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Category Archives: Oakland

The Long Way Home

I worked a short day today (an hour! talk about part time!), so I used a very roundabout route to get home and took a bunch of pictures on the way. You can probably tell by the unmolested dollar bill that this Buddha is in Alameda, not Oakland: The bird of paradise qualifies that photo […]

Man and His Symbols

A storefront on East 14th Street in Oakland.

Two Ships Passing in the Day

Looking toward the Port of Oakland from across the estuary in Alameda: Now will somebody take this damn camera away from me, so I can get back to writing my blog? Thanks in advance!

Bird hunting in Oakland

Yesterday I “shot” another “bird” that I pass on my ride home: I might as well take a picture of every bird between work and home, until I can’t find any more. Hunting for birds will make the ride home a bit less monotonous.

“Now Open,” Now Closed

This billboard near my home has outlived the business whose opening it was advertising. (The dealership only lasted for two months and closed a few weeks ago. We’ll see how long the billboad lasts.)

Bird of Prey

I shot this near the Oakland waterfront on my way home from work today. You can click the image for a larger version.

Do It Yourself Crimefighting

I finally got around to reading this Boston Globe article about the selective implementation of the “broken windows” theory of crime in Lowell, Mass. A partnership between some academics and the police department identified 34 crime “hot spots,” then in half of the places they took proactive steps to clean up blight, provide social services, […]

The Geometry of Recession?

Here Comes the Sun

The rain has passed, at least for now, and there was music in the streets again in Oakland yesterday:

Stations of the Cross

That’s downtown Oakland in the distance to the north. Here’s a southward view from a spot a few feet away:

Statistic of the Day

Rainfall at Oakland International Airport from January 1st to February 14th: 2.61 inches Rainfall at Oakland International Airport on February 15th: 1.87 inches Those two numbers are way below average and way above average, respectively. (In fact, the record rainfall for Feb 15 had previously been 1.41 inches.)

Boy’s Toy

I bought myself a new gadget: I was starting to feel the limitations of my point-and-shoot (only a 3X zoom, for instance), so I upgraded to a Digital SLR. Now I just have to learn how to use it. It’s been raining almost nonstop since I bought it last week, but we finally caught a […]