Hay!

Happy Halloween!

World Series Seen by DFW Television

Stokes for folks, I guess.

Television Towers

Apparently Tokyo depends, a bit more that we are used to, on over-the-air, i.e. rooftop antennae, television signals.
For years, this was handled by the well-known 333 meters tall "Tokyo Tower" downtown.

Now, however, with the increasing number of tall neighboring buildings, and the advent of high-definition digital TV signals, that old tower cannot do the job.
(drumroll. . .)
Now, please meet the Tokyo "Sky Tree", 637 meters tall!

It's soon to open. That should take care of things, at least for a while.

Initial Test

From the Desk of . . .

Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - Sept. 22, 1989)

Two Ladies, Same Outfit

 

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

(HT: Nina Camic)

My Father Used to Tell Us. . .

that Opera reached its peak in Italy in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries..



Nice call, Dad.

Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore

Below is a YouTube of construction on the East Portal of the 4th bore.  It's startling to believe that I may actually live to see its completion. :-)
(Completion of the new Bay Bridge may be a different matter.)

Happy Birthday, U.S.Navy!

October 13, 1775. The Continental Congress authorized the procurement of two ships to interrupt the shipments of munitions to the British Army. 
That's the new U.S.S.Independence above. Warships ain't what they used to be!

Fleet Week 2010 in the San Francisco Bay

These links should take you to a few minutes of power, skill, and great fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJW1YdHMfE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFF9uRdScPM

(You may have to cut & paste)

There's Something To Be Said

for a small vegetable farm in the rear 40:

Eat your heart out. :-)

Tilt Shifting

A tilt-shift lens is one of the newest (to me) fads in photography. It provides a focus on only one part of an image, leading to impressions of miniature models of real life.
It also looks funny when used on a familiar scene, such as the painting by Van Gogh above.
Check wikipedia for "tilt-shift lens."

Old Times, Good Times

Recently, DW#1 and I, with friend, did dinner at Bridges with a quite-old bottle of wine. This Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon was produced in 1968, one year before the birth of DS#1, and presented to us as a gift in 1984. It was my 50th, and Joan and Tom Cline (R.I.P.) were the presenters.

The wine was a bit past its prime, but tasty nonetheless. It was a lovely evening full of fond memories.

When the Moon hits your Eye; Like a big Pizza Pie , . .

That's an Airplane!
(I am assured that patience created this picture, not Photoshop. So there!)

Point of View (San Francisco)

Guess Who's Coming to UW Madison

 

Not the usual campus scene, is it?

(ht: Nina Camic)

Three Minutes of Captivating Beauty

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.


Only in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thanks to Simon Christen

Oakland Scenes

Oakland from Conrad Tse on Vimeo.

Demographics, Bay Area, California

This is interesting:

Red is Caucasian, Blue is African-American, Green is Asian, and Orange is Hispanic. One dot equals the same number of people.
(I think you can click to expand.)

Kyoto, a few years ago...

This was fun, and our guide was the brother of an old Guam friend.

Back in about 2006