2008

Aug

Pictures from mb's wedding this past weekend

Excellent flat screen TV placement in Hollywood mini mart.

Paris Hilton’s response ad to the McCain campaign

“I’ve been asked again and again for my response to the...”
— Kathy Hilton (McCain...

Radio, New Music and Politics

We all grew up with radio and likely had a favorite station and air personalities. When we moved to...

Election Blues

I’m already sick of the elections and we are so early in the game. The commercials for John...

What Would Don Draper Do?

Offshore Drilling Claims Are a Political...

“Oh, you know I’ll strap on anything that’s going...”
— Kurt the Cyberguy this morning...

“If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and...”
— LA police chief at at press...

Jul

News Madness

The stories that were on every newscast in the last few days… a 70 year old japanese porn...

Animal House Event I wish we knew about

A USB key for the contractor in your life.

video find of the day… one of the comments on the site called this clip “Hillbilly Space...

The extra 10% is directly attributable to Jerry, the one...

Make up your mind!

Favorite iPhone apps so far

1: Sync... ok not really an app but having contacts and calendars automatically in sync on multiple computers and iPhones is fantastic
2: Twinkle - twitter application
3: AIM - chat
4: Remote - control iTunes and AppleTV
5: Midomi - sing, say, type or record a snippet and have the song identified
6: EtchASketch - cool simulation of the real thing - shake to clear
7: Level - a digital level
8: AOL Radio
9: Rotary Dialer
10: Holdem - addictive and amazing graphics, plus wifi multiplayer
11: More Cowbell - silly

Sirius/XM merger finally clears FCC

Americans really are lazy

“There is nothing worse, you’re lying in bed and you...”
— Mark Kriski on KTLA morning...

Visuals out of sync with Sound

A bar in Hermosa beach is set to re-open two years after being destroyed by a fire. On the news this...

John McCain meets the Video Professor.

15 minutes of infamy

Recently a reporter from KTLA got called a jackass on live TV buy asking someone in line for an...

Font Conference

Direct Note Access

Saturday night from 7pm to 7am Santa Monica had a festival...

Santa Monica Pier Sunday very early morning.

Fun story if you are a They Might be Giants...

Happy 53rd Birthday to Disneyland! (from a trip in March)

Best Week Ever's list of 50 movies that had...

Wow, amazing iPhone application -...

Jenn was watching “So You Think you can Dance” while I was checking out iPhone Aps. I...

WTF? Mate. I saw an article a few days ago that a state had...

Awesome commencement address by comedian...

Sad news, Katie Reider has died

Plant a Zombie in your Garden? Gizmodo has the info on where...

Arrows point to the braille instruction manual attached to a...

5 ways the app store on iPhone will change...

My favorite silly free iPhone application… rotary...

WHY FIREWORKS ARE SAFER THAN THE SUPREME...

Rick Smolan mentioned in the last post was a guest on TWIP podcast #26 - he talked about creating...

If you have a few minutes and want to hear a great story check this out: scottbourne: Started day on...

someone wanted a front row seat for the remodel

Flickr Photostream

red, white and blue

captured on film, a tracking marker ends it all

The Los Angeles flag crop bloomed right on time this year

Downtown flag painting

getting ready for the 4th!

“$3.15”
— was what a gallon of gas cost...

Classic example of how our government is...

On the This Week In Photography podcast they mentioned a guy who modified an old SLR turning it into...

Happy July! This morning we caught the mythical flag man who...

Jun

“all photos I post today must have circles”
— some odd unconscious decision...

Religious Right web site "autocorrects" Gay...

really needs no caption (found during a walk in Hollywood)

I just want to say I am against the unlawful imprisonment of...

Grab a straw and join me in a birthday cocktail!

“now we’re going to have some fun around here”
— George Carlin’s answer...

We take our Malls very seriously in Los Angeles. This a...

A Velvet Painting Museum

“Consultants predict that by the time voters go to the polls...”
— from an LA Times article about...

Today I was looking through this book we got not long after...

“It should be extremely informal, they should play rhythm and...”
— excerpt from George...

Wall-e Easter Eggs

A trailer for one of my favorite video podcasts… Tiki Bar TV

Disney re-theming Pleasure Island

Is this what they mean when they say we are experiencing an...

HBO to air 11 George Carlin specials in 2...

One of my photos...

3 energy questions for a Tuesday

1) Why can’t I buy cheap, easy to install, efficient solar panels for my roof? 2) In every...

We shall call him “Rusty”. (photo from our...

Three Cincinnati companies that can change...

“Iron Chef in my pocket”
— A novelty company makes a...

Radio discussion on the way home was about the 15yr old girls who made the pregnancy pact…...

“When you are born into this world you get a ticket to the...”
— George Carlin on a KTLA...

14 months, 42 countries… enjoy “Where in the Hell is Matt?”

“In the month of May, more coalition soldiers were killed in...”
— from NewsBlues

Mahalo has a George Carlin Tribute page

George Carlin’s seven dirty words from 1978

RIP George Carlin, one of my all time favorite comedians. Made you laugh, made you think.

Premature headline (Love Guru made $14 million opening...

“President Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he thinks...”
— speaking of turkeys - from...

“As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
— Mr. Carlson (Gordan Jump from...

This week Bill Dial died. He wrote the classic “Turkeys Away” episode of WKRP in...

“The only great camera is the camera that’s there with you...”
— Great quote from this review...

Denis Leary has a book coming out (in November) called: Why...

Happy Friday from Elviki! (Friday photo from our library...

“The Love Guru” is downright antifunny, an experience that...”
— NY Times review of Love Guru

“There was “not enough federal money to do all the...”
— additional quote from...

“Authorities knew the aging levee near Birdland, a...”
— from New Orleans blog...

Freelance world and the decline of the...

I have spent all of my career working for companies for longish periods of time. Back in February a...

Just saw a TV commercial for LA TImes backlot photos...

Flicker find. Someone got creative with an ad on a cable car...

Nixon's Resignation Letter

Stewart Butterfield, cofounder of Flickr...

As promised, the link to Lara Logan on Daily Show.

“If I were to watch the news you’re hearing in the...”
— CBS reporter Lara Logan on the...

Airlines are charging for the wrong bags

California Same-Sex Marriage Media...

As you might expect the media has been all over the new rights for marriage in California. The...

Adam Carolla to host NBC version of Top gear

The group pushing an amendment opposing same sex marriage in California is called “Advocates...

Greed leads to goodbye

I used to read the NY Post Page Six gossip column as part of my morning ritual. You could go to the...

FCC Chairman backs Sirius/XM merger

FCC tool chairman Kevin Martin is said in this NY Times article to now recommend the merger of...

Ever needed to explain twitter to someone from scratch? Let paper cutouts do it for you.

Happy Father’s day! (photo of my dad)

Tiny Mario was no match for big foot

Small camera pouches (for like a Canon G9) are not designed...

seen on my Friday walk.

Seriously, Friday is the best day of the week (for the...

Photrade Experimenting

Friday advice… windows open, top down (sunroof will...

“There’s booze in the blender And soon it will render...”
— …my Friday started at...

Open note to W. We know he’s awesome, but resist the...

Kiss my Gass - the protest

My Adventure… click here for video.

“#9 Pursue joy, not happiness.”
— an item from an older Guy...

Jumping on Laker bandwagon with a photo of this goose from a...

When a crosswalk on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade counts down to zero a group of New...

Last one… a bee at the beach

Photo from walk today #2… Hermosa Beach

Photo from my walk today… Manhattan Beach

John McCain Green Screen from CNN's Jeannie...

Laker spirit, film crew style. (Laker color sandbags from...

“Keyboards are full of germs”
— Michel Gondry’s...

“I want to open up transparency in government, so that you...”
— excerpt from Obama’s speech to...

“In an informal survey of scholars this spring, just two out...”
— from this article: Citing...

California average gallon of gas $4.42… up 44.5 cents in a month… soon to be $5.00/gal....

In Chicago when the Cubs win they fly the W flag over...

Digital Forensics: 5 Ways to Spot a Fake Photo - cool...

“I’m hopeful that, you know, change is coming and that...”
— FCC Commissioner Jonathan...

“Who can you find before me? Me and Chuck Berry were the...”
— Bo Diddley in a June...

Amazon has ruined it for other web...

When I order something online 95% of the time it is from Amazon.com. With their “Prime”...

Union Pacific blocks Los Angeles to San...

“Many journalists despise TV news. They hate watching it,...”
— From an article by Robert...