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 […]
September 14th, 2012 by alephnaught
Two gorgeous business cards from Necromance
Aviva and I visited one of our favorite West Hollywood shops, Necromance, and I picked up their two business cards. The store is really cool; I bought a skunk skull once and on this trip a pair of bone earrings carved in the shape of a human skull. These business cards are fabulous!
September 11th, 2012 by alephnaught
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (review)
Title: Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land [Hardcover] Author: Paul Buhle, Harvey Pekar, Neal Gabler, David Lasky, Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodriguez, Sharon Rudahl Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Abrams ComicArts; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810997495 ISBN-13: 978-0810997493 This is a very cool book – most of it is a […]
September 9th, 2012 by alephnaught
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (review)
Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Hardcover] Author: Charles Duhigg Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (February 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1400069289 ISBN-13: 978-1400069286 If you’re into leadership or self-help or helping others, this book should be on your bookshelf (or your iPad). […]
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September 8th, 2012 by alephnaught
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- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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November 3rd, 2012 by alephnaught
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