... { aponeurotica loves san francisco } ... » s.f. http://sf.aponeurotica.com books, boxes, bikes, design. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:34 +0000 en hourly 1 Robots! Fire! http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/08/robots-fire/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/08/robots-fire/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:57:02 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=914 kal has a different - more motivated - kind of space heater.
One of Kal‘s crazy mechanical spawn.

]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/08/robots-fire/feed/ 0 162 steps plus some http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/05/162-steps-plus-some/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/05/162-steps-plus-some/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:14:50 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=838 Tom visited me in Los Angeles a few years ago, and I nearly lost him after convincing him it would be a good idea to bike 14 miles across the city at 2am. For some reason he still trusts me and came to visit for the weekend. This time we took a walking approach to the city, and on the way to Golden Gate Park decided to check out the famous “162 Tiled Steps” which is exactly what it sounds like, and every bit as exhausting as you would expect 162 steps up on one side and back down the other would be (especially when carrying one’s bike and a 10lb lock).

]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/05/162-steps-plus-some/feed/ 0 san francisco winter http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/02/san-francisco-winter/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/02/san-francisco-winter/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:10:58 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=700 t-shirts, dogs & tennis balls at ft. funstonsummer is abysmal. so it all evens out.]]> t-shirts, dogs & tennis balls at ft. funstonmy feet looking longingly at the warm sand. i reminded them how awful it is to bike with sand in one's shoes.bianchi on a brief pause after a loop around lake merced

 

summer is abysmal. so it all evens out.

]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/02/san-francisco-winter/feed/ 0 when book stores have to compete for attention http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/01/when-book-stores-have-to-compete-for-attention/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/01/when-book-stores-have-to-compete-for-attention/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:21:16 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=675 live, nude books]]> live, nude books
 
]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2011/01/when-book-stores-have-to-compete-for-attention/feed/ 0 triumph of the underdog http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/11/triumph-of-the-underdog/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/11/triumph-of-the-underdog/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:10:26 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=618 I don't follow baseball, but it's not possible to be anywhere near San Francisco right now without being deafened by an orchestra of car horns and not be at least a wee bit curious.]]> I don’t follow baseball, but it’s not possible to be anywhere near San Francisco right now without being deafened by an orchestra of car horns and not be at least a wee bit curious. It’s worth noting that I live absolutely nowhere near AT&T Park, nor do I really live near anything. So you can assume that this footage of my street is only 10% of the mayhem happening in the Mission right now:

Giants pandemonium

... further pandemonium

 
]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/11/triumph-of-the-underdog/feed/ 0 night shots http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/night-shots/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/night-shots/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:21:11 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=606 lucky find on san jose]]> photo taken by petelucky find on san jose

]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/night-shots/feed/ 3 mini-dirigible http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/mini-dirigible/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/mini-dirigible/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:48:39 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=597 The LAB featured an art:tech show for a month, and I would have missed it if Cristian hadn't pointed it out. The cleverest bit were 3 balloons manned by houseflies - wait, does that make it "fly"ed by houseflied? Flied? Flown?... They controlled the rotation of the propellors by triggering sensors connected to LEDs inside of the little domes suspended underneath. ]]> mini-dirigibleThe LAB featured an art:tech show for a month, and I would have missed it if Cristian hadn’t pointed it out. The cleverest bit were 3 balloons manned by houseflies (wait, does that make it “fly”ed by houseflies? Flied? Flown?…).
They controlled the rotation of the propellors by triggering sensors connected to LEDs inside of the little domes suspended underneath.
 
]]> http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/10/mini-dirigible/feed/ 0 bicycle music festival http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/08/bicycle-music-festival/ http://sf.aponeurotica.com/2010/08/bicycle-music-festival/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:47:07 +0000 aponeurotica http://sf.aponeurotica.com/?p=535 Music festival in the middle of a field with no electrical outlet in sight? No problem. Just attach half a dozen cyclists to a bike powered generator and the rock won't stop. Totally brilliant, totally fun day that included fender-blendered smoothies and endless bike porn.]]>

Music festival in the middle of a field with no electrical outlet in sight? No problem. Just attach half a dozen cyclists to a bike powered generator and the rock won’t stop. Totally brilliant, totally fun day that included fender-blendered smoothies and endless bike porn.

 

look them up if you want to do some local pedal power of your ownjudgement day pulling out all the stopscheck out the double decker sound systemthis bike got more attention than the bandsthe builder was swarmed within seconds of arrivingfuture bamboo bike owneroo... twisty bike!pedal powering the rock

 

a few photos provided by kevin muncy. he’s a better photo taker.

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