1. Climb the hill to the Lawrence Hall of Science. This hill is shrouded in forest, and lanes criss-cross them here and there, lined with fancy houses. It's to the east of Berkeley. One Sunday afternoon, I followed the labyrinth of streets all the way to the top. It is pretty steep, but not too… Continue reading Places to visit in Berkeley
My favorite article for WIRED
My favorite article I wrote was about a group of American Indians called Karuk who live in North California. I liked this piece so much because it was like interviewing hero after hero. Not flashy heroes, just really good, dependable, wonderful heroes. Everyone had done so much reaching across aisles, and doing what was needed… Continue reading My favorite article for WIRED
A “honey-do” list
I am recalling a Lyft driver I had in North Carolina once. He was a retired man from South Carolina, and he didn't volunteer information, just answered all my questions in that southern twang that you don't get to hear in California. He said that after he retired, his "honey-do" list kept getting longer and… Continue reading A “honey-do” list
Need inspiration?
Today, I heard a speaker who had some soaring words for us. She said: Walk towards the things that makes time stop for you; that make you light up; that you can't be pulled away from. Well, I wanted to sit down and tell her all the times I'd tried to walk towards just exactly… Continue reading Need inspiration?
Kofi Annan
I'm so sorry about this. I was just re-reading my last blog post, and I realized I had mentioned Kofi Annan (he was always Mr. A to me) in it. Pretty much the main reason I remember that 4Tech episode from Ghana is because Mr. A was from Ghana. I wrote about Mr. A in… Continue reading Kofi Annan
Interviewing Arabs
It's my last few days here, and I'm interviewing Arabs. I'd had the idea for a while - to write a story about a science and technology show that airs on the BBC Arabic. It's called 4 Tech, and I've watched it a whole bunch, and I think I probably blogged about it some, back… Continue reading Interviewing Arabs
Fifth article for WIRED
I published 3 articles within 8 days! But there are two extra weeks you should count at the beginning when I was working on them and didn't publish anything. One was about air pollution in a mostly Black neighborhood in Maryland. Oh yeah, I mentioned that here before. It's the one I did the GIS… Continue reading Fifth article for WIRED
All the tourists in San Francisco
It's been fun people-watching all the tourists around San Francisco. There's not many around WIRED's office in the financial district, but once you go towards the wharf and the water and the Golden Gate Bridge, they're everywhere. I think the most I've seen is Germans. Sometimes you're walking along, and you just go from one… Continue reading All the tourists in San Francisco
Light in Berkeley
I will miss walking between the train station and my apartment, both in the mornings and in the evenings, and catching glimpses of the hills where I can see further between the trees. Even when it's not yet evening, and there's no lights on them, they still seem to twinkle at me through sloping sunlight… Continue reading Light in Berkeley
Making maps
I had to verify a fact for my article I'm working on now. It's about a bunch of polluting power plants being built in a neighborhood in Maryland where mostly Black people live. Having lived in Maryland, I can tell you that this is exactly the sort of thing that Maryland would do. What the… Continue reading Making maps
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