Ma-Velous in San Francisco

We finally got to check out Ma-Velous the other day.  Here are some photos from the experience.  The place is swank with an eddie colla mural to complete the interior.

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Mr. Ma himself

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Custom espresso machine with see-through glass panels.  Some cool work by espressoparts.

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Peering in through the side of the espresso machine.  La Marzocco guts.

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TCHO hot chocolate

_1030392dmand of course the tim wendelboe norwegian espresso

hotlinked on ebay

Dear Internets,

How do you effectively deal with hotlinking?  A helpful person let me know that images from a previous post involving the use of an 8mm Peleng fisheye on the Panasonic GF1 were being used by seller “opticparadise” to sell that same lens on eBay:

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The images on the listing link directly to the images on my site.

I don’t mind sharing and use of my images as long as I’m credited – that’s why I’ve placed all of my images under a creative commons license.

The images aren’t taking up a huge amount of bandwidth and I don’t really care to send a cease and desist (or delist?) type letter, but I figure I’ll contact the seller and let them know they should be crediting me for the images.

I’ve been trying to think of other options though and am curious about what can be done.  The first google hit for “how to deal with hotlinking” wasn’t very helpful.

  • I suppose you can watermark  – but I think that distracts from the photos.
  • I could just suck it up and accept it – if it’s easy to copy and “steal” then people will
  • I could implement a redirect, but this would mess up legitimate sharing (with attribution) and I don’t really like it when other people do that.

Thoughts?

photos from summer rides

we had some nice summery weather today in  Oakland.  Here are some photos from summer bike rides hadn’t made it out until now for whatever reason._1020603dmFound some pears off of Canyon rd. in Moraga.  Note – This is before I dropped my camera:

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Panasonic GF1, post fall on what I think was Bear Creek Rd.

You see, I have a jersey with a small side pocket that I had fit the camera into.  I left it unzipped so that I could access the camera.  My girlfriend warned me that it looked precarious and she was very right.  I hit a few potholes on the descent at 30-35mph.  My back felt a little lighter and I heard a noise behind me.  I stopped the bike and walked back up the road, expecting the worst.

but!  Suprisingly everything was okay.  The lens had a nick on the edge but the glass was fine.  The LCD had a little scratch but not much else.  The body was pretty banged up, but, hey, the camera still takes pictures today and I have a funny (stupid?) story to tell.  I zipped up the pocket for the rest of the ride.

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riding around the reservoir in  Orindariding up rt 4 in the stanislaus national forestwe did one high-altitude ride near Arnold, CA up route 4 in Stanislaus national forest.  I was wheezing from the lack of oxygen.  I do not have mountain lungs.  The 24% grade (see the sign!) probably did not help.P1020053dmPretty, but kind of scary.  Looks like you’re riding off the edge of a mountain.

Note: Mosquito Lake has mosquitoes.

a ride to pt. reyes station

We finally got back on the bike and did a long ride last weekend.  ~88 miles to Pt. Reyes Station and back.

fog in the morning in the Presidio:

fog on the golden gate bridge too, of course.  It cleared up as soon as we were finished crossing.

The Nicasio reservoir.  Our group split soon after – we went to Pt. Reyes Station, the rest to Petaluma and then Santa Rosa.

Old St. Mary’s church + Corvette

Riding back across the bridge that afternoon was a little hairy and a little wet, but this scene was absolutely wild:

this part was a bit scary with the tourists and the fog:

Chrissy field on the way back:

Latte at Blue Bottle in the Ferry Building to end the day:

2010 I Care Classic South County Century & Bicycle Tour

The 19th annual I Care Classic ride (presented by the Almaden Super Lions Club) was on May 15th, 2010.

registration:

Paramit corporation hosted the staging area and registration.  They love microwaves.  or hot food.

wall of microwaves

The ride was really well supported with plentiful sugary home-baked rest stops.  I ate a lot of m&ms and cookies that day.  yum.

great homebaked food

The ride was a little foggy in the morning, especially once you got up in the hills a bit:

foggy gilroy hot springs

and sometimes sunny

sunny gilroy hot springs

the fog was wonderful though:

beautiful fog
more beautiful fog

there was an accident somewhere on the route where a car apparently hit a telephone pole, requiring that the road be closed while PG&E conduct repairs.  we lost about 30 miles of our ride but we were able to make up 20 miles of it elsewhere on uvas rd.

detour!

Brook hooked me up with some flashy handlebar tape:

rockin the gold handlebar tape

el toro brewing company was nearby, so beers were in order:

beer to cap it off

Tierra Bella century: April 2010

another intermission post with photos from the beautiful tierra bella ride last month. ~6400ft of climbing on a gorgeous day in the south bay.

beautiful start
hills
two horses on the climb up gilroy hot springs
henry coe is no joke
enough oreos to make your stomach hurt
wonderful support
outtake

bike to work day 2010

update (05.17.10)

video added (view in HD if you can)

today was bike to work day.  here are some shots from the bike away from work afterparty put on by the east bay bike coalition:

crazy bike from cyclecide. This bike was really hard to ride!
crazy bike #2 - I did not get to try this one but check out the rear wheel - made from an old trampoline
ahh, oakland's uptown.
crazy cyclecide rides - pretty sweet cape
this girl is having a BLAST. in comparison, the speed of the swing kind of scared me. I did not ride it.
phil from rideSFO

(visit ridesfo)

stylin
ebbc bike-friend business award winners - garlynn woodsong from calthrope associates, sal from actual cafe, and gene from innovative interfaces

(visit actual cafe)

cyclecide klowns and los banos mayhem

all photos shot with the panasonic gf1 and the 20mm f/1.7 lens

oakland panoramas

I used the excellent hugin to stitch together a few panoramas of Oakland, looking east and west.  I tried the automate/photomerge option in photoshop CS2 but wasn’t satisfied with the results.  photoshop was much faster.  hugin can be pretty fast once you get the hang of clicking on the control points.

Oakland, looking west:

Oakland, looking west

Click on the image for a larger version.

Oakland, looking east:

Oakland, looking east

Once again, click on the image for a larger version.  I took the photos with the GF1 and the 20mm f/1.7 lens.

Takumar 35mm f/3.5 on the panasonic GF1

A friend of mine recently came across some M42 lenses that were being tossed out.  He passed them along to me, thinking they might be of use.  (Thanks Jesse!) In the box were a pentax takumar 35mm f/3.5 and a 135mm f/3.5.  I’ve spoiled myself with fast primes for my cameras, so this is a bit of a departure from what I’d normally use.  It’s a 70mm focal length equivalent with the 2x m4/3 multiplier.

I used my M42/C-mount to micro four-thirds adapter with a 9mm and 16mm extension tube to get the flange back distance to match that of a 35mm lens.

Photos of the takumar 35mm f/3.5 on the GF1:

takumar 35mm f/3.5 on the GF1 three quarters view
takumar 35mm f/3.5 on the GF1 front view
takumar 35mm f/3.5 on the GF1 side view

The lens works alright on the camera.   It’s not nearly as bulky as the 8mm peleng fisheye.  Focusing worked fine and the manual focus magnification helps a lot.  With longer lenses (I tried the 135mm f/3.5 for a bit), I’ve noticed that the magnification isn’t very useful because of camera shake.

Photos with the 35mm lens look fine.  The effective focal length worked pretty decently.  Here are some samples:

OSH water tower, takumar 35mm f/3.5 on a GF1 (@f/3.5)
OSH water tower, takumar 35mm f/3.5 on a GF1 (@f/3.5)
dodge in west berkeley, takumar 35mm f/3.5 on a GF1 (@f/3.5)