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Playing The Go Game
49 months ago
Despite the cold and the rain (check out my awesome rain boots, huh?) I set out to visit the HQ for the Go Game, a company that specializes in creating team building events and get-togethers. From their website:
The Go Game stages technology-fueled, creative games and activities for team building, marketing programs, sales training and just pure fun. Based in San Francisco, we stage unique, interactive events and scavenger hunts for groups of 3 to 10,000 players anywhere in the world
Joined by some of my friends, including my endlessly patient partner-in-crime Ryan Block, we traveled around the Mission district of San Francisco, completing quests and finding clues. Check out the video to see who was victorious!
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Fun with geocaching!
410 months ago
My life has become consumed by a new hobby lately, and it’s called geocaching. In my latest Tech Unexpected video, I get a lesson from Lee Van Der Bokke, who has found more geocaches (over 50,000!) than anyone else in the world.
Here are the details for the Cruzin’ Cache that I’ve hidden (tip: it’s not where we put it in the video, we wanted to make it a little tougher), and make sure that you scan the QR codes inside to share with us on Twitter when you’ve located it! Good luck, and happy hunting!
Learn espresso from the best
173 years ago
Ryan and I recently became the owners of Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, and since then we’ve been trying to learn the ins and outs of pulling a decent shot. While Ryan has some experience in this area, I’m a total and complete noob.
Luckily, our friend Niall steered us towards this great video series that one of my favorite coffee places in the city is producing. Ritual Roasters (a.k.a. “RitRo”) has six videos up so far, with topics ranging from using a french press to making a worthwhile shot. Not only are the videos super informative, but they’re also amazingly well produced (just like their coffee!). Here are a couple of my favorites:
If you’re in the city, make sure you check them out! Blue Bottle is another espresso obsession of ours, and that’s where we get our beans from. Yum!
Sword and Laser meet up!
74 years ago
With the opening of The Golden Compass this Friday, I thought it would be appropriate to have a movie meet up for members of The Sword and Laser book club! It was the first book that we read together, and so it seems fitting that we all go see how well they adapted the book to film. Anyone is welcome, but I’m theming it for S&L members.
I’m also trying to get a dinner thing set up beforehand. I’ll give out more details tomorrow, probably. Here’s the info for the movie:
The Golden Compass
10:30 PM, Dec. 7th
AMC Loews Metreon 16
101 4th St., San Francisco, CA
Hope to see you there! If you aren’t in the Bay Area, go see it anyway so we can discuss it in the forums!
