2018: 304 posts.

• 02-Jan-2018
  Bodies of water light up the Kansas landscape below like an illuminated manuscript.
• 02-Jan-2018
  Illinois is covered by snow.
• 03-Jan-2018
  McLean House, site of Lee’s surrender at the end of the Civil War on Palm Sunday, 1865. That’s me and my Pop.
• 03-Jan-2018
  Mom’s tennis trophies. She started playing in her 40s and loved it. Never too late to start ANYTHING.
• 04-Jan-2018
  haircut and sky
• 05-Jan-2018
  Countryside 11am.
• 05-Jan-2018
  Virginia is filled with history.
• 05-Jan-2018
  I like visiting family and friends. If they have pets, that’s a bonus.
• 06-Jan-2018
  Family conference at the deli
• 06-Jan-2018
  Neko looks great. 6 months old.
• 07-Jan-2018
  Fourteen degrees Fahrenheit.
• 07-Jan-2018
  Sumi has no respect for me watching Alec Baldwin.
• 07-Jan-2018
  Bat-Fletcher
• 07-Jan-2018
  Daniel: “does a T-Rex eat meat?” Fletcher; “Yes”
• 08-Jan-2018
  I never really got the hang of hats. 1977.
• 09-Jan-2018
  Prosaic symmetry beautiful nonetheless.
• 10-Jan-2018
  Blue Ridge. Another one of my homes.
• 10-Jan-2018
  My sister.
• 10-Jan-2018
  My grandparents Art & Phyllis Silva. Looking stylish.
• 10-Jan-2018
  Mom. June 1978. Possibly in Hong Kong.
• 10-Jan-2018
  Crawfords, 1968. Before my father went to Vietnam.
• 11-Jan-2018
  Jim Crawford. My Dad. ‘64. ‘64. ‘68. He’s led an extraordinary life. He’s led a life to be proud of, I’m proud of and thankful to him.
• 11-Jan-2018
  In transit.
• 11-Jan-2018
  [ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ] Jefferson Building is covered in aphorisms, sayings, tile work, sculpture. It’s a temple to knowledge. My favorite aphorism so far is “there is no work of genius which has not been in the delight of man.” Lots of references to GOD but also ones like this: “there is one only good namely knowledge and one only evil namely ignorance.”
• 12-Jan-2018
  my sister and my mom — I wish I knew the context for this one — look how happy they are!
• 12-Jan-2018
  My first (and not my last!) passport photo was a group shot. Me, 7, my sister, under 1, Mom, 30.
• 13-Jan-2018
  New sticker for my iPad! #uxcampdc
• 14-Jan-2018
  Cats (Neko & Sumi) last night: “this is our couch.”
• 14-Jan-2018
  Nephew Fletcher is not at 100% strength today.
• 15-Jan-2018
  Drowsy kitty.
• 16-Jan-2018
  Mom and her Dad.
• 18-Jan-2018
  Me, Kelly, and a stuffed shark. Because I loved Jaws and my newborn sister?!
• 21-Jan-2018
  Corgi @ maximum speed!
• 21-Jan-2018
  My Hare Krishna Costume. High School 198x.

  I had no idea a photo of this existed, let alone that I’d see it. This rather culturally insensitive costume of a “Hare Krishna” I did one Halloween and wore to high school. Note the orange linen fabric I had to buy (and which now is part of a blanket Leah made if I remember…

• 21-Jan-2018
  Chicago Airport Moment

  The shuttle bus from Concourse C is filmed over with layers of salt and ice. The salt and ice remind me how cold it is, how cold it always is, how cold it will remain. My Mr. Rogers cardigan is slim protection from the frostbite I’d endure were I to be caught outside for longer…

• 22-Jan-2018
  Last week Fletcher was pretty sick, though he still had energy enough to ride his scooter!
• 23-Jan-2018
  Last week Sumi was very ready to “help” with laundry.
• 23-Jan-2018
  Ursula K. Le Guin • 1929-2018 Display by Erin and Buffy.
• 26-Jan-2018
  Prince / Slacker App Costume

  In 2016 for Halloween I created a unique costume for work – I went as the Slacker Mobile App! It was pretty fun. Here’s the template I made to print large: Here’s the PDF of that I mounted the printed images onto a Tri-Fold Corrugate Display Board – I think it was 36in. x 48in,…

• 26-Jan-2018
  Fill in the blank.

  ____________________________ may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence…

• 27-Jan-2018
  Neko & Me earlier in the month.
• 27-Jan-2018
  Google AMP Considered Harmful

  So there’s this open letter right now on ampletter.org regarding Google AMP. AMP is well intentioned but a terrible solution to the problem of page bloat on the web and optimizing pages for mobile. I’ve been tweeting about this for a long time, but have somehow not blogged about it. Well, I’m signing onto the…

• 27-Jan-2018
  Ventcheck – a twitter bot I wrote in 2016

  Back in 2016 I attended a terrific session of the San Diego Code Kitchen at FAB LAB San Diego. It was really a lot of fun and in a few hours I was able to create an inscrutable twitter bot – @ventcheck. It was fun! I didn’t write about it here because… well… who blogged…

• 29-Jan-2018
  Yaquis – The Most Stubborn Fighters On Earth; January 1908

  Original Source @ California Digital Newspaper Collection

• 29-Jan-2018
  Cutest stickers at @salesforce #lightningnow seminar here in San Diego. Added to my iPad though I took my notes on paper today.
• 30-Jan-2018
  Day 2 of #lightningnow learning about Kanban view inside @Salesforce + bonus t-shirt! Remain impressed by quality of Trailhead exercises for a novice like me. I also like that it’s kind of Shazam!/Mage/Captain Marvel.
• 03-Feb-2018
  THIS IS THAT
• 04-Feb-2018
  San Diego is not supposed to have sea turtles and yet here one is. Climate change brings a shelled friend on a kayak tour with the excellent @everydaycalifornia in La Jolla. First time going out with them. Will definitely return.
• 05-Feb-2018
  Zine by @miamigardenclub arrived last week and it’s awesome. Particularly liked hypochondria flowchart. Oh and you should get Miami Garden Club.
• 06-Feb-2018
  NORTH PARK
• 06-Feb-2018
  Chris & Sharon. Human Powered Vehicle Race @ Cal State Fullerton, 1989.
• 07-Feb-2018
  John Perry Barlow, Rest in Peace

  I went to Jason Calacanis’ conference Digital Coast 2000 way back when. I didn’t write about it, but it was inspiring. I found Calacanis inspiring, he’s a raconteur and a troublemaker and I have enjoyed his podcasts over the years. The other standouts from that conference were Mark Cuban who I quoted long ago The…

• 09-Feb-2018
  Random Notes on #lightningnow Tour / Trailhead / Salesforce

  On January 29th and 30th I attended the Lighting Tour of Salesforce.com that was held here in San Diego. I had a lot of fun, and got a great sense that my skills in web development may have a great deal of carryover into working with and developing for Salesforce. Cutest stickers at @salesforce #lightningnow…

• 09-Feb-2018
  Me & Crystal. 1982?
• 11-Feb-2018
  This weekend I’m spending with code but last weekend I went kayaking with my friend Kelly and it was AMAZING. Turtles and Garibaldi and seals and dolphins. Must do again soon!
• 13-Feb-2018
  Backup your Soundcloud files to Archive.org

  Well here’s something cool! My pal Dennis Wilen backed up his Soundcloud hosted files to Archive.org – We backed up my SoundCloud to Archive.org and you can too. There’s a shell script by Tom Higgins that facilitates it.

• 14-Feb-2018
  15 years together and 13 years married and continuing to navigate the shoals and complexities of love. It’s a big beautiful world! Happy Valentine’s Day to Leah and everyone! ❤️
• 15-Feb-2018
  I don’t understand the excess rules about ferrets or the deficit of rules about guns.

  We (the government) regulate hairdressers and car exhaust and doctors and lawyers and how you add a new room to your house and we license you to drive a car and regulate boats and regulate your speed on the interstate and how you educate your children and test whether your toys are safe and whether…

• 16-Feb-2018
  Self.
• 18-Feb-2018
  Corgi\Gwen\Del Mar Dog Beach
• 19-Feb-2018
  WordFence is vital for self-hosted WordPress instances.

  I’ve been hosting WordPress websites for a long time. This blog I migrated to WordPress in 2004. I had experience with it running San Diego Blog which started on B2 and I converted to WordPress in Summer 2004. So I’ve been hosting WordPress a long time. There’s a reason the software is popular. It’s free,…

• 19-Feb-2018
  17 Years And Counting

  In 2001 I started blogging via blogger.com. It allowed me to augment my personal site using blog with an external service via FTP and experiment with regularly writing. On this anniversary I have commemorated this before: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2015. In 2003 I wrote: I am at a loss, but it’s…

• 19-Feb-2018
  Most Steps.

  I did an export using Pedometer++ and here’s a graph of my steps for the last several years. That corresponds to a 4 and a half mile walk I took. I’m not sure why there’s an off by one error or why there are so many zero-step days. (Was I bedridden?) But I love the…

• 20-Feb-2018
  March Modok Madness is coming!

  I never posted about the fact that I did a second MODOK in 2012. I mentioned the first one I did here, but not the second. What? You’ve never heard of March MODOK Madness? You’ve never heard of MODOK? Read about him!

• 20-Feb-2018
  Love 🌷(last week)
• 21-Feb-2018
  Blog Post Visualization + Code

  I’ve been doing maintenance galore on this site. I have a hand-written theme and I’ve been doing things like returning the footer to a good shape and sweating the responsive details of it. I first wrote that code in 2010 but I’ve adapted it to be a bit better and now am using CSS Grid…

• 22-Feb-2018
  Suspicious Activity: “An admin user with the username backup was created outside of WordPress”

  On 14 February 2018, WordFence alerted me to highly suspicious behavior. This is the format of the email I received from WordFence version 4.9.3: This email was sent from your website “[REDACTED BLOG NAME]” by the Wordfence plugin. Wordfence found the following new issues on “[REDACTED BLOG NAME]”. Alert generated at Wednesday 14th of February…

• 22-Feb-2018
  Limones 🍋
• 23-Feb-2018
  Markov Chains are hilarious.

  I’ve wanted to make Markov chain generated sentences based on this blog for a long while. Wednesday night, I did. It took me under an hour! Why have I avoided it thinking it’d be difficult? Probably I thought it’d take a long time and would be lame. NOT SO First, I exported the contents of…

• 24-Feb-2018
  This guy—Billet(I can’t remember if that makes right)—is being fostered by my aunt & uncle. He’s nice.
• 24-Feb-2018
  So I wrote a bot this past week. It’s a twitter bot (@BloggingBot) & based on my 17 years blogging it makes sentences based on my words. It is surreal to see what it has generated. Because some of them sound like things I might have written. #markovchain #programming #twitterbot
• 26-Feb-2018
  I blogged for 17 years and all I got were these lousy Markov chains.

  In which I turn my experiments with turning written text into Markovify-generated sentences into a cool Twitter bot.

• 26-Feb-2018
  Leah is cool.
• 27-Feb-2018
  Color the Smiley

  Over the years I have made a lot of little web experiments and geegaws. I’ve made hangman games and drawing programs and random text generators. At one place I worked I helped make a thing that would turn an uploaded photo of a face into a Terminator face! I’ve made so many of these kind…

• 28-Feb-2018
  Tonight @helenprejean inspired the crowd @cchsdons tonight. She says like Elie Wiesel she was called to share what she has witnessed. Passionate powerful speaker!
• 01-Mar-2018
  “Thanks Clairemont Coffee Bean & Tea… for the wireless”

  That was 7 years ago. That Coffee Bean & Tea is now closed. I drew that with Brushes on an iPod Touch. I see now that Brushes has since become free software. That’s pretty cool, I think. You can program on the thing yourself–just download the source from Github and go.

• 01-Mar-2018
  In 200 years someone will wonder what the heck AIM was.

  In 2003 I blogged this to AOL Journals: I once had a fellow student give me this aphorism which i really like: the more competencies you have, the more deviancies you are allowed. blogging via im makes it easy to blog and not get really distracted into writing something good. the downside is that it…

• 01-Mar-2018
  L & M. From the other day. Dog Beach where we came, uncharacteristically without dogs.
• 01-Mar-2018
  “Leverage browser caching”

  I was looking at Google Pagespeed Insights results today for my website today. And I got this feedback: Leverage browser caching Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network. Leverage browser caching…

• 02-Mar-2018
  “When your mind is going hither and thither, discrimination will never be as cool as Bootsy Collins.”—@bloggingbot
• 02-Mar-2018
  Roanoke Tech Resources. Now on GitHub.

  In 2010 I was living in Roanoke Virginia. I felt frustrated by the lack of a central place to go to see what was happening with local technology users groups – there was great stuff happening on a regular basis associated with Virginia Tech, and with the local .NET group but there was no single…

• 02-Mar-2018
  Scott Galloway with… relationship advice?

  I really really enjoy pundit Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) and his newsletter today he  shared this critical relationship advice. It tracks with what I’ve learned, for myself through mistakes, through therapists, and through personal reading. It’s sharp, as all his writing typically is: Don’t keep score. It’s human nature to inflate your own contribution to the…

• 02-Mar-2018
  Stepdog yawns.
• 03-Mar-2018
  My grandpa Art Silva and his oldest daughter Phyllis. My Mom. Photo a bit damaged but wonderful shot nonetheless. Might retouch it at some point.
• 03-Mar-2018
  Native Californians in the pool despite the weather.
• 03-Mar-2018
  Native Californians in the pool despite the weather; Part 2.
• 03-Mar-2018
  March M.O.D.O.K Madness commences!

  As promised, I’m all about MODOK MADNESS this year. I submitted last night. Keep drawing, True Believers!

• 05-Mar-2018
  Surfing California Bear

  In 2013 I uploaded the design above, my California Surfing Bear, to Redbubble. Ready for a fun fact? The California grizzly bear (Ursus californicus) was designated official State Animal in 1953. Before dying out in California, this largest and most powerful of carnivores thrived in the great valleys and low mountains of the state, probably…

• 07-Mar-2018
  In Loving Memory ❤️ Rest In Peace
• 09-Mar-2018
  Squished expression and the President of the United States

  Is Trump’s Twitter a Public Forum and the Limits of the Law by Eric Segall has me thinking quite a a bit about this question: WHAT IS TWITTER? I think about the Presidential Records Act and what it says about the things the President does in his official capacity. I think about the fact that…

• 12-Mar-2018
  Wow calligraphr.com!

  I found out about calligraphr.com in this article from freecodecamp.org. It was extraordinarily easy to use calligraphr.com’s template image, load it in Procreate on my iPad Pro, sketch out letters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, some punctuation, variant letters and ligatures, upload and there’s a font. Almost too easy! Want this quickie font? Here are two fonts, zipped…

• 12-Mar-2018
  You’re the Mayor of My Heart

  I made this for Foursquare nerds for Valentine’s Day, 2013. And I turned it into a product on redbubble. Foursquare is 9 years old today! Happy 9th birthday, @Foursquare. Thanks to everyone and anyone who’s helped us out along the way – staff, friends, fans, and the 50M+ community! https://t.co/KdxIF8aVuX — Dennis Crowley (@dens) March…

• 13-Mar-2018
  do you ever think about how easy it is for M.O.D.O.K. to touch his toes?

  I feel honored to be able to participate in March MODOK Madness a second time this year! Previously, Previously, Previously.

• 14-Mar-2018
  Balboa Park looking toward Coronado. 2013.

  Plein air. Ink on Jack In The Box bag. Used with permission. Originally posted in 2013

• 15-Mar-2018
  “Harold, they’re bots.”

  Found on FlowingData: Bot or Not: A Twitter user classifier which uses machine learning. The source code is here. Previously: I wrote about writing @bloggingbot. “Harold, they’re bots.”

• 15-Mar-2018
  Blogging! from The Lounge on KPBS. July 16, 2002.

  A transcript from my radio appearance on The Lounge on KPBS from July 2002. It’s all about blogging!

• 16-Mar-2018
  On The Radio.

  Yesterday I did something I’d planned to do for a long time, but never got around to: I posted a transcript of that time I got on the radio. It took me 15 years and is 9,050 words. I’ve had the recording since 2002. It was a fun moment. Before it happened, here’s what I…

• 18-Mar-2018
  On Prog Rock

  Inspired by the little article “The Whitest Music Ever (Prog rock was audacious, innovative—and awful)” I wrote this: Datapoints: King Crimson can be furiously awesome. I saw them on the Thrak tour (I can’t remember if that was at the Wiltern) and I totally get it. Robert Fripp is terrific when tempered by other artists…

• 20-Mar-2018
  I kind of love these corporate birthday greetings.

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• 22-Mar-2018
  Remember when we used to link to things?

  So here’s a link to Doc Searls: Enough Alreadies, who said about leaving Quora: Even if something gets a lot of notice, the news cycle is hardly longer than Now, and the sense of having done something quickly disappears. The beautiful blog about aging with style Advanced Style posts Volunteer with Meals on Wheels, which sounds…

• 23-Mar-2018
  Also, Tumblr: “Update on Russian-linked activity on Tumblr”

  Just got this email: Dear artlung, As part of our commitment to transparency, we want you to know that we uncovered and terminated 84 accounts linked to Internet Research Agency or IRA (a group closely tied to the the Russian government) posing as members of the Tumblr community. The IRA engages in electronic disinformation and…

• 23-Mar-2018
  Bizarre fraudulent phone message from 904-945-9929.

  Here’s a weird message from someone impersonating agents of the federal government: https://artlung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-03-23-message-from-904-945-9929.mp3 So, it has been considered as an intentional fraud and lawsuit has been filed under your name by United States Government. You may call our department number 904-945-9929. I repeat 904-945-9929. Thank you. Though the “9929” sounds like “nine ninety-nine” when this…

• 28-Mar-2018
  Dad on the couch, 1987/2017

  I’m continuing my art making. This is from a drawing of my Dad, from 1987. This is him exhausted from work, having some iced tea Crystal Light. I like to think he’s watching Victory at Sea, but I honestly can’t remember what he was watching. Note the Mylanta tablets on the coffee table. This was…

• 28-Mar-2018
  Today’s (well, July 2017) drawing practice.

  Today’s drawing practice: taking an old drawing from 1988 or so and remaking it digitally. It was rare back then for me to draw from life and be happy with the result. I was impatient and hyper-self-critical. The source for this one was an exception. This drawing is of a pal of mine from way…

• 30-Mar-2018
  “your new Apple iPad doesn’t have the latest Google apps”

  Boo, Google. This is pretty obnoxious. If I wanted those apps I’d install them.

• 31-Mar-2018
  Groggy morning doodle, 2017

  Groggy morning doodle of David when he came in early. Also drew a cow, a pig, a dog, a duck, a monkey, and we also spent a bunch of time just making marks on the tablet. Originally posted to Facebook September 10, 2017. Drawing made with Zen Brush 2 @psoftmobile_dev. And thank you Leah for…

• 31-Mar-2018
  PERSIA 🍂
• 31-Mar-2018
  Gated community.
• 01-Apr-2018
  Not precisely sacrilegious, but not exactly secular either. I like it. (From last night at Amoeba)
• 01-Apr-2018
  San Francisco is terrific.
• 01-Apr-2018
  Rest in Peace Carrie Fisher

  Incredible author and screenwriter of Postcards from the Edge; you were terrific on an episode of 30 Rock; you were perfectly cast, and played it perfectly as Jake’s homicidal girlfriend in The Blues Brothers; and you were perfectly droll in When Harry Met Sally. And of course 7 year old me fell in love with…

• 03-Apr-2018
  Wow but I love Chuck Close’s paintings. (From this past weekend).
• 14-Apr-2018
  Latest sticker for my iPad—#wcsd has been great learning experience particularly around changes in WordPress around #gutenberg
• 23-Apr-2018
  SmugMug and Flickr: Best wishes, we’re in this together!

  Got this email the other day: We’re excited to announce that Flickr has agreed to be acquired by SmugMug, the photography platform dedicated to visual storytellers. SmugMug has a long history of empowering people who love photography and who want to improve their craft, making them a perfect fit for Flickr and our creative community….

• 28-Apr-2018
  Kelly’s Gwen | Erin’s Lucy. I have pets by proxy.
• 02-May-2018
  It’s new bot Wednesday! Welcome Robot Spirits RX-75-4 Guntank! This fellow was a gift from my friend @hellokellykuhl from WonderCon and it’s a beaut!
• 08-May-2018
  Lovely Light Mom

  I snuck this photo of my Mom, Phyllis Crawford, when visiting Northern Virginia in May 2007. My sister was getting her Master’s Degree and many of us were visiting. I love the light in this photo. And I miss Mom. She would have been 72 today had she not died of cancer in 2010. May 8th…

• 08-May-2018
  Not precisely younger teenage me but not precisely not me either. I do so love @sketchpartysd #SketchPartySD
• 11-May-2018
  Getting the bot band back together. #toyrobots #voltesv #astroboy
• 18-May-2018
  Friday Bots Assemble! #walle #mechagodzilla #toyrobots
• 21-May-2018
  I’m really happy with this vintage glass purchase. Frosty mug sensation!
• 25-May-2018
  +2 Robots on the work robot team. Heads down working hard. #botfriday
• 26-May-2018
  ⭐️ ⭐️ If the SEA LIONS notice you, you are TOO CLOSE ⭐️ ⭐️
• 29-May-2018
  It’s true—I’m streamlined for trouble. #corgi #dogsofinstagram #socalcorgi #corgisofinstagram
• 31-May-2018
  Torrey. Come faster, summer. Come faster.
• 03-Jun-2018
  Kelly caught rides today!
• 05-Jun-2018
  I did vote. You ought to too.
• 07-Jun-2018
  Wave.
• 10-Jun-2018
  Marine room, between sets.
• 12-Jun-2018
  Sagrado. #sketchpartysd #labodegagallery
• 12-Jun-2018
  A delightful quick #sketchpartysd — thank you @sketchpartysd
• 14-Jun-2018
  Ive known @mickele1226 for 19 years or so and she never fails to make me think, and make me feel. Be love!
• 14-Jun-2018
  New Stew Record! New Negro Problem Record!

  ONE NIGHT, TWO ALBUMS Next Monday, June 18, is the must see music event of the Summer for fans and friends of Stew & The Negro Problem. This is a one-night-only, special concert performance and celebration, it will be hosted by (le) poisson rouge in the West Village, and they’ll be talking about it for…

• 15-Jun-2018
  Bot update! Have a great weekend everybody.
• 17-Jun-2018
  Yesterday’s breakfast at Pannikin was not kidding around! Worth the long wait! #bagelsandlox #avocadotoast #encinitas
• 17-Jun-2018
  Dog beach, new fins worked great, excellent hang with friends I love ❤️
• 23-Jun-2018
  I ate a little sand bodysurfing at Huntington. The wave was worth it.
• 28-Jun-2018
  Yesterday, Torrey. Stoke session.
• 30-Jun-2018
  30 seconds later the sea lion who was SLEEPING in the cave at left barked at these folks. Rightly so I say.
• 01-Jul-2018
  I met Rambo (possibly Rambeaux) at Coronado Dog Beach today.
• 02-Jul-2018
  Always be ready for the wave. #Stoke awaits.
• 03-Jul-2018
  Wasn’t bodysurfing but wanted to represent #webodysurfers for beach cleanup at the Cove anyway. And people: KEEP THE BEACHES CLEAN!
• 03-Jul-2018
  Swami’s/Stoke.
• 04-Jul-2018
  Coronado Dog Beach for the 4th of July.
• 05-Jul-2018
  Scam phone call: 518-636-6997

  Once it get expired after that you will be taking under custody by the local police. As there are 4 serious allegations pressed on your name at this moment. We would request that you to get back to us so that we can discuss about this case before taking any legal action against you. The…

• 09-Jul-2018
  I swam out to the buoy off La Jolla Shores with Kelly—it’s about a quarter mile out.
• 13-Jul-2018
  On a lark I went to a practice of Underwater Rugby. 1. I have not been this tired and out of breath since I cut my head on the sand bodysurfing. 2. These people are not entirely crazy. 3. I had fun and did not drown. 4. I even scored a goal thanks to some great passing in a 3 on 3 match.
• 14-Jul-2018
  That’s a big smile @ the Cubs @ Padres game
• 18-Jul-2018
  Selfies with robots x 4! #sdcc #sdcc2018
• 19-Jul-2018
  Ellie #cosplay from Up! #upcosplay So good!!!! #sdcc #elliecosplay
• 20-Jul-2018
  Jessica Jones & Hank McCoy are headed to #SDCC! #jessicajones #beastcosplay #sdcc2018
• 21-Jul-2018
  Walked into the Dr. Horrible screening last night and @feliciaday was at the podium!!! #SDCC #SDCC2018 #drhorrible
• 24-Jul-2018
  Post Comic-Con Sketch Party. #sdcc2018 #sketchpartysd #wrathofcon #sdcc @sketchpartysd
• 26-Jul-2018
  Finally picked up my mouse from Slacker. 14 months and a lifetime ago. Wonderful to see my colleagues.
• 28-Jul-2018
  Bookstore cat comes right up beside me then won’t look at me. I know that feeling bookstore cat. I also fail at playing it cool.
• 01-Aug-2018
  Mostly what I see is I need a haircut.
• 02-Aug-2018
  Jonquil is EIGHTY and helping move. I want to be like Jonquil.
• 02-Aug-2018
  Jonquil is EIGHTY and helping move. I want to be like Jonquil.
• 12-Aug-2018
  Dude practicing Tuba overlooking the San Diego River, you make this city better.
• 12-Aug-2018
  Lorikeet coming conclusion I have no nectar to offer, am just taking a photo.
• 12-Aug-2018
  The Goat.
• 24-Aug-2018
  ‪Amazing talk about @smartfinproject from Phil Bresnahan on science, surfing, and community @creativemornings_sd #cmsandiego #stoke #surfing Do science! Get stoked!‬
• 27-Aug-2018
  sunset \ handplane / torrey pines
• 29-Aug-2018
  @ sunset
• 01-Sep-2018
  Spotted Grace Jones at the Getty
• 02-Sep-2018
  Getty gardens are so, so beautiful and serene.
• 03-Sep-2018
  The El Capitan is a marvel.
• 03-Sep-2018
  This mural by Alex “Ali” Gonzalez is one my Mom would have loved. Mom last lived in Los Angeles in 1977 but the whole of Los Angeles is imbued with her presence. Whether it was the time Chris and I drive to LA from San Diego and I got home at 3am on a school night and she was madder at me than I’d ever seen her or would ever see her be mad again. Or the times driving in the VW Beetle from Alhambra to LA County to pick up my Dad. Or being on Sunset Blvd within striking distance of my sister’s birthplace. And yesterday there was this, her favorite man singer for decades. And in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” yesterday there’s that moment where Eddie Valiant picks up a novelty sword to fight with and it’s the Singing Sword, useless save for the fact it’s a 1940s-style caricature of Frank Sinatra singing “Witchcraft.” My Mom died in 2010 but I carry her in my eyes and feelings and memories.
• 04-Sep-2018
  Yes, Meshuggah Shack has a to robot on their bar. No, that’s not why I like them. Well, not the ONLY reason I like them.
• 04-Sep-2018
  On Saturday visited the California campus of @bastyruniversity here in San Diego. They do naturopathic treatments of various kinds and had impressive array of natural ingredients in their kitchen. They had a broader range of health care modalities than I expected.
• 08-Sep-2018
  Work Walk / Scripps Summit

  I started working in March of this year. It’s a startup. I like it. It’s on the rim of a big ol’ canyon. It’s harsh, but interesting. When I first started there I walked around on that canyon edge a few times. One time I actually mapped my pathway, manually. That’s what this map is…

• 09-Sep-2018
  “Softly smile, I know she must be kind.” Thank you Uncle Jody, for introducing me to great music and sharing with me opinions about what music MEANS.
• 09-Sep-2018
  “Softly smile, I know she must be kind.” Thank you Uncle Jody, for introducing me to great music and sharing with me opinions about what music MEANS.
• 09-Sep-2018
  Dogs allowed again. Safety first, Gwen.
• 09-Sep-2018
  If Summer’s over, how’d I catch all those waves today? #stoke
• 10-Sep-2018
  Terrific breakfast beverages at Dru’s Wiffle in Santa Monica. Bloody Mary & coconut latte. The chicken & waffles were terrific, too.
• 11-Sep-2018
  The Neptune abides. #sketchparty #sketchpartySD #stoke
• 15-Sep-2018
  Grendizer & Me @ Anime Jungle
• 16-Sep-2018
  Scenes from yesterday—Little Tokyo, Japanese American Museum. A great time.
• 18-Sep-2018
  B+
• 19-Sep-2018
  Me. With an Ultraman costume, Saturday.
• 21-Sep-2018
  That was the week that was.
• 21-Sep-2018
  Pacific Surfliner southbound coming into Old Town.
• 22-Sep-2018
  Action Corgi. A few weeks ago.
• 22-Sep-2018
  Mysterious Galaxy Seeks New Ownership

  I thought this email was interesting: Mysterious Galaxy seeks new ownership! For more than 25 years, Mysterious Galaxy has been an iconic fixture in the heart of San Diego, and your support has sustained one of the city’s most cherished independent bookstores. It’s time to pass the torch to a new owner, someone who can…

• 22-Sep-2018
  Posted September 13, 2018 to Facebook.

  If you’re reading this you are a acquaintance, a friend, or family of Leah and Joe. 2018 was a year of great change for Joe and Leah. We explored where we were, and what we wanted in life with the help of some supportive family and friends. To make a long and private story short,…

• 22-Sep-2018
  Sometimes

  Sometimes a person is sad and lonely. Me. Sometimes I’M sad and lonely. Sad and lonely. Sorted it out with friends and activity. Push on. Onward.

• 23-Sep-2018
  Was looking at code. Just doing cleanup in archival directories on my website and in a file with a time stamp of August 22, 2001 — hidden in an HTML comment— here’s a copy and pasted email from my mom. I encoded an audio tape of the night before their wedding and asked how old everyone in the tape was. I sure miss you mom.
• 25-Sep-2018
  Young Yondu, maybe. #sketchpartysd Amazing 3 year Anniversary turnout! Here’s to @sketchpartysd
• 26-Sep-2018
  No really, @sketchpartysd last night was great. #sketchpartysd
• 27-Sep-2018
  So cool in ‘92. Me and my sister @ Griffith Park.
• 28-Sep-2018
  Airport selfie, 1992. Headphones and listening to CDs I had to carry around with me. Ah, the past. Let’s not romanticize it.
• 28-Sep-2018
  ‪Great talk by Danny Kimm this morning at #cmsandiego on smartphones, screen time, and human connection.‬ thanks @creativemornings_sd
• 28-Sep-2018
  My dad and sister. NYC Christmastime 1992.
• 29-Sep-2018
  Serious young man. And a goofball cousin (me).
• 30-Sep-2018
  Dave Pressler

  I regret that I didn’t get up to Lancaster to see his show: Idea to Object but I’m glad I can follow his website: Dave Pressler.

• 30-Sep-2018
  I made a friend bodysurfing. He was using a sprig of seaweed to ride waves. Waves with some height and real power from Rosa. #bodysurfing #oceanbeach #sandiego #crabs
• 01-Oct-2018
  Poison. #inktober #inktober2018
• 03-Oct-2018
  THERE IS NOTHING SO TRANQUIL AS MAKING MARKS WITH NO AGENDA #inktober #inktober2018
• 03-Oct-2018
  Inktober 3. #inktober #inktober2018
• 04-Oct-2018
  Google’s Gmail Suggestions vs Apple’s MacOS Suggestions.

  Neither believe I want to write the word “Quiche.”

• 04-Oct-2018
  under her SPELL • #INKTOBER 4 • #inktober2018
• 05-Oct-2018
  DAGGER IS NOT CHICKEN / #inktober2018 #inktober
• 06-Oct-2018
  Love that Prof. Galloway.

  “Love received is comforting, love reciprocated is rewarding, and love given completely is eternal. You are immortal. Our role, our job as agents of the species, is to love someone unconditionally. It’s the secret sauce cementing the survival of homo sapiens. And to ensure we continue to enlist in this act, it’s also the most…

• 06-Oct-2018
  Kate Clyde, fabricator for @museumofman just spoke on creating interactive experiences @sdmakerfaire and was inspirational! #sketchnotes #balboapark #sdmakerfaire — “putting the fun in profundity”
• 07-Oct-2018
  Today I went through lots of old stuff and used a glue gun to assemble wine corks into a pyramid that I then put buttons on! (Among other things). CRAFTING!
• 08-Oct-2018
  This Star is EXHAUSTED. #inktober #inktober2018 #notPatrickStarfish #day7day8
• 09-Oct-2018
  What is bilateral symmetry anyway? #sketchpartysd #inktober #inktober2018 #holdAMirrorUpToIt
• 10-Oct-2018
  ❤️❤️❤️ just a few decades ago ❤️❤️❤️
• 10-Oct-2018
  This office has a disco ball and a gong. Good talk on ethics and design and technology tonight. #uxspeakeasy
• 10-Oct-2018
  Cube Cat makes an appearance for #inktober #inktober2018 #cubecat
• 11-Oct-2018
  I’m still proud of my glue-gunning this past weekend. #crafting #gluegun #corkcrafts
• 11-Oct-2018
  Inktober, barely. #inktober2018
• 13-Oct-2018
  Visited the jungle after dinner last night.
• 13-Oct-2018
  “Obviously, you’re not a golfer.”
• 13-Oct-2018
  My friend Chris was early learning what laser cutters could do and I’m proud to have this on display again!
• 14-Oct-2018
  I’m pretty sure Bob Brett drew this. It’s of me in 1994. Yay diaries and scrapbooks!
• 14-Oct-2018
  My grandmother, Jean wrote this note in 1993. Landline. Erin’s been my friend a long time. My grandma was more than 10 years out from the stroke that changed her life and forced her to re-learn everything, including writing. It was also the era when I’d come back to San Diego on vacation. I miss her. I disagreed with her consistently but loved her dearly.
• 15-Oct-2018
  VHS out of storage. Now I need tools to encode video to digital. Again.
• 16-Oct-2018
  315-750-4432

  And once again expired after that you will be taken under custody by the local cops as there are four serious allegations pressed on your name at this moment. We would request you to get back to us so that we can discuss about this case before taking any legal action against you. The number…

• 17-Oct-2018
  I’m gathering pieces for an Ofrenda. It’s a cultural thing I grew up with only in passing. But it’s 8 years my Mom’s gone this year. And it feels right.
• 18-Oct-2018
  I’m kind of a sticker collector now but I have more stickers than surfaces to put them on.
• 18-Oct-2018
  SAT JUN 19, 1993: I remember the glee with which Sharon & Chris revealed the event they were taking me to was a Barry Manilow concert. I was a music snob and she forced me to admit he was a helluva performer. We miss you Sharon!
• 19-Oct-2018
  Chinchillas at closing time, yesterday.
• 20-Oct-2018
  Scenes from 1994: spirometry at Los Alamitos Medical Center, The Tick, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption, Universal CityWalk, Comic Gallery on Balboa Ave.
• 21-Oct-2018
  Me & Kel
• 21-Oct-2018
  Brutal Fall day.
• 23-Oct-2018
  “Joseph Arther (sic) Crawford”: Batman Shrinky Dinks® from about 1975 before I could spell my middle name.
• 24-Oct-2018
  Emptied out Storage last weekend. It was an accomplishment! Much help from @leahblooms in the weeks prior.
• 25-Oct-2018
  I found the “ARTLUNG” stamp which I was sure had been lost forever! Who is up for a postcard or pen pal?
• 27-Oct-2018
  Day of the Dead
• 28-Oct-2018
  Yesterday was full of art and friends. A whirlwind. A most excellent day.
• 30-Oct-2018
  Parts.
• 31-Oct-2018
  Hello friend. “I’M SHOMER SHABBOS!” #happyhalloween #waltersobchak
• 31-Oct-2018
  Observation on whataboutism

  It’s always neat when I meet people who say “President N also did that in response to a criticism.” Sometimes it’s useful historical context. But often it’s a feckless way to divert criticism. The claim that every President is the same or every President is just like Trump is laughable and deserves ridicule. Moreover, the…

• 31-Oct-2018
  Walter & Scarecrow! Happy Halloween!!!
• 31-Oct-2018
  My teammates for Harry Potter Trivia are amazing. #kyloron
• 01-Nov-2018
  First ofrenda ever is for mom. It is the Day of the Dead. We remember those who have moved on and take joy that death is just another part of life.
• 02-Nov-2018
  From January. I could watch my Dad with his grandsons all day long.
• 03-Nov-2018
  I didn’t stay long but I was very happy to be at Red Wing for Joelle’s birthday. She’s always full of fierce truth and I found out Friday she has a heckuva set of pipes. Happy Birthday @tenthmuse!
• 03-Nov-2018
  We get extraordinary sunsets sometimes. The left and right were taken just a minute or so apart Thursday night.
• 04-Nov-2018
  I met this Garibaldi in Baltimore in January. I felt like I understood them because I’ve been an expatriate, too.
• 04-Nov-2018
  I met this Garibaldi in Baltimore in January. I felt like I understood them because I’ve been an expatriate, too.
• 05-Nov-2018
  Kelly in the pool in autumn.
• 07-Nov-2018
  TRUMP DON’T SURF • DON’T LITTER
• 07-Nov-2018
  Classic film viewing in a classic venue: The Third Man at @sidgrauman The Egyptian in Hollywood with @proopdog Greg Proops. I can smell the popcorn already.
• 08-Nov-2018
  Miniaturized Mom’s ofrenda. She’d’ve liked it.
• 08-Nov-2018
  Even a non-painter, when faced with a canvas to recycle, two acrylic paints and a little time—must paint.
• 09-Nov-2018
  The other night I got to see @proopdog laying it down for the Greg Proops Film Club.
• 11-Nov-2018
  It’s a good feeling when a friend gives you 3 robots in one day. Look at these little ones! Thanks Chris!
• 12-Nov-2018
  This should be fun. Big fun crowd for @jscalzi & Cixin Liu
• 14-Nov-2018
  My fridge magnets are pretty great.
• 14-Nov-2018
  We did not win at Space Trivia tonight.
• 17-Nov-2018
  Swami’s is always on point. Here with Kelly @hellokellykuhl on the way to Designer Con.
• 17-Nov-2018
  Designer Con has been fun. Inspiring! #designerCon
• 17-Nov-2018
  “SHUT UP AND DRAW!” —a message from @davepressler I can get behind. #designercon #robotselfie
• 18-Nov-2018
  Budget conscious haul from Designer Con: sticker by @jesssdraws and book by @davepressler and @mondonews Iron Giant limited edition Machinder version. And a bonus lil’ robot! #designercon
• 23-Nov-2018
  Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary. (It’s restorative, I hear).
• 24-Nov-2018
  Wherein I photobomb Cixin Liu

  That’s me in the back! From UCSD Clarke Center: In case you missed our sold-out evening with science fiction masters Cixin Liu and John Scalzi, you can now see the documentary video of the interview with Clarke Center Director Sheldon Brown at our Youtube channel:

• 24-Nov-2018
  San Diego is great because a simple movie date can turn magical!
• 25-Nov-2018
  Christmas tree building. Last night.
• 26-Nov-2018
  X marks the Thanksgiving prep (from last week)
• 27-Nov-2018
  I am not a Gundam or Transformer… I AM VOLTES V! #sketchpartysd #voltesv #sandiego
• 29-Nov-2018
  Comic-Con Museum

  I’ve been going to San Diego Comic-Con a long time. I love that the San Diego Comic-Con Museum seems to have enthusiasm at a grassroots level: Dear Joe, All of us at Comic-Con Museum are overwhelmed by the support we received on Giving Tuesday. Thanks to you and many others we managed to raise $20,912…

• 29-Nov-2018
  Used my umbrella. Rare here in San Diego.
• 01-Dec-2018
  I did not purchase this and that’s for the best but it’s got personality.
• 02-Dec-2018
  Materials for custom leads, collars, tugs, etc. San Diego FlyBall.
• 02-Dec-2018
  Kelly and Gwen in action, FlyBall!
• 02-Dec-2018
  I acquired a drawing table from Craigslist for cheap and it makes me very happy!
• 08-Dec-2018
  First thing made by me on my cheap new drafting table. Early Merry Christmas, y’all.
• 08-Dec-2018
  So honored to have two pieces among such amazing artists’ works! Thank you @labodegagallery @sketchpartysd 3rd Annual Art Show is amazing! Lots of art cheep! #sketchpartysd
• 09-Dec-2018
  I also worked on a small F-15 yesterday. Whoosh! (And hooray lost storage items)
• 11-Dec-2018
  So proud this was selected to be among the hundreds of wonderful pieces at Sketch Party San Diego. I like it and #sketchpartysd
• 12-Dec-2018
  Sunset out the work window the other day was amazing.
• 13-Dec-2018
  It rained last week. So weird. Scripps Northridge Technology Plaza.
• 13-Dec-2018
  Less flat-toppy.
• 13-Dec-2018
  What kind of trap is this? It was washed up at Mission Beach. The red things are actual bricks. And in the middle were two bleached out pieces meat. It was washed up and had rope attached. So—what kind of trap is this?
• 14-Dec-2018
  Christmas party.
• 15-Dec-2018
  Wish you were here (yesterday, elsewhere)
• 15-Dec-2018
  Bye. (I think an American Goldfinch).
• 15-Dec-2018
  Bulb! Party day 2. 🎄
• 16-Dec-2018
  I wish I’d met you. You died on New Year’s Eve in 1968. You were born in 1882! What things you saw! What change! Ellis Island! An immigrant who gave your daughter and her children better lives. Without you I would not exist.
• 18-Dec-2018
  Christmas is hard on everyone. #sketchpartysd
• 18-Dec-2018
  Be nice! …please #sketchpartysd
• 19-Dec-2018
  Leah @leahblooms ‘s artwork on these blank cards is beautiful. Considering putting these on Etsy! But really I should offer them to her first (Yes, a storage find)
• 20-Dec-2018
  The art on my walls is amazing and gives me joy.
• 20-Dec-2018
  My top 9 is quirky. I’m happy to see @hellokellykuhl featured so prominently ❤️ #topnine #topnine2018
• 21-Dec-2018
  Secret Santa at work got me @posca_usa markers and I could not be more delighted!
• 22-Dec-2018
  My Grandma at Marshall Scotty’s

  I love this photo of my grandma holding a camera taking my photo just and I take hers. Out at Marshall Scotty’s and taking photos and having fun with her kids and grandkids. She was less mobile because of a stroke and goodness gracious that was a burden for her to bear but look at…

• 24-Dec-2018
  Ho Ho Ho! Look out it’s Robot Santa—who hails from the tv show Futurama and first appeared in 1999. He weighs four tons, and his standards for who is naughty or nice are too harsh. Robot Santa mostly decides you’re naughty and need to be blasted by his terrifying arsenal.
• 25-Dec-2018
  Rufus @ Christmas with Family
• 27-Dec-2018
  Koi from Karl Strauss, brunch last weekend.
• 27-Dec-2018
  When life gives you unwanted 5 additional hours at Houston airport, make a SuperGato! #procreateapp
• 28-Dec-2018
  My rides here. Layover in Houston 18 hours 49 minutes. Baton Rouge next.
• 28-Dec-2018
  Archer and me. Travel mishaps entirely worth it.
• 29-Dec-2018
  I was very happy to see Gigantor yesterday when I went to Baton Rouge and my bag went to New Orleans!
• 29-Dec-2018
  ⚜️ @justchillinsweettreats
• 29-Dec-2018
  I could draw with kids all day.
• 30-Dec-2018
  Life on the Mississippi
• 30-Dec-2018
  ECCE PANIS ANGELORUM
• 30-Dec-2018
  The door on the left was a 7-11 forty years ago. I played Centipede, Asteroids, Galaxian & Battlezone for the first time in that room.
• 30-Dec-2018
  Holidays in the Quarter. Hundreds of years of tipsy partying in a row. It’s something else.
• 30-Dec-2018
  Line for Preservation Hall is a perfect representation of the Sunk Cost fallacy. I was hoping for the 5pm show. Then the 6. Now waiting for the 8. But jazz, and famous. And beautiful.
• 30-Dec-2018
  Recording and photography is not allowed inside Preservation Hall. No rules against drawing though. Sublime and intense and wonderful musical experience.