I just recently watched Favela Rise and I was interested to read the Spearhead is filming in the same favela that movie took place in. It turns out they were asked to leave for the day by the druglords. Sounds like it was a good move that they
Last year I did a photo project for Bad Religion's limited edition re-release of their latest album. My copy is in the mail, stand by for photos when it arrives.
I've always thought that the retired police that the film crews use to stop traffic don't properly enforce the laws due to their close relationship with the studios. It looks like they may be replaced with real on duty police officers.
The next in an amazing series of adverts that started with millions of bouncy balls spilled down a San Francisco Street and tons of paint exploding on an English town.
A group of protesters used ropes and climbing gear to hang their message from the Eifel Tower. [you have to click through to the 5th photo thanks to the BBC's terrible gallery system]
Writers from the Long Beach P-T including my wife's cousin rallied yesterday to protest the cuts that were just recently made to their newsroom and the cuts that could be on their way.
They don't have any actual facts to back it up though, just some quotes from people who wanted to move Downtown... over 5 years ago! They predict rents will drop, that would rock, please let me know when they do.
In a short piece about the 80 year anniversary of the tragic collapse LAT doesn't even mention Mulholland. The dams destruction and the resulting flood also destroyed Mulhollands career.
Will launch around 0400 GMT on Sunday, which is roughly 8:00 PM here in Los Angeles. It will carry over 7 tons of cargo to the International Space Station. I'd like to point out that we're still using a shuttle first flown over 30 years ago.
You can buy words ($1 per letter) that then link to your site. Scott Beale bought 'laughing' and 'squid'. I bought: bullock, photog, ham, xanthan and zap.
That seem to be locking people out of their cars. Sounds like the FCC needs to go down there with a spectrum analyzer and force whomever is transmitting the off-band signals to fix their issues.
Looks like the new firmware has made some helpful and good changes to the way the iPhone works. I'm thinking about getting an iPhone, as my Pearl didn't make it through the wash.
In case you haven't been paying attention, the LA Times just fired its 3rd editor in 24 months. All were fired for the same reason, refusing to cut the newsroom budget. Roderick has some additional background on the story.
This is an interesting article about building a database for use in writing a research paper. Although I don't write research papers, I can see how this would be useful for other tasks like writing a detail article or a book.
I've been meaning to print these out and leave them in my car. There's a Hummer that keeps parking in the compact spot right in the worst corner to do it in my parking garage.
A great post from a recently canned writer. It's clearly time for the studio execs to give the writers their fair share of the internet income and end the strike.
Digg has a really annoying RSS feed, instead of taking the reader directly to the article it takes you to their site. They should really change this functionality. Anyhow, here is a direct RSS feed to dugg articles
I've been really interested in HAARP when I read about it about 10 years ago on fas.org. Now a secret brochure about the facility has been released. Very cool!
I'm planning on building a PSK31 encoder that I can hook up to a keyboard and and use to transmit from my IC-7000. It is going to be one of my first arduino projects
One of the first arduino projects I'm planning on building will be a controller for my canon cameras. I am planning on using some of the code in gPhoto to control some more advanced features at some point. Thanks to Steve at the Internet Archive for sho
My SAR team is out trudging through the snow looking for a lost hiker. I'm on vacation and conflicted. I wish I was with them in the snow, helping search.
Looks like Seven Grand is going to start enforcing a collared shirt dress code. I've yet to go there and I always wear collared shirts so I'm not sure if it will be an issue for me, but I guess it will for boogah.
Don't delete your images... ever. I keep everything I shoot. Even if I don't think I'll ever need it. You never know. I once took some photos of random people at a party that I never posted. Later I found out one of them had been murdered a few month
I really want one of these mini remote controlled helicopters. I'll probably pick up one at some point on ebay. This mod allows you to reduce damage from crashes and also makes them easier to fly.
I've had a number of my images jacked by various folks out there, and it is annoying, but I've yet to see anything of mine on TV. Some people aren't so lucky! [via Digg
I have always thought that nanotechnology would both increase the efficiency and lower the price of solar cells. That thought is now a reality with Nanosolar's new panels. [via Digg]
Some of my friends have been working on this TV show for Court TV for a few years now. The show is coming out in January on both TV and the web. I'm looking forward to it.
I remember reading about smart drugs in WIRED when I was a kid. It seems that some drugs used to treat various ailments from ADD to narcolepsy are being used by poker players and test-takers to enhance their mental performance. Interesting...
I originally posted this video almost 2 years ago for the Flexilis guys when I was at Black Hat. The Chicago Tribune is running a story about it. Looks like they picked it up from their sister company the LA Times which ran it on the 16th.
An interesting article stemming from an EU report on what to do with Plutonium. Ideas suggested include embedding in glass for burial, combining with uranium to form MOx, breaking down with a particle accelerator, and using as fuel in a reactor.
