Archive for October, 2006
The Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax has reopened under new ownership
A new Halloween lineup of films; no talkies for now #
Pinkberry is coming to Abbot Kinney next year
Yummy, but opposed by the good folks at Venice Unchained #
The Griffith Observatory, closed almost five years for a $93-million restoration, reopens November 3
“The greatest concentration of new features lies below in the new Gunther Depths of Space exhibit hall. That area, which was carved out of the hillside, includes ‘the big picture,’ a 20-by-152-foot photomural (2.46 gigapixels) that depicts a million galaxies, none visible to the naked eye; and a series of displays on the planets.” #
A redesigned Troubadour.com
Strangely designed by a subsidiary of Ticketmaster, Cottonblend, which probably explains why you still can’t buy tickets on the site. #
Why writing is harder than programming
“It’s possible that hacking is only easy because we have poor tools (and low expectations to match). Maybe if you had really powerful tools you’d tell a computer what to do in a way that was more like writing or painting… That would be an alarming variant of hundred year language: one that was as powerful and as frightening as prose.” (via) #
“Help”
—The comment attached to Patricia Sutton’s signature, #11,936, on this petition urging Wyeth-Ayerst to fully disclose the known adverse discontinuation effects of its antidepressant Effexor #
Bandini reviewed one of my favorite Westside taco trucks, Paloma Selestial
Those $1 tacos al pastor are amazing. #
Yahoo’s MyWeb is still broken
It’s been a week, and I’ve heard nothing from Yahoo’s MyWeb team about their API being broken. I also sent them a bunch of emails, and used their official feedback form on the MyWeb site… Ironically, I did receive an automated email from Yahoo asking me to rate my experience with their feedback mechanism. I rated accordingly.
So, I’ve decided to roll my own for now; my links will only be available here. I was happy with MyWeb otherwise, so if they ever fix the API, I might switch back. #
