March 2009
Coffee
Best Coffee in L.A. - Funnel Mill in Santa Monica
Best Latte in L.A. - Urth Cafe Dark Roast Spanish Latte
Trust me on these, you’ll not be disappointed.
Warren G - This DJ
February 2009
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Tax on (legal) marijuana would net California $13... →
mikehudack:
(via spiegelman)
Could you guys stop making fiscal, ethical, and medical sense please? We’re trying to be outraged over here.
Although I do love this line from the article:
“I think substance abuse is just ruining our society,” Assemblyman Paul Cook told a California newspaper, as if it were slothful dope-heads and not, say, gluttonous financial services...
how come people often specify that they "love...
slippy:
alanfm78:
molls:
I’ll put it out there: I love the feel of not having to remember anything but where my cigarettes are and what order my pre-sets are in without having to look. I could care less what it “feels like” as long as I get where I need to be.
I guess that’s the reason.
People are obsessed with retro things because they think said retro things are more “real,” supposedly....
Who was the first band you saw live?
moth:
(This is a question going around Tumblr.)
My first concert: The Cure headlined, but The Pixies and Love and Rockets opened, so I guess the Pixies were the first band I ever saw live. I was fourteen: August 20, 1989, Giants Stadium. The bands had just released the albums Disintegration, Doolittle, and Love and Rockets. Do I win this thread, or what?
[not my actual ticket]
My Dad...
Things I'm glad I did over the weekend
ladimcbeth:
Went to the gym. It’s been like 8 months and it felt good to work out.
Yeah, I’m proud of both of us. This is a good start.
Things I wish I hadn't done over the weekend
ladimcbeth:
Gone to the gym. My. Calves. Are. Killing. Me.
My entire body still hurts. I can’t extend my arms all the way and everytime I stand up I sound like I’m dying. My co-workers are now referring to me as “The Old Guy.”
“To be born Italian and male is to win the first prize in the lottery of life.”
– Jeremy Clarkson
Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You... →
peterwknox:
freckledawesome:littleorphanammo:kayfabe:vanmega: via jon riff
Even better is the url: http://www.youshouldhaveseenthis.com/
Fun if you have time to kill slash haven’t been paying attention and still manage to care.
Build this Twitter/SXSW app
rickrey:
This is quick summary of Going to SXSW, a simple Twitter app I want someone to build for SXSW ‘09. It uses the Twitter API and the SCHED API to help Twitter users connect IRL at the festival.
Once you give the app permission to connect to your Twitter account (no password necessary thanks to Twitter’s brand spankin’ new OAuth support) you indicate the dates you’ll be in Austin.
The...
Josh Freese session drummer for NIN, APC, and...
Options from $7 to $75,000
More info here
His website (such as it is) here
Highlight:
$75,000 (limited edition of 1) -Signed CD/DVD and digital download -T-shirt -Go on tour with Josh for a few days. -Have Josh write, record and release a 5 song EP about you and your life story. -Take home any of his drumsets (only one but you can choose which one.) -Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in...
“After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of...”
– Boswell: Life
Note: “Johnson” above refers to Samuel Johnson
mikehudack:
pile:
Web 3.0: Being scared of your own users.
“I find the idea of parallel universes oddly comforting. Somewhere, I made the...”
– (via samtresler) (via noneck) (via mikehudack) (via winstonwolfe)
“Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary...”
– IKEA spokesperson telling Catholics to piss off after asking queer couples be removed from their catalogue. (via girlfriendisahomo) (via amandalynferri)
Working from home, listening to This Will Destroy You while the wind and rain beat against the windows of my apartment.
Great minds, huh?
Alan beat me to it.
I bet it’s because - though less powerful - his computer is only half the weight of mine; enabling it to get around the web much faster.
lindsayneedscoffee:
Pony by Far
Here’s...
The First-Timer's Guide to Building a Computer... →
britne:
If you’ve never done it before, the idea of building a computer from the ground up can seem very intimidating—but it’s one of the most satisfying projects a tech enthusiast can take on.
…
First one I ever built was in college; I had a buddy guide me through it. It wasn’t nearly as difficult as you might think: Insert part A into slot B, etc. Add software and bootup.
It led...
note to self.
piratekitten:
just because you can’t find some of your art supplies does not mean that you can add “beat portal again” to your to-do list.
This was a triumph.
Neural network learning robots →
FTA: “The robot uses a neural network to iterate solutions to problems. The evolutionary aspect is how it can just “decide” to add more neurons whenever the situation changes. The addition of new joints, limbs or even senses just creates a bigger, smarter and more-able-to-see-you robot. It can also lock itself into a specific configuration when it decides things are as good as...
“I know nothing with any certainty,
But the sight of stars makes me dream.”
– Van Gogh
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so...”
– Bertrand Russell (via enquotations) (via twenty4e) (via steph) (via digitalyn)
More Random Spytap Facts (Or: "Hey, apparently I...
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I love all things automotive. Sports cars are my biggest weakness and I have a dream garage that’s embarrassingly large:
Lotus Exige
BMW E46 M3
BMW E60 M5
Nissan GT-R
Ferrari F430
Shelby Daytona
AC Cobra Roadster
Ariel Atom
Lamborghini Gallardo
1967 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe
And that’s just the first 10 off the top of my head. I don’t keep a list,...
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Spending a couple hours lazily finding a new Tumblr theme and editing the HTML to my liking.