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June 29, 2009

Palo Alto Gas - $3.31 - June 29

Everytime I'm in Paly, I seem to end up near this gas station. It may be the Kevin Bacon of filler-ups. Taking a shot of their sandwich board has become a minor amusement.

One thing I've noticed is these guys don't sleep when it comes to tweaking their prices. Moreover, it's always been one of the more expensive stations around, no doubt because of the tony neighborhood. Whenever I see a sharp rise here I know the price hammer's about to fall on everyone. It's an 'indicator' and this station always seems ahead of the curve on price jumps and behind it on price drops. They're funny that way.

Last year these guys flirted with $5/gallon, getting as close as $4.95. This year, they were as low as $2.47 in February. Look at them now.

I think it's going to be an expensive summer for drivers... and all of us. <sigh />

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June 25, 2009

The Super + Hefeweizen at Grumpys for lunch, ftw!

That's a bacon burger with cheese and a fried egg. Thank goodness I have a low cholesterol count.

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June 24, 2009

Fish Tacos for lunch at Fog City Diner...ftw!

Nom, nom, nom!

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June 22, 2009

My new Palm Pre: faux unboxing

I actually "unboxed" my new Pre at the Sprint Store in San Francisco on Mission Street, right across from Bloomingdales. There were some pictures I took after I got home with easily the sweetest piece of mobile technology I've ever owned. .LAG

Click here to download:

My_new_Palm_Pre_faux_unboxing.zip (256 KB)

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April 30, 2009

Palo Alto Gas - April 28 - $2.81

I used to live in Palo Alto for about twelve years before I moved to San Francisco a year and a half ago. I go to Paly often for personal and business appointments or to see friends. Every time I'm down there, I seem to end up at the Shell Station on the corner of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street, right across from the CalTrain station. On April 28, 2009, I took this picture of the gas price sign on the corner of the station's property.

Previously:

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April 11, 2009

My Robot Army

...is growing!

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April 11, 2009

BART Signs: Improving IA

BART made a subtle change to their station information signs that I’ve noticed for a while and finally captured on cameraphone today. The signs used to just show the next two trains expected at the particular station:

FREMONT
10 CAR TRAIN

RICHMOND
9 CAR TRAIN

The slight change—really an upgrade—is that now the signs show the next two trains and their estimated arrival times–the “1,16 MIN” part: trains for that line will be arriving in 1 minute, and in 16 minutes.

FREMONT 1, 16 MIN
10 CAR TRAIN

RICHMOND 6, 21 MIN
9 CAR TRAIN

This one change immediately makes the sign much more informative and useful to commuters, who are most concerned with what—you got it: time. I like when the information you’re given is actually helpful. This is a was a nice information architecture improvement BART. Good job.

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February 2, 2009

Palo Alto Gas - February 2 - $2.47

I used to live in Palo Alto for about twelve years before I moved to San Francisco a year and a half ago. I go to Paly often for personal and business appointments or to see friends. Every time I'm down there, I seem to end up at the Shell Station on the corner of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street, right across from the CalTrain station. On February 2, 2009, I took this picture of the gas price sign on the corner of the station's property.

Previously:

August 4, 2008 - $4.63
July 13, 2008 - $4.95
June 1, 2008 - $4.58

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October 1, 2008

Ready.gov: prepare for distaster?

I saw this ominous sign while walking to work today. It's on the corner of Davis and California, in the Financial District of San Francisco. It warns us to prepare for disaster, but if you go to the site listed -- ready.gov -- you'll find that it's not available, at least not at this writing.

Oh man, I hope we don't have to deal with a disaster, because if this is any indication, the government is less prepared than we are.