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Been JOLTED by Earthquake of 5.0 magnitude May 18, 2009
Earthquake #2.
LOS ANGELES – A MODERATE 5.0-magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Sunday but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said.
The quake, initially recorded as a 4.7 magnitude temblor, was centered just 10 miles (15 kilometres) southwest of downtown Los Angeles at a depth of 13 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey said.
The quake was felt across the region, shuddering buildings throughout Los Angeles, witnesses said.
AFP journalists reported that the quake knocked objects from shelves and lasted for several seconds.
Off to Mammoth manana March 27, 2009
I’m off to Mammoth tomorrow for a ski trip. Ta Ta.
This evening I had dinner at SLS. Ferran Adria is pure genius. Liquid essence of olive is quite delightful.
March 19, 2009
Live iPhone musical performance – Kids by MGMT played on iPhones and iPod Touches
This is pretty cool. I just downloaded Ocarina which is one of the applications that allows you to use your Iphone like a wind instrument. Totally Mentalist!
Syracuse Defeats UConn in a Marathon Game March 13, 2009
This is what I watched last night….nearly 4 hours of college basketball.
So I hardly ever watch college basketball, but my co-worker is a die-hard Syracuse fan. So last night I was at Wolfgang’s for a game that lasted 3 hours 46 minutes in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament…By the first overtime, I was already yelling at the screen broadcasting ESPN in HD. Little did we know, the game would go into 6 overtimes! By the way, the hi-tech bidet system in the restroom of Wolfgang’s is definitely worth a try – a very civilized way to do the powder room deeds.
environmentalgraffiti is kewl! March 13, 2009
Cool photos of Beautiful Microscopic Images from Inside the Human Body
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/images-inside-human-body-images/8292
This site also got me thinking that the one reason I might wait to buy an iphone is this: If Mac rumors has it right, there might be a solar enabled iphone. Holy shit! A mini green machine!
According to the site MacRumors, Apple have apparently filed a patent application to investigate the use of solar cells in their mobile devices, including the iphone and portable computers.
Tokyo Police Club March 11, 2009
Tokyo Police Club ‘Citizens of Tomorrow’ from the EP ‘A Lesson in Crime’
Petrojvic Blasting Co. March 9, 2009
This band of brothers plays at the Hollywood Farmer’s market between 12 and 1. The have Trombone/Drum/Trumpet players, and one guy has those foot pads to be able to do percussion with his foot. And they dress like it’s the 20s or ’30s. Check them out. You will be entertained! They play in between Selma and Sunset on Ivar, across from Space 15 Twenty where they have that great Architecture Bookstore
http://theblastingcompany.com/pbcmedia.html
This is what it says on their site:
In 1989, in the encroaching mountains of Serbia or Tennessee, an idea occurred between two brothers; or rather, a quixotic dream: to build a bridge from Turkey to Europe. This bridge would be lined with tapestries and populated by a thousand great white birds. Soaring over the Mediterranean sea, as it were, commuters would be flanked by low growing patches of colorful flora. The bridge would be a swath of color and light, a paintbrush stroke between continents, between cultures, between civilizations. On each independence day of each independent country, elaborate displays of fireworks would erupt from the bridge and the Christmas lights would crawl across the bridge like festive veins of ivy on the eves of all the world’s favorite holidays.
The brothers were pleased by their idea, and so they set off to play music in the streets, that they may raise the funds (approximately $85 billion would do) from the hard-earned pockets and accounts of the lives they one day hope to improve.
-Max Benkelman
