The Road to PAX: San Jose to Eugene, Oregon

After getting the van's window repaired and picking up Robbie Benson's equipment so he can perform at our booth, I finally started on the road out of California. Whereas on the way into San Jose the road was kinda boring on I-5 and kinda neat off of it, heading north out of town was kinda the opposite.

The Road to PAX: Bakersfield to San Jose

This was originally going to be a much longer trip, but alas. Regardless, I had the pleasure of driving the four hours or so from Bakersfield to San Jose in a permanent state of "windows down." The journey from the valley to the bay area is mostly uneventful, but it gets pretty neat near the end.

Rockage 3.0

I spent this past weekend in San Jose, attending Rockage 3.0, the third iteration of Eric Fanali's attempts to bring a music and gaming event to the west coast.

I never attended the previous ones, but what I understand this time it was much bigger and more successful than in previous years, due in part to acquaintances of mine.

Taco Bravo

Last night I went to Taco Bravo for the third time in my life.

No other restaurant I know of is guaranteed to make for an entertaining visit the way Taco Bravo is.

San Jose

My roommate comes from San Jose, California. He likes to visit home a lot, and for some reason I've tagged along on a few occasions.

This is one of those occasions. All told, I've spent maybe two weeks total in this town. That's not much, certainly not enough to claim I've lived there, but it's more time than most people spend anywhere on a vacation. So, I've compiled my thoughts on my experience with Silicon Valley.