Bonne Année!

The New Year's Eve beacon par excellence.

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A classic

You can never take away a French's right to outdoor seating. Not even in the winter. This is Le Nemrod.

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Boarding

Good morning good 'ol 319.

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ARN- CDG

Boarding the early AF flight to Paris to meet up with Sarah. This 6 am flight has been with me since 2009. And the gate 63 has been the same for years.

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'Tis the Season

A Happy and Merry Christmas to all our friends around the world. We love you.

Per & Sarah

Surviving the 1.0

Dayz is finally "out" of its beta. DAYZ 1.0 was released on December 13. Me, Philippe (Paris, France), Trevor (San Francisco, US) and Reilly (Los Angeles, US) have played co-op all day today. Choppy, but fun as hell.

A meh lunch

A typical Swedish suburban pizza. Low impact on your taste buds, but with high cultural value.

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Let's have a staring contest

A piece of awesome art in the Stockholm subway system :-)

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Happy Thanksgiving

Share your gratefulness, share your love.

Fire, smoke, and brimstone

Beijing is known for the super unhealthy air quality. But thruth is, Northern California air quality is at the moment rated worst in the world, conditions "hazardous".

Read more on SFGate

Ray Tracing is here. But...

Tim has played Battlefield 5 with Ray Tracing. But is the RTX 2080 Ti really ready for the job?

We grabbed them by the wallet

Our new Governor

Gavin Newsom is our new governor. He is going to take the helm of the fifth largest economy in the world: California. California is the richest and poorest state in America. That is one of the challenges that Newsom is encountering. The 3 big H: Housing, Homelessness & Health. We wish you good luck, buddy.

Photo: The Chronicle

Vote!

You know what to do today, folks. You know what to do.

Happy gaming Halloween

A spooky midterms 2018 is coming up next week. Why don't you gear up (or brace yourself) with some of those games you kinda wanted when they came out but never bought? Steam Halloween sale is at full swing. O, and Happy Halloween btw.

Janky mechanics but great exploration

Many fans of the Fallout franchise are still uncertain of the single player experience of Fallout 76. Here are some thoughts from the staff at Gamespot:
 

Sustainable trip

On my way back to Stockholm after a work trip to Ubi/Massive in Malmö. Train ride this time around. Slower but comfortable and more sustainable :-)

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Is this it?

With the hair of a Samson (or a Steve) Jay uses the power of non-cheating to end this battle once and for all (?)...

Ice bucket challenge

Steve is quick to respond to Jay's 15K in Time Spy Extreme. What about dumping the radiator in ice water and sprinkle some salt over it?

2080Ti SLI OC battle

The battle with Steve rages on. Watch Jay get to 15K in Time Spy Extreme. Hard hats required.
 

Going somewhere?

A snapshot of people in a packed subway car in Paris, 2pm, September 23, 2018.

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A little more than 2-hour nap awaits

Friday evening flight to Paris.

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RTX

Jason & Steve on the Nvidia RTX (Pax West 2018).

Labor Day weekend traveling

It's September 1st and time to go back to Europe (Copenhagen) again. Sarah departed for HongKong already at 1.05pm on her annual 7-week work trip. Now I'm gonna go grab one of them burgers I know they serve here. All veggie, of course.

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But who's gonna pay for it?

Maya Halal Taqueria in Oakland is good. So good walls will probably be built around their food - according to themselves.

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Going electric (?)

Tested out a Tesla today. No, not me. Sarah did. Me? I tested out riding shotgun. Awesome.

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The Morgans' house

One of our new temporary "neighbors" here in Cleveland Heights (Oakland) are the Morgans. I really like their house.

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Walter won't falter

The dog Walter jumped into the water to chase some pelicans. It was impossible to get him ashore, so the park ranger had to step in.

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Oakland Mosaic

The mosaic trash cans placed around Lake Merritt are beautiful and creatively done.

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But what happens when the 7nm comes?

Good morning ya'll. Not much sleep because of rays tracing over your eye lids? The partner cards at MSI do sure look badass. But click below on Steve's take on yesterday's Nvidia announcement. He's a bit concerned.

Click here: Hardware Unboxed Steve's Honest Opinion

Nothing left for the partners?

Today the new Nvidia Turing graphics cards were formally announced. Big changes (?). Are they going to make it harder for the partners with the new dual cooler already on the FE? Steve at Gamers Nexus goes into the details.

On top of Nob Hill is our anniversary home

We often celebrate our anniversary at the Top of the Mark by having a nice dinner. This time around we decided to also stay the night here. Why not? The view over Huntington Park is lovely.

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Our room on the 15th floor. And no, there were no rooms available with a single King's bed. But Sarah's planning to eat a lot of garlic so I don't mind the gulch... ;-)

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Good crunch-morning ya'll

Dennis on one of his "good morning tours".

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House project

The roof shingles on the upper part of our house look great. Shame we have to re-do parts of it because of the teardown. And the wires... look at the wires honey. Did your mom install them like this back in the day?

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It's alive

Check this tree out. I wonder what strange power forced it to grow like this.

California dreaming

Awesome photo I took before our ferry ride back to San Francisco this Sunday afternoon.

Nailing it

It's weekend and we're in Sausalito again. Greg is helping us shopping some power tools. Much obliged.

Friday shindig

Having a local neighbor party here in Cleveland Heights (Oakland) tonight, and wifey is the M.C., host and what not.

Columbus Avenue

Columbus Avenue with The City's tallest skyscrapers, Transamerica Pyramid & Salesforce Tower, in the distance.

Oakland from above

Jake has been playing with his drone here in Oakland. Evening light over Lake Merritt.

Our princess

Princess street, Sausalito, CA.

Good 'ol Sausalito ferry

It's only a 25-minute ferry ride from San Francisco to Sausalito, but if you wanna grab a beer, a glass of wine or even a cocktail - it's all being provided for.

Trees of California

Awesome looking trees at Regillus on Lakeside Drive in Oakland.

A footlong

Grabbed a burrito earlier today at the Tacos Mi Rancho at 1st Avenue. It's only a food truck, though extremely popular and the line is long but definitely worth the wait.

Not on my bucket list

Our neighbors Lee and Ashley on their paddling boards down at the Marina in Sausalito. They seem to have totally forgotten we have great white sharks in our waters around here.

No pun intended

At Bella Lucca on Geary in San Francisco you can get vegetarian (!) falafels. Seriously? If you need to state the obvious you should tell the customers your bacon is made out of pork, too. Vegetarians aren't as stupid as you think.

The stage is yours

Wifey spoke at a convention today in Redwood City. No karaoke here. I swear. Just words. A lot of them.

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And the sun goes on

California is awesome. 6 out of 7 days are sunny, and the low humidity makes the hot days bearable.

Children's memorial statue

Throughout America, tragic acts of violence against children are occurring with increasing frequency and senselessness, destroying innocent lives and devastating families and communities.

This statue in Oakland is dedicated to all children who die from maltreatment and violence each year signaling our determination to end this needless loss.

Is this a boat or a ship?

Saturday. That means a lot of activities on the Bay.

Playing scratchers on the phone or snapping a selfie?

A tourist lady (?) is enjoying the ferry ride to Sausalito.

The Force of Sales

The Salesforce Tower is a real Behemoth.

Clean and beautiful

Pack out your trash - or just dump it. Welcome to beautiful Oakland.

Mirror me

Gotta love the reflectivity of the 555 City Center.

"Sewer repair"

Sorry dear neighbors, but we have to shut off the water a few times next week. We know, it's our fault. Sorry...