the sun is directly above gertrude stein's childhood home

some great city/nature/art/history blogging from Oakland.

Solnit speaking truth: "California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money. The problem is one of distribution, not of actual scarcity."

collection of high res. images from U of California. Includes wealth of Muybridge stereoscopes.

ca. 2001: Every house in Palo Alto photographed. Photographs are cross referenced by date, street name, season and averaged to give a color palette for Palo Alto.

"i'm too sad too tell you" is a wonderful work.

fire are a land use problem. disaster (landscape) urbanism

santa monica apartment building names.

claims power at edges (eg CA) --> decentrlzn, whilst large nation leads to tyranny of central elites (?). PS You forgot China, only 23 net new breakaway states since '46 if you discount decolonialzn, count Yemen & Ger reunifctn (& 15 a

"As a result of the chemicals going [directly] into Diaz's arms [rather than a vein], he had an 12-inch chemical burn on his right arm and an 11-inch chemical burn on his left arm"

as the stars go by, abstracted quilts [via slavin (you're right - it's damn good)]

nice, homey page about "The discovery of 2003 UB313, the 10th planet." ("For those speculating that the name will be "Lila" based on the web site name I must warn you that that is really just a sentimental dad's naming of a web page")

'"This one's for you, Walt," the artist quipped late one night as he urinated on a Winnie the Pooh figure'

map with car logos in place of town names (eg Buick, CO) is best

SF0 is a Collaborative Production Game set in San Francisco. Players build characters by completing tasks for their groups and increasing their Score. The goals of play include meeting new people, exploring the city, and participating in non-consumer leis

some not-so-hot chicks in N. California smoking pot and making a bootleg cooking show

my 666th del.icio.us post

Port of Oakland CA