3 Videos: toys making music, a fountain, and bracelets
Three fun videos…
This one is two Japanese toys from a Japanese toy band — Giant Robot carries the whole group, I hope to get them all:
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This one is a fountain at the Grove, a shopping complex in LA:
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And lastly this one is Aviva’s bracelets reflecting light off the ceiling of hte car:
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July 25th, 2009 by alephnaught
Nathan’s first tattoo
My son Nathan got his first tattoo today; I think its really cool:
And here’s Nathan getting his tattoo:
July 24th, 2009 by admin
The Getty Museum
After driving home from ComicCon 2009, we decided to visit the Getty Museum, since Nathan, my son, had never been there. Its a picturesque large museum overlooking Los Angeles; the Getty has the largest art conservatorship in the United States. Aviva and I have been to the Getty Museum before to see the Bernini and [...]
July 23rd, 2009 by alephnaught
ComicCon 2009, Thursday: Pictures
My son Nathan and I attended the Thursday opening of ComicCon 2009; we had a great time, we walked the whole exhibit hall floor. I got a couple gifts for people that are friends on Twitter. And I posted tweets regularly with photos from the event, which some folks seemed to really enjoy. [...]
July 22nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Title: Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Author: Andy Clarke
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (November 25, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321410971
ISBN-13: 978-0321410979
This book isn’t really about Transcending CSS but instead equal parts history, technique, design, process and futures.
And if you want to do more with CSS than a how-to book, you want to [...]
July 12th, 2009 by alephnaught
A massage, chairs in a window, the Farmers Market, and some
Another posting of miscellaneous stuff we did recently.
Aviva got me a massage for my birthday, so I went to the local spa/training place; it was a very nice massage, helped relax my neck.
We also took a trip to the Farmer’s Market and the Grove in LA – here’s a metal sculpture there:
We ate dinner one [...]
July 3rd, 2009 by alephnaught
My 50th birthday celebration
We decided to go out for dinner for my birthday on Friday July 3 because most of the good places are closed on the 4th. We drove down to west Hollywood to check out the latest version of my glasses – they’re still too big but much closer, hopefully we’ll be ready to order them [...]
July 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
June 28th, 2009 by alephnaught
24 Declassified: Head Shot
Title: 24 Declassified: Head Shot
Author: David Jacobs
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harper; Mti edition (April 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006177152X
ISBN-13: 978-0061771521
I try to read the 24 novels when they come out – call it a dirty pleasure, but I grew up reading pulp novels from people like Earl Stanley Gardner, Ian Fleming, and Edgar Rice Burroughs; [...]
June 27th, 2009 by alephnaught
Sawtelle, Glasses, and a Woody Allen movie, “Whatever Works”
Aviva went to a lecture on acrylic techniques at an art supply store in Culver City; while she was there I went to my favorite news stand at Robertson and Pico, then to Sawtelle, which is the second and smaller Japanese area. I bought a few toys.
Card with picture of Buddha figure I purchased
A [...]
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July 30th, 2009 by admin
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