Devils in the Details

The Hearst Castle is an amazing place. Designed to look old world, it is a pastiche of various European styles, strung together without any historical context or aesthetic guidelines. I took this batch of photos on a recent visit. » Read on »

Pictures from the Antiques Fair

I got a Lens Baby squeezy lens and wanted to take it for a test dive.

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Spy vs. Spy

I have no idea why this seemed like a good idea to the company, but these commercials are great.
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Western Medicine CD Packaging

I recently helped design CD packaging for the band, Generalissimo. » Read on »

Guitar Photography

Pics of instruments. » Read on »

Fur, Fish and Game

My wife is a very talented painter. As part of her introduction at the school she now teaches at (Diablo Valley College), she put together this exhibition called Fur, Fish and Game. » Read on »

A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter

This object is up for sale on ebay. If you win it, you have to plug it in and connect it to the internet, where it will put itself back up for sale on ebay. » Read on »

My New Aluminum Baby

Electrical Guitar #334. All aluminum, hollowbody, with alumitone pickups. » Read on »

North Vietnamese Propaganda Posters

We picked up a bunch of these posters in Saigon.

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Motivational Speaker for the Professional Hair Stylist

I found this flyer at Taylor’s Sausages, one of a stack on top of the trash can. » Read on »

The Grill Master Presents

A fine article about how the high price of gold is affecting the local grill work industry. » Read on »

I Don’t Know What It Is, But I Like Looking at It

Here we have 128 Sonda – Machina czasu. I have no idea what that means, but… just watch for a minute. » Read on »

3 Miles of Interesting Old Objects

The Alameda Antiques Faire is one of those stellar local events that makes me love the bay area. It takes place out on one of the landing strips of the old Alameda naval base – the only open space big enough to hold the 800+ booths. » Read on »