Blogs from San Diego, California, United States, North America - page 64

"Have a great night, and go F&*# yourself, San Diego!!" Seriously, this is so frustrating. I spend extra money to stay on the beach and I get about 2 hours of sun for 1 day over the 2 days we stayed there. When I was out here last year in May it was "May Grey, June Gloom". Now I come back in August and its cloudy too. Is this a joke? Yesterday we spent the day at various bars on Garnet Street where we hung out with some crazy college kids who clearly were way to excited to be back to college. Let me tell you a little hint about East Coast guys hanging out in California. Of course I am no blonde haired, blue eyed, mustle toned surfer, we all know that; however, I do ... read more

Hello again friends, family, loved ones (and for those of you whom I may never have even met but who have donated to my cause anyway, please know that you are now firmly and forever entrenched in the “loved ones” category). As you may have noticed, I haven’t exactly been updating this blog with any real frequency or, you know, at all really, so it is probably no surprise to hear that I’ve got quite a bit to tell you about (and for those of you who’ve already scrolled down the page to see how long this goes on and are even now preparing to send me a “sound’s great” email before clicking off into other parts of the digital realm, please don’t, I’ll keep this brief(ish) and you may even have some fun). So to ... read more

San Diego Draws to a Close So did I tell you about the footy games I played. I don't think I did. Well, the first game was a closely fought battle - right up until the point where Jay slotted a thru ball into the path of the striker (MuskaRooney) for a one on one with the keeper. With Gillette Fusion precision, Musky tucked the ball into the corner to grab the "W" for his team. Fobbing off the praise Musky was quick to applaud his teammates for their part in the goal. So we celebrated our teams success with a few pitchers of Newcastle Brown (yeah, can you believe its quite a cool drink over here) and Blue Moon. Nice. Drinking with Tiffany & Sasha So we met a couple of local birds in ... read more

On board the “Surfliner” to San Diego Despite its name the populace seemed bemused by the small foreigner (with a strangely red looking head) carrying his surfboard onto the train. Frankly I was disappointed to be the only person with a board under my arm whilst boarding the "Amtrak Surfliner." What a bunch of wannabies. I fetl duped. Though I guess having to shout “all aboard the West Coast Railway Express Commuter to the South” wouldn’t quite carry the same credence. And then the Cast of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Arrived Though the new guests who boarded at Oceanside put me at ease with their 1940’s dress code, the Surfliner now resembled some kind of religious retreat, and more importantly, to my distaste, Laura Ingles was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps she ran into some ... read more

I came to San Diego to attend SIGGRAPH, the most important conference for computer graphics and digital content creation. The opportunity to explore the locations that I visit on business (and write blogs about them) comes only rarely and typically only during longer business trips; this particular trip became the exception. The reason? One of my objectives for this visit was the evaluation of technologies (and partners) to add to my business portfolio. One of the companies participating in the show specializes in training services and was offering an Adobe Photoshop advanced techniques session. I signed up as a participant and when I showed up for the session along with 24 other people we all received a brand new loaner digital SLR and the assignment to go out around the convention center for about one hour ... read more