Category: Media
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John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time
John Hodgman’s talk at TED, A brief digression on matters of lost time, is brilliantly funny. I didn’t even realize it until I had watched the video, but I have got to find myself a young, female Dune fan who will abduct me and fly me away to a sex pyramid.
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Grand Avenue Festival
The art community downtown put on a street festival today. I headed down there to check it out and take some photos. The festival web site said they were expecting 30,000 people I don’t think they came even close to that, but it was still a good time.
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Shocker, Knight Rider is Fun
After I watched the debate tonight (great night, can’t wait to see the polls coming out of that), I got on my exercise bike and watched the new Knight Rider show. I was watching it as a lark since the movie from earlier in the year was so dumb, and I’d heard that the new…
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Gregory Crewdson’s Photography
I found myself very taken by the photographs (NSFW) of Gregory Crewdson. I’ve always been drawn to images of isolation and quiet contemplation. In these particular photos, there seems to be an undercurrent of pain and loneliness that I don’t care for as much, but broadly, I am very interested in his work.
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Harvest Moon Festival in Chinatown
Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles put on a harvest moon festival with contortionists, martial artists, acrobats, moon cakes and even some telescopes to take a closer look at the moon. I took my camera.
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Chalk Art at Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach was hosting a chalk art festival, so I headed down there with my camera to take some pictures of the sidewalk art. It was mostly kids, so the art was mostly lousy, but there were a few nice pieces and a band and plenty of beach sunshine.
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The Personal MBA – Book Discussion Group?
I’ve linked to something like The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List in the past. This blog post connected some dots for me though by mentioning that people get together to discuss the books. Sort of a book club/development group. I like that. I may need to find some like minded professionals in LA (westside/south bay)…
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Tall Ships at Ports of Call in San Pedro
The tall ships have sailed into Ports of Call in San Pedro. I headed down with my camera to make some ship photos. Their riggings are crazy. I don’t even know how you determine which sheet to pull, but it’s kind of cool getting a chance to check them out. There was supposed to be…
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How Much Solar Power Can Your Roof Generate
RoofRay is kind of an interesting site. You enter your address into google maps. You outline your roof (preferably a southern facing roof), and it calculates how much power solar panels could generate for you. It even runs the numbers to tell you what an installation would cost and how long it would take you…
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A nunnery is both a brothel and a convent?
Things I Learned Today: There’s a lot of ambiguity when Hamlet tells Ophelia to “get thee to a nunnery” because a nunnery was both a convent (which is how I read it) and a brothel. I had no idea.