Daily Photo(s): Eclectic BBQ With Neal Stephenson My plane arrived in the evening, and I went out immediately to start taking photos of the city. Just as I was getting into a groove, I received a text to come over to Neal Stephenson's house to help build a unique steampunk BBQ Grill. To this, I cannot say no. So I arrived and then spent about four hours with Neal, Chris Young (master chef who wrote Modernist Cuisine), Nels Peterson (paleontologist++), and a few other people to build a crazy BBQ setup. Neal has this crazy BBQ every year and they try to do something off-the-wall. For this one, instead of spinning the pig over the fire, it was decided that the fire should spin around the outside of the pig. Many hours later, the creation was assembled, and we turned it on to watch the giant columns of metal begin to spin around the central base. It felt a little like a wormhole generator that would enable fully cooked pigs to come into our world. Then, the next day, when the BBQ officially started... here is a photo of the festivities. - Trey Ratcliff Read the entire long-form blog post here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Superquad It was an amazing turnout! After the Google talk (which is being editing now), we all went over to Stanford for a mega-photowalk. Towards the end of the PhotoWalk, we ended up in this amazing area... here is my photo that I took... I think it was one of my last of the evening. Thanks again to everyone that came along :) - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Tiny Tea House Once it got to be quite dark outside, I was dog-tired, so I retreated back into this little tea house to relax. There were so many ornate details and nic-nacs everywhere... It was very nice to zen-out, eat tea and snacks, and just sort of look around at all the little nooks and crannies. After about half an hour, I had regained my wits and decided to set up for this quick shot to share it with you. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.