My Oscar savant friend predicts:
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Dave's 2024 Oscar Picks
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
My French Guiana Adventure: Day 8
The trip back home from French Guiana was wild.
I always like to arrive at the airport super early. There are maybe six other passengers in the entire airport when I get there. I walk around the lobby to look at model rockets.
As I land in Oakland, I get this text from my wife. The kids are at the drug store getting their passport photos taken. I hope with all my heart that they get to experience travel adventures like mine.
Monday, August 14, 2023
Radwood San Francisco 2023 photo dump
The boy and I went to the show. To be frank, the magic is gone. Too corporate. There were a lot of cool cars, but the soul of the earlier shows was MIA. Too bad.
We parked across the street from Pier 30/32, next to this old E-Class.
New POV BART video
I've been riding BART since 1992 but this perspective-- a GoPro suctioned onto the front train car-- is amazing.
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Oo ee song from Instagram and Tiktok
If you've been watching short videos on social media, you've heard of this catchy tune. The artist is French and was raised in Dubai and Congo-Brazzaville. The song came out eight years ago!
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
Saturday, July 01, 2023
I got a brand new car!
Behold! A 2023 BMW M550i xDrive. I got the mother of all deals on it yesterday. It had been sitting on the dealer lot for 137 days.
It is a lot of car. I've only driven it back home and to pick up dry cleaning so far. The car is big. It's six inches longer than my wagon and the proportions take time to get used to. There are so many gizmos and gadgets, it's ridiculous. I have to lock the doors even when I'm in the garage, or else the various gadgets will drain the battery. Some random features include:
- head-up display that shows speed limit, my speed, and distance to closest speed camera;
- auto start-stop that will restart your engine not when you take your foot off the brake pedal, but when it notices the vehicle immediately in front of you has started moving away from you;
- interior ambient lighting comes in ten different colors.
Monday, June 19, 2023
Highlights from last 14 months
It's been a while. Obviously, the highlights are mostly kids-centered. But with the end of the pandemic, I've also done some serious revenge traveling.
May 2022: Drove down to San Luis Obispo along PCH.
June 2022: Road trip to Seattle. Attended a Mariners game.