The New California Academy of Sciences
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under California, Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
I spent a day at the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. You really have to get there early to see the whole thing and have time for a lunch break. I missed the planetarium, but will return soon.
The California Academy of Sciences [2:16m]: Play […]
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Pimp My Vacation: Custom Cars Rumble into Las Vegas
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Las Vegas, Video | Leave a Comment
Video and Story: Russ Johnson
I have never really been a car buff. My several midlife crises have not involved hot cars, hot babes and certainly had nothing to do with buffing up at a gym. But last fall I admit to having a ball at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. […] Read More..>>
The Maker Faire: Burning Man Meets Martha Stewart
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
My father was a do-it-yourselfer, a master carpenter probably better than Jesus as the Son-of-God’s carpentry skills were never well documented (but I’m sure the SOG had more important things to do than building bird houses). I didn’t take after either one. My woodworking was plagued by bent over nails and my middle […]
Read More..>>An Interview with Arthur C. Clarke
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Sri Lanka, Tech & Science, Sustainable Tourism, Video | Leave a Comment
I am headed to Sri Lanka next week and asked a mutual friend of mine and the late Arthur C. Clarke if it would be possible to see him. “I’ll try, but he is very weak”, was the reply. Clarke, of course, passed away yesterday. I spent a day in 1994 exploring the sandbox […]
Read More..>>The Danube in the Rain: Bureau of Forgotten Footage
Posted on March 3, 2008 - Filed Under Danube, Video | Leave a Comment
I was doing a search in our video footage files and came up a clip I shot several years ago and proceeded to forget. It was a rainy day aboard Peter Deilmann Cruises Mozart, a luxe riverboat the plies the Danube…which is really blue at times and quite beautiful. I fixed my camera on […]
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