Author: hans

  • San Francisco Anti-War Rally Photo Gallery

    Here in San Francisco thousands of people marched through downtown protesting against any war on Iraq. The march proceeded from Justin Herman Plaza up Market Street and ended in the Civic Center Plaza. I shot several photos and grabbed a couple of short video clips from the event. Select an image below to view an…

  • Poison Oak!!! Argh!!!

    Oh the evils of mother nature. I was once again touched by one of her servants, the infamous Poison Oak. There isn’t an off-season for this nasty beast. It can strike at any time. It has many forms, a shape shifter of demon plants. Here’s a link to a gallery I put together: Western Poison…

  • Hard Drive Death : Rebirth

    I now have a new replacement hard drive and my system is up and running. While my computer was down I started looking around for a drive. Because of the time it was taking I considered buying one so I could use my computer. I would then add the warranty replacement as a secondary drive.…

  • Hard Drive Death : Support hell

    As I mentioned previously, my hard drive decided to die on me. Still in the warranty time frame, Dell support came to replace it but brought the wrong size drive. Rescheduled for installation the following day. So, the following day I get a message from a tech support person. I call back and he starts…

  • Mentioned in DailyPeloton.com

    My videos got nice mention in Daily Peloton : Pro Cycling News. Here’s the nice part: Hans has numerous videos of eight different races and they are worth a look. 🙂

  • Hard Drive Death

    My hard drive started letting out death squeaks the other night while I was working on one of my videos. Everything froze up while the drive let out its death song. I had to cold boot to stop the system. Luckily the system booted back up and I was able to test the drive. It…

  • Race Report :: Redline Cup CX Finals

    Date: December 8, 2002 Event: Redline Cup CX Finals Category: Senior B Place: 26 Field: 55 An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves. — Lydia Child A lovely but chilly day in Napa for a race. Just cool enough that arm and knee warmers were needed. But a perfect temperature…

  • Race Report :: Central Coast Cyclocross #5

    Date: December 1, 2002 Event: Central Coast Cyclocross Race 5 Category: Master 35+ Place: 15 Field: ~40 With my turkey trip to Chicago still lingering among my insides, I slowly arose Sunday morning to drive down to Prunedale for the 5th Central Coast Cyclocross race. Now you might be thinking “Prunedale? Do they grow prunes…

  • Race Report :: Surf City Cyclocross #4 (Finals)

    Date: November 24, 2002 Event: Surf City Cyclocross Race 4 (Finals) Category: Senior B Place: 30 Field: 59 Yee haw! We’re off to the fairgrounds. The finals of the Surf City series were at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville. This is a great location because of the its easy access, parking, large grassy…

  • Race Report :: Oakland Criterium

    Date: July 14, 2002 Event: Oakland Criterium Category: Senior 4/5 Distance: 20 laps Place: 2nd and first prime Field: 80 This event was a transition point in my road racing career. It was to be my last Cat 4 race. The bean counter, well Casey Kerrigan that is, has been totaling points and red-marked me…