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Filed under 'california'
➠ October 26, 2010
Envisioning Marijuana as Just Another Consumer Product
I could totally see artisanal weed being sold at the Ferry Building by the end of the year…
➠ October 25, 2010
Marijuana legalisation: California to vote on Proposition 19 initiative
Probably the most interesting measure on next week’s ballot. I’m hoping it passes, despite not having had a puff in years.
➠ June 23, 2010
Bacon’s Pills
On a confusing set of daily medications, Bacon is truly a Begbie now.
Be sure not to mix up the "Two once a day" with the "One twice a day" with the "One three times a day" with the "Two every day for three days, then every other day".
DOGS ARE HARD! LET'S GO SHOPPING!
➠ March 27, 2010
The current state of my MacBookPro
You can almost make out that there's a computer under there somewhere.
➠ March 21, 2010
Plastic Flamingos
Our neighbourhood
Gorgeous day in Ingleside.
Happy grafitti
➠ March 21, 2009
Applewood Bacon & Apple Pie
Yum!
Press button…
Guess which of these rules I added.
Bacon & Avacado Sushi
My favourite dish.
Done Dippin’
The aftermath.
IMG_1323.JPG
BaconCamp screenprinting
Enjoying the dip
Dippin’
Joy’s dip
Came third in audience voting. Cal wanted to smear it on his face and enjoy a bacon facial.
Bacon Cosplay‽
Bacon & Eggs
from You Bacon Me Crazy
Cookies or Sausages?
Bacon Hat
Bacon Preparation
Joy starts working on her Bacon & Blue Cheese dip.
➠ January 11, 2009
Made it to the top
On the way up
Clyde is aging, and stairs are not his strong point. (You try dragging 70lbs on little stumpy legs!) He made his way up from the beach masterfully, though.
Bacon Barking on the Beach
Playtime!
Dogasm!
Charge!
From here to eternity
Wide eyed
Clyde contemplates the ocean
Downhill is the easy part
Fort Funston
Part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, one of my favourite places in SF is Fort Funston, especially on a 60ºF sunny Sunday like today. It's a fantastic place to take Bacon & Clyde. They run around off-leash with lots of other dogs in a lovely sandy area next to the Pacific.
➠ November 18, 2008
For sale: Red ring of death
The in-store demo Xbox 360 at Target bites the dust.
➠ November 9, 2008
My favourite parking lot in California
OK, maybe not as awesome as the Staples/Dunkin Donuts/Pizza Hut triumvirate in Somerville, but an In-n-Out and a Krispy Kreme in such close proximity is truly a thing of beauty.
➠ October 21, 2008
Apparently, they were all out of “San Franciscans: Please key my paintwork” signs.
Spotted near AT&T Park.
➠ October 19, 2008
Hot Air Balloon Trip slideshow on Flickr
A handful of photos from Joy’s and my trip in a hot-air balloon, high above “wine country”.
Balloon Trip
The quick-deflate valve in action. (See the full set of photos from our hot air balloon trip)
Balloon Trip
Post-flight, the balloon tumbling down.
Balloon Trip
Our captain, Scott, firing up the heat.
Balloon Trip
The vineyards of "Wine Country".
Balloon Trip
I love the weird patterns carved out, only really visible from above.
Balloon Trip
The scale of the people should give some idea of the size of the balloon.
Balloon Trip
The balloon looks so undignified when deflated.
➠ October 14, 2008
Tooths
The x-rays of my teeth, displayed on the hyper-fancy computerised x-ray-o-matic software at my new dentist's office. This monitor is expressly positioned above the chair so patients can see what's going on.
➠ October 9, 2008
South Beach, Oct 9, 2008
Possibly my favourite thing Kathy Sierra has created.
The Hallway conference room at Current
Making myself feel better by posting some Kathy Sierra graphics around work. I left a couple in the hallway conference room yesterday evening, since there's a "senior staff meeting" there first thing today. Wonder if they'll be removed prior…
➠ October 4, 2008
The Dandy Warhols
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➠ September 26, 2008
The #Current debate viewing party
Laptops out, twittering along, hoping to get on TV! (A small handful of us managed!)
➠ September 25, 2008
Production Control Room
During a test run of Hack the Debate.
Our operators are standing by
This is either the Twitter-scanning nerve-center of the Current TV Hack the Debate coverage, or we're having a pledge drive.
➠ September 14, 2008
Bob & Kelly
I'm presently encouraging Joy to try drinking coffee, and as part of that, today introduced her to "latté names"
Ridley gets dressed-up
…and our dogs breathe a sigh of relief that they don't make doggie costumes in fat-basset sizes!
Bacon in South Park
Enjoying running round and barking at the other dogs. Loudly.
Ridley the Pug
Tara Hunt's adorable new pug. His tongue seems to be too big for his mouth, so is always sticking out to the side.
Clydepeetrail
Clyde was taking a leak, then decided he needed to sniff something across the sidewalk. Sadly, he's old, so stopping wasn't an option, thus this attractive lumbering pattern.
➠ September 12, 2008
Hack Day Display
Kent Brewster's Hack Day Display, pulling in the latest photos from Flickr, and tweets from Twitter.
➠ September 9, 2008
Mogwai Fear Satan
➠ August 27, 2008
The great thing about being a basset…
If you're trying to sleep, but it's bright out, you've got your own built-in eyemask.
➠ August 22, 2008
Ice Cream Sandwiches on the rooftop. Hurrah!
The Ice(cream sandwich)Man Cometh
View from the Current rooftop
➠ August 10, 2008
Bacon & Clyde meet the Pacific
Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.
Two bassethounds and an ocean
Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.
➠ August 8, 2008
Giants lager mitts
Enjoy drinking beer, but tired of the inevitable handcramps from holding the bottle? Get your SF Giants Lager Mitt from the stand at MoMo's, across from AT&T Park.
➠ August 1, 2008
Wines, not Wings
I only caught this sign out of the corner of my drunken eye this evening. At first, I was bemused that "Rex-Goliath Wings" would advertise with a rooster eating a drumstick. Only once I read it more clearly and realised what the rooster was *meant* to be holding did it seem lest tasteless (albeit mildly more bizarre)
➠ July 31, 2008
Liquor, Coffee & Scripture
An odd selection of signs on this liquor store. (And another Eye-Fi test… this photo was uploaded via the Wi-Fi hotspot in the McDonald's behind me as I took the photo, and was in Flickr before I got back to my desk)
Trinkets
First photo taken (and automatically uploaded and geotagged) with my new Eye-Fi Explore card.
I never saw much point in the olde Eye Fi cards, when they could only upload to your home network (if I'm already home, I'm already near my laptop and can grab the photos), but with the hotspot support, on-the-go uploading suddenly becomes viable from my nice camera.
➠ July 28, 2008
San Francisco, Jul 27, 2008
➠ July 27, 2008
I believe that is meant to say “fuel”
but that's not what I saw when it caught my eye in the supermarket. This is what happens when your designer doesn't give a, ahem, "fuel".
➠ July 24, 2008
Fielding Has a Posse
New laptop sticker, swiped from Citizen Space. Seems appropriate since my role at Current is making things RESTful. (BTW, if anyone wants a Current TV sticker, ping me)
Could the next Twitterer please sign in…
No meetup with Laura will be complete without a list of attending Twitter usernames! (@sfordinarygirl @beaulebens @meryl333 @dlieberman @jjtoothman @rodbegbie @missrogue @jbumpas @microplace @moyalynne @creativesage)
➠ July 22, 2008
This’ll make an AMAZING fort later
In Somerville, we had a three-floor house with basement. Now we have a one storey apartment. We used to have two offices and a spare room, now we have a combination office/spare room. Which will also hold my clothes, since we've got a smaller bedroom too.
In unrelated news, we'll be renting a storage locker shortly.
No Sleep ‘Til Hopen
New bed from Ikea assembled. I AM THE KING OF THE ALUM KEY!
➠ July 19, 2008
Eddie Izzard, San Francisco, Jul 18, 2008
Aysys, Beesus, Seesus, Deesus, Eesus, Effsus, and Jesus.
➠ July 16, 2008
➠ June 14, 2007
Underwater Hippo
These Animals BITE!
Pink Flamingo
Underwater Polar Bear
Polar Splash
Lazy Polar Bear
Peacock Going Shopping
Clearly it considers its current duds a tad dull and lacking in pizazz.
Malayian Tapir
Joy and I "adopted" a Tapir at the zoo last year.
Elephant
Eating Giraffe
8’ When Crouching
Polar Bear on the Ridge
➠ June 10, 2007
Wind Farm
I get very excited when I see wind-farms in action. Energy being captured from a totally renewable source? Genius! I hope Cape Wind gets going soon.
Us at General Sherman
The largest tree in the world (note: no longer considered the largest living thing in the world -- a field of fungus is)
➠ June 8, 2007
Inside a kaleidoscope
At the Exploratorium
On Crissy Field beach
With a bridge in the background
With the dogs on Crissy Field beach
Joy and I sat on the beach for a while, watching some local dogs frolic in the waves.
Happy Rod
In front of Ghirardelli Square. They have chocolate there, you know.
Downhill
Taken hanging onto the back of a trolley.
“LOUD ALARM WILL SOUND - Smile for the Camera”
24th St and Mission BART station.
➠ June 7, 2007
Curt’s Post-Game Interview
One out shy of a no-hitter, Curt Schilling talks to Tina Cervasio of NESN.
Curt Pitches
This was out number 24 en route to what looked like a no-hitter.
LOUDER! NOISE!
Apparently, in Oakland the crowd need to be *told* to cheer their team.
The view on NESN
Peering through a TV camera.
The view from our seats
Here's what it looked like from Row 35 in Section 110 of the McAfee Coliseum. The tickets were considerably cheaper (and easier to come-by) than their Fenway equivalents.
What passes for a bullpen in Oakland
Schilling warming up.
McAfee Coliseum
➠ June 6, 2007
Jelly Belly
At the Jelly Belly factory.
1 Infinite Loop
When we arrived, there was someone posing next to the sign and having his photo taken. I'm not that much of a fanboy, so I just took a shot out the car window as I drove by.
(I did end up spending $120 in the Apple Company Store, though!)
“Door to Nowhere”
One of Sarah Winchester's more interesting architectural features -- the door from the second floor to the garden.
Hard Hat
Joy wearing her hard-hat, before we went a-adventuring on the Winchester Mystery House behind-the-scenes tour.
➠ June 5, 2007
Mini Golf
Looking through the list of "Things To Do In San Jose" that was in our hotel, Joy immediately went "Oooh!" when she saw a mini-golf course.
➠ June 3, 2007
Getty Center Garden
Me in the Getty Center Garden
Flowers in the Getty Center Garden
I’m covered in beeeees!
Joy in the Getty Center Garden
➠ June 2, 2007
Second Scientology Flyer
The second flyer I received from Scientologists today. Rather disingenuously, this one doesn't feature the word "scientology" anywhere on it. (It's credited to the "Citizens Commission on Human Rights® International")
It's only because of that whole BBC Panorama farrago from a few weeks that I know that the "An Industry Of Death" thing is anything to do with them.
Scarface Flip-Flops, sir?
Most bizarre thing spotted in a Hollywood gift-shop so far.
Scientology Flyer
Flyer from the first time (of three) I was approached by Scientologists on Hollywood Boulevard today. At least this one mentions Scientology.
➠ March 9, 2006
Three Roombas enter, One Roomba leaves
Hardcore Three-way Roomba-on-Roomba Action.
➠ March 8, 2006
Roomba Rumble
Two remote-control Roombas battle it out at Makefest.
➠ March 6, 2006
My main thought from day one of ETech…
"Branded Lanyard" would be a great name for a rock band.
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.