Tour of California pics

Point Reyes_Stage 1
Originally uploaded by madadraw7.

Here are a few pics I shot at the Prologue and Stage 1 of the Tour of California.


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U.S. snowboarder eats it, loses gold

This is funny.

Botched Jump Costs Jacobellis Gold Medal

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Photos from Indonesia's "Lost World"

Check out this photo gallery from National Geographic, showing some of the new species discovered by researchers on the island of New Guinea.

Photos from the "Lost World"


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South African Wins Maverick's

Story, results and video from Maverick's in Half Moon Bay, CA.


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Only in Japan

This is my kind of cafe:)

Maid in Japan


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Maverick's!

Maverick's is on. This is a good background story on the event and the natural landscape that causes the huge waves. It contains a cool video and graphic. I'll update with results later today.

SFGate on Maverick's

Here is a link to mediazone.com where you can watch live and get access to archives for $10.


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Watch Crappy Super Bowl Ads on Google

super-bowl-commercials
Originally uploaded by madadraw7.

Google Video has the commercials from the Super Bowl.

Unfortunately, the left out the only good ad: MacGyver for MasterCard.


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Road Rage is in Your Genes

It's amazing what can be explained by evolutionary psychology.

LATimes story: Get Out of the Way!


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NPR on W

Breakdown of Bush's BS.

What he said, What he didn't


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Brokeback to the Future

brokeback
Originally uploaded by madadraw7.

This is pretty damn funny and the editing is stellar.

Brokeback to the Future


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The Google/China Issue

This article talks about Google censoring results in China. I have to side with Google on this. Why? They're getting into a huge market early, it makes business-sense; MOST results are not censored; and maybe down the road the government will be forced to change and NO results will be censored.

SFGate: How Google Censors Its Chinese Portal


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