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2017/05/28 3rd set Back to the Roots kits

π 2017-05-28 01:01 in Public

I had tried back to the roots before, and it was fun. I was curious to try different mushrooms this time though.

Try #1

Try #2

Tried some Lion Mare, very interesting and easy to grow mushroom that is actually quite tasty:

it was already primed when I got it, ready to grow

before long...

nice

it came to a sad end for the mushroom, but it was yummy for us :)

The other set was yellow oyster mushroom. This was a bit more picky. It had to be tented in to keep the moisture, otherwise it would dry out. However, doing so would also asphyxiate it and it would die because it couldn't breathe, but if you make too many breathing holes, then it's at risk of drying out again:

it started well

and then it died

tried again

and then it died, again

one more try

and finally it worked out

good crop

tried a 2nd crop

not as big, but still enough to eat

the end :)

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2017/05/27 2017 Dreamstate in San Francisco

π 2017-05-27 01:01 in Clubbing, Dreamstate, Festivals

Last year, Dreamstate was in January, which was a bit cold and rainy when we got out. To be honest, it was much nicer in May, even if it was a bit close to EDC as a result. It was a great lineup, a nice 16 hours of trance with 16 DJs

This was the perfect excuse to go try my new shirt + pants with neopixels I had worked on (including new light effect code I wrote and battery saving patch to run up to 12H on a single battery). I found a few other people who were lit up, but compared to burning man where you'd get "oh, 200 neopixels, so cute, I have 1000 Watts' worth on my art car, they can be seen 2 miles away", there weren't too many people lit up. I found 5 or 6 of them though:

After some questions, I wrote a separate page on my lit up shirt and pants.

Day #1: Video summary:

Ruben de Ronde

Menno de Jong

Ben Nicky

Pure Nrg did a great set playing drums on top of that

Liquid Soul

Good to see Paul Oakenfold again, it's been 16 years since I first saw him

hard to get Oakey smiling nowadays, he doesn't seem that happy the rest of the time

Markus Schulz

Paul Van Dyk

After a bit of rest, it was Day #2: Video summary:

Binary Finary

Fleming & Lawrence

Bryan Kearney

Vini Vici

Astrix

John O' Callaghan

Ferry Corsten

Gareth Emery

Cool audio gear:

this is for work

but you can even play tetris on it

Some crowd shots:

Sadly, not enough people with lighting:

Some people shots:

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2017/05/26 Jean Michel Jarre @ Berkeley Greek Theatre

π 2017-05-26 01:01 in Clubbing

I've been a fan of Jean Michel Jarre since the 1980's when I was a teenager. Along with Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre is one of the founders of Electronic Music. The two of them were popular before anyone else was even around doing any EDM.

Sadly, I never managed to go see him perform way back then, so it was super cool to see that he did a US tour and that I'd finally be able to see him. Better late than never...

Here's a video summary:

JMJ did a tune with Snowden

JMJ is most well known for his laser musical harp

Thanks to my friend Arnaud, we got invited to the after party for the crew:

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2017/05/24 KitTea Cat Cafe

π 2017-05-24 01:01 in Cats

Jennifer and I finally were in San Francisco on a day other than Tuesday when KitTea Cafe is closed, so we went to check it out:

Jennifer made a good friend there:

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2017/05/24 Dinner at Quince, the Latest 3 Star Michelin Rated Restaurant in SF

π 2017-05-24 01:01 in Dining, Ndining

Since we were in SF to go see a Hamilton matinée (great show by the way), we used the opportunity to have dinner at Quince. Funny thing is that it's on the other side of the wall from Coi, with 2 stars.

I guess they are Saison's competitor and honestly Saison was totally overpriced without being better. Quince is definitely a better deal, and had more courses (not that more is always better, but in this case it was).

Some pictures:

Definitely a good dinner and Jennifer enjoyed the wine course (good pairings).

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2017/05/20 Verso Kyau n Albert

π 2017-05-20 01:01 in Clubbing

DJ Blurr

Kyay and_Albert then took over

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2017/05/20 Maker Faire

π 2017-05-20 01:01 in Outings, Public

blade runner umbrella was all I needed :)

3D printed shoes, pretty cool actually

this would be very cool at burning man :)

tiny arcade worked and looked super cool

Z80 clone, very cool

nice way to show how FPV works

Miniature worlds were great:

Big things:

remember seeing those guys at burning man, they look better at night ;)

this robot was cool, but unreliable

and it died before being able to hit the car (on its 3rd failed attempt)

the Tesla coil from my neighbours at Burning Man

The dark room was fun as always:

The Google booth had some friends:

learning about the upcoming total eclipse

A few talks:

Ahah, other people have been making neomatrices:

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2017/05/18 Droid and Friends, Thunderhill 3 miles, and first track day of the year

π 2017-05-18 01:01 in Cars, Ncars

Tires were noe new, I was rusty, fair amount of slow traffic blocking on many laps, so not my best times, But eh, it was a day at the track, so still had a good time :)

Attila's new ride