Path

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Path

Photo of one of the many hiking trails on Mount Davidson in San Francisco.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Path #photo #sanfrancisco #mountdavidson Photo of a hiking trail on Mount Davidson in San Francisco, California. )

West Portal 360

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

West Portal 360

A 360 degree (skipping night) 24 hour time lapse from the roof of my house in West Portal, San Francisco.​

Updated 2023-06-25 21:22:

A 2,160 version using an Insta360 X3. That's six rotations over 25 hours, on Summer Solstice 2023.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: West Portal 360 #timelapse #360 #westportal​ #video 360 degree, 24 hour time lapse video from West Portal, San Francisco )

New Normal

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

New Normal

Photo of a fresh planter of succulents as we adapt to the lack of water in San Francisco (and the western United States in general).

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(Published to the Fediverse as: New Normal #photo #drought Photo of changes brought by the drought impacting San Francisco, California and the whole of the western United States. Get used to succulents. )

Book reviews for July 2015

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017.

The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) by Charles Stross

4/5

 

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

4/5

I really enjoyed it but the timescale is so long and so much happens that it feels a bit rushed until the last section of the book. I wish this had been teased out into a trilogy.

 

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A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, May 2, 2021.

A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

It's a well known fact that whenever you go on holiday your home town experiences once-in-a-generation levels of good weather while you sit inside with increasingly insane children watching unseasonably torrential rain.

As this is a universal experience it has to be more than bad luck.

Every time anyone takes a vacation a parallel universe must be created where the traveler inflicts stormy weather on one branch and summer continues as normal on the other.

​Tags: random, quantum, weather​

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(Published to the Fediverse as: A vacation based proof of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics #etc #quantum Is it possible to prove the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics just by going on vacation? )

Hope for Hulu?

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.

Hope for Hulu?

Probably not.

I tore into Hulu last year for the miserable user experience, dreary ads and vanishing content.

Back then I estimated that Hulu could ditch the ads for another $6 a month. TechCrunch is reporting today (via the Wall Street Journal) that Hulu is considering an ad free tier for $12-$14 a month. $14 would be a $6 bump over current pricing. If they can fix the UX as well I'll be back in. And I still want my OTT TiVo.

(Previously)

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Hope for Hulu? #etc #hulu #tivo #ott I nailed the cost of an ad-free Hulu experience, but it's still the one streaming service I'll never pay for. )

Doyle Drive: Before and After

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Doyle Drive: Before and After

Doyle Drive: Before and After

Highway 101 is moved from a bypass to the new Doyle Drive tunnel overnight.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Doyle Drive: Before and After #photo #presidio Doyle Drive: Before and After in the Presidio of San Francisco, California - photos. )

News: Spacecraft data boosts Pluto's size

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, October 16, 2022.

Pinnacles National Park

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2015.

Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles is the newest National Park which features various hikes to Talus Caves (formed by rockfalls into a valley) which are fun to scramble through as long as you don't think about the formation process while you do it.

Hike starts at 36.4943003, -121.173081 (Google Earth).

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Pinnacles National Park #hike #pinnacles #caves Hike through Talus Caves at Pinnacles National Park )

Book reviews for June 2015

By Robert Ellison. Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017.
The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way (And It Wasn’t My Fault) (And I’ll Never Do It Again) by P.J. O'Rourke

The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way (And It Wasn’t My Fault) (And I’ll Never Do It Again) by P.J. O'Rourke

2/5

 

Advanced Google Adwords by Brad Geddes

Advanced Google Adwords by Brad Geddes

4/5

 

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