h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Got up at midday, at the same time as Pouneh and Polly (my flatmates) and Charlie (Pouneh's boyfriend) did. Had delicious breakfast of poached eggs, toast, potatoes and melon at Three Rings on Valencia. Day was utterly, utterly gorgeous - clear sky, sunny and actually warm for once. Waitress was nice too.

Came back to flat, wrote long mails about Jakob Neilsen and Richard Stallman which I put a hold on once I realised what I was missing. So I headed for Dolores Park with a bar of chocolate. Sat and watched adults and children play and couples of all sexualities cuddling on the grass, while the setting sun transformed the background skyscrapers from glowing gold to brick-red to grey, under a pink-and-blue sky. Work is becoming manageable and fun again, I have a ton of good startup ideas swimming around my head and things between my girlfriend and I are more solid than they have been in a long time. Most importantly, even if none of those work out I'm sure I can still be happy. So life is pretty good. It's not fantastic, but it's pretty good. I'm glad that I changed my situation, I'm glad to be in San Francisco.

Media Of The Day: "Kiss Of Death" by New Order (b-side to "Perfect Kiss")

Dammit, Yoz - it's that Summer-of-Love effect we warned you about - have you been hanging around Golden Gate Park after dark? Someone please warn us at h2g2 Towers if you happen to see a smallish troglodyte wandering up Haight with flowers painted on his face and a vaguely post-modern expression on the rest of him.