Photomerge of Mural at Dali Museum

Originally uploaded by jason.stajich

stitched together from 8-10 shots, was curious to see how well PS would work, you can tell I wasn’t standing head-on but this turned out pretty good I’d say.

Wish I could go to http://awesomescience.wordpress.com/schedule/ this year. Look like fun.

Crystal Method live on KCRW http://www.k…

Crystal Method live on KCRW

brainstorming jewelry studio names for Amy and figuring out where she might host the website.

Rainbow over Berkeley

Originally uploaded by jason.stajich

Rainbow over Berkeley

I didn’t have my SLR with me so this was the best shot I could get – I took a few from home but it had faded a lot.

Was a perfect time as the golden hour light of 8PM and the very light rain shower coincided.

Just in time for the folks headed to the Death Cab for Cutie concert. I can’t believe how many people I passed on the way home jumping outside to look, point, take pictures. People were spilling out of a restaurant with their server in the lead to look at the scattered light. From some directions it was a double rainbow.

Every camping trip should begin with Fat Tire

Originally uploaded by jason.stajich

MakerFaire 2009

Kinetic Arts, originally uploaded by jason.stajich.

Had a fun day at MakerFaire 2009 – quite overwhelmed by the things to see and do. Picked up a few fun wood art+science piece for my new office. I loved what Xylocopa makes – check them out, one of the pair is a lifesciences graduate student and also an artist drawing some deliciously detailed designs.

We also saw some more fun kinetic art like this piece as well as a some more art pieces from kinetic artist and friend Benjamin Cowden.

I also really want a 3D printer now – just need to figure out how we’ll actually (i.e. in lab) the scanned micrographs turned into 3D models of fungal cells…

My Flickr album plus lots more from others with makerfaire and makerfaire2009 tags.

Radiolab on artificial life

Definitely worth listening to the RadioLab show episode “So-Called Life”. The second act describes some “bioengineering kids” who engineered sweet smelling E.coli. I’m sure some of them hang out at OWW. The BioEngineer’s song at the end of the 2nd act is definitely worth listening to, still trying to find a link. The third act talks with founder of Codon Devices, George Church, and Craig. They describe George Church “as Santa Clause as played by Clark Gable.”

Getting there from here

Driving the 5 from Portland to CA looks not much fun this weekend. TripCheck for Oregon.

Lost Kitty!, originally uploaded by jason.stajich.

Saw this sign posting in Berkeley for lost mountain lion….