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Monthly Archives: November 2009

“To Whom it May Concern”

Friday, November 27, 2009

I certainly won’t defend people who neglect to pick up after their dogs (in addition to contributing to filth in our city, they give the rest of us dog owners a bad name), but I’m not sure this is the most effective response: (I blocked out the author’s name and phone number in the image.) […]

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Tiki Bike

Friday, November 27, 2009

I walked by this impressive piece of handiwork in Alameda this morning. Check out the larger version at Flickr if you want to see some of the detailing, such as the wicker on the fork or the stays (even some of the cable housing is wrapped with rattan or some such). It’s safe to say […]

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Going Back to College for Some Lessons on Livable Space

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I went up to Berkeley on Tuesday to remind myself of how the other half lives, and as I rode through the UC campus, I was reminded of something that came up in the comments on one of my earlier posts: college campuses are among the few places where pedestrians, bicyclists and low-speed motorized vehicles […]

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Scenes from an Afternoon Stroll

Sunday, November 8, 2009
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Nature Takes its Course

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

In case you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you, say, filled part of San Francisco Bay with landfill and built some airstrips on it, then abandoned them for a decade or more, here is a photo I took yesterday at the Alameda Naval Air Station, which has been unused by planes for over a […]

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