After OSCON wrapped up on Friday I took the opportunity of a free afternoon to play the tourist in Portland. It occurred to me as I booked this trip that I managed to visit both Portlands this month, this one had less lobster though. And I will take this opportunity to say that I was […]
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Quetzals and Pangolins
May 30th, 2012 by pleia2
Last year I wrote Stuffed animal K, L, M, N, O… documenting the stuffed toys I had started collecting as LoCo booth/event decorations for each Ubuntu release. The stuffed animal tradition ended with P as I couldn’t find a stuffed toy pangolin, and I had similar trouble with our Quetzal. I ended up with the […]
Orkney the Grey Seal
April 22nd, 2012 by pleia2
This morning I dropped MJ off at the airport. To cheer myself up and enjoy the beautiful weather I decided to take a detour on my way home to visit the San Francisco Zoo. If you read my blog you know that as a member I visit frequently. Took lots of pictures (set here) and […]
Oakland zoo, street cars, Chumby and TV
February 26th, 2012 by pleia2
Last weekend we took advantage of the long weekend and MJ and I finally made it over to the Oakland Zoo. I’ve wanted to go for quite some time because they have some exceptional animals that the San Francisco Zoo no longer has… elephants! But what actually prompted the visit at this time was the […]
Linaro Dinner, Ubuntu and Debian Evening and Saving Pangolins
February 17th, 2012 by pleia2
On February 5th several people from the Ubuntu California team headed over to Redwood City for dinner with Ubuntu-loving attendees from the Linaro Connect conference. It was Super Bowl Sunday so we lucked out at a pizzeria that lacks a television – they seemed to be doing a brisk delivery service but the restaurant was […]
Aunt Elaine Visiting
December 27th, 2011 by pleia2
My Aunt Elaine came to visit this past weekend, it was the first time since moving away from home that I had a relative visiting over the winter holidays and she was happy to pass on Christmas to celebrate Hanukkah with us. She arrived Thursday evening and I headed down on BART to pick her […]
Simcoe has Kidney Disease
December 14th, 2011 by pleia2
Last week I noticed that little Simcoe had lost the pouch of fat on her belly. At the time I assumed that it was just the diet food we’d switched both cats to in order to manage Caligula’s weight. MJ had a look at her too and we realized she’d actually lost more than just […]
Thanksgiving weekend in Monterey
December 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
Last weekend MJ and I spent a beautiful weekend down in Monterey. It was a much-needed break, I pretty much ignored all obligations for the weekend (including over 24 hours without looking at IRC!) and soaked in the beautiful scenery. We drove down on Friday, had lunch in downtown Santa Cruz at Hoffman’s Bistro and […]
Cetacean Institute Earrings
November 28th, 2011 by pleia2
I discovered back in May that the scenes with the Cetacean Institute in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home were filmed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Since we were in Monterey this past weekend I was finally able to see for myself! Monterey Bay Aquarium entrance from real life, 2011 Cetacean Institute entrance from Star […]
Much of November
November 27th, 2011 by pleia2
My energy the past few weeks has left something to be desired, so much of my energy has been spent at work on a major project. During the week following the Ubuntu Developer Summit I hosted an Ubuntu Hour in San Francisco where I had great chats with Michelle Mastin and Evan Broder and toward […]