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Is it true that Sutro Tower is the San Francisco landmark that only locals recognize?

A solitary tree in a field in Paso Robles, California

At the Little A'Le'Inn, Rachel Nevada. Film, light leaks, bikers, and aliens.

Summer on a winding road in Cambria, California

Sunset at the Top of the Mark, SF

The grand old sign exclaiming the name of the hotel atop California Street, San Francisco.

Sunset over rolling hills of golden grass and dappled with trees.

Will Luo at Tempest

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SF's Bring Your Own Big Wheel event has been an SF tradition since 2000.

Zach Houston used to be a Mission regular, peddling his poetry from a poem store made up of an old mechanical typewriter and carefully selected scrap papers.

The tools on the Jeremiah O'Brien are built to work on steam cylinders larger than oil drums. They're mounted to the wall like trophies.

Hey, it’s Earth Day! » about 100 words

The entire kitchen is Sandee’s playground, and that includes the chalkboard. I’m not sure what holiday she’ll decide to honor next. She’s been busy elsewhere at home too. » about 100 words

seanbonner‘s photo of Esther’s new tattoo makes me want one. » about 100 words

It’s called Gigapan, a robotic panorama-maker. David Bergman used one to take the picture above (though his view was much larger) (you can buy your own for about $300 if you get in on the beta). The point, however, is that if you zoom in real close, you can see W’s pursed lipped scowl. » about 100 words

Ilya Schurov thinks this is the time capsule from from Isaak Asimov‘s The End Of Eternity. It’s really the elevator and stair (or ramp)-way in Prague‘s Old Town Hall. A clock and great views of the square are at the top. Thinking of interesting elevators to be found in Europe: The Paternoster. » about 100 words

Eu-Jin Ooi‘s picture of rail trucks piled up after a derailment isn’t nearly as scary as this derailment found at Dee’s Inbox: Can anybody name that incident? (The top one is BNSF, Barstow CA, April 2008. What’s the bottom one?) » about 100 words

enrguerrero‘s photo of a Lincoln/Obama paste up mashup on the corner of Larkin and Myrtle streets in San Francisco. » about 100 words

Physically located in Katoomba; found in Seb Chan‘s photo stream. » about 100 words

I practically begged Will and Karen to get on a carnival ride with me so I could get portraits with the lights streaking behind them. Will warned me that he doesn’t do well on rides; I argued that no ride with so many kids under four feet tall could be too dangerous for us. We […] » about 300 words

I’m coming to learn that p0ps has a number of interesting things going on, but it was his panoramas stitched from pictures taken by iPhone that caught my attention first. Above is the J Train somewhere between Fulton and City Hall. I’d thought the iPhone’s camera was pretty decent, p0ps’ work shows it off. J […] » about 100 words

It’s likely Phil Carrizzi could make a broken tire iron look good, but his series of the iPhone with the Newton Message Pad and eMate is geek-sweet eye candy. iphone, newton, emate, apple, photo, gallery, pr0n, porn, photos, eye candy » about 100 words

The photo is from Jessamyn, who declared it Groan-worthy. I’m still grinning about it. Reminds me of the time Homer said “Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.” pork, sausage, hog, sign, funny, photo » about 100 words

This renewed talk of building nuclear weapons here in the US reminded me of an old report of photos of the sky glow from nuclear tests done in Nevada seen over Los Angeles. This one includes the following description: Atomic explosion, the largest yet set off on the Nevada test range, was clearly visible in […] » about 200 words