I began the day with a 5:45 wake up call. Not on my list of favorite ways to start the day. But I had already checked the bedside clock several times through the wee hours; I got out of bed and turned on the lights. I had done no prep the day before, so I … Read more
I’m skipping a week of my trip, and when I do get to it, it will be less coverage than the rest.
Here’s a nice video from the BoingBoing people about some stuff at the Maker Faire I was at a few weeks ago in San Mateo.
I got up Sunday morning and it was sunny with blue skies. Chad and Summer drove me to the train station. Chad explained Reno’s “big dig” – the fight to take the rail line subterranean in downtown. Inside the old station there is an exhibit describing it as well. Residents voted against it, city council … Read more
On Saturday I woke to the continued cold and rainy Reno. I found out later it was the longest string of days with rain since 1911. Chad, Summer, and I went to Virginia City, an old mining town not too far out of town. We went through windy hills to get there. There is a … Read more
On Friday, the rain from the night before showed it was going to stay. A cold 50 degrees and a full overcast with a steady heavy drissle. Residents of Reno considered it a heavy rain. Katie and Eric headed out to Napa Valley for the weekend for a wedding. I took the empty house, bad … Read more