Monthly Archives: June 2005

Convertible 7-series BMW?

Posted on 29 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

No BMW never made a convertible 7-series, but that didn’t stop this guy from cutting the roof off his car. Of particular note is the roll bar fashioned out of plain old “water grade” thin steel pipe. Sure, he might … Continue reading →

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Morse vs. SMS part 2

Posted on 29 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

The Morse Code input meme is apparently getting some steam courtesy of O’Reilly.

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iTunes 4.9

Posted on 28 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

Great Cthulhu people! With all the verbiage expended on today’s release of iTunes 4.9 you would think that something important happened. So iTunes has support for podcasting built in… big deal. Support is fledgling at best, roughly equivalent to the … Continue reading →

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This week’s news by Roger Corman

Posted on 28 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

Somewhere out there, Charles Fort is snickering… First up: “Flesh-eating aliens were chasing me when I caused fatal car crash” A California man facing life in prison for crashing his car into a UPS truck will not dispute that his … Continue reading →

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That pesky Rugby font again

Posted on 22 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

Years ago when I was spending much more time on the various Spacemen 3 pages I had up, I needed a copy of the font used for much of their album covers. I couldn’t find one, so I fired up … Continue reading →

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Provence Boulangerie

Posted on 21 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

We interrupt this series of airport cafe pictures for the following… Are you in Long Beach? If so, go directly to Provence Boulangerie in Belmont Shore. Order anything on the menu, it’s all good so you can’t go wrong. Personal … Continue reading →

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Fullerton Airport cafe

Posted on 17 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

This week’s visit was to the Fullerton Airport (FUL) cafe a.k.a. Tartuffles. I’ve been there dozens of times before so it wasn’t any big surprise – yummy food, direct view of the tarmac, and pretty reasonable prices (the whole breakfast … Continue reading →

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Goats

Posted on 14 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

This morning I woke up to the sound of goats bleating outside and, yup, the goat herder on the hillside moved the goats directly below the house. It’s all in the name of fire-prevention – the hillside is overrun with … Continue reading →

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Jocko Homo

Posted on 10 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

Your weekend crank literature reading is F.W. Alden’s 1924 pamphlet “Jocko Homo-Heavenbound” a antecedent to Akron’s favorite spud boys. Read the annotated version on the web or download a PDF.

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Hawthorne Airport cafe

Posted on 9 June 2005 by Chris Barrus

I’ve been obsessed with airport cafes lately (yeah, I know I know… “lately”) and I finally have a chance to catch up on some of the local places. First up is Nat’s Airport Cafe at Hawthorne Municipal Airport (a.k.a. Jack … Continue reading →

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