2011: The Year of Mobile Security

N/A • 03 Jan 2011 • EDITORIAL, ET CETERA

 I didn’t sleep well last night.  And it’s all because I watched a series of video presentations from a bunch of pale faced kids demonstrating how easy it is to exploit your mobile phone. Here’s the low down: The past year saw unparalleled growth in mobile apps. The average smart phone user has twenty apps installed on their device and ...

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Coachella 2010

Coachella • 16 Apr 2010 • 68 PHOTOS

LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Passion Pit, Whitest Boy Alive, La Roux, Aeroplane, Sleigh Bells, Muse, Tiesto, MGMT, Hot Chip, Major Lazer, Gossip, The Ravonettes, Sia, Bassnectar, Flying Lotus, Edward Sharp, Temper Trap, Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Spoon, De La Soul, Gary Numan, Gainsbourg, Florence and the Machine, Miike Snow, Ceu

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Halloween 2009

Los Angeles • 30 Oct 2009 • 65 PHOTOS

The World Cup, A Lunar Eclipse, Halloween at Peasants' Manor. Some things are just too special to happen more than once every couple of years.

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Twitter Overvalued?

N/A • 12 Oct 2009 • EDITORIAL, ET CETERA

Twitter recently received a private equity investment valuing the company at around $1 billion. Given the sudden popularity and ubiquity of Twitter, one might consider the valuation well deserved. But, what is Twitter really? Is Twitter a new communications medium or is it a social network? Or is just another form of social bookmarking? And what are its long term ...

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LA Fires

Los Angeles • 30 Aug 2009 • 22 PHOTOS

An enormous fire rips through the mountains Northeast of where I live. I get as close as I can at about 4.30am with my camera to take some pictures and witness first hand the surreal landscape as the fires bear down on residential neighborhoods.

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Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Island • 02 Jul 2009 • 32 PHOTOS

My mother and I pay a visit to my cousin David's home on Salt Spring Island in the archipelego off of Canada's Southwestern coast. A relaxing week of eating delicious food, sailing and spending time with family.

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Coachella 2009

Palm Springs • 20 Apr 2009 • 122 PHOTOS

4: Number of days spent in the desert, 14: Number of shows I attended, 5: Number of shows I wanted to see but missed, 10: Number of times we lost everyone in the crowd, 2: Number of parties I attended, 2: Number of parties that ended before I got there, 5: Average number of people wedged into my car, 65: Number of miles travelled between Indio and Palm Springs, 8: Total hours I slept, 8: Total hours I spent in the pool, 100: average temperature, 1: Number of jars of Nutella I consumed.

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Real-Time Racing Telemetry

N/A • 12 Mar 2009 • EDITORIAL, ET CETERA

Seasoned track racers know what it means to be able to see all their lap times, acceleration and braking points, position on track, speed, etc. While there are relatively inexpensive data loggers that can do this in varying degrees, none have what I want and none can show the data live in the pits. Live data during a race can make a big difference to a driver’s ...

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Hybrid vs Diesel, an MPG Falacy

N/A • 12 Feb 2009 • EDITORIAL, ET CETERA

South Park was first to rip apart the hybrid owner who confidently believes he/she is saving mother earth through their choice of car. In the episode, South Park residents suddenly become eco-warriors proudly showing off their newly purchased “Toyanda Pious” hybrids. But their new found eco-arrogance creates a giant cloud of toxic “smug” ...

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Thunderhill in Slow Motion

Thunderhill, CA • 27 Dec 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

Highlights from the 2008 24 Hours of LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza at Thunderhill Raceway. Everything looks cool in slow motion especially when backed by a strong beat and grown men singing in falsetto. Duration: 03:30.

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