Oracle Open World 2008

Images from Day Four . . .

Peeling out in Argentina

Just in case you were wondering where all those ’70s Mercury Station Wagons ended up . . .

Yogurt Cup

From the UK. That’s a very cute little girl.

Endless Paperwork

Boy, doesn’t she look like she’s having a happy day at work?

Obstructed View

Looks like Hwy 101 in San Mateo, with San Bruno mountain and South San Francisco in the distance. But what is all of that crap on the dashboard blocking the Qikker’s view?

Floating Restaurant

From our very own Kim at Qiklife

Office Life — Sao Paulo Style

Just in case any of cubicle slaves are dreaming of a more exotic career in Brazil . . .Hell, even there the boss wears ugly track suits on Casual Friday . . .

Sarinem’s Birthday

From Singapore: Everything seems normal in this Qik — until you realize that Sarinem may be the dog. . .

Digger Dog

From Finland: He ought to be emerging about now from the ground somewhere in Paraguay . . .

Roller Girl

Okay, we’ll admit that we watched this for all of the wrong reasons . . .

Dutch Boys

One of these days, that little guy is green is going to kick his brother’s ass. In the meantime, good for dad to give the quieter kid some airtime of his own . . .

Blogosfere

The Staff of Blogosfere.it holds a company rally outdoors on a beautiful day in Rome.

TechCrunch 50 Final

The TechCrunch50 Award Ceromony and along with a chit-chat with Jason Calacanis . . .

Bedtime

I can’t decide if this is a happy family moment — or something out of a David Lynch movie. Do they all live in that room? What’s with the towel pompadour? Who’s shooting the Qik? Should I be creeped out?

Sunflowers

A beautiful landscape from Japan

Against Me!

From Saskatoon: A performance by the Florida punk band Against Me! Nice backdrop. . .

Cinderella, First Rehearsal

From the UK. Teacher needs a longer t-shirt.

Classic Cadillac

I’m thinking it’s a ‘60 Sedan de Ville, maybe a little later. But what makes it really interesting is that this Qik comes from Finland . . .

Warning: Python eating a Mouse

Don’t say you weren’t warned. And yeah, I knew you’d look. The one consolation is that it looks like the mouse was already dead. . .

Graham Colton

The Oklahoma pop singer, performing in Nashville

Swiss Train

It’s Switzerland: no litter, no graffiti . . .and how much do you want to bet that train is exactly on time?

Yogurt Land

A pretty girl eating yogurt, a loud belch, and an obscene word. Does it get any better than this?

Chinese Cubicle Slaves

It’s the same everywhere, folks. There’s no escape.

GOP Convention: First Night Post-Mortem

Interesting analysis from the convention floor in Minneapolis by TPMTV

Obama Speech Post-Mortem

From the field at Ivesco Stadium, TPMTV commentary after the Obama acceptance speech.

Lightning Storm

I love the creepiness of the trees outlined by the flashes.

20th UP Centennial Lecture

From the University of the Phillipines, Baguio. The speaker is Randy David.

Thrash

Les Paul, Flying V, Marshall Stacks . . .somehow this band’s making a lot of money. Hard to see how their making it from the music, though . . .

Metal Shop in Concert

Who says hair bands are dead? You can just make out some very fast shredding back there in the noise wash . . .

Swedish Junkyard

Dunno about you, but I was expecting a lot more Volvos . . .