June 2005

Thursday 30 June

live 8 setup (22:25) - With Live 8 two days away, I took a walk over to the Art Museum to see how construction was going. Nearly everything needs to be in place by tomorrow morning as the artists are scheduled for rehearsals throughout the... | 3 Comments
Google Earth vs. Real Life (14:41) - Google Earth was released this week. The technology, originally bought from Keyhole, allows you to view the globe via satellite imagery blended with 3D city models, street maps, points of interest, crime statistics.. the list goes on. When I... | 2 Comments

final freedom tower design... seriously (20:28) - Over a year and a half ago the "final design for the WTC site was unveiled"... or so I thought. Today a new "final design" has been unveiled. If you ask me, they should stop unveiling and start building. If... | 8 Comments

he bite me in my vagina! (20:31) - Video from "Showdog Mom and Dad's": "In my vagina two times he bite me. but his teeths are very small and they don't damage very much. Just, they pinch" Absolutley insane. There are simply too many oddball quotes to post.... | 6 Comments
who shot ya? (10:20) - Jurors hearing the Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death suit were sent home early after lawyers told the court Friday that they had received a dramatic eleventh-hour tip linking two rogue Los Angeles police officers to the rapper's 1997 slaying. A Louisiana... | 1 Comments

Detroit! (19:41) - The Pistons are facing a Game 7 on the road tonight against the Spurs. Go Detroit!... | 6 Comments
bling (11:55) - | 2 Comments

naked zorro (10:40) - Some guy has been flashing women and fondling himself in public, dressed only in a Zorro mask and sneakers in the Philadelphia suburbs. The press has dubbed him Naked Zorro. Naked Zorro is still at large and police have issued... | 5 Comments

Fight the Insurgents! (09:51) - I went to Wildwood, NJ for the first time yesterday. Ask anyone who grew up in Jersey or Philadelphia about Wildwood and I am sure they will have stories about spending their summers as a kid on the boardwalk. Wildwood... | 2 Comments

Lucid dreams in 3 years (12:47) - About three years ago, when I first moved to California and I was bored and lonely, I bought this book. It claimed that if I followed their protocol I would be dreaming lucidly in a month. Which, in retrospect, is... | 8 Comments

grafarc (20:25) - This site has a pretty cool interface for viewing graffiti with respect to time. ... | 0 Comments

"It's True" (14:21) - Some notes on Steve Job's keynote today at the WWDC. The long and short of it: Apple is moving to x86 starting next year with the full move completing in 2007. This isn't to say that your new G5 will... | 4 Comments
Karen's Extra Special Review (11:44) - I've seen Revenge of the Sith twice now. Once with my family and once with my friends. Here is my review (such as it is).... | 6 Comments
Supreme Court Outlaws Medical Marijuana (11:17) - Federal authorities may prosecute sick people who smoke pot on doctors' orders, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, concluding that state medical marijuana laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug. The decision is a stinging defeat for... | 0 Comments

US to require export licenses for foreign nationals (21:04) - "Under the new Commerce Department proposal, the use of everything from basic computer systems, semiconductors, and training manuals to microscopes and telescopes will require some international students to apply for government licenses before they can legally have access to or... | 0 Comments

Apple switching to Intel Chips (22:59) - The rumors of Apple moving to Intel started last week when the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had been having meetings with Intel as of late. I *really* did not expect this to happen. This is a huge move... | 0 Comments

Forgiveness and the Indignant Man (13:16) - This past weekend, I went to a restaurant, and while paying the bill, I didn't compute the tip right. I don't know why, maybe I was distracted by my lovely girlfriend, who was visiting for the weekend. In any... | 1 Comments

FINALLY FOUND!!! (22:00) - I can't believe it. Throw the book at her. (Better with sound ;)... | 3 Comments
Best headline I've seen in a while... (14:34) - I saw this headline today and I laughed out loud. From the Washington Post: "Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat" Seems more like something Clinton would be interested in. ... | 1 Comments
Kazakhstan's Spaceship Junkyard (10:47) - All space-bound rockets consist largely of fuel tanks and booster stages that fall back to earth when spent, never reaching orbit. In landlocked Baikonur, Russia's primary launching complex in Kazakhstan, these spaceships crash to earth. This photo essay visits the... | 4 Comments
David Lynch, the Weatherman (10:32) - Need today's weather forecast for LA? David Lynch will give it to you. He is supposedly doing this every day. Weirdo.... | 4 Comments