I’ve been driving past the Pioneer Broach building on Telegraph Ave. next to Interstate 5 in Los Angeles for eternity. When I was little I knew that it was a head’s up to look for the nearby Samson Tire building … Continue reading →

Cranky, acerbic preacher Dr. Gene Scott died yesterday which gives me a chance to tell my Dr. Gene Scott story. Many moons ago (well, 1981 to be precise) me and a couple of friends in high school watched Dr. Gene … Continue reading →

Would you survive a horror movie? Find out @ She’s Crafty

I’ve always been fascinated with GUI screenshots and themes. Maybe I’m hoping to find a better screen layout or something. Anyway, here’s my current desktop.

Like Exclamation Mark, I really like this photo of the Kremlin on Valentine’s Day.

Fred visits the Boulder City Seaplane Fly-In in Boulder City and posts a couple hundred photos from the event. There’s also a “best of” photo album

Continuing the series of “then and now” film locations in San Francisco from Vertigo, here’s Bullitt: then and now. [via Bitter Cinema]

I’m not quite sure what the point behind del.icio.us is yet, other than a keyword-searchable bookmark/webpage list, but it seems useful and there’s a neat Mac OS X client for it. Anyway, my del.icio.us page (such as it is right … Continue reading →

Google Maps is the single-most useful new site on the net in a dog’s year. I love how fast it loads, how the map looks, and how it can work as a makeshift Yellow Pages.

What’s left of Pisgah Crater. A gravel company has been steadily picking away at it for years. I always thought that Pisgah Crater was the site of a hilarious prank that involved a truckload of burning tires and a panicked … Continue reading →