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02-Apr-2023 BarCampLA5 – 15 years later.I learned so much at BarCamps. Dan Kaminsky, rest in peace You can see me in the back in that photo. Red checker shirt and a goatee chin. I enjoyed reading my write-up, seeing what I called out, remembering such a good time. I also liked reading my slides from the talk on YUI I…
- 10-Dec-2021Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room Sit In
At the end of 2016 I heard something vague somewhere about Bullocks Wilshire in Los Angeles having a Civil Rights Sit-In in their Tea Room. I’ve not been able to track down more information on it and I don’t even remember where I heard it. Bad on me.
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09-Apr-2019 Kaiju vs Heroes sketchnotesOn September 15, 2018, I attended a panel discussion about Kaiju vs Heroes at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. The exhibition was terrific and inspiring. My enthusiasm for robots, specifically toy robots, and especially Japanese toy robots from the 1970s originated when I lived as an expatriate kid in…
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12-Jun-2015 That time Greenpeace scaled ARCO HQ in Downtown L.A.Sometimes the world intervenes in your life in such a way that tells you “stop working for these people.” The most notable time for me was when I was working for ARCO, the large petroleum and gas company. You may know them from their AM/PM mini marts. In 1997 I was working as a temp…
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21-Jan-2015 L.A. is.wherein I get all wispy about Los Angeles and my many memories thereto
- 24-Nov-2008Los Angeles Tech Networking
For the past year I’ve ramped up my own tech networking. Someone asked on the excellent and long-running Web405 list for places to network a la VIC (Venice Interactive Community) of the old days (late 1990s) and these were the answers: BarCampLA: http://barcampla.org/ Dealmaker LA: http://www.dealmakermedia.com/la.html Digital Family Reunion: http://www.digitalfamilyreunion.net/ Dorkbot: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/ ExecTech: http://www.meetup.com/ExecTec/ Geek…
- 18-Aug-2008Two Zappa-related Entertainments Coming to Los Angeles
The first: Joe’s Garage, Based on Zappa Album, to Make World Premiere in September: The Open Fist Theatre Company in California will present the world premiere of Joe’s Garage, a new stage production based on the Frank Zappa album of the same name. Directed by Pat Towne, the production will begin previews at the Open…
- 22-May-2008Plan for Saturday
So fun. Our new houseguests are big fans of the Narnia books. I got tickets to see the new Nania movie, Prince Caspian, and the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. I think it will be fun! I think we’ll just drive and park, but it might be fun (or maybe easier?) to take the Red…
