The Tesla roadster… Wow!
Here’s the red Tesla Roadster prototype that I rode in this afternoon thanks to Rob Coish and the crew at Tesla Motors with pilot Ernest Villanueva at the wheel. The car’s Ferrari-beating 0-to-60 in 4 seconds acceleration is not only real, but you can punch it at any speed and get the same [...]
Cool KFOG show this morning
Linda’s blogging the really cool ‘vinyl’ show KFOG’s broadcasting from Village Music in Mill Valley this AM. Lotsa 60s music to warm our 50-something hearts…on the air until 10 if you want to tune in…
‘Weather’ maybe?
There’s a 20% or 30% chance of ‘weather‘ hereabouts today. For some reason, I broke out the digital Nikons last night, charged their batteries and took the D50 and its 12-24mm zoom walking with Cassie and me this morning, snapping the high clouds over Menlo, as well as a shot of the current status of [...]
San Francisco ‘growing up’
This photo of a model of downtown San Francisco with the proposed Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Rockefeller Group Development Corporation’s proposed Transbay Terminal building (the tallest building) shows the new scale that will likely begin to characterize San Francisco as housing and office space pressure continue to push the city upward. I happen to [...]
Gray morning in Menlo
After a blustery night, the skies were gray this AM as Cassie and I set out on our now-renewed walk. Linda came back from her jog wondering why we call unusual circumstances - like last night’s wind - ‘weather,’ when really it’s always weather. I suggested she blog about that on First Blush…
A giant New Yorker with a big shoe on the cover
…showed up in the mail yesterday. I suspect this is a gift from friend Michael Rosenberg, who is perhaps leary that I’ll jut be laying about in my new life (I only wish, Michael - Linda will never allow that particulare scenario).
I am trying to polish my journalistic skills as part of the new regime, [...]
A simple podcast about… podcasting
So, we have been determined to learn about podcasting, and the audio recording that goes along with the deal. We have just been too busy with the ‘new life’ (and dealing with spouse’s long lists of ‘to-dos’ now that she has a mate that she regards as otherwise not gainfully employed).
Anyway, yesterday we hooked up [...]
Insurers push back on life-saving, but expensive drugs
A month ago, my neuro-oncology team at UCSF and I discussed a switch in chemotherapy drugs. The UCSF team has been very encouraged by clinical tests showing that Avastin has been very effective against glioma - the kind of brain tumor that I have.
Avastin is expensive (not that Temodar or other chemotherapies aren’t) - costing [...]
A new GTD app: OmniFocus
Turns out Omni Group is developing a GTD app called OmniFocus, now in beta. Omni has a bunch of cool apps…
Walking Cassie brings an interesting photo op
The sun peeks through our small Redwood grove as I set off with Cassie for a walk this morning. It has been months since I’ve been able to take my poor Australian Shepherd for a walk, given mobility issues.
Yesterday I walked the 7 blocks from Menlo Medical Clinic after my lab tests to the Starbucks [...]