Recently, in Tokyo

recently, in Monterey

things are looking a little different downtown

Another Gibson Interview

I suppose there will be more now that The Peripheral is hitting the shelves.

Interview: http://ideas.ted.com/2014/10/27/william-gibson-riffs-on-writing-and-the-future/ Its worth a read, but I probably think all Gibson interviews are worth checking out...

Fleet Week is on the way....

So cool, glad Fleet Week is back...

Where people live.

Thanks @GoogleFacts

can the government default?

Saving this for possible future reference:
http://www.economonitor.com/lrwray/2014/10/04/understanding-modern-money-guest-post/

Moto 360, unboxed

And, my first unboxing photoset:

Capitalism, Hijacked by Finance?

I stumbled on this 25 minute video recorded last year in South Africa. Clayton Christensen discusses how the cycle of innovation may have been interrupted, contributing to jobless recoveries.

In my opinion, add this analysis to those of Piketty's Capital in 21st Century and Brynjolfsson & McAfee's Second Machine Age when trying to understand the issues we face with employment and inequality.

I guess one overly-simplistic takeaway could be: you get what you measure, so be careful what you measure. More importantly, this suggests, as other analysis seems to as well, that capitalism has been hijacked by finance (and financiers, I suppose) resulting in sub-optimal outcomes, unless you're in finance. The role of capitalism in society is vitally important, and we need to find analysis and vocabulary to help us make policy and political decisions that make sure capitalism is generative, not extractive.

rock art, mission bay

new bike on the way

YaY!

yesterday, Henry W. Coe State Park

We'll go again. http://www.everytrail.com/best/hiking-henry-w-coe-state-park

Peter Matthiessen, R. I. P.

Peter Matthiessen died. His writing, particularly The Snow Leopard, made a big impression on me. And some early explorations I took in The Paris Review opened my eyes to a different kind of world, a literary world, that was interesting, challenging, provocative, and humanistic. To me, Peter Matthiessen is someone to learn from and to some extent, pattern after.  Thank you Peter.

New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/magazine/peter-matthiessens-homegoing.html
[image thanks to New York Times]


Here is more good writing about Peter:
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/29/Seniority/An_examined_life_wort.shtml

Wind from the east roiling the bay

Yesterday, sadly, in the neighborhood

sfgate.com: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/San-Francisco-fire-a-blow-to-emerging-neighborhood-5308747.php

Another in the "You Are Here" series

Thanks to Spaceref, a link to a paper describing the local set of galaxies within which we find ourselves.

Kinda boggles the mind. Wonder how many other minds there are in this region writing similar papers.














http://spaceref.com/astronomy/the-milky-way-galaxy-sits-among-a-council-of-giants.html

https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/254-news-2014/2419-milky-way-amidst-a-council-of-giants

Biked to and over Mt Tam this weekend

Boy are my legs tired.

That fourth climb was tough.















thanks to:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/359871425

public safety building, progress

Recently, moon over east bay

recently, a Mt Diablo hike from North Gate

It was a great day for a hike!