From the monthly archives:

March 2008

The Alchemist

03.31.2008

I read this yesterday. If you’ve done the same, and you’d care to discuss it, remind me about it sometime over cocktails.
To begin that loaded conversation, bring an answer to the following question, which I’ve phrased a few different ways:
What is more important in Life: having a dream that does come true, or having a [...]

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Silverlake rooftop

03.31.2008

From Sunset Boulevard at Descanso, late Saturday afternoon, looking east. That’s the Los Angeles skyline straight ahead.

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Baseball Pitches Illustrated

03.31.2008

>> A fan’s guide to identifying pitches

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23 ways to get a man (any man) on first base

03.31.2008

Via ESPN:
1. Walk
2. Intentional walk
3. Hit by pitch
4. Dropped 3rd strike
5. Failure to deliver pitch in 20 seconds
6. Catcher interference
7. Fielder interference
8. Spectator interference
9. Fan obstruction
10. Fair ball hits ump
11. Fair ball hits runner
12. Fielder obstructs runner
13. Pinch-runner
14. Fielder’s choice
15. Force out at another base
16. Preceding runner put-out allows batter to reach first
17. Sac bunt [...]

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The pace setter

03.30.2008

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
– From ‘The Alchemist’

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1958 all over again

03.30.2008

Last night, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of calling Los Angeles home, the Dodgers played an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Coliseum located several miles south of downtown. For those who don’t know, the Dodgers played their games at the Coliseum in South Central Los Angeles for their first [...]

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Oh, I forgot, Ollie’s mom died a few years before.

03.29.2008

A book report from 1981:

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Virtual weapons

03.28.2008

“There are weapons that are simply thoughts — ideas, prejudices — to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
– Rod Serling

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Why am I not at this???

03.28.2008

>> The Rod Serling Conference at Ithaca College

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With Freida

03.28.2008

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Free Web-based Photoshop

03.27.2008

I love the implications of this. Adobe has just announced that they’re launching a free Web-based version of Photoshop Express, the stripped-down poor man’s version of Photoshop.
While it’ll no doubt have its limitations, I’m stoked by the ability to do on-the-fly digital photo tweaks (cropping, sizing, levels adjustments, some filters) from anywhere with a Web [...]

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What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008?

03.27.2008

Written forty years ago in 1968, a Mechanix Illustrated article predicting what life would be like in 2008.
The writer got it pretty close, only he forgot the part about tossing out a tweet from your cell phone as your air-cushion car glides along the smooth plastic road at 250 miles per hour.
By the way, is [...]

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Golden blade on the horizon

03.26.2008

Last night’s sunset, shot from White Point. I couldn’t help from tripping on the orange sword blade on the horizon, and noticing the placement of the sun on it. Look closely.
And for the vertical-minded, I simply HAD to crop this photo to give you same vibe on the y-axis. Which, now that I look at [...]

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If

03.26.2008

If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills…
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains…
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles…
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it…
If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time…
If you [...]

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A protein primer

03.26.2008

Still shown today in biochemistry classes at MIT, the following free-love-era 1971 Stanford short film uses the art of dance to illustrate protein synthesis. Far out, man.
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Tuesday Abstraction

03.25.2008

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