Field Recording: Civic Center BART Station

October 27th, 2010

2009.07.16, 5:22pm.

On my short walk to the underground platforms at the Civic Center Station, San Francisco. You can hear a busker playing a cover of “Landslide”, the MUNI and BART trains picking up commuters on their way home.
http://www.suayan.com/audio/Civic-Center-BART.mp3′

JavaOne Conference Notes

September 26th, 2010

Picked 3 of my favorite topics from the recently concluded JavaOne conference in San Francisco. Link to PDF (5.5mb).

Weekend Hikes

March 14th, 2010

Weather is definitely starting to feel a lot like spring in our neck of the woods. And so we have started going out on short hikes with the kids. Last week, we checked out “Little Yosemite” in a little town named Sunol, which is near Fremont. The rolling hills have this vibrant hue of green which we expect to last not too long. Alameda Creek is flowing swiftly this time of the year with all the rain from the previous week and it does remind me of the Merced River in the high sierras.

Sunol, CA
Sunol

Sunol

Sunol

Next day was spent walking around a Palo Alto landmark called “The Dish”. The radio telescope was built by the Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s which at one point was used to communicate with the Voyager.

The Dish, Palo Alto, CA
The Dish

California Oak

Edgewood Park & Reserve, Redwood City, CA
Edgewood Trail

Edgewood Trail

Edgewood Trail

Edgewood Trail

Abbey Road and Native Instruments

March 12th, 2010
http://www.native-instruments.com/fileadmin/ni_media/producer/kontaktsoundpack/ABBEY_ROAD/video/INTRO_film_LOW_2.flv

Filoli Gardens: Daffodil Daydreams

March 4th, 2010