38/365 SF Roof Top, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.Image 38/365 Shot from my Sister-in-laws roof top. She recently moved to a new place in San Francisco. She now lives in a snow globe. When sitting on her couch she has a view from Yerba Buena Island to Russian HIll. This view includes the Bay Bridge, Coit Tower, Cathedral at Washington Square and Transamerican building.
37/365 Orpheum Theatre, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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I really think I should have named this where’s Waldo. My wife and her sister went into San Francisco to see the Play Wicked at the Orpheum Theatre. I was there only to meet them for dinner.
I snapped this image as I saw my wife, she is the short blonde that is looking at me.
33/365 Alcatraz Island, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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Here is a early morning image of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. I was walking from Pier 39 to my sister-in-laws apartment.
The morning light was great. The sun wasn’t so high in the sky that it casted shadows, plus the air was clean from the previous nights rainstorm.
27/365 Swedish Fruit, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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Swedish Fruit Candy from The Candy Store in San Francisco.
Apple iPad
I am sure I am not the First, and I know I won’t be the last. Apple today revealed in San Francisco, in their grand fashion the new long anticipated iPad. About six months ago word was out that Apple Inc. was going to come out with a new device. And today was that day to see what the iPad would look like and how much it would cost. It seems to be a large version of the iTouch.
The size seem to be about the same as the MacBook Air just without the clam shell. The screen is 9.7 inches, measured diagonally. So overall, it’s slightly smaller than a magazine. And at just 1.5 lbs and 0.5 inches thin, it’s easy to carry and use anywhere. The high-resolution, 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display on iPad is remarkably crisp and vivid. It uses a display technology called IPS (in-plane switching), it has a wide, 178° viewing angle.
iPad uses the same revolutionary technology that’s in an iPhone multi-Touch. To maximize battery life, Apple engineers took the same lithium polymer battery technology they developed for our notebook computers and applied it to the iPad. As a result, you can use iPad for up to 10 hours while surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching videos, or listening to music.
The iPad will be released in March with wireless, and in April Apple plans on releasing the 3G version. The iPad will start at $499 pirce tag. And iPad is available with a choice of 16, 32 or 64GB flash storage. I don’t think that will be enough storage. I have a feeling that will be a limiting factor for those of us that will be using this as a substitue when we don’t want to us our MacBooks.
Here is the link to the video if your would like to learn more. iPad
20/365 Lollipops, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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This image was taken at The Candy Store in San Francisco. Everytime we visite my sister-in-law my wife and I try and make a stop at this little store at Polk St & Vallejo St.
18/365 Doggie Diner Dachshund, originally uploaded by Kirk Howard.
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The Doggie Diner dog heads have been an icon in San Francisco for a few decades. These heads used to be outside the Doggie Diners. Most were up on poles.
The last of the doggie heads on public display is located in San Francisco at 46th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. It was refurbished in 2001 by the DPW.
I have seen pictures of the three of the heads Manny, Moe and Jack in parades around San Francisco. The heads are owned by John Law of LaughingSquid.com
When I saw the heads parked on Treasure Island, San Francisco the old naval base, I had to stop and take a picture. They were perfectly lighted by a street light.
I saw this posted on the East Bay Photography Meetup site:
Locally, a group of folks will be riding the Pittsburgh/Bay Point line and droppin’ trou’s between the hours of 2:30-6pm. They’ll be taking the 1:27PM Train out of Concord with others joinging along the way and getting off at the Embarcadero BART station at 2:11. From there, they’ll hop onto some unknown Muni Transportation and continue the ride.
However the first round of the NFL Plays will be on TV, so I might not make it.
The San Francisco Meetup Group is planning a rendezvous on November 21, 2009 at 4:30pm. Meeting place Dolores Park 20th St., San Francisco, CA 94110.
Twilight Shootout & Meetup!
Xavier Lanier and I got to talking a bit after last months meetup,
he expressed his keen interest in helping to organize a Shootout and get a
chance to meet all the local photogs and introduce them to
Notebook.com as a resource. Xavier has been in touch with HP
and is very excited about their new laptop the HP Envy 15 – HP
and Intel have joined him in hosting our after party! Read More…
