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Archive for December, 2010
Gems from the SkyMall catalog, 2010 edition
Dec 20th
Two-and-a-half years ago I picked out the dumbest products from the SkyMall catalog that you’ll find in the seatback pocket of most airplanes. Here are my new favorite dumb products that I found while flying to Denver and back a few weeks ago:
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- Keep your cat off of your keyboard forever!
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- Darth Vadar toast
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- More trouble than it’s worth
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- Shouldn’t this be illegal?
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- Nothing says tacky like…
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- Oh, my (part 1)
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- Only in Texas
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- Oh, my (part 2)
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- The 2.7 million dollar ring, yours for only $95
Yosemite in winter
Dec 1st
This week my friend Amit and I took a quick trip up to Yosemite to enjoy the winter scenery. It had just snowed last weekend, giving everything a fresh coat of white. Thankfully, the weather was mostly clear (but cold) during our visit. Here are my favorite photos, taken with the Canon EOS-60D.
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- Snowy rocks
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- Tunnel View
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- Distant view of Bridalveil Falls
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- Bridalveil Falls
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- Reflections
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- Half Dome
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- Artsy Half Dome photo
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- Black and white
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- Interesting light on Half Dome at sunset
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- Yosemite Falls
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- Lower Yosemite Falls
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- Water passing through snowy rocks
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- T-shaped tree, reflected
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- Snowy logs
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- Bridge and chapel
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- Chapel
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- Upper Yosemite Falls
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- Coyote!
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- Tunnel of snowy trees
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- Blurry water
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- North Dome (?) and a frozen Mirror Lake
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- Half Dome from Mirror Lake
SF International Auto Show, 2010 edition
Dec 1st
About a week ago I made the annual trip with my dad to the San Francisco International Auto Show. Here are the cars I found interesting:
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- The show is MUCH lower key than in years past
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- Rolls
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- Corvette Stingray concept
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- More like the Batmobile
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- It’s the Volt!
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- Charging
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- Back of the Volt!
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- Fiat is back in America
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- Things haven’t changed much, have they?
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- GT3 RS
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- Well over $100k
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- Grille overload on the new A8
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- I think I’m in love
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- New compact Lexus “sport hybrid”
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- Lexus LF-A
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- Which is a ripoff of the R8
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- Easy to park in the city!
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- Land yacht
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- Great classic Corvette
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- Most beautiful car ever made
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- They don’t make them like they used to
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- This Ferrari is worth millions
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- Nissan Leaf
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- The Leaf in motion
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- Honda’s new 2-seat hybrid, the CR-Z
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