And now it can be told: Crostonfest
Actually, there's not that much to tell. Saturday was Crostonfest, a surprise thank-you in honor of DC tech scenester John Croston, held just before the DC Geeks Love Wine tasting event at nclud.
While we waited for John, there was Mario Kart:
Looking down:
Oblivious to the passersby gawking.
And the man comes to town:
Not being much of a wine drinker, I did not stay. Instead, I hoofed it over to Amsterdam Falafelshop to grab a bite:
"Falafel: You are chickpeas fried in Love and wrapped in HELL YEAH!"
On the way back, here's a traffic light control box on 19th Street:
When Flashing (You only live once)
On a photo note, I've started carrying my Fujifilm Finebix F30 again, since it has an Aperture Priority setting and I want to get a little depth-of-field in my photos (though I still don't want to spring for a DSLR).
This is after I've installed CHDK (add-on firmware that unlocks features on Canon point-and-shoots) on my Canon Powershot SD1100 -- it's somewhat cumbersome, though playing around with manual focus and aperture override might still be useful.
The downside, of course, is my F30 is bigger, heavier, and pretty beat up -- the case is dented and has a visible gap from being dropped so many times, and the shutter button sticks sometimes.
Afterwards, I had some time to kill before going to Ragtime to see Scott's band, so I went to work out at the still-shiny-new Fitness First in Arlington (on North Courthouse, coincidentally across the street from Ragtime) -- despite being a somewhat half-assed workout, I was still pretty tired, but I managed to stay awake with the help of a chai tea latte.
While we waited for John, there was Mario Kart:
Looking down:
Oblivious to the passersby gawking.
And the man comes to town:
Not being much of a wine drinker, I did not stay. Instead, I hoofed it over to Amsterdam Falafelshop to grab a bite:
"Falafel: You are chickpeas fried in Love and wrapped in HELL YEAH!"
On the way back, here's a traffic light control box on 19th Street:
When Flashing (You only live once)
On a photo note, I've started carrying my Fujifilm Finebix F30 again, since it has an Aperture Priority setting and I want to get a little depth-of-field in my photos (though I still don't want to spring for a DSLR).
This is after I've installed CHDK (add-on firmware that unlocks features on Canon point-and-shoots) on my Canon Powershot SD1100 -- it's somewhat cumbersome, though playing around with manual focus and aperture override might still be useful.
The downside, of course, is my F30 is bigger, heavier, and pretty beat up -- the case is dented and has a visible gap from being dropped so many times, and the shutter button sticks sometimes.
Afterwards, I had some time to kill before going to Ragtime to see Scott's band, so I went to work out at the still-shiny-new Fitness First in Arlington (on North Courthouse, coincidentally across the street from Ragtime) -- despite being a somewhat half-assed workout, I was still pretty tired, but I managed to stay awake with the help of a chai tea latte.
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posted by Joelogon at
2/10/2009
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3 Comments:
Justin Thorpe is everywhere!
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Anonymous, At
2/12/2009 7:22 AM
I <3 the tip-jar slogan, but the CHAIN through the tip-jar is, well, jarring... Is that a common feature in your neck o' the woods?
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CJH / esper, At
2/16/2009 1:55 PM
Hey, that's life in the big city.
By
Joelogon, At
3/05/2009 6:12 PM
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