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Still love the 1st gen iPod wheel

Give it up for a piece of spam that got a 49.6 SA score on my new SpamAssassin setup. Nice. (pic)

Google, I drink your milkshake #facebook #facebookhome

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Mount Davidson tonight. They only light it up once a year.

Mount Davidson tonight. They only light it up once a year.

3 players from each team in the penalty box for fighting and other stuff. #fun #sfbulls

@TablasCreek Thanks for using a smaller box for the Spring shipment. Made it home on the scooter this time!

@funnymonkey @jgraham909 @andreaburton here is another whiteboard pic b4 I cleaned from #OpenContentWorkDay on Sat

Updated iOS Evernote because of the breach pic >>

Rolling Stones “Get off of my cloud” http://youtu.be/O3F4GmbHl5g #evernote #cloudfail

@FUF1981 Thanks for coming to trim the trees we planted in 2010. I think I found your clippers. I’ll keep them aside.

Pope Room at Buca di Beppo in SOMA

Pilgrim School putting together a special Valentine’s Day message. Pretty awesome. @pilgrimschool

Got our theater ETC lightboard theater setup w/wifi and app. Cool.

Got our theater ETC lightboard theater setup w/wifi and app. Cool.

Got our theater ETC lightboard theater setup w/wifi and app. Cool.

A uname -a on iOS 6.1 (iPhone 4)

@jaztuck Happy to do anything we can do to help the #49ers #RallyBourbon

Thanks #OESIS for the great sessions and wonderful discussions. Now time to “Escape From LA”

@Dowbiggin @funnymonkey Yeah, not traveling with my Head today at #OESIS My shirt >>

Linfield Unified Theory Of Fair Use: Hussle more up front on why, you will prob win argument re: fair use (pic) #OESIS

Pic from the copyright in online learning session. This pic is copyrighted #OESIS

Great dinner over at Locando Positano with other #OESIS attendees

Drinks at Glow starting at 5:45pm. Hey, they might even have blended (drinks) available to order. #OESIS

Lunch on the helicopter pad at #OESIS pics. Loving it.

Lunch on the helicopter pad at #OESIS pics. Loving it.

Lunch on the helicopter pad at #OESIS pics. Loving it.

@Dowbiggin Re: lack of wifi at #OESIS << Yeah. I’m serving-up a hotspot for my other colleagues (pic)

@Dowbiggin found yours (and mine!)

@Dowbiggin found yours (and mine!)

two words about furniture: killing machines

Remarkable how much traffic Hacker News can generate if you get some traction.

Latest update to the Wordpress Liveblog plugin from Automattic now works in with wp-svbtle. Woo-hoo!

Safari install with WINE on Ubuntu pt2

Safari install with WINE on Ubuntu pt1

@questionlp it’s all I can do to not try and fix it for them (pic) >>

texapp unreferenced scalar error 2013-01-24

This stuff is awesome by the way. Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface Sanitizing Spray.

@peplink Loving the Balance 380 update + Router Utility iOS app. Tells me what I always suspected: Comcast = “flappy”

Funny ESPN poll results this AM on the #49ers and Falcons game. Pic >>

NYT leads SundaySports w/football alumni story? I get it. The NY Giants didn’t make the playoffs, but c’mon #StayClassy

Anybody else’s seeing brown tap water in San Francisco right now? Pic >>

Totally. (Attached pic again) RT @Analytiksapp: .@jmergy it's great, right? :)

Go go little mergy.org >>

Unfortunate that GoToMeeting doesn't support Linux yet. They support iOS and Android, but no Ubuntu.

Notes from our @NAISnetwork TrendTalk Mobile Schools group (pics) >>

Notes from our @NAISnetwork TrendTalk Mobile Schools group (pics) >>

Notes from our @NAISnetwork TrendTalk Mobile Schools group (pics) >>

Trying a different approach to tagging video adapters. Perhaps naming them after pets will make people lose them less?

Probably the closest thing to “Making it rain” for independent school faculty. (Pics)

Probably the closest thing to “Making it rain” for independent school faculty. (Pics)

Caching 91 gigs of software updates on our student firewall/proxy to dish locally/quickly.

Fjohurs Lykkewe #portlandia pic >>

Got #texapp to quit after paste and verify post

Saw BBQ truck “The Rib Whip” on Van Ness. Love the Twitter image they use (pics) >>

Saw BBQ truck “The Rib Whip” on Van Ness. Love the Twitter image they use (pics) >>

Getting some multicast imaging in before Monday on some Math iMacs (pics) #SFLWHS

Getting some multicast imaging in before Monday on some Math iMacs (pics) #SFLWHS

Smartphone + camera/flash comes in very handy for plumbing issue #HomeOwnership

Smartphone + camera/flash comes in very handy for plumbing issue #HomeOwnership

Sen. McCain at the Hunger Bowl (pic)

Never been to AT&T Park with the football setup. Cool. Pics >>

Never been to AT&T Park with the football setup. Cool. Pics >>

Sweet. Weinermobile. Pics >>

Sweet. Weinermobile. Pics >>

Sweet. Weinermobile. Pics >>

@sfdpw the Grid One trucks are around Miraloma turning off water and swapping meters w/o notifying

@sfdpw the Grid One trucks are around Miraloma turning off water and swapping meters w/o notifying

Time for the yearly server room speaker test. Rarely about to make use of them during the year. They work well.

Reading the Pilgrim School Accreditation Self-Study as part of the CAIS visiting team heading to Los Angeles in Feb ‘13

West Coast Christmas Eve dinner =>

Vintage “Lick What?” #SFLWHS sweatshirt (a few designs ago) pic >>

Cool DSRV on display along Front St. in Morro Bay near the Plant. Pics >>

Cool DSRV on display along Front St. in Morro Bay near the Plant. Pics >>

Cool DSRV on display along Front St. in Morro Bay near the Plant. Pics >>

Awesome. Tablas Creek tasting room. Marsanne '11 in the lead

Awesome. Tablas Creek tasting room. Marsanne '11 in the lead

Awesome. Tablas Creek tasting room. Marsanne '11 in the lead

Latest Google Maps for iOS is pretty impressive. It also still runs on iOS 5.1.1

When old white MacBook batteries go bad (PN# A1185)

When old white MacBook batteries go bad (PN# A1185)

When old white MacBook batteries go bad (PN# A1185)

Our little mobile DeployStudio server dishing multicast is working. Pics >>

Our little mobile DeployStudio server dishing multicast is working. Pics >>

Our little mobile DeployStudio server dishing multicast is working. Pics >>

Definitely a fav event. The #SFLWHS student robot sumo competition pics >>

Definitely a fav event. The #SFLWHS student robot sumo competition pics >>

Definitely a fav event. The #SFLWHS student robot sumo competition pics >>

Lick-Wilmerding faculty and staff got bowling shirts! #SFLWHS Pics >>

Lick-Wilmerding faculty and staff got bowling shirts! #SFLWHS Pics >>

Love DeployStudio. Just wonderful to have going to re-image Macs...

"How much coffee did you spill on the laptop?" -Me

"How much coffee did you spill on the laptop?" -Me

Improved Wordpress 3.5 Media Handling 2 pic >>

Improved Wordpress 3.5 Media Handling 1

Testing dome PTZ camera w/iPhone controls sw that we are going to put in the theater. Mounted in my office. #SFLWHS

At the height of the concurrent connections on my little server in the garage 2012-12-05

Vulkano/Cam livestream rig pics

Vulkano/Cam livestream rig pics

Vulkano/Cam livestream rig pics

Vulkano/Cam livestream rig pics

Vulkano/Cam livestream rig pics

Thunderbird spell-check on "malware"

@server temp error 2012-12-02

What are we going to do about the hipsters?

drag/drop multiple files to sharepoint 2013 from Chromium on Ubuntu Linux

testing the latest SharePoint. Lots of javascript and minimal interface/nav post install. Not bad.

Yet another fail on Apple power supplies. Bad design. This is a newer model as well.

Great day out here around HMB on the coast. pics >>

Great day out here around HMB on the coast. pics >>

Great day out here around HMB on the coast. pics >>

texapp 0.3.1 update live

Hidden view of SF that many don't know about. Pics >>

Hidden view of SF that many don't know about. Pics >>

Hidden view of SF that many don't know about. Pics >>

Kudos to Evernote for clarifying data ownership even more. Evernote email to customers today >> http://mer.gy/1fA

S'mores happening at #SFLWHS

S'mores happening at #SFLWHS

S'mores happening at #SFLWHS

I do notice if you just close the terminal w/o quitting, you get CPU ownage by Texapp zombies.

@dalton from AllThingsD link

San Francisco Food Bank picking up all the cans from "de-Canstruction"

San Francisco Food Bank picking up all the cans from "de-Canstruction"

Ice rink down at Justin Herman Plaza

Kensington lock vs bolt cutters. (a.k.a. what's inside a combo laptop lock?) pic >>

Northern California marketing >>

@Dowbiggin found yours (and mine!)

Mergy Ubuntu 12.10 software sources as of 2012-11-11

One of the first pieces of equipment I pulled when I got to the school - the Cabletron 9000. They had a few of them

Coke + Macbook Pro = not good.

@razunahq on it now. Thanks. #Razuna

Suspected for a long time, but bad wifi in my MacBook Pro (A1286 early-2011)

Reminded that perl on a jailbroken iPhone is at /usr/local/bin/perl when upgrading #texapp (pics)

Reminded that perl on a jailbroken iPhone is at /usr/local/bin/perl when upgrading #texapp (pics)

Coming to work in the dark is no fun. DST on the way. View from office >>

Sen. McCain at the Hunger Bowl (pic)

Used the 3M Streaming Projector last night and must write a review on it...

Testing OpenShot to edit video on linux vs. OSX iMovie or FCP. Nice so far...

Definitely a fav event. The #SFLWHS student robot sumo competition pics >>

Great weather in SF vs the cold in Detroit (pics) #SFGiants

Ahh debug. I get it, you don't need to keep repeating yourself.

Dealing with deprecated stacked on other deprecated. Ugh. Must take a walk.

#texapp and perl readkey crash in ubuntu

Hooray for link lights @monkeybrainsnet

Extensive damage down on the corner in and around @VinDebut due to fire

Extensive damage down on the corner in and around @VinDebut due to fire

Extensive damage down on the corner in and around @VinDebut due to fire

Portlandia via Netflix on the 3M Streaming projector w/Roku. Gotta say, pretty good.

Portlandia via Netflix on the 3M Streaming projector w/Roku. Gotta say, pretty good.

Playing with the 3M Streaming Projector with Roku. It’s pretty good. Fireplace via Netflix pics

Playing with the 3M Streaming Projector with Roku. It’s pretty good. Fireplace via Netflix pics

@rbowse Yeah, no way this thing will work. Should be fun to see. Charging it now.

*No way* this little thing is going to be able to project a large image. We will see. 3M Roku Streaming Projector

Got it early. Holy cow. The 3M Roku projector is small.

Got it early. Holy cow. The 3M Roku projector is small.

Ah the early 80s. Have to laugh every time I see it on a vendor support page

Muting TV audio and going with KNBR. I just can’t deal with Fox announcers and Joe Buck tonight #SFGIANTS

Crazy how fast they put that CVS up where the old gas station was.

Crazy how fast they put that CVS up where the old gas station was.

Wonderful day down in Glen Park.

Pretty full house tonight for the #SFBulls first home game.

Pretty full house tonight for the #SFBulls first home game.

Cow Palace is soo retro. #SFBulls

Let’s see how this goes. SF Bulls hockey

30ft USB cable. I really want to see what chip is in there to allow it to extend that length

More pics of #texapp on iOS

More pics of #texapp on iOS

#SFGiants on the projector in my office while I am imaging the Biology iMacs.

Once again cobbling-together my livestream rig thingie for the multi-room display tomorrow.

Hey, front row tonight for Biz Stone. (Thanks Mary F.) #JCCSFStone

Excellent day in San Francisco

Excellent day in San Francisco

No line. Must remember to hit Blue Bottle on mid-morning on Wednesdays that are also holidays.

too many wireless networks around make it tough to get personal hotspot going!

Amazing opportunity for our actors to Skype with Playwright John Cariani about “Almost, Maine” (our Fall play) #SFLWHS

Shuttle Endeavor flies over Lick-Wilmerding #SFLWHS

Made me laugh as I walked by the Glass Shop this morning. #SFLWHS Pic >>

A couple of pics from the first App net #savethekittens shirt/campaign.

A couple of pics from the first http://mer.gy/10Z #savethekittens shirt/campaign.

@savethekittens t-shirt sales on fire!

texapp error with .texapprc in place

running textapp 0.2.0

I’m gonna need a bigger saw

Lick-Wilmerding students doing some viral marketing for some event on 9/28 Wonder what it is????

Using "RSS Just Better" Wordpress Plugin http://mer.gy/rjb to feed my alpha.app.net posts to my site.

Screen Shot 2012-09-13 at 1.13.28 AM.png

Screen Shot 2012-09-13 at 1.13.20 AM.png

Was able to clear-out my office a little today. Office door and hallway pic >>

#savethekittens #ADN

#texapp on iPhone

Sadly, dead drive in one of our HP Proliant servers is not getting “less dead.” Replacing. (pics)

Sadly, dead drive in one of our HP Proliant servers is not getting “less dead.” Replacing. (pics)

Great, now bogus phishing emails with airline confirmations. Nice.

unfortunate that IFTTT dump posts are sometimes in the lead on ADN

Love ffmpeg. Amazing set of tools to manage video. Brought an HD video down to 1/5 of the file size w/o much/any loss.

Aha, looks like the jig is up with my gaming of #WhippleHill Uservoice. Oh well.

did ffmpeg change the -qscale flag options? Unsure why I am getting an error now. Have used it for years.

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TTYtter didn’t want to compile initially. Will try later.

TTYtter didn’t want to compile initially. Will try later.

TTYtter didn’t want to compile initially. Will try later.

A couple more #texapp on iOS

A couple more #texapp on iOS

Got it. Perl and curl and #texapp on iOS (pics)

Got it. Perl and curl and #texapp on iOS (pics)

Got it. Perl and curl and #texapp on iOS (pics)

Trying to get #texapp running on iOS. Almost there (pics)

Trying to get #texapp running on iOS. Almost there (pics)

Getting perl on iOS (pics)

Getting perl on iOS (pics)

Getting perl on iOS (pics)

#texapp client for App.net is not for the faint of heart

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#texapp running the ADN stream

sweet - I'm in with #Texapp to App.net

My nephew is at Lambeau for the SFNiners vs. Packets tomorrow. Lucky guy.

Back w/changes #testing

@JessicaKRoy it’s funny, word clouding your article is more aligned to ADN ideals then you think.

Flat bottom taco shells = one of the best things ever.

Flat bottom taco shells = one of the best things ever.

Wall and poke mounts for iMacs coming together nicely.

Wall and poke mounts for iMacs coming together nicely.

Wall and poke mounts for iMacs coming together nicely.

When automated email of invoices goes bad >> DataSafe sending me the same invoice every 1/2 hour since last night (pic)

Wall-mounting 21.5” iMacs (pics)

Wall-mounting 21.5” iMacs (pics)

Wall-mounting 21.5” iMacs (pics)

Have never been told I was “one in a million” and now I have proof. My UUID is not on the list. Maybe next year?

Worst text to see on an Apple Service Report >> Liquid Contact Indictor Tripped

Okay SoCal, you can get more water if we can get better Summer weather. Pic by the pool >>

A group of #SFLWHS freshman learning Sketch-Up in our Fabrications shop area (pics)

A group of #SFLWHS freshman learning Sketch-Up in our Fabrications shop area (pics)

Starting to use #Razuna DAM content widget embeds for student streaming in a #WhippleHill Podium pages. Cool. #SFLWHS

Yes. Our students are back. Bandwidth use clearly displays it (@monkeybrainsnet rocks) >>

boy do I love ffmpeg. Amazing file size savings and compression w/very little quality loss. Crazy good.

#SFLWHS Math teachers posting video exercises for students w/ Camtasia+Bamboo tablets and WhippleHill Podium/Brightcove

Lick-Wilmerding faculty and staff got bowling shirts! #SFLWHS Pics >>

ffmpeg compile on os x 10.8

Setup a Samsung Galaxy S III >> horrible/crazy product naming but nice phone and overall feel.

Setup a Samsung Galaxy S III >> horrible/crazy product naming but nice phone and overall feel.

People find things and give them to me>> Sweet mid-90’s? Ext CDRW drive that sounds like an F-18 when powered-on.

The Adesso ACK-730UB keyboard/trackpad combo works well w/ Macs. Got a bunch for fixed iMacs in the Chem lab (pic)

Cool. We got our new 3-D printer in. Students are going to love it. #SFLWHS

Cool. We got our new 3-D printer in. Students are going to love it. #SFLWHS

Cool. We got our new 3-D printer in. Students are going to love it. #SFLWHS

The @KiehlsNYC shampoo for dogs is really great. Best lasting one we have ever used. Kudos! (pic)

Nobody out here today. Beautiful. #FortFunston

Nobody out here today. Beautiful. #FortFunston

Nobody out here today. Beautiful. #FortFunston

Close-up of an Oracle America’s Cup sailboat

Cool to see >> America’s Cup teams in McCovey Cove (pics) #SFGiants

Cool to see >> America’s Cup teamsin McCovey Cove (pics) #SFGiants

#BeatATL #SFGIANTS from View Box seats (pic)

Seen up the street. Great example of lack of follow-through. (pic)

Very interested to see what the Whole Foods opening on Ocean Ave will do to the neighborhood.

Larry Nucci, author of “Nice is Not Enough” at Lick-Wilmerding to speak to fac on morality & social conventions #SFLWHS

Ugh. Coffee gone. #panel2012

Coffee running low #panel2012

We’re live! #panel2012

Testing connection for #panel2012 (pic)

@kathywelch @MikeGwaltney @CoachCreach @rbowse Whew! was able to move this all out of view in my office for 11am (pic)

Opening Lick-Wilmerding Faculty/Staff meetings #SFLWHS

Funny >> the suggestion you get back when you do a search for “app.net” in the iOS app store (pic)

Going through ewaste. Remember when Apple laptops were this easy to open/upgrade? (pics)

Going through ewaste. Remember when Apple laptops were this easy to open/upgrade? (pics)

QuickBrightness is an iOS app I’ve wanted for years. Available in the jb/Cydia store (pics)

QuickBrightness is an iOS app I’ve wanted for years. Available in the jb/Cydia store (pics)

love the new options for @prezi downloadable/offline apps. Using it tomorrow for the new fac orientation

Hey San Franciscans: there is sun in Berkeley #sfsummer

San Francisco Summer BBQ #bringajacket #cold (we are doing it anyway)

Love the median improvements along Monterey Blvd. (pics)

Love the median improvements along Monterey Blvd. (pics)

Wow. Awesome. Have had before, but fresh are crazy awesome. Chantal Guillon - Macarons & Teas http://mer.gy/cg

Ugh. This Adobe Flash Player Install Manager hanging process is really starting to bother me.

Fog Server plus a bunch of Lenovo x130e laptops (pics) #SFLWHS

Fog Server plus a bunch of Lenovo x130e laptops (pics) #SFLWHS

Apple sent a replacement macbook white unibody. Here is the old one in it’s bubbly weirdness (pic)

My fortune cookie today >> A small act of charity will ho a long way (pic)

Love rebooting a jailbroken iPhone via command line

Line now forming at Humphry Slocombe

Cool >> Whole Foods on Ocean opening next week. (Aug 23)

Looks like @onemedical is moving into the old Noe hardware storefront

Gas prices in San Francisco have always hovered around $4 but now no doubts. (pic)

Grinding Deploystudio on trucked nics

Portable Fog Project cart in-use

Portable Fog Project cart in-use

All fun and games until you get a cone on your neck. #dog

All fun and games until you get a cone on your neck. #dog

Great day in SF. Rarely get Sutro Tower totally clear (pic)

DeployStudio multicast testing. Finally got it.

DeployStudio multicast testing. Finally got it.

Love the new “Hourly” bandwidth graphing. Thanks @peplink

Oh DeployStudio, how I love thee. Imaging one of our mac labs. (pics)

Oh DeployStudio, how I love thee. Imaging one of our mac labs. (pics)

Cool. Selling Arduino at Radio Shack

Great iced coffee at Four Barrel

Sunday Streets on Valencia (pic)

Clinking wine glasses from crowd at Kabuki Balcony Bar for Dark Knight Rises sounds great

Another Summer day in San Francisco (pic) #sfsummer

Found: Apple Edu Series Writing and Publishing Tools Documentation from ‘96. (I always hated the “Chooser”)

Cool glass “cork” for wine. Hadn’t seen it before. (Remy Wines 2009 Syrah via @VinDebut)

Cool glass “cork” for wine. Hadn’t seen it before. (Remy Wines 2009 Syrah via @VinDebut)

@aaldere1 I take it back - it is doing it.

@aaldere1 It might be able to. Default is it generates a heads-up (pic)

Tweetbot on OS X getting great with inclusion of custom API/Endpoints like the iOS version. Awesome!

Kudos to Arboristnow >> Trees along our Ocean Ave getting much needed help.

Kudos to Arboristnow >> Trees along our Ocean Ave getting much needed help.

Kudos to Arboristnow >> Trees along our Ocean Ave getting much needed help.

Apple just pushed half of my iMacs order out to Sept 14th! What is up with that? $aapl

Wither Webhelpdesk. Acquired by Solarwinds and looks like they killed-off last release and non-Windows versions.

#Wyoming #Idaho (pics)

#Wyoming #Idaho (pics)

Murphy’s Lake (pic)

Beautiful up here in the WY hills

Beautiful up here in the WY hills

Provocative-enough cover to get me to buy Wired (pic)

#phatphilly = awesome (pic)

Seen worn by someone at Phat Philly’s but in white. Great shirt. (pic)

Interested to see how well these iMac VESA mount adapters work (pics)

Interested to see how well these iMac VESA mount adapters work (pics)

Ugh - WebHelpDesk has been acquired by SolarWinds. Pic of customer notification letter

Hopefully an upgrade from Lion. Mountain Lion installing now... (pic)

Playing around with LORE and it is very slick >> http://lore.com/

@VinDebut Sarah picked-up some Chocalan in Brasil (Chilean wine via Brazil!) Eager to try…

@VinDebut Sarah picked-up some Chocalan in Brasil (Chilean wine via Brazil!) Eager to try…

Finally did a decent "no hotlinking" image for my site. More info >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking

It’s all I can do to not correct the power cables situation in their window. (pic) #restraint #serenitynow

Great map from the ‘80’s Bond movie “View To A Kill” w/Zorin’s‘s evil plan to flood Silicon Valley

Great map from the ‘80’s Bond movie “View To A Kill” w/Zorin’s‘s evil plan to flood Silicon Valley

Not many at Stern Grove. Love it.

Not many at Stern Grove. Love it.

@paulclanon Only 20 degrees diff in SF right now. 35 from a few weeks ago will be tough to beat. Perhaps at sunset…

Just got a chance to see someone parallel park a huge Hummer on 24th/Sanchez in Noe Valley. Hilarious.

Biggest jellyfish I've seen out here on the beach (pics) at Funston

Biggest jellyfish I've seen out here on the beach (pics) at Funston

Image upload with SSL test

Puppy cam on the digital signage was a big hit today. #SFLWHS

Thanks @VictoriasSecret for the toy -My dog, Hammee (pics)

Thanks @VictoriasSecret for the toy -My dog, Hammee (pics)

Interesting datapoint on http://echo360.com/ blended learning pitch re: facebook use for university students/teachers

Oh @Rewinery look at the #branding

hey @monkeybrainsnet - doing server room/rack re-org and moved your stuff a little. All okay. Just up a little.

@packmatt73 @backupexec set OSX kernel = 32bit, got thru a full BU (1TB-ish) but agent died. malloc error (pic) bummer

iOS Scrabble network (using Origin) is down. Will have to “nudge” them all tomorrow.

Wonder how long the swing on Marietta will last (pics)

Wonder how long the swing on Marietta will last (pics)

Amazing Spiderman + Kabuki Bar Balcony = Awesome

Big thanks to @alcatrazisland for the volunteer friends/family event on the 4th. Awesome (pics)

Big thanks to @alcatrazisland for the volunteer friends/family event on the 4th. Awesome (pics)

Volunteer friends and family enjoying food on @alcatrazisland (pics)

Volunteer friends and family enjoying food on @alcatrazisland (pics)

Enjoying the fireworks tonight on @alcatrazisland w/volunteer fam and friends. Super cool opportunity w/ others.

Embarcadero = very busy

Glad Beach Chalet is rather empty this AM.

Well that’s no good. Someone’s Saab from one of the summer programs here now in the woods.

Well that’s no good. Someone’s Saab from one of the summer programs here now in the woods.

Seen at Best Buy parking lot walking back #freeshoes

razuna screenshot for ISED posting2

razuna screenshot for ISED posting1

Loving Google Analytics mobile data. Cool.

Great moon tonight in SF, even with fog rolling in (pics)

Great moon tonight in SF, even with fog rolling in (pics)

screenshot of QNAP web interface for an ISED posting reference

Great sunset out here at Pismo (pics)

Great sunset out here at Pismo (pics)

Beautiful out here.

Beautiful out here.

screenshot of our Razuna DAM for reference in a BAISnet post

Notes from our @NAISnetwork TrendTalk Mobile Schools group (pics) >>

@2Meteorologist You should include SF microclimates in your segment (like @sfclimates) pic >>

Cool. @Rewinery uses @tcbcourier for delivery. Got our wine.

Wow. Silver pants. (pic)

Park Chalet = not crazy today b/c all the other stuff going on in SF.

Rare to be able to see Golden Gate, Ocean Beach and Sutro Tower at the same time (pic)

Big waves today out here

Big waves today out here

Awesome day out at Funston.

Awesome day out at Funston.

Awesome day out at Funston.

Setting TiVo loose on the UEFA qtrs, semi and finals. Looking forward to it.

Satellite Eyes (http://mer.gy/UE) in action (pics)

Satellite Eyes (http://mer.gy/UE) in action (pics)

Love Chrome Canary, but every once and while you get an unusable build. 22.0.1182.0 is that build.

“Enjoy your delicious moments” -Pizza Box

Pics of SF Chronicle w/my father last Sunday for those that have asked about it.

Pics of SF Chronicle w/my father last Sunday for those that have asked about it.

Still unable to accurately describe @KOFYTV20Cable13 KOFY TV’s Dance Party to others (pics)

Still unable to accurately describe @KOFYTV20Cable13 KOFY TV’s Dance Party to others (pics)

Bummer - @laughingsquid is down.

Worst. Line. Ever. Humphry Slocombe.

@burmeseruby The uni was crazy good at Hamano tonight. Sorry about Tiger at the #USOpen

35 degree range in temps 7x7 (thx @paulclanon)

@mrjaravata @sfclimates 27 degree difference! @paulclanon

Weather cannot be any better for the #USOpen today - even in the coldest part of SF (pic of microclimates temps)

Serious “bro” moment in foul territory (pic) #SFGiants

Updating our old Motorola Xoom to ICS 4.04. I never got a chance to play with it yet.

Microsoft *should* just re-play one of the yearly tablet CES keynotes + dub "Windows 8" over "HP Slate" #iPadKiller

Alas, the problem with "video resumes" (and he/she set it up so I can't get the PDF w/o completing the vid!) #fail

#SFLWHS HVAC work on the Library roof. Big crane (pics)

#SFLWHS HVAC work on the Library roof. Big crane (pics)

Server room cabling chopping and cleanup of old clutter

Server room cabling chopping and cleanup of old clutter

Server room cabling chopping and cleanup of old clutter

Finally found a flashback malware on OS X and removed it. Okay, malware happens on OS X now

Kudos @generalelectric very nice gesture.

Wow, Comcast quality = horrible in San Carlos. Well known across my sister’s neighborhood.

Wow, Comcast quality = horrible in San Carlos. Well known across my sister’s neighborhood.

Funny >> 18 degree range this AM in San Francisco micro-climates (pic)

A 1st! An email money scam sent international postal mail. Fred Edwards from “Spain-Europe” (pics)

A 1st! An email money scam sent international postal mail. Fred Edwards from “Spain-Europe” (pics)

Wonderful day downtown

Lick-Wilmerding 2012 Graduation ceremony #SFLWHS

Lick-Wilmerding 2012 Graduation ceremony #SFLWHS

Rolling Stones “Get off of my cloud” http://youtu.be/O3F4GmbHl5g #evernote #cloudfail

Happened again w/same unit after i replaced base last yr. Baked Macbook unibody bottom (pics)

Transit of Venus stream from our telescope and optics is working! #SFLWHS

Crazy you have to go into Dev Mode to kill power management w/ ChromeOS pn ChromeBooks (pics)

Crazy you have to go into Dev Mode to kill power management w/ ChromeOS pn ChromeBooks (pics)

f.lux, manual correct and 5 column springboard = worth it to jailbreak iOS

f.lux, manual correct and 5 column springboard = worth it to jailbreak iOS

f.lux, manual correct and 5 column springboard = worth it to jailbreak iOS

Cool >> IPCop/Update Accelerator have saved 4TB+ of bandwidth on our student network over the last couple years. #in

Test w/new setups http://mer.gy/iY

kerio connect spamlog for CAIS post 06/04/12

Balcony bar at Sundance Kabuki *clearly* the way to go for Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom”

Balcony bar at Sundance Kabuki *clearly* the way to go for Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom”

Foggy in SF but great weather in Orinda

@knadiminti thanks. Windows 8 running well even w/just 2GB of ram on a vm and got VMware tools so Unity is working too

really Microsoft? You need my birthday and a captcha to install Windows 8? (not scoring points.)

doing a fresh vm of Windows 8 preview. Seems to be going well on a Win7 vmware setup

More Transit of Venus livestream testing w/Honors Physics (pics) #SFLWHS

More Transit of Venus livestream testing w/Honors Physics (pics) #SFLWHS

More Transit of Venus livestream testing w/Honors Physics (pics) #SFLWHS

Words that never inspire confidence in a product: “Entry Level”

Have seen quite a few of these this year. (pics) #AppleDesign #fail

Have seen quite a few of these this year. (pics) #AppleDesign #fail

Have seen quite a few of these this year. (pics) #AppleDesign #fail

Upgrading Chrome OS on my Samsung Chromebook to v19 to see if it is finally something I can deploy w/o reservation

Working with Dr. Hurwitz and Honors Physics w/ Transit of Venus vid feed to the theater testing

Working with Dr. Hurwitz and Honors Physics w/ Transit of Venus vid feed to the theater testing

L-W student doing lessons w/other students on his Tesla Coil. (The copper wrap is amazing and took hours.) #SFLWHS

Student made Tesla Coil testing take 2 prep. Video to follow. #SFLWHS

Student made Tesla Coil testing take 2 prep. Video to follow. #SFLWHS

#WhippleHill USB drive coming in handy. Imaged Ubuntu install on it to boot/install 12.04

#WhippleHill USB drive coming in handy. Imaged Ubuntu install on it to boot/install 12.04

Getting Ubuntu 12.04 on some older HP laptops for students to take and leave in Senegal this June.

Getting Ubuntu 12.04 on some older HP laptops for students to take and leave in Senegal this June.

@thenitai no URL shortener. Perhaps I can get this going w/Razuna + Tweetbot here's config screens

@thenitai no URL shortener. Perhaps I can get this going w/Razuna + Tweetbot here's config screens

Classes outside this AM in the Lick-Wilmerding Tech Arts shops area. #SFLWHS

Classes outside this AM in the Lick-Wilmerding Tech Arts shops area. #SFLWHS

Classes outside this AM in the Lick-Wilmerding Tech Arts shops area. #SFLWHS

Memorial Day weekend camping trip quickly turning into hotel stay as rain and snow chances increase

Lick-Wilmerding D&T students installing new cabinets they built. Excellent job!!! #SFLWHS

Lick-Wilmerding D&T students installing new cabinets they built. Excellent job!!! #SFLWHS

@Red_park serial cables for iOS come in super-handy on Cisco resets (pics)

@Red_park serial cables for iOS come in super-handy on Cisco resets (pics)

@Red_park serial cables for iOS come in super-handy on Cisco resets (pics)

Bazooka Gnome (from Combat Gnomes booth at #MakerFaire) now guarding Mergy Herb Garden

#makerfaire sharks are definitely a favorite of mine

#makerfaire sharks are definitely a favorite of mine

#makerfaire sharks are definitely a favorite of mine

Flames, steam an strollers everywhere at #makerfaire but flames prob my fav (pics) #in

Flames, steam an strollers everywhere at #makerfaire but flames prob my fav (pics) #in

Love the Cal Berkeley solar car #MakerFaire

Love the Cal Berkeley solar car #MakerFaire

Buying some combat gnomes at #MakerFaire

Buying some combat gnomes at #MakerFaire

Blown-away by our Lick-Wilmerding setup #SFLWHS at #MakerFaire great job! #in

Blown-away by our Lick-Wilmerding setup #SFLWHS at #MakerFaire great job! #in

Blown-away by our Lick-Wilmerding setup #SFLWHS at #MakerFaire great job! #in

Okay. Finally in #MakerFaire

Okay. Finally in #MakerFaire

Okay. Finally in #MakerFaire

Go go little mergy.org >>

Traffic #MakerFaire

Only 11 degree spread between different SF regions now but was 13 a little while ago. Thanks @paulclanon for heads-up.

Pics from the Lick-Wilmerding Carnaval today. #SFLWS

Pics from the Lick-Wilmerding Carnaval today. #SFLWS

Pics from the Lick-Wilmerding Carnaval today. #SFLWS

Pics from the Lick-Wilmerding Carnaval today. #SFLWS

Posey ties it up #sfgiants

#SFGiants have asked me to tweet strikes. I dunno. I'll think about it. Pic of my seats >>

Hey it's Mayor Ed Lee at the #SFGiants game

Sweet. 10G SFP+ modules to fix a bottleneck between our server room and the main building.

Weird in Chrome w/my @peplink balance graphing gui when I reconnect from sleep or change IPs, it gets hosed

20+ yrs and I'm still haunted by the way AOL handles external email. They throttle new MX IPs w/o a "reputation"

Ugh. Line at Slocombe.

Huge cruiseship getting worked on down off the docks

Never can tell if someone is using a cell jammer or it's just AT&T in San Francisco. #NoServiceATT

Avengers in 3-D with 1 guy in front of us so far as we wait at AMC on Van Ness

Uh oh. Tesla coil out. Science students and faculty doing setup. #SFLWHS

Uh oh. Tesla coil out. Science students and faculty doing setup. #SFLWHS

@monkeybrainsnet ask Mason if he wants lunch. Pork chops today #SFLWHS

Updated Yammer client for iOS is nice.

Updated Yammer client for iOS is nice.

Dregs One, captain america http://mer.gy/realcap

Exciting stuff >> opening up a whole new part of San Francisco for @monkeybrainsnet

Exciting stuff >> opening up a whole new part of San Francisco for @monkeybrainsnet

Monkeys on the roof @monkeybrainsnet

Monkeys on the roof @monkeybrainsnet

Love this Support clip-art on a vendor we use. Tragic and hilarious.

My second favorite in the demotivator line of all time. Meetings = my fav still but this is a close 2nd

Another screen flicker/blackout issue w/a unibody MacBook. Have had a few recently. Under warranty and Apple fixes

@googleanalytics hey, I heard negative is the new positive. Any idea why GA is showing negatives?

I have -5.96 visitors on my site right now according to Google Analytics (pic) #bug

Great addition to Kerio Connect 7.4 >> Body Checks for spam. Love it. Thanks @keriotech

macbook pro/lion challenge uptime quest has ended. 40 days, 10 hours. Have to reboot due to drag in performance now.

Incredible day at Stern Grove.

Incredible day at Stern Grove.

TTYtter didn’t want to compile initially. Will try later.

Amazon email phishing schemes at all-time high. Lots of users reporting it and now I am getting them.

Wha? No electronic disposal bin for old pancake or waffle makers? Hilarious.

Always screaming good. El Tonayense. Makes any Best B̶u̶y̶ Try experience much better.

Amazing moon tonight for Cinco De Mayo in San Francisco. Pic doesn't do it justice but here you go.

Clearly time to move the Borg off Gates and onto Zuckerberg. #zuckerborg

Geneva exit off 280 closed due to SFPD activity re: suspicious package. View from our Library roof (pic)

Had to do it. Put Vader on our digital signage #starwarsday #Maythe4thbewithyou #SFLWHS

Great example of San Francisco mini-climates. Thanks SFClimates http://mer.gy/SFc

Always happening but rare to get pics >> Freshman team sanding their table in the sun. #SFLWHS

Always happening but rare to get pics >> Freshman team sanding their table in the sun. #SFLWHS

ruckus guest access config screen (for ISED List reference)

Lick-Wilmerding Cafe entree board from 2011 in the #WhippleHill Podium calendar category via misc files/HTML

putting entree boards in #WhippleHill Podium calendar for mobile view as well.

And now Apple tries to lockdown your laptop like the iPad w/ GateKeeper

Tweetbot v2.3 loaded w/new goodies. Twitter: "How can we jam more ads in timelines?" TapBots: "How can we improve UX?"

Getting errors. You guys prob already know but just in case @jesscreach #WhippleHill

They gotta fix that scoble ghosting issue with Project Glass. Just saying. (Pic)

Taking advice of a colleague - getting a Season Pass of KOFY Dance Party. Saw some of it Sunday and just recovering now

Now I'm on a mission to see how long I can go w/o a reboot for my MacBook Pro. Almost 27 days of heavy use...

Lick-Wilmerding students Molly and Karen take 3rd in Robogames Sumo comp this weekend. #SFLWHS

Lick-Wilmerding students Molly and Karen take 3rd in Robogames Sumo comp this weekend. #SFLWHS

Seen on Sloat Blvd: calling it #DonutSwag = dual spare "donut" tires on same side + leaning car + driver acting cool)

If you can't play, you have no business being on the golf course. If you play well, you probably don't have a business.

See you next month. #makerfaire

Worth the wait. #cainesarcade

Worth the wait. #cainesarcade

Worth the wait. #cainesarcade

Worth the wait. #cainesarcade

Got my fun pass. Caine is working hard. #cainesarcade

Got my fun pass. Caine is working hard. #cainesarcade

Got it. Perl and curl and #texapp on iOS (pics)

Wow. Big line for Tinkering Studio and Caine's Arcade

Wow. Big line for Tinkering Studio and Caine's Arcade

Never have seen it this nice.

Never have seen it this nice.

Never have seen it this nice.

Never have seen it this nice.

Awesome day in SF. Pic of Palace of Fine Arts

Finally cracking the leader boards on #Scoople but surprised at which ones.

Finally cracking the leader boards on #Scoople but surprised at which ones.

Finally cracking the leader boards on #Scoople but surprised at which ones.

IP block from infinitie.net = huge spammer (based upon submissions to spamcop over the last couple of months)

Actively submitting spam again to spamcop. Seeing patterns. IP block from tomorastudio.com is a huge spam source

Found randomly around the copy machine. No context whatsoever.

Recent storms knocked-out an outdoor AP power POE inverter outlet on our roof. All okay now.

Recent storms knocked-out an outdoor AP power POE inverter outlet on our roof. All okay now.

Great day at Fort Funston. Busy down here today.

Great day at Fort Funston. Busy down here today.

Great day at Fort Funston. Busy down here today.

#fixie #getbrakes

Cleared up nicely today in San Francisco. Windy out here but got out if the rain in the north bay.

Wearing my #OrangeFriday. Will prob have to explain TCP ports to somebody. Go #SFGiants! Wish I could be there.

SP2 is usually the point Microsoft gets things stable. Hope that's the case w/Outlook in Mac Office 2011

@monkeybrainsnet + our roof + rain

Excited for the Google Glasses/Google Plus new design integration. Here is a top-secret mock-up #usesforwhitespace

Happy they show little/no services in my neighborhood of San Francisco >> Zombie Survival Map http://mer.gy/MOTD

Hoping the Chrome OS changes are for the better. Let's see. Running update ony Samsung now..

Yes. Blue Bottle Chiapas has been back for a few weeks now. Big difference in the AM for us.

Hey @monkeybrainsnet I am bringing it into our switches and vlans and still holding-up well on bandwidth #SFLWHS

Maker Faire is going to be great. Got tickets for the weekend at http://makerfairebayarea.eventbrite.com/ #in

Going thru old tech boxes: found my orig SoundJam MP CD w/serial. Pretty cool. Later became iTunes http://mer.gy/SJMP

razuna screenshot of asset details for ISED list members to see

clicking on fake Apple Store sales order acknowledgement takes the user to salishlodge.com (pic)

here's my fake Apple Store order ack message source. Using "The Bat!" from http://www.ritlabs.com/en/ on Rogers Cable

Received bogus Apple Store acknowledgement? You are not alone. Called Apple and supposedly a massive deal. #in

Now that is a pressure washer. You could almost go off-roading with that thing...

Screenshot of our Razuna DAM contents

#SFLWS Library roof + @monkeybrainsnet

AMC's The Pitch http://mer.gy/Pitch is an interesting concept. Like the sneak preview so far. Sending TiVo after it.

Surprised to see Williams-Sonoma now selling beekeeping kits and chicken coops http://mer.gy/WSA (urban farm trend)

Mount Davidson views tonight into San Francisco

Mount Davidson views tonight into San Francisco

Mount Davidson views tonight into San Francisco

Couple more up here on Mount Davidson tonight

Couple more up here on Mount Davidson tonight

Couple more up here on Mount Davidson tonight

They light up the cross on Mount Davidson a couple days a year. Wow.

They light up the cross on Mount Davidson a couple days a year. Wow.

Great sushi at Hamano in Noe and now Humphry Slocombe. Yes... there is a line

Must get tickets #MAKE

When I first saw Brin with the Google Glasses, immediately thought of Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man. Do you?

(must stop evil laughing) @monkeybrainsnet

Um... yeah, 600megs+ down and 300megs+ up pretty good @monkeybrainsnet

Yes! @monkeybrainsnet we have connectivity. @licktech #SFLWHS

Steve Jobs, Milton and everyone else (probably us?) @alumnifutures re: creativity/leadership #esmsummit

@alumnifutures up and addressing relationship of leadership and creativity #esmsummit

Sorry but love SEOMOZ robot. On all Fishkin's preso slides #esmsummit

Rand Fishkin up talking crazy about content AND marketing. Took pic b/c I rarely see those two together #esmsummit

And we are off! Great site Peter. great turnout! #ESMsummit

#hipster defined

Always amazed at how much ad junk we kill in our filters. The amount of tracking going on is insane.

@monkeybrainsnet he's here doing the fiber patch. I see link lights!!

@monkeybrainsnet he's here doing the fiber patch. I see link lights!!

Great sticker. Robots need hugs too

Theater is packed for tonight's musical at Lick-Wilmerding. #SFLWHS

Trying Manzoni in Glen Park. Was excellent.

There's that ADB mouse. #oldtech

@monkeybrainsnet Having him leave a couple of coils on top too just in case. All good.

@monkeybrainsnet was going to be middle, but we can and will do top for fiber splice/termination

@monkeybrainsnet was going to be middle, but we can and will do top for fiber splice/termination

Very excited for the new version of Windows. Got the beta (from 2001!)

Hey @monkeybrainsnet - Fiber run in now in the server room. Rudy says hi. Came through my office

Hey @monkeybrainsnet - Fiber run in now in the server room. Rudy says hi. Came through my office

Glad the fiber run installers got inside prior to the rain hitting... @monkeybrainsnet #SFLWHS

Glad the fiber run installers got inside prior to the rain hitting... @monkeybrainsnet #SFLWHS

Hey @monkeybrainsnet - work continues here. They are doing it right. #SFLWHS

Hey @monkeybrainsnet - work continues here. They are doing it right. #SFLWHS

Hey @monkeybrainsnet - work continues here. They are doing it right. #SFLWHS

Installing OS X as a VM on top of Ubuntu

Gotta say Ubuntu Oneric Ocelot natively on my macbook pro feeling great. Add cairo-dock and pretty awesome.

Holy cow, my old PoweBook 520c still boots! Running MacOS 8.0 w/a whopping 36 megs of RAM #oldtech

Holy cow, my old PoweBook 520c still boots! Running MacOS 8.0 w/a whopping 36 megs of RAM #oldtech

Toshiba Libretto: you were super-cool in '98 had RedHat 5 or 6 on you #oldtech

Toshiba Libretto: you were super-cool in '98 had RedHat 5 or 6 on you #oldtech

Sad old Palm phones. #oldtech

Never was able to get iPodLinux running on the old 4th gen iPod. #oldtech

Head of School, Eric Temple addressing the whole school on the recent events on Howth Street #SFLWHS w/what we know now

Safeway thinks I am Arnold Trogman. Been that way for years. Sometimes I tell the cashier it's a silent "g" for fun.

More pics of new fiber for #SFLWHS w/ @monkeybrainsnet

More pics of new fiber for #SFLWHS w/ @monkeybrainsnet

More pics of new fiber for #SFLWHS w/ @monkeybrainsnet

More pics of new fiber for #SFLWHS w/ @monkeybrainsnet

The pre-unibody white MacBook is one of the worst laptops to open-up ever.

The pre-unibody white MacBook is one of the worst laptops to open-up ever.

The pre-unibody white MacBook is one of the worst laptops to open-up ever.

Dr. Marcus Conant visiting Lick-Wilmerding to inform students on origins and history of the HIV/Aids epidemic #SFLWHS

Phat Philly's = awesome

Gotta love the way crapware tries to manipulate the user w/false dilemmas. "Do Not Protect Me"

Testing the Epson PowerLite Presenter. Pretty cool projector w/optical and mic system

Testing the Epson PowerLite Presenter. Pretty cool projector w/optical and mic system

24hr Walgreens in Fresno,CA at 2AM

My nieces are pretty darn cute w/ St. Patrick's Day cupcakes.

My nieces are pretty darn cute w/ St. Patrick's Day cupcakes.

Wow. No comforter. This is "Park Inn Standard" they call it "The Triple Sheet" I call it horrible.

Wow. No comforter. This is "Park Inn Standard" they call it "The Triple Sheet" I call it horrible.

TiVo error (N33) in San Francisco. All enhanced (network) services offline but able to connect

Finally! ONavi USB sensor going w/64-bit Windows for Quake Catcher Network http://mer.gy/031612

Finally! ONavi USB sensor going w/64-bit Windows for Quake Catcher Network http://mer.gy/031612

Testing Chromebook for students tomorrow to for March Madness via NCAA Live. Works well.

Testing Chromebook for students tomorrow to for March Madness via NCAA Live. Works well.

Yes! Blue Bottle Chiapas has returned!

Great to work w/people that *make* things. #SFLWHS fac built box for a projector in our Wood Shop

Great to work w/people that *make* things. #SFLWHS fac built box for a projector in our Wood Shop

Teacher gave me some Chinese pastries from Sheng Kee

Got my @monkeybrainsnet stickers in.

Trying to dry out a student's MacBook Pro. Great to have shops w/air compressors to rapidly get h2o out.

Lick-Wilmerding Fac/Staff Crazy Mugs Contest is on. Not going to be easy #SFLWHS

Lick-Wilmerding Fac/Staff Crazy Mugs Contest is on. Not going to be easy #SFLWHS

Found in the #SFLWHS Fac Lounge: "I've heard it all, I teach History" mug

Nice >> The other "Breakfast of Champions" - woman ahead of me at gas station. Lotto tickets + cigarettes.

Yes! >> Ubuntu 12.04 beta (Precise Pangolin) is rocking the Broadcom STA Wireless proprietary driver for Apple HW.

No way >> Ubuntu 12.04 Beta can handle Apple/Broadcom chip wifi. This is huge (for me anyway.)

No way >> Ubuntu 12.04 Beta can handle Apple/Broadcom chip wifi. This is huge (for me anyway.)

Kudos Cafe de la Presse. Great dinner.

Awesome night downtown

Almost spit-out my coffee when I saw this is a student digital portfolio. "Use the force, Harry" -Gandalf

Sweet. Got my tix for April 4th. I'll see everyone at the #edSocialMedia Summit http://www.edsocialmedia.com/summit/

iOS 5.1 over the air update. 177 megs

iOS 5.1 over the air update. 177 megs

iOS 5.1 over the air update. 177 megs

Testing PortfolioUP iOS app for use with our Mahara-based digital portfolio system with students

Love ffmpeg. Running three instances of command line conversions and taking-up 600% of cpu

VMWare Tools installs on Ubuntu 12.04 and Dash is actually pretty neat in Precise Pangolin Beta.

testing Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Beta 1 12.04

Many stu into programming at new L-W CompSci Club meeting. Today re: http://mer.gy/FJ #SFLWHS

Many stu into programming at new L-W CompSci Club meeting. Today re: http://mer.gy/FJ #SFLWHS

Not sure why but *always* get faster uploads in #WhippleHill via direct upload vs. bulk upload on large video

Oh Lorax, how you have fallen. Schlepping dishwasing gel now.

Old tube TV/VCR combo *AND* throw-in a VHS copy of Forrest Gump. Tempting...

Old tube TV/VCR combo *AND* throw-in a VHS copy of Forrest Gump. Tempting...

Ugh. Line. Blue Bottle. *Should* have a beans-only line.

As requested: SF Waterfront pics for @joshmergy

As requested: SF Waterfront pics for @joshmergy

As requested: SF Waterfront pics for @joshmergy

A quiet McCovey Cove. Really nice.

A quiet McCovey Cove. Really nice.

A quiet McCovey Cove. Really nice.

#found lost fortune re: lost item (at 24th/Noe)

Gorgeous day in Noe Valley

Chalice, not a glass.

Took the @gatesfoundation challenge test. My skill is "building"

Displays at @gatesfoundation visitors center very "rube goldberg-esque" << love it.

Interactive gears showing there are many ways to work with and address problems @gatesfoundation

@gatesfoundation Scope Areas: Poverty, Health, and Opportunity

Neat uses of non-digital, "manual" infographics

Great interactive wall on what @gatesfoundation has been doing year over year.

did ffmpeg change the -qscale flag options? Unsure why I am getting an error now. Have used it for years.

@gatesfoundation looks to causes that are neglected and where they can make the most impact

"Voices" area in entry of Visitor Center

"Voices" area in entry of Visitor Center

"Voices" area in entry of Visitor Center

Gates Foundation Visitor Center just opened a month ago! Great entry area

Gates Foundation Visitor Center just opened a month ago! Great entry area

Gates Foundation Visitor Center just opened a month ago! Great entry area

Great to go behind the scenes on the campus.

Tweetbot v2.3 loaded w/new goodies. Twitter: "How can we jam more ads in timelines?" TapBots: "How can we improve UX?"

Stellar art installations across the Gates Foundation campus. Mandela's Shirt pic

Beautiful atrium area.

Beautiful atrium area.

Beautiful atrium area.

Some pics of campus

Some pics of campus

Some pics of campus

Some pics of campus

At Gates Foundation

Yes! La Creperie Voila outside WSCC (taking a break from #NAIS12AC) owner = super cool.

Yes! La Creperie Voila outside WSCC (taking a break from #NAIS12AC) owner = super cool.

Had to do it. In Seattle.

Tough to shake memories of Gates at MacWorld '97 http://mer.gy/mw97 when I saw him on a big screen today #naisac12

Suite 410 http://mer.gy/S410 might be the winner @rbowse

Interesting. In certain spaces/rooms you can still get the "Free WSCC Wifi" (like Room 211 for instance) #NAISAC12

Plan B food = Subway. No line #naisac12

Hey, got a hotspot connector! #NAISAC12

At the Ethical Excellence session #NAISAC12

Great slide on who manages online courses and Gates understanding on evolving DoT requirements #NAISAC12

Great opening slide from Bill Gates on last time he graduated (from Lakeside) #NAISAC12

Last font complaint (pic) and I'm in the front. #NAISAC12

#NAISAC13 in Philly #naisac12

@kassissieh front right #naisac12

Opening session with Gates starting in 5min #naisac12

**Quite** a difference from Wed (http://mer.gy/Fe) to this AM on the reg line. #naisac12

No lines at #naisac12 registration desk right now

"Pig and the Fig Burger" at Li'l Woody's on Pine near the hotel for lunch then go hit #naisac12 reg to get our stuff

Biz idea >> Make/sell stickers that are exact size and look of wall power outlets. Use at airports. Watch the fun.

Students starting to hack the Kinect sensors in Electronics classes. Pretty cool.

Students starting to hack the Kinect sensors in Electronics classes. Pretty cool.

Yes! Rudy from @monkeybrainsnet found a free conduit! Eureka!!

Hearst Street blocked off between Baden and Congo due to house fire. Lots of fire engines and police.

How about we set a standard password for those dishing personal hotspots at the #naisac12 sessions? (due to no WIFI)

Love the San Francisco Gold Honey. Tough to find, but if you do, get it. Available at Canyon Ranch Market in Glen Park.

(pic) Lee Westwood send a ball down a women's shirt. She went to duck and it went down the back of her shirt. Hilarious

@emilymccarren re:rain for #naisac12 - yes, looking like no way around it.

Tough decisions on which #naisac12 sessions to attend. Looking like these sessions for me.

Tough decisions on which #naisac12 sessions to attend. Looking like these sessions for me.

Gorgeous sunny days in SF right now, but rainy/cloudy in Seattle for #naisac12 next week. Bummer.

Gorgeous sunny days in SF right now, but rainy/cloudy in Seattle for #naisac12 next week. Bummer.

Techcrunch or Aol Music? Ugh. Put a fork in them. The ad machine of AOL has killed TC.

My final entries in the faculty/staff ugly mug contest. I think I have a shot.

My final entries in the faculty/staff ugly mug contest. I think I have a shot.

software updates cache stats on my student ipcop 1.4.x firewall. Crazy and why I love IPCop/Update Accelerator combo

very excited. Update Accelerator port to v2.x seems to be working. Caching updates from Apple, Adobe, MS is huge.

testing ipcop v2 update accelerator port and symlink redirect to larger space hack. Seems okay

Fort Funston Dog "Buddha"

Fort Funston Dog "Buddha"

Peaceful out here today at Fort Funston

Peaceful out here today at Fort Funston

Peaceful out here today at Fort Funston

Fort Funston empty today. Great day out here!

Fort Funston empty today. Great day out here!

Fort Funston empty today. Great day out here!

It's back. The pulled-pork/coleslaw burrito at Taqueria Miraloma. Hole-in-the-wall place/half market, but great.

New TV getting firmware update via IP. Media Centers and equipment now more like server racks. Crazy

Oh Twitter and your spam problem. Here'a a pic of a bunch of bots that just jumped on me.

Castro flag changed due to "Bear Weekend" BTW

Could be the winning entry in the Lick-Wilmerding Ugly Mug contest.

"Love" coffee table (or "velo" for bicycle enthusiasts)

Shocked. Rainbow flag has changed in the Castro. Must find out why.

Serious crab feed, include wet-naps and bib.

Caching 91 gigs of software updates on our student firewall/proxy to dish locally/quickly.

Verdi Club is packed! Huge turnout for the crab feed this year

Unfortunate. The Lenovo X130e requires a 7mm thick hard drive. Thinner than standard 2.5" SATAs.

Unfortunate. The Lenovo X130e requires a 7mm thick hard drive. Thinner than standard 2.5" SATAs.

What is inside of an 2.5" SSD flash drive? This.

What is inside of an 2.5" SSD flash drive? This.

What is inside of an 2.5" SSD flash drive? This.

What is inside of an 2.5" SSD flash drive? This.

IPCop v2.03 update. Have to play later today. http://www.ipcop.org

Really Olympus? A SCN pet mode for cats and a separate one for dogs? on the Stylus Tough TG-310

Really Olympus? A SCN pet mode for cats and a separate one for dogs? on the Stylus Tough TG-310

Got the 54 Piece Bit Driver Kit at the 2011 Maker Faire. Use it everyday. Get it here-> http://mer.gy/54bdk for $20

Now we are talking. Lenovo X130e test unit.

Now we are talking. Lenovo X130e test unit.

Now we are talking. Lenovo X130e test unit.

Now we are talking. Lenovo X130e test unit.

Score! Valentines Day treats from Lick-Wilmerding Parents Association for Faculty/Staff #SFLWHS

Last pic. Wassabi = very good.

Crazy. Live scallops plate a couple of ways at Wassabi

Always love hitting Wassabi when visiting Fresno.

Overturned rig on 101 N at Whipple Ave in Redwood City really hosed traffic. Glad we are heading S

Never thought Wall-E was a product roadmap for Apple. Siri+iPad. If they get into furniture next, we will know.

Woman drives her car onto Ocean Beach, then into Pacific ocean. (Pic) http://mer.gy/y7

Best iOS Twitter client just got a huge update: Tweetbot http://mer.gy/xQ

No. The "stand-n-stuff" taco shells are *totally* authentic. Maybe not, but they are awesome.

No. The "stand-n-stuff" taco shells are *totally* authentic. Maybe not, but they are awesome.

My first entry in the Lick-Wilmerding Faculty ugly mug contest to repopulate the lounge. Gotta find 2 more ugly ones...

MacBook Air 1st gen battery the culprit on expansion.

MacBook Air 1st gen battery the culprit on expansion.

Safari install with WINE on Ubuntu pt2

MacBook Air 1st gen battery the culprit on expansion.

SRO for Diego Jameau performance. Here's 30 secs of "Imagine" #SFLWHS

Live performance of Haitian musician Diego Jameau in The Center at Lick-Wilmerding High School

Lick-Wilmerding Honors Physics telescope video streaming project coming along nicely (using Monsoon Multimedia Vulkano)

When a 1st gen MacBook Air overheats: Sort of like a Jiffy-Pop MacBook Air.

When a 1st gen MacBook Air overheats: Sort of like a Jiffy-Pop MacBook Air.

When a 1st gen MacBook Air overheats: Sort of like a Jiffy-Pop MacBook Air.

@traviswarren all fun here.

Mourned the loss of the Flipcams, but these Sony Bloggie Touch cams are pretty awesome and shoot still images too.

Found pic of urban art my wife took in downtown SF last year. Wonder if it still up? Doubt it. #facebook

Brought people that have never been up to Twin Peaks. Great day for it.

Trees in bloom. Early Feb. San Francisco.

Trees in bloom. Early Feb. San Francisco.

Gorgeous day in Upper Noe

Happy I can continue to make bread with our zojirushi bread maker and the Susan G. Komen affiliated yeast. #fb

Hatien Hut---> Great Vietnamese sandwich place near Lick-Wilmerding and CCSF

Workaround for students/alums with a single name in #WhippleHill Podium? Use a hyphen.

Just got off the phone with #WhippleHill support and asked for an enhancement request for handling single-named alums

Best one I have see from them in a long while--> Committees Demotivator® http://mer.gy/committees

Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive, Data-Driven Guide - The Atlantic http://mer.gy/wU #PresenceMaintenance

Sad but true--> in watching real-time Google Analytics for months now, Facebook generates a TON of referrals.

Toothpaste For Dinner today http://mer.gy/tfd013012 "Social Media Gurus"

Seen and heard on Fillmore St. blaring Micheal Jackson's "Wanna be startin' something" hilarious

Really think someone should make a PBR-branded laptop for the hipsters to match the standard Pabst hats

Using Campfire for an all-school advising group discussion today at Lick-Wilmerding

"The sad thing is I like it" -Maurice Sendak on #colbert

Got our @WeDrinkWater http://mer.gy/drinkH2O stickers and t-shirt. Love the note. You guys rock. #in

Got our @WeDrinkWater http://mer.gy/drinkH2O stickers and t-shirt. Love the note. You guys rock. #in

Where The Wild Things Are 2: Still Wildin' Featuring Vin Diesel

If you don't use Google Analytics real-time, you are missing so much on how people get to your website. Do it.

Great session this AM with the Lick-Wimerding faculty live polling w/ polleverywhere

Lick fac member's spouse doing an apprenticeship at Sour Flour http://mer.gy/sourflour so got some warm bread today...

Really like the ability to integrate online store items into event pages w/ #WhippleHill Podium via channels. Cool.

@burmeseruby sorry I missed you. Madai and blue fin looking good.

@burmeseruby sorry I missed you. Madai and blue fin looking good.

It's interesting. For a site that values sharing so much, Facebook doesn't share referral URL details at all. #fail

Lick-Wilmerding students wanted to participate in SOPA awareness. So we did. http://www.lwhs.org

Wearing-out the TiVo with replays of the last 4 minutes of the #49ers / Saints game. Unreal.

Can't get over how clear it is up here today

Can't get over how clear it is up here today

Can't get over how clear it is up here today

*Gorgeous* MLK Day in San Francisco. Pics from Mount Davidson hike

*Gorgeous* MLK Day in San Francisco. Pics from Mount Davidson hike

*Gorgeous* MLK Day in San Francisco. Pics from Mount Davidson hike

Streaming the #49ers game from my Vulkano for perspective students and parents at Interview day at Lick-Wilmerding

Sent to me by a colleague this AM. Not sure where it came from. #comic #humor

ugh. Latest compile of ffmpeg #fail on aac video conversion.

Scary-- 1 real photo of 3 things I have absolutely no interest in: Ryan Seacrest, Windows Phone and Steve Ballmer

Neighbors from Louisiana. Go #LSU (on their 70" TV)

Neighbors from Louisiana. Go #LSU (on their 70" TV)

Chrome Canary text field display issue (Mac) - Google Chrome Help http://mer.gy/u3 Seeing this as well.

Never knew there was such a thing as a brown tomato

SFGate having a little problem. 6:50pm

Really red sky sunset tonight in San Francisco

Transition to new Lick-Wilmerding website happening now... Thanks #WhippleHill

Okay, Quora might be something viable now. The iOS app is pretty cool w/nearby questions, etc.

Really hate "Old MacDonalds" when playing Scrabble. Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Wikipedia http://mer.gy/eieio

New Lick-Wilmerding website known bugs all fixed. Jan 3 launch here we go #in

New Lick-Wilmerding website known bugs all fixed. Jan 3 launch here we go #in

the mergy notes » Miraloma Park, San Francisco (circa 1938) http://mer.gy/MP1938

Cleaning-out all my old books. I think I can get rid of the ResEdit book now.

Great views on the coast. California Christmas.

Great views on the coast. California Christmas.

Great views on the coast. California Christmas.

Pretty funny. Reminds me that I am probably the only one that knows everyone's WIFI network keys

That is a huge chunk of meat from Allen Brothers http://mer.gy/ABros

For bacon-lovers that shouldn't eat bacon. Better living via Chemistry

RC plane we got from Franciscan Hobbies http://mer.gy/sV = big hit

RC plane we got from Franciscan Hobbies http://mer.gy/sV = big hit

Morro Bay, CA from above.

Great day up on Black Hill

Not bad Embarcadero Inn, not bad

Cool >> IPCop/Update Accelerator have saved 4TB+ of bandwidth on our student network over the last couple years. #in

Love Ruckus Wireless. L-W wifi networks span the 280. Fac/Students can jump on when they exit BART

Love Ruckus Wireless. L-W wifi networks span the 280. Fac/Students can jump on when they exit BART

Rider addition to "Keep BART Clean" signage on a train.

Great turnout fir Coach Smith's Tiger Basketball Camp this week. #in

Great turnout fir Coach Smith's Tiger Basketball Camp this week. #in

Great turnout fir Coach Smith's Tiger Basketball Camp this week. #in

love the new options for @prezi downloadable/offline apps. Using it tomorrow for the new fac orientation

Transamerica and the Embarcadero building at night during the holidays from Nob Hill balcony.

Great SF views from holiday party

Great SF views from holiday party

Great SF views from holiday party

Eucalyptus Street in San Carlos. In front of Dave Newman's house. Crazy.

Eucalyptus Street in San Carlos. In front of Dave Newman's house. Crazy.

Had no idea there was a Wilmerding & Co Whisky back in the day. Great print.

Good Frikin Chicken http://mer.gy/gfc has arrived for the Lick-Wilmerding Fac/Staff left on campus. Awesome.

Pic from my visit to Shakespeare and Company in 2010. Cool place.

UPS + H2O = UPS fry (video) aka what happens when you get water on a UPS.

UPS + H2O = UPS fry (video) aka what happens when you get water on a UPS.

Still no answers of the Lick-Wilmerding faculty lounge winter '11 mug famine. Stay strong teachers. Stay strong.

Great sunrise this AM on campus

Great sunrise this AM on campus

Q: Why build a real fire when you can view a fireplace on your iPad via the 'cloud' on Netflix?

Glen Canyon = chilly today

Glen Canyon = chilly today

Glen Canyon = chilly today

Lick-Wilmerding Open House volunteer room w/ livestream

Lick-Wilmerding Open House: SRO

Using Vulkano to livestream Lick-Wilmerding Open House today. Going to be super-packed.

Using Vulkano to livestream Lick-Wilmerding Open House today. Going to be super-packed.

Ugh. I thought Yellow Pages were opt-in now in SF. What a waste. Going right into the recyclables. Shame.

More from Robot Sumo competition at Lick-Wilmerding. Super fun.

More from Robot Sumo competition at Lick-Wilmerding. Super fun.

Robot Sumo today at Lick-Wilmerding w/ Electronics class. Def one of my fav events.

Robot Sumo today at Lick-Wilmerding w/ Electronics class. Def one of my fav events.

USB flash drive internal solder fatigue. Students bend the drives and eventually they break.

USB flash drive internal solder fatigue. Students bend the drives and eventually they break.

Secret Breakfast = awesome ice cream

Humphrey Slocombe run. Yes, 52 degrees but whatever. Secret Breakfast rules.

That's right--- fresh crab is in around town again. Dinner plans changed.

Will give it a shot since @WillieBoySF is okay w/it.

Favorite secret views of SF off Marietta.

Favorite secret views of SF off Marietta.

Favorite secret views of SF off Marietta.

Scrub Club in Noe Valley. Dog not impressed but now clean.

Scrub Club in Noe Valley. Dog not impressed but now clean.

Delancey Street Trees are pretty nice. You also know the $$$ will stay in SF for local programs

Delancey Street Trees are pretty nice. You also know the $$$ will stay in SF for local programs

Bug hunting our new site.

Concerned that Blue Bottle no longer has Chiapas (our fav for many years) and has shipped us Oaxaca Mixteca instead.

Path's 404 Page is pretty slick. Becoming a connoisseur of 404s nowadays...

Things feel better. Thanks Mac and Sherwin from Comcast. Let's see if this holds.

Comcast is here and working hard now.

Comcast Business sighting *finally* It's unfortunate when you have to "lose it" to get something resolved.

Thinking it is necessary replace the run into the campus w/Comcast and get the higher gauge cable

Thinking it is necessary replace the run into the campus w/Comcast and get the higher gauge cable

The Mahara 1.4 books might be helpful for Faculty on our Mahara-based http://mer.gy/pY digital portfolio server

Just got Snout Soother in from @Natural_Dog and so far he seems to be okay with it.

Hilarious. Still love this marketing campaign. My armpits smell of "freedom"

Hilarious. Still love this marketing campaign. My armpits smell of "freedom"

Ghirardelli Square = festive but not overwhelming today. Nice.

Quiet down here = awesome. Blue Mermaid has great clam chowder.

Smoked Turkey via the "Hillbilly BBQ"

Smoked Turkey via the "Hillbilly BBQ"

Smoked Turkey via the "Hillbilly BBQ"

Chilly visit to Twin Peaks. Few tourists today.

Chilly visit to Twin Peaks. Few tourists today.

Well that was something. Our Comcast Business connection is back online. 24 hours offline.

Well that was something. Our Comcast Business connection is back online. 24 hours offline.

Yeah. It's been that kind of day. Multiple visits up the pole for my Comcast guy. #in

Really @sfdpw ? Really?

Really @sfdpw ? Really?

Looks like we were physically disconnected. Comcast fixing...

Looks like we were physically disconnected. Comcast fixing...

Really neat to see the growth in digital portfolios at http://dportfol.io w/our 9th graders

More from Flora Grubb on a rainy day.

More from Flora Grubb on a rainy day.

Well the great thing about going to Flora Grub in the rain: no crowds + parking in the lot!

Well the great thing about going to Flora Grub in the rain: no crowds + parking in the lot!

Very excited about the website fixes we are doing for January 2012.

Why I love ffmpeg: 40min HD720 .mov = 3.83GB but I can take it down to 583MB w/o much quality loss

Why I love ffmpeg: 40min HD720 .mov = 3.83GB but I can take it down to 583MB w/o much quality loss

Great student-led assembly today on race w/ Lick-Wilmerding students and Lick alum Mohammed Bilal @learnthinkact

Intimate theater for Steve Jobs movie

Going to be a packed house tonight at Steve Job Lost Interview movie at Opera Plaza.

Humphrey Slocombe run.

Being responsible for tech can feel great when it works or like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove when it doesn't

Finally legit w/ the QCN Project at Stanford (we finally made the sensor map) http://mer.gy/qcn

*Super* handy to have around. Redpark C2-RJ45 + GetConsole app to console into HP Procurve switches w/ an iPhone. #in

Loving this iOS OTA update fest today. Using the iPhone to update the Airports at the house to 7.6

Loving this iOS OTA update fest today. Using the iPhone to update the Airports at the house to 7.6

other wordpress multisite site in the network

Great to do iOS updates OTA now.

Great to do iOS updates OTA now.

Great to do iOS updates OTA now.

Wordpress Multisite Post/Author Issue

Great status message on Razuna's asset check: "Awesome. All looks stylish and clean. Rock on."

Get Console iOS app http://mer.gy/GCA *does* work w/Redpark C2-DB9 http://mer.gy/c2db9 now!

Get Console iOS app http://mer.gy/GCA *does* work w/Redpark C2-DB9 http://mer.gy/c2db9 now!

I knew it. http://mer.gy/FlashAppleShirt