentary by the presenter was a hoot; he plainly took this subject very seriously, and if he didn't have a specific anecdote or answer to a question, his reply would be "No." or "Don't know." I enjoyed the experience; this organization has a heritage of extreme individuals banding together for a common cause, and that's always a recipe for a good show. HANC began in 1957 in response to the threat of inner-city highways being constructed along the Park, cutting right through the neighborhood I've been staying in. It was evidently the first attempt of a community group to stand up to Big Highway, and it worked. Good for them.
On Friday I stayed in, resting and writing an article about the Expo for the weekly Chattanooga magazine, The Pulse. On Friday night we all went to the Red Vic to catch a 3-D movie. And then of all of a sudden it was Saturday, the day of my return to Chattanooga. After a scenic brunch at the Beach Chalet, we took a trip to the San Francisco Airport (SFO).
I had another good trip to San Francisco this year, so that makes seven in a row! Looking forward to 2007. :-)
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
 Here's a short movie of a street musician in front of the de Young Museum. (QuickTime)
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 Today I returned deep within the Golden Gate Park (well, deep-ish). Fun pictures available!
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
 Here's a short movie of what it's like to be walking around at Macworld Expo! (QuickTime)
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 San Francisco 2006The Macworld Expo is a frenzy of excitement. I did an initial walk-through today, doing some recon for areas I'd like to look at later.
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The 2006 Macworld Expo has kicked off with a bang! In Steve Jobs' opening Keynote address, he presented the new Intel-based iMac, and the PowerBook-replacement: Intel-based MacBook Pro. Also, new iLife 2006. I'll be heading down to the Exhibit Halls at Moscone Center in a few minutes to check out the cool new stuff.
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Monday, January 09, 2006
 San Francisco 2006: Day 3Today I wandered around downtown San Francisco, including the Embarcodero and the Cable Cars!
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Sunday, January 08, 2006
I also enjoyed two video events: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, and Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure. Each (and both) very enjoyable.
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 San Francisco: Day 2I got up early to catch the 11 am tour of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Pictures available! Then King, Gwen and I went to eat at the Pork Store Cafe. Lots of great food. Mmmm...
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Saturday, January 07, 2006
 San Francisco 2006: Day 1Today's Saturday, and it's mostly a Recovery Day (some moments of consciousness & chatting, interspersed with serious napping). Some pix (click on the thumbnail). It's great to be back in San Francisco! Walking to the post office was like instantly returning to a familiar place (after all, this is my seventh consecutive return to the City By The Bay). Mostly overcast today, but it feels nice.
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I've arrived in San Francisco! Right around midnight, Pacific Time. I'll be changing over to West Coast time for my duration here, btw, after this post.
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Friday, January 06, 2006
Now I'm in Houston! Nice flight here. I'll probably board the next plane in about 20 minutes.
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ok...curveball. Plane won't be fixed for at least an hour... So Delta has rebooked me on Continental to Houston #2271 and then to SF on Continental #1428. I'm sitting on the plane now, and we're about to take off!
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Well...I'm sitting here in the Chatt airport (emailing via my handy Treo) and they just announced they discovered a "maintenance problem" with the plane...so we may not be boarding at 6 pm EST as planned. Hopefully it's no biggy... I have a good hour between connections. And no... I haven't figured out where the commas are on this tiny keyboard... :-)
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I'm on my way to San Francisco... my annual pilgrimmage to this fun city by the bay. More updates and pix most every day!
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