Posts By: Ben

Mission murals

There are so many murals in the mission, I figured I should start posting photos of them. This guy was painting it as we went by. It is his second mural – but I forget his name. Posted from my iPhone via email

First friday back and iphone

I got back to San Francisco on Saturday night of last week and have been getting settled in for the past week. Our new place is in the mission district of San Francisco, and it is a very active, dynamic part of the city. We had our first Friday meeting since I have been back… Read the rest »

Panama

Ahh… taste that? A new brand of beer. I’m in Panama! I left Samara, Costa Rica on a 4:30am bus to San Jose, where I switched to another bus that brought me to the Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo. I spent the night at a hostel called Rockin J’s, which is full of hammocks and… Read the rest »

What’s your desktop look like?

In the mornings I tend to mess around in Photoshop and Illustrator following tutorials online and whatnot to get my brain flowing and to learn some new tricks. Today I messed around and finally organized my desktop. Click to see it full size. I don’t actually use icons on the desktop that often as I… Read the rest »

A brief rundown of Costa Rica so far

I got here on Feb 15th and met Susy at the airport, packed stuff up at our friend Cyril’s house, and headed here to Samara. There are now eight of us living in a beautiful, very large house that overlooks a horse field then the ocean. We are: 3 developers 1 sys-admin 1 tech lead/dev/sys-admin… Read the rest »