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Fleet Week and Deep Learning

TL;DR, photo album is available. I used deep learning to increase my productivity in publishing the images from Fleet Week airshow.  Fleet Week is in town. This year the weather cooperated and we had clear…

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Return of the Paras for Jollies

"Paras Out for a Jolly" featured "ALBERT01" flying around San Francisco Bay at slow speeds, steep angles, and low altitudes. On June 15th, the sibling plane returned for a repeat show as ALBT1. Although, not…

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"Paras out for a jolly"

One day I'm presenting on camera at work from home and out of the corner of my eye, I see a plane coming in fast and low, very low. Like, is this going to crash…

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Interesting ICAOs

What is an ICAO code? It is the standard for aircraft registration code. Every aircraft in member countries should have a unique registration code. This includes military aircraft. The standard is set by the International…

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Riding These Days

The View from Hawk Hill

Riding through the city these past few weeks is amazing. It's so nice to ride without cars, cyclist ruling the streets, pedestrians everywhere enjoying the clean, sping air. I've said this before, but I can't…

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Positive side of COVID-19? More bikes.

Bicycle ridership is up, at least in New York City, https://grist.org/climate/coronavirus-has-caused-a-bicycling-boom-in-new-york-city/ In San Francisco, the rise in ridership was up after Better Market Street was implemented, https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/03/car-free-market-street-data-san-francisco-bus-bike-scooters/607711/ Vehicle traffic is down, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/13/coronavirus-pandemic-cratering-road-traffic-these-us-cities/5041250002/ I suspect both…

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Planning for the future of San Francisco

In regards to my continued re-imagining of San Francisco, the Planning Department's report on Housing Affordability Strategies is available. A decent overview of the report is at https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/9/21171492/housing-affordability-strategies-san-francisco-targets-planning-report. Who knew my interest in urban planning…

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