Let’s see… this was two weeks ago? I was out in SF again to get trained in what we call the ‘fireman’ role. Basically, a fire is a problem caused by the platform, requiring both access to the backend and knowledge of our code base to solve. So I got a week long crash course in all that. It’s a big app that does a lot between a lot of services, so it was more figuring out how to find out what I’d need to know than rote memorization. Also, of course, there was the non-work times. A week in one of the most beautiful cities in the world? Yes. Any time. On my last two days, I flirted with the idea of staying for another week, but I knew that that would just turn into me extending the stay as long as possible (two weeks, then a month, then finding an apartment…). Not a problem for anyone out there, but a bitch for some people back here. Plus, I would have missed mothers’ day brunch, and I couldn’t have done that. photos somewhat tangential: <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0026.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0027.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0028.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0029.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0030.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0031.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0032.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/fireman_training/695/0033.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-05-23T17:18:36Z GMT
What’s this? Two posts in two days? It’s as if I’m really blogging again. All I can say is, don’t get used to it. I’ve got a bit of a backlog, but it won’t last. I’m doing stuff again though, so that might bring up the post volume somewhat. These photos are from norman music fest. It was a good day; pretty much exactly what I needed at the time. Met up with Anne, hung out with some of her friends, ran into a bunch of mine, drank, got made fun of at the stand up set (all in good fun). For once, NMF wasn’t an unqualified disaster. When I wasn’t worried about rushing around to see any band in particular, and focused on the people I was hanging out with, it turned out to be a good time. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0017.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0018.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0016.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0019.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0020.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0021.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/norman_music_fest/696/0022.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-05-21T02:12:20Z GMT
Nothing tests your long exposure technique quite like shooting stars through a 500mm mirror lens. I should have been using a remote and mirror lock. 1 sec at 3200iso, f/6.3 (for the curious). Click the photo to see it larger. <div class=”center”> <a href=”https://images.matt.pictures/pleiades_and_venus_up_close/698/0001.jpg”><img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pleiades_and_venus_up_close/698/0001.jpg’ /></a> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-04-08T21:50:20Z GMT
So last sunday, there was brunch and basketball watching at BBell’s house, and the dudes got inspired to go play a little pickup game in the alley, shirts vs. skins. I think skins won by 7 points. Then they realized due to the location of the basket relative to a certain ledge that they could all dunk. So that happened. Today I’m working, and then I’ma ride my bike later. Fun and adventure and really wild things. I see this post and the last post and I marveled at the fact that all those pictures happened in the same world. It’s no surprise, reflecting on this, that people get lost going from one place to another. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pickup_game/699/0004.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-04-08T20:50:20Z GMT
