Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The best $5 you can spend in Los Angeles on alternating Monday nights would of course be Human Giant performing at the UCB Theatre. Tonight’s show featured a most excellent live DVD commentary on Rambo featuring, among others, Stallone’s fluffer. Nice.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
The Mighty Goog went and did it again: Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it is slick. Just like on the desktop version, you have full control to zoom, pan, tilt and fly around a little nicely textured globe, along with bumpy terrain and geographic web hooks into Wikipedia and Panoramio.
Also just like the desktop version, you’ll probably go back to Google Maps for any real location searches or directions assistance. As seen here, my search for In-n-Out is something less than useful.
At the end of the day, Google Earth might not be much more than a killer multitouch demo app and fun as hell – but there’s nothing wrong with that. And it’s free!
Official Google Earth iPhone announcement
Download Google Earth from the iTunes App Store
Sunday, June 15, 2008
It is a Father’s Day week in review! We came back from a too-long vacation and roared into the beginning of the week, but then we slacked off and really failed to close. That, my friends, is what she said.
- We got a new generation of the iphone. Can world peace be far behind?
- Jeff did his first style post!
- We leveled with you, TV this summer is going to be brutal.
- There is a new Sigur Ros album! I don’t like them as much as Jeff does but I thought it was funny he referenced the shorts from Monday.
- Going into tonight’s game it looks like the Celtics have things pretty well wrapped up. I am a complete bandwagoneer, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t appreciated some great basketball.
Don’t forget to call you Dad and Granddad and have a great rest of your weekend.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Let’s make this quick, people:
Good God, nothing is going on. But we’ll make it up to you: after the jump, find a clip of John McLaughlin saying “You make it sound like this is the first time we’ve had a black president.” And it only gets better from there.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Home, sweet home. We left to spend two weeks either seeing family (Jeff) or working like crazy then drinking/crying myself to sleep every night (Josh). It is not like we missed much. Nope, nothing much at all. However, we are back and better than ever.
One thing that hasn’t changed much since we left is the economy. On Friday, the release of high unemployment numbers and a surge in oil prices sent the stock market plummeting.
Because of the surge in oil prices, gas prices nationwide hit an average of $4/gallon on Sunday. Today’s must-read is from the New York Times, who profiles the people most screwed by increased gas prices: the rural poor. How to talk about this is pretty simple. Do you drive to work? Then commiserate with your coworkers about how terrible the gas prices are. Do you take the subway/bus? Then commiserate with your coworkers about how terrible public transportation is.
Luckily, while we were gone, we didn’t miss anyone bothering to institute the rule of law or anything. The Pentagon had been urging interrogators to destroy all handwritten notes in case they were called to testify on detainee torture.
And finally, because we live in a modern gilded age, Apple will be announcing a new generation of the iphone today. The new phone is rumored to have a much faster Internet connection, new business-focused applications and an improved display. There are also rumors of a reduced price, but I still won’t be able to afford one.
