My dad, and die-hard, mavericks daredevil surfer, is in search for a boat to get him to dozens of inaccessible surf breaks of the coast of California. I've been aiding in the search here and there. It seems that ocean worthy boats seem to hold …

Is a perfect CRI (Color Rendering Index) desirable when selecting bulbs? I know cheap florescence and LED's can have somewhat poor CRI's like 80-ish, whereas the expensive ones are 95+. Does that make much difference? Username: These shots are …

Found this black-legged tick burrowing in my belly-button a few hours after a hike in the nor-cal woods last week. I'm sure it was borrowing less than 2 hours. Followed CDC recommendation on tick removal. No rash and no fever since, though still …

Ah, good to know. My brother swears by them. He uses the collar on his border collie who is on tick-infested ranch land multiple days a week. Going to try your recommendations first.

Gotcha. My A7RII 42MP raw files hover around 80 mb. Can't imagine what it would be like dealing with thousands of those if I were shooting weddings. Do you shoot your weddings in raw or JPEG? Or if both, how do you decided when to shoot raw?

> she woke up with a tick burrowed in her and what looked like it could be a bullseye. It was a ring of red around the bite, maybe just regular inflammation, I dunno That's scary, luckily she got antibiotics right away. I believe a bullseye around …

Incredible shots and great creativity putting together an impromptu wedding, Robert. Love it. The A7III looks pretty great for the money. For people getting into mirrorless, it’s a wonderful all around camera to start with. I was impressed enough …

Having just designed and built a house (but not been through the heart-breaking trauma you’ve endured), I’m now more than ever interested in how other homeowners are designing their houses. Drafting is such a meticulous process that takes so long …

> Is this the future of security cams? I think so. This is really also a question of cost of storage. For consumers, will it be practical? Say over the last decade, does storage cost keep pace with file sizes of the ever growing sensor …

After a year an a half with using the touchbar, I could live without. It's a gimmick at best. On my pre-touchbar MacBook, I would never look down at my keyboard. Now on my MacBook touchbar, the lack of haptic/physical feedback forces me to look …

SpaceX just got FCC approval to launch 4,425 satellites into Low Earth Orbit for a global broadband network. This could be game changing, providing affordable broadband internet to all places on Earth. The constellation might actually be practical …

Yes, they are so so smart! She's 4 1/2 months now, and she's incredibly trainable. She can stay with a treat in front of her, and wait for the release word, free. I spew english at her, and make her decipher free from words, sentences, and phrases. …

Mitchell’s Cove Beach just west of the lighthouse on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz is a scenic dog beach. It’s always beautiful around sunset.

I was camping in Grand Staircase Escalante and Capitol Reef Nat Park last weekend (without a motorcycle)... oh how epic riding a motorcycle through there would have been. Jealous those places are in your neck of the woods. The Wasatch of northern …

> I'm never a fan of the insurance industry, to say the least. Agreed! The sad reality that in human time, not geologic time, earthquakes are pretty unpredictable. The feared M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone quake will probably never happen in our …

I hear you. That high deductible sounds scary, but the uninsured alternative is most certainly worse in the likely case a rebuild is needed. For example, say you’re insured for $250k with a 20% deductible, and a total rebuild is necessary, they’ll …

I always thought EQ insurance was something California residents just didn’t buy due to absurdly high premiums and deductibles, but I’m now leaning towards purchasing it. Here’s why: The EQ section of the CA residential building code is primarily …

Brett, I hear your frustration. Probably like you, I was born and raised surfing Santa Cruz, and I still do. I don’t know of another sport where people are more aggressive and violent. In June, I watched my dad get punched in the face for taking a …

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Dan from the Cowboy Toffee Company came from the heart of Texas for show off his Ghost Town Toffee. Its intense ghost pepper spice hits like a bullet in the wild west. You wonder what you were thinking when you agreed to try that. But that butterly …

The Good Chocolate was superb. A humble name for an amazing product. Their sugar-free chocolate is sweet, dark and amazing. Erythritol is the bread and butter of their brand. It’s a sweetener they use in their chocolate that really does mimic …

I didn’t expect I’d be tasting balsamic vinegar at a chocolate festival; however, Gourmet Blends surprised me. I think of balsamic vinegar as basic, common cooking ingredient. How much variation can there be in balsamic vinegars? A lot. I was …

I slowly transitioned from the 5D Mark III to the Sony A7 line up for my primary camera. I've been through an A7, A7R, A7S, and A7II. Dropped an A7S from a drone 🙈. I drowned an A7 and A7II on that same day. I alway keep on buying Sony mirrorless …

Wonderful photos, Scot! I had no idea SF had such great cherry blossoms. We traveled all the way to Japan to capture cherry blossoms for a film that I was shooting on. It's really cool to know there also some amazing cherry blossoms so close to my …

Did you see this on your drive? Converted school buses taking folks down Highway 1. Shot on a surf trip just outside of Managua.