Intellectual Poison

Vacuum sealed potatoes ready for sous vide.About 8 months ago or so, I got a sous vide device for about $50. A very basic Curtis Stone (infomercial guy apparently) model that is large but works reasonably well. I got an 8 liter clear Cambro for my ba...

Cowells Beach and Cove.Local Surfer Dies After Shark Attack"A surfer was killed in a shark attack on Saturday at Manresa State Beach in Santa Cruz County.The 26-year-old man was attacked around 1:30 p.m. by an unknown shark species about a mile south...

Among the many knocks against 3d printers and 3d printing has been that they are largely not especially useful. At least not at the hobbyist level. It is as arguable that decoration, customization and personalization is extremely useful.But, in the w...

It was definitely not unexpected but the Corona Virus has officially landed on the central coast of California and the current push is to flatten the infection curve by closing schools and more or less encouraging people to shelter in place.Because o...

Seabright to Main Beach Pano off the Point.I just had a big birthday and it was one of those momentous ones with big numbers. I'm no longer in my 40's and am, officially, an older man.So I thought it would be a good idea to try and capture some of my...

I took some clips from quadcopter footage I shot, put them in a pleasing order, tossed in a very cool effect and then added some good music and I kind of like how this came out. Mostly.

After what has seemed like an endless cold, wet winter, spring appears to have made an appearance and this week has been increasingly nice out! I was able to get out for a little SUP surf after work yesterday and had a good time but wowee am I out of...