I'm in Amsterdam this morning waiting for my flight to the Czech Republic. I'll be visiting Prague (also known as Praha) for the next 5 days on business. I should arrive in a few hours. Here are a couple photos of the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam/North Holland.
I'm at the Seattle International Airport waiting for my flight to leave for Amsterdam. I've managed to find some free wifi (which is always nice) and while surfing the net I came across this video for a remix of the Radiohead song Nude. (video by James Houston). Quote from Engadget: "Somehow, this cat managed to tackle the nearly impossible task of remixing Radiohead's Nude without defacing it entirely (read: merging [...]
Tomorrow afternoon I'll be traveling to the Czech Republic! 10,650 miles round trip.
I traveled a lot last week. On Tuesday I flew to Atlanta, GA, Wednesday I flew to Minneapolis, MN, on Thursday I flew to Sacramento, CA and then on Friday I flew back to Seattle, WA. I was on a business trip (and had to work during the day and evening) so I only a the chance to take a few pictures (in Sacramento).
Peterson, Meader and I went to Smith Rock today (see the pictures below). We hiked about 5 miles further than our old bodies were prepared to go. Here's a little background from wikipedia.org: Smith Rock State Park is a state park located in central Oregon's high desert near the town of Terrebonne. Its sheer cliffs of tuff and basalt are ideal for rock climbing of all difficulty levels. Smith Rock [...]
We traveled to Bend Oregon with some friends for the weekend. Today we went to the Death Cab for Cutie show at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District. Below are a couple photos of the show (credit blurry photos: Brian Mead). I also threw in a photo of Walter - Ryan and Rebecca's bulldog puppy.
I visited the Seattle Public Library last weekend - here are a few photos... Â Â Â Â Â Â
It's been a long time since I posted any of my own photos. I apologize about that - especially to my sister Elizabeth. Below are some new photos from the botanical gardens in Bellevue, Washington.
We had a good time this year at Coachella - here's the list of artists we watched: The Raconteurs Architecture in Helsinki Vampire Weekend The Swell Season Jack Johnson Aphex Twin Pendulum Fatboy Slim Datarock Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip Mum Portishead Mark Ronson Death Cab for Cutie Cafe Tacvba Cold War Kids Islands Kate Nash St. Vincent Roger Waters My Morning Jackets Stars Metric Autolux Justice Chromeo Murs [...]
Via inhabitiat.com This dispatch from the future of skyscraper technology takes us to the northern coast of Chile, where Alberto Fernández and Susana Ortega have conceived of a Fog Tower that absorbs and channels water from its mist enshrouded environs. This pristine helical structure would allow for the development of a sustainable agriculture environment at the edge of the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth.