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November 23rd, 2012 by alephnaught
Thanksgiving dinner pics
We had family over for Thanksgiving dinner; here are some pics of the dishes and settings.
November 19th, 2012 by alephnaught
How Music Works (review)
Title: How Music Works Author: David Byrne Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: McSweeney’s; First Edition edition (September 12, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936365537 ISBN-13: 978-1936365531 I purchased the iBooks version, which included a lot of extra material such as photos and lecture material (which was cool) and a bunch of music at the end (which I […]
November 11th, 2012 by alephnaught
My first iOS 6 / iPhone 5 panorama photo (Venice Beach, Malibu)
We went to Venice Beach to check out a flea market, then went back to Malibu to have dinner at the Reel Inn, which is the best inexpensive seafood place we’ve found in the LA area. I decided to try the panorama feature of the new camera app – I think it worked well (it […]
November 3rd, 2012 by alephnaught
Volunteering at Sunrise Elementary School
On Halloween, a bunch of us from work went to Sunrise Elementary School to spend time with the kids and, it turned out, give the teachers a break. It was fun – my group ended up with the kindergartners; we read to them and then directed them in a couple coloring exercises. You have to […]
October 28th, 2012 by alephnaught
Giant Robot Biennale and Heavenese
Yesterday we went to Little Tokyo to check out the Giant Robot Biennale at Japanese American National Museum; the show was very cool, lots of highly customized figures from artists that show and sell with Giant Robot. We also ran into a Japanese musical troop called Heavenese – they play music combining Japanese and gospel […]
October 7th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Title:The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try – I’m glad I did, overall. The […]
September 30th, 2012 by alephnaught
Art Platform Los Angeles
Aviva and I decided to check out the Art Platform Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica. It’s held in a few airplane hangers at the Santa Monica Airport. The show was okay, I saw a few things I liked, Aviva saw a few less that she liked (which is normal); we also checked out […]
September 23rd, 2012 by alephnaught
Photos from DreamForce 2012 #df12
I got to attend DreamForce 2012; in case you don’t know, that’s the yearly meetup for all things Salesforce.com. I had a great time and achieved two of my three objectives (the third will have to come later – there were no good sessions covering what I was looking for). The conference was huge, spanning […]
December 1st, 2012 by alephnaught