Los Angeles Apartment for Rent March 28th, 2006 @ 6:40 pm PST
I‘m moving! My old place was great, though. If anyone is interested in moving to Westwood, I can’t say enough good things about my old apartment. My landlord was super nice. As a bonus: John Lithgow lives next door! It’s listed on Westside Rentals; or let me know if you want to see photos.
Complete Failure March 25th, 2006 @ 10:01 am PST
The only two positive things I can say about Failure to Launch are that it was not quite as bad as A Historyof Violence and that it had a decent soundtrack. (And, of course, for some reason that soundtrack is not available at Amazon or on iTunes.) Terry Bradshaw did the best acting in the […]
CrashBonsai March 24th, 2006 @ 6:07 pm PST
More proof that people are strange (in case you needed some): There is a website dedicated to selling toy cars which have suffered toy accidents by crashing into toy (bonsai) trees. The art pieces go for between $75 – $150. People are — apparently — grabbing them like hotcakes. CrashBonsai
NBC Wakes Up March 24th, 2006 @ 5:27 pm PST
Now, instead of searching the web for “borrowed” NBC highlights, you can go to the source! We’ve taken your viral favorites and gathered them into one convenient location. Watch. React. Tell a friend. In an incredible burst of sanity, NBC has decided to do something sensible. My flabber is gasted. PS: Yes, the Natalie Portman […]
the original sushi pillow March 20th, 2006 @ 7:22 pm PST
The marketing copy on the site reads, “Finally you may now purchase a giant sushi in the form of a soft and comfortable pillow!” Because, y’know, you have until now probably been inundated with options for lower-quality, black-market, rip-off sushi pillows. from the always comical danelope
26.2 March 19th, 2006 @ 9:37 pm PST
Somewhere between Mile 22 and Mile 23 my body decided that it had had quite enough of my shenanigans. I truly do not know where I found the mental effort it took to convince my knees that they were not in excruciating pain. But I did. After a three-minute tug-of-war with my muscles won — […]
Video Blog Business Models: SXSW 2006 March 15th, 2006 @ 8:56 pm PST
On Tuesday I attended a panel at SXSW titled “Video Blog Business Models“. The description of the panel — from the SXSW website — was “We have the technology, but where is the money? Learn the newest ideas for pulling revenue from the new world of blogged video content.” It was moderated by (MOD) Chris […]
Democratization of the Moving Image: SXSW 2006 March 15th, 2006 @ 8:05 pm PST
On Tuesday I attended a panel at the SXSW Day Stage titled “Democratization of the Moving Image” featuring Andrew Baron (AB) and Amanda Congdon (AC) of rocketboom. I’ve been downloading the show ever since TiVo recommended it to me, and I love it, so it was great to get to see these two explain their […]
The New Startup Cultures: SXSW 2006 March 13th, 2006 @ 11:59 pm PST
Today I attended a panel at SXSW titled “The New Startup Cultures“. It was moderated by (MOD) Lane Becker Director of New Ventures, Adaptive Path. The panelists were: (BB) Ben Brown: Internet Rockstar, Consumating.com (TC) Tony Conrad: CEO/Founder, Sphere (TS) Tony Schneider: Automattic Inc (AW) Anita Wilhelm: Co-Founder, Caterpillar Mobile
Searching for Common Ground: SXSW 2006 March 13th, 2006 @ 2:37 pm PST
Today I attended a panel at SXSW titled “Web Standards and Search Engines: Searching for Common Ground”. The description of the panel was “Experts from the web standards community and developers from the major search engines discuss how semantics can help websites and search engines accomplish their goals.” It was moderated by (MOD) Molly E […]