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Engadget meetup and Berkeley event
64 years ago
There’s going to be an Engadget reader meetup tonight at UCSF! There hasn’t been one in SF for three years, so I’m excited about it. They’re giving away tons of gear, so get there early (doors are at 7PM)! I’ll be there hanging out and eating the free food, and generally making a nuisance of myself.
And then on Thursday I’m giving a talk at UC Berkeley! For those of you on Facebook, here’s the event listing. For everyone else:
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: 156 Dwinelle
City/Town: Berkeley, CA
I’ll be talking about podcasting, new media and how I became involved in the industry. It’s open to anyone, and it’s free. Hope to see everyone out!
Fun with exercise
314 years ago
I’ve actually been very physically active this week! I’m proud of myself for getting off my duff, so here’s a rundown:
Friday: Gym in the A.M. but got totally bored on the elliptical after 20 minutes. Found the weight room both overwhelming and intimidating, so I briskly walked home. Went to the climbing gym in the afternoon with folks and had an awesome time.
Saturday: Walked around town with Naomi in the morning, and then tennis in the afternoon. It’s been almost 7 years since I played regularly, so I need to brush up my skills a bit.
Sunday: Geek bike day! Rode to Golden Gate Park, and then the beach where we played frisbee for a while. A quick lunch break, followed by a ride back into town to Dolores Park, and finally home. Total time riding? Almost 4 hours!
I’m totally pooped, but it feels good to be active. Time to go take some ibuprofen… What’s your favorite way to get exercise?
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Now playing: Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body
via FoxyTunes
Congrats to Pete and Jill!
44 years ago
I’m happy to report that two of my favorite people around were married yesterday! Peter Rojas and Jill Fehrenbacher (he of Engadget and RCRD LBL fame, she’s the creator of Inhabitat) tied the knot during a ceremony in the Presidio. It was a beautiful wedding, and they couldn’t be more perfect for one another. Congratulations! Ryan has pictures of the wedding on his Flickr page.
Photo credit: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
Smashing Pumpkins show
264 years ago
Tuesday night I was finally able to live out a dream of mine since I was 12 years old – I saw the Smashing Pumpkins live. For whatever reason, I always missed them when I was in high school (and before that, I was “too young” to go to concerts, according to my mother). When I heard that they were getting back together and playing no less than ten shows here in San Francisco, I immediately had Ryan buy us tickets for my birthday.
The show was good, albeit way too long (I never thought I’d say that an SP show could ever go too long). It was over 2 hours, and by the end I felt like my back was about to break, or my feet were about to disintegrate… whichever came first. They started off the set with some new tunes, and although I have Zeitgeist I’m not all that familiar with the new songs. Then they played a few surprises, like “The Aeroplane Flies High” (from the box set), “Drown” (another B-side), and “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.”
Jimmy Chamberlin stole the show towards the end with an amazing drum solo, and we got a peek into the personality of the new bassist, Ginger Reyes, when they skipped a song without telling her. She seemed very sweet, and joked about it with Billy on stage. OK, now I’m just getting too involved, sorry.
Billy was kind of down on San Francisco, saying that everyone he met was “mean.” Really? But I guess it gave him the inspiration to write a new song, called “Peace and Love and All That Other Shit,” which is the video I took that you see above. It’s sad that SF wasn’t his cup of tea (and too bad they’re playing so many shows here, I guess) but the song was one of the highlights of the evening for me.
I’m having trouble finding the setlist for the show, but I remember them also playing “Tonight, Tonight,” “Disarm” (one of my all-time favorites), “Tarantula,” “Doomsday Clock” and “United States.” A mix of old and new, but as Billy said at the opening of the show, “This is 2007, not 1992. Welcome to the new decade.” It would have been nice to see them back in the day, but it was still totally worth the sore feet.
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