GDC = Game Developers Conference

Just found out what those people I saw near SF Shopping Center (and at the food court) on Monday afternoon were! A lot of them were wearing a big badge with the big letters GDC. While there were a whole bunch of Asians, there were also a good amount of Caucasians. And I just read this article mentioning it being held at the nearby Moscone (Conference Center. BTW, the article was about one of the company attending the conference used balloons to promote its new game but drew heavy criticism because all those balloons went into the bay!) I have not been to the downtown shopping area since X'mas. Sad to see that yet another store was closing: the big Borders bookstores inside SF Shopping Center. I bought two magazines at 40% off. All those stores in that area with stuff that interested me seem to have gone out of business: CompUSA, the Virgin Megastore, Cody's, Stacey's and now Borders! It seems that only stores that sell clothes and food could survive these days! (I heard from the news that Old Navy didn't do well though) Things like books/music/movies have all gone online. (Even the Blockbuster in my neighbourhood is going out of business!)

山坡路遊記

Hillsborough正式中文譯名不知是甚麼，山坡路是我亂取的名字，因為我在那裡的確是踩單車上上落落山坡的路。今天晨早天未全亮載著單車開車，原本想過叫住在那裡附近的友人同行，幸好沒有，不然就連累他跟我一同走寃枉路（容後再詳述）到San Mateo B St的有蓋停車場時是6:45左右，氣溫華氏38度；由那裡出發，經Crystal Spring轉上Skyline，感覺上比280至Portola Valley那一段Alpine Rd斜一點（但沒有那麼長。其實這裡我以前也到過，因為著名的Sawyer Camp Trail入口就在那裡，多年前已踩過，近年對那樣的平路興趣不大。）到高爾夫球場轉入Hayne，那是Hillsborough的住宅區，竟然在那裡偏離了原訂路線（GPS也幫不上忙，真不該！）就沿著Hayne下山，頗為斜（不知原訂行Ralston的路線會否較為好踩？）東找西找，終於沿El Cerrito Ave重返San Mateo。起程回家時是8:15，氣溫華氏48度。這是原訂路線圖，下次打算找友人同行，不會要他迷路吧？