A Leslie Wong Blog

  SparkFun Electronics sells a missile switch cover: “…The hot red safety cover protects a toggle switch from accidentally being turned on. When flipped up, the user has full access to a switch underneath. Upon closing the cover, the cover will force the switch arm back into the lower position – a safety mechanism so you can quickly hit the cover down and deactivate the switch.” (It’s also available in Carbon Fiber)  Read More →

  Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, CA.  Read More →

  Dungeness crabs, $3.69/lb, Lucky Seafood Market #2, Oakland, CA. Update: On 4 December 2011, the price is $3.29/lb Update: On 5 December 2011, the price is $2.99/lb Update: On 7 December 2011, the price is $1.99/lb Update: On 8 December 2011, the price is $2.99/lb  Read More →

From the Science Channel, How It’s Made via John Biggs at WristWatchReview.com. Panerai Watches site  Read More →

I became interested in making chili when I read an article in the then new food section of the New York Times, maybe 25 or 35 years ago. It was about Francis X. Tolbert, Wick Fowler and the World Championship Chili Cook-Off in Terlingua, Texas. Accompanying the article was Wick Fowler’s 2 Alarm Chili recipe. I have the clipping somewhere, but the gist of it was that he marinated the meat in beer (and in Lapland or somewhere he successfully used reindeer) and seared the meat in suet. He used... Read the rest of this entry »

  See it on the Shark Lagoon Cam at the California Academy of Sciences.  Read More →

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on Vimeo. “Abstract: We propose a method to realistically insert synthetic objects into existing photographs without requiring access to the scene or any additional scene measurements.” Authors: Kevin Karsch, Varsha Hedau, David Forsyth, Derek Hoiem  Read More →

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I drove my Alfetta Sprint Veloce to the Alfa Romeo Association of California’s 2011 All Italian Car and Motorcycle Show last Sunday. I took the photo (left) of my car and started thinking, was Sports Car Market correct? In an Affordable Classics article from the September, 2007, the author used the phrase, “Along with wretched refuse like the Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT…” The photograph seems to bear that out; it appears that nobody wanted to park next to my Alfetta. The reality... Read the rest of this entry »