What’s more fun than going shopping on Black Friday? Just about anything, but for myself and some old friends we took a leisurely drive in the Santa Monica mountains. My friends are all fortunate to have vintage rides from the 60’s and 70’s. I had to make due with my modern car.
We met up with a vintage car club in a parking lot in Malibu at 9:00 am, check out their rides and then headed out on our own.

Here’s montage of clips from the day.

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Here’s the route we followed. It’s pretty much the same route we took our previous outing. Next trip out (probably New Years) we’ll mix it up a bit with some new roads.

Thanksgiving Canyon Run ‘09

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While those visiting Tahquitz waiting in line for lunch. The Tribe guys entertained with many of their camp songs. Here’s a clip.

While camping near the Santa Ynez river, we came across a baptism in the river. It’s a scene that’s no doubt occurred tens of thousands of times over hundreds of years. Below is a short clip I captured while watching. I’ve learned to really appreciate traditions and gatherings such as this for the continuity they bring to a culture. I see in them a timeless quality that can’t help but connect the viewer/participant to history and to those that have traveled this way before us. Imagine this occurring in this very spot a 150 years prior. The only difference might be the clothes and the digital cameras. Watch the video after the jump.

I saw this and had to share. This thing is so cool, I can’t believe it.

The cool video of this thing has gone missing from youtube. Basically it’s about the size of a large jar of mayonaise. It drips water about 6 or 8 inches through the beams of several LEDs that fire at the precise rate of the dripping water. The drips appear to hang susspended in air. You can change the rate of the LEDs and make the drops appear to float upwards.

Oh, I found the video again.

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The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken

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We live in the Milky Way galaxy. There are an estimated 200 – 600 billion stars here. The Hubble image shows an estimated 10,000 galaxies in that tiny portion of the sky. Phenominal.

Here’s another excellent perspective on the image.

After you watch his video check out his site. deepastronomy.com

Here’s a link to the Ultra Deep Field Image on the Hubble telescope site.

Rumsfeld Gets Cute At The Podium

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This links to a short animation on U-Tube.

I’ve found myself on the U-Tube site more and more in the last few days. It’s actually pretty cool.

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