Sep 23 2011
Registered as a Facebook app developer so I could preview my page with the new Timeline layout before my friends could. Also, because I thought it was cool and wanted to try out the new features. I think it’s a huge, positive leap forward for Facebook. Until next Friday only other developers can see my …
Sep 22 2011
Took some super close-up macro shots of two tobacco hornworms on one of my mom’s tomato plants. These guys were huge. They are amazing creatures that look nasty but are so docile. They are the larvae of the Hawk Moth, also known as the Hummingbird Moth or Sphinx Moth. I also learned that the “eyes” …
Sep 22 2011
Watched the live streaming of Facebook’s F8 conference with Mark Zuckerberg giving his usual keynote address. While most people are for a while going to be angry and have a terrible time with the new layout and additions they will be rolling out, especially Timeline, I think this is an incredible leap forward for Facebook …
Sep 21 2011
Spent the entire day working on a layout for a free (thanks to a coupon) twenty-page, 8″x8″ book from Shutterfly. Had a really hard time deciding what theme to use and finally this morning decided on baby zoo animals. It was a lot of fun working on the pictures, remembering where I was and how …
Sep 20 2011
Attended a lecture presentation at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park this evening by Garner A. Palenske, author of the just released book (we got the very first copies) “Wyatt Earp In San Diego: Life After Tombstone.” First I ran into him in the bathroom before the lecture and we talked Earp for …
Sep 20 2011
Had an hour between the Natural History Museum closing and the Wyatt Earp presentation this evening so I walked around Balboa Park taking pictures at the Museum of Man, the Alcazar Gardens and the “Laguna de las Flores” in front of the Botanical Building. There are more than 20,000 trees in Balboa Park, some which …
Sep 20 2011
Needing to kill some time before a presentation later this evening in Balboa Park, I spent a couple of hours at the San Diego Natural History Museum photographing more exhibits, watching two 3D movies and telling a cute girl who works there that she had really pretty eyes. The two 3D movies, “Dinosaurs 3D: Giants …
Sep 20 2011
Spent a few hours at the San Diego Zoo with my friend, Mary, and her daughter, Diana. Before they got there I walked around by myself listening to my iPod and had fantastic luck taking pictures of the Malayan Tiger cubs as well as Adhama, the River Hippo calf. We had a really good lunch …
Sep 20 2011
This morning was particularly moist outside once most of the thick fog we had overnight burned off. Went out and took a bunch of pictures of an orb-weaving spider’s giant web that was dotted with hundreds of tiny water droplets. The spider who spun the impressive web was nowhere to be seen. ( w e …
Sep 19 2011
Someone was having a bad day. While harvesting some milkweed seeds in our backyard I heard some screeching tires coming from the I-5 in the canyon below. Didn’t think anything of it at first since I’d heard it before. But this one lasted a bit longer and then I heard some muffled crunching. Ran over …
Sep 19 2011
Since my mom and I, already being at Balboa Park, were right next door to the Zoo, I took her in to see the new Panda Trek entrance to the Giant Panda exhibit. After picking up an espresso for her and hot chocolate for me, we walked down through the Owens Aviary on our way …
Sep 19 2011
Took my mom down to Balboa Park to show her two giant Calotropis Gigantea (Crown plants) just outside of the Botanical Building. Learned about this plant from one of the Director of Entomology during Insect Mania Day at the Natural History Museum. It attracts Monarch Butterflies and Ladybugs at least as well as our milkweeds …
Sep 18 2011
The whole local Csanadi clan got together for dinner at Ozzie’s house tonight. Sort of a much belated birthday gathering for Stephen. Food was great and we got to see the almost three week old kittens again. They are getting awfully loud when hungry or alone. Just like me except I’m not black.
Sep 17 2011
Finished off my full Balboa Park day with a stop at Starbucks and a giant, delicious shredded beef chimichanga from Colima’s Mexican Food while watching X-Men: First Class on DVD at the Tapias’ house. I really liked the movie the first time I saw it in the theater and actually liked it even more this …
Sep 17 2011
After the Plaza de Panama Project tour, the Veterans Museum and the Zoo, I went to the San Diego Natural History Museum and met up with Bryan, Heather and Lauren for an evening presentation called “Among Giants: A Life with Whales” by National Geographic whale photographer and San Diego native, Flip Nicklin. It was a …
