Flying somewhere near Albany, NY.

I've been in the Bay area for the last couple of days for the
Mozilla Developer Day, which was good. It was good to see a nice
turnout of folks, some faces familiar, some not so much. Some
needed to be put with irc nicks and some needed to be just covered
with a paper bag (sorry, mosedale.) The updates were good and I
think that it was just good to have people get together and see
each other again. Personally, I haven't seen a lot of these faces
in years, and I know that I was starting to feel the distance. I
had some good conversations with people about various issues of
concern and I think that we made a decent amount of progress as a
result. As a whole I call the trip a success.

In order to get a cheaper flight out here I stayed until Sunday
night. This leaves me with a couple of days in order to just
screw around in the Bay area. One of leaf's friends was nice
enough to to loan me his spare motorcycle, which gives me the
chance to participate in a sport that I have not been able to
really enjoy for nearly a decade. (Back between the ages of 16
and 18, that's how I got around. Cars are expensive to operate.
Motorcycles, not so much.) So today I went out and rode the
somewhat-cliche-but-still-fun Skyline Boulevard from Los Gatos up
to Belmont or so and had a burger at Alice's Diner on the way.
It's a gorgeous ride. Wait, here's a picture:

Skyline Boulevard

Of course, it's still February in San Francisco and it's not
that warm, so I froze my butt off a bit. Well. My hands,
anyway.

In continuing the orgy of transportation methods this same fellow
also just got his pilot's license, just like me (I rode on
caltrain two days ago so I think the circle is complete.) So
before I took off on his bike we also went for a little tour of
the Bay area. I got a number of pictures, some of which came out.

Look Ma! Alcatraz!

I've been looking through the pages at this site and here is what I have
learned:

• They like pictures of penises. A lot. In fact, I dare say
  that they like them more than pictures of naked women.

• People are just not that creative. Most of the channel
  pictures are the same.

• If I see another picture of skinny-hot-lady-showing-a-thong
  next to fat-lady-also-showing-a-thong I think I'm gonna throw
  something at someone.

• People think that a fat retarded kid dancing is funny.
  Really funny based on how often this same image keeps
  coming up.

• Yes, your car is cool. Does it really need to be the topic?
  (or, I've driven an acura integra. They really aren't all
  that cool.)

• Mugshots do not a channel topic make.
• Quake screenshots are the next currency.
• If you put a condom over your network port, you will not be
  protected from viruses. Don't believe everything you see on the
  Internet.

• Old dude smoking a cigarette giving you the finger with
  both hands means he wants you to go away. Take the hint!

• There are lots of images in spanish, none of which I
  understand
• The pope is funny.
• Midgets can play basketball.
• Hey look – more boobies. *yawn*
• Michael Jackson and Gollum do look a lot alike.
• Bad teeth + camera == pure laughs.
• Goats can spice up any party.