In my last Burning Man post I found the Thermokraken grant page online and was excited that the Kraken might be coming back to Burning Man this year. I emailed the Therm guys to ask what the outcome was. Unfortunately they told me the Kraken only received 40 votes from the Borg2 community, which means …
Yearly Archives: 2005
San Diego blurbs
I’m not a fan of pork in bills, but it looks like one good thing for San Diego made it into the Transportation Bill – 11 million to take the trolley up to the UTC/UCSD area. I’m sure it is going to be a while before it happens, but they can’t start quick enough in …
Night swimming
Last night Anna, Pete, Paul, and myself drove up the coast highway looking for the red tide glow. We saw a bit at Torrey Pines but wanted a stronger glow, so we kept heading north. We were almost to Solano Beach when we passed over the little dog beach, sort of near the inlet. It …
Burning Man – Ready. Me – not so much.
The golden spike was driven in to the playa of Black Rock City on Wednesday. You can see some photos and a write-up from the DPW crew right here. From there they start to map out the streets and grid the city. Once completed, the big projects can be erected – the man, center camp, …
Security on a whim
(I’m back in town and my skin is slowly hydrating. I always forget how dry Calgary & BC can be) First, a little background as to why I was talking to homeland security in Canada – Calgary has a full service (as far as I can tell) US customs and immigration office in the airport. …