First attempt at shooting birds with the Z8 out by the bay at the Mountain View bird sanctuary.

Camera: Nikon Z8, 100-400mm f4.5-6.3 Z plus 1.4TC

Keiko went to her long sleep yesterday afternoon. The combination of mineral deposits and ulcers in her eyes plus failing kidneys and bladder meant it was time to say goodbye.

Surprisingly, Jan made the call even though Keiko had been her shadow throughout the pandemic. Keiko loved people and tolerated dogs. We'll miss her.

I ran a LAN party we call Friday Night Follies in my basement lab for 28 years since running the original Doom on an IPX network.

We took the gaming onto Discord from our homes during the pandemic. We just had one last session last Saturday. It was epic, including blowing the room circuit breaker 3 times and me MC’ing a beer taste test. It’s been a good ride but its time has pased.

Nothing illustrates the herd mentaility of venture capitalists more than pulling all their money out of SVB at the same time, causing a massive bank run.

From Dave Karpf’s substack, well worth reading. #SVB

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/three-thoughts-on-silicon-valley?publication_id=387131&isFreemail=true