Category: Pictures

Not sure what they are called but pretty beautiful aren’t they?

They didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped but not too bad considering I’m terrible at shooting in low light.

We made another trip to Deacon Dave’s house in Livermore, CA this year.  Each year the theme and exhibit changes.  If you are interested in visiting you can get more information via the website.  One tip we’ve found is to go the night Livermore has its annual parade.  That way everyone is at the parade and not at the house which is normally jam packed with visitors.

I’ve been messing around with Instagr.am a new iPhone app that applies filters to your pictures.  I didn’t have my favorite camera with me for Thanksgiving but I did take a few pictures with my iPhone.  I got a little carried away with Instagr.am didn’t I?

I’ve been saving this one for a while now.  When Christina and I were picking up a truck to haul her old TV this was on the wall of the U-Haul place.  I thought it was pretty funny so I took a picture of it with my iPhone.  I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

There are going to be ups and downs in life and sometimes it is tough to hold on.  Most give up when “times get tough”.  Hold on…

I was an electronics geek growing up and built devices in my Ham Radio class.  That being said, I still needed some help understanding today’s XKCD comic.

Wikipedia:
“In electronics, a diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current in only one direction. The term usually refers to a semiconductor diode, the most common type today. This is a crystalline piece of semiconductor material connected to two electrical terminals. A vacuum tube diode (now little used except in some high-power technologies) is a vacuum tube with two electrodes: a plate and a cathode.”

Google/ExplainXKCD:

• Cutie hands the diode to Cueball when he says “we need to talk”.  This indicates that she knows he has an accusation and she doesn’t want to hear it.
• The result is that even though they both vocalize their accusations, only the person on the cathode end of the diode hears/acknowledges the other persons accusation.  This is why only Cueball apologizes.
• This may be a joke on how some people (the comic seems to indicate women) shield themselves from acknowledging accusations that they don’t want to hear.
• Cutie is the one saying the image text “And the worst part is you won’t apologize”
• The Image text is a joke on how Cutie’s plan of not wanting to hear Cueball’s accusation backfires.
• Not only can she not hear the accusation, she also can’t hear the apology.

Am I missing anything?  If so, let me know in the comments section.  Here are some of my other favorite XKCD comics…

The nice thing about media association events is there are lots of people with cameras.  The unfortunate thing about media association events is there are lots of people with cameras.  Just kidding, these are some great pictures from my good friend Chris King.  These were taken yesterday during the “Amazing Engagement Race”.

I unfortunately didn’t take this picture and it looks too good to be real.   It was taken by Cynthia Hotvedt yesterday during the boat ride.