ed.hunsinger.org » Video http://ed.hunsinger.org Your life is yours to create. be a dreamer Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 I love my cat http://ed.hunsinger.org/2008-04-11/i-love-my-cat/ http://ed.hunsinger.org/2008-04-11/i-love-my-cat/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:54:52 +0000 divinity http://ed.hunsinger.org/2008-04-11/i-love-my-cat/ Bunki is just plain entertainment. Heather captured this video:

]]> http://ed.hunsinger.org/2008-04-11/i-love-my-cat/feed/ 1 The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-24/the-san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge/ http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-24/the-san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:50:02 +0000 divinity http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-24/the-san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge/ This may be more interesting to the Bay Area locals, but I figured other people might find it neat as well. This is an old newsreel about the Bay Bridge opening up back in 1936. I love the style with which this news is presented. It’s exciting and sensational and for good reason.


Some fun facts about the Bay Bridge (via wikipedia)
* The Bay Bridge is 44,352 ft (8.40 miles) long.
* One of the busiest bridges in the US, carrying approximately 280,000 vehicles per day.
* The legal name of the bridge is The James “Sunny Jim” Rolph Bridge
* Construction began on July 9, 1933, with the bridge opening on November 12, 1936, causing one of the greatest SF traffic jams ever.
* The total cost came out to $79.5 million (equivalent to $1.07 billion in 2005 dollars).
* The toll started at 65 cents, dropped to it’s lowest of 25 cents.
* The current toll for autos is $4, collected only for westbound traffic. For comparison, the original $0.65 toll in 1936 would be $8.62 in 2005 dollars.
* The dirt excavated for the Yerba Buena tunnel (the largest diameter tunnel in the world) was used in part to build Treasure Island.
* Construction for a more earthquake-resistant replacement on the eastern span began in 2002, with an initial completion date slated for 2007. Now they’re looking at somewhere around 2012 or 2013.

]]> http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-24/the-san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge/feed/ 0 Hooping at Yuri’s Night http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-17/hooping-at-yuris-night/ http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-17/hooping-at-yuris-night/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:23:11 +0000 divinity http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-17/hooping-at-yuris-night/

]]> http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-04-17/hooping-at-yuris-night/feed/ 0 Birds http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-03-06/birds/ http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-03-06/birds/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:40:23 +0000 divinity http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-03-06/birds/ The people behind possibly the best video… ever.

]]> http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-03-06/birds/feed/ 0 The Bay Bridge shrouded in fog http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-01-04/the-bay-bridge-shrouded-in-fog/ http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-01-04/the-bay-bridge-shrouded-in-fog/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:26:12 +0000 divinity http://ed.hunsinger.org/2007-01-04/the-bay-bridge-shrouded-in-fog/ I drove back across the Bay Bridge this morning to go to work. I was surrounded in a most impressive manner by fog. Here are two videos I took:

I love how the bridge just fades in with this one:

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Heather and I head back across the Bay Bridge late at night after the Xmas party at Nimby. There’s something I just love about the Bay Bridge. Both it and the Sutro Tower represent SF for me.

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