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Monthly Archives: November 2008
They Are Still Out There
Revisiting modern myths yet again… What’s better than a barn find? How about, preserved under a Ponderosa Pine tree! The second owner of this early ‘54 Vette drove this car to a friend’s house to have the seats reupholstered and … Continue reading
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Boom
Fireworks over The Grove as seen from our kitchen window.
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45 Years
One of the stranger photos to surface over the years… In the front, holding the plate of food: John Wayne. Standing in the back: Lee Harvey Oswald I don’t quite want to be the person to write Weird Orange County, … Continue reading
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links for 2008-11-19
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway (tags: typography transportation history new.york.city)
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Air Force Week in Los Angeles
Midway through the FMDiSC meeting this morning, I got an email message saying that there was going to be a low altitude multi-plane flyby in conjuction with the opening ceremonies for Air Force Week Los Angeles. A U-2 spy plane … Continue reading
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Echoes (Three Different Ones)
All of which have been taking up my time lately… Pompeii (1972) Toronto (1987) Gdańsk (2006) bonus acoustic version
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links for 2008-11-12
Krunching – California Residential Real Estate Investing Free investment analysis of any property in California. (tags: real.estate california finance) Paranoia on the rise, experts say Captain Obvious speaking here… "We are bombarded with information about our alert status and we're … Continue reading
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Psychotic Reaction
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links for 2008-11-11
New Order Online – Log file – errors on the "Remastered" Factory Years CDs Master list of errors, noise and horrid mastering on the double-disc New Order reissue CDs. Number of confirmed errors: 299 and counting… Bottom line: these remasters … Continue reading
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Yes We Did
It’s difficult not to have a tremendously bitter aftertaste here in California, but I suspect a flurry of lawsuits might just ground everything to a halt. If anything, the world now knows who Howard Ahmanson is and where to shine … Continue reading
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