Tomorrow I will be at this conference joining the team of Yahoo! developers to talk about Yahoo! Not sure what driving to the city for an 8am breakfast will do to my internal clock. Will post minutes from the first half of Day 1 later.
Add comment September 13th, 2006
Time magazine has put out a list of what they deems are the 50 coolest websites. I’ve decided to do my own review of them and see how they stack up in my world. I’ll be posting reviews in blocks of 5 in the next few weeks. In the meantime you can take a look at the list for yourself.
Add comment August 21st, 2006
Sprout Home is a cute site that sells these little gadgets and cute knick knacks such as a egg shaped animal that grows grass hair in a kit. They’re really really cute and much more interesting than Chia pets. Go to the children’s section to find cute gifts for a your little nieces or nephews.
If you live in the Chicagoland area, consider ordering their organic produce box.
Add comment August 17th, 2006
I just had another post blown away by WordPress, so this will be shorter than the original and less witty. (keep your snickers and giggles to yourself)
Since my move down to Los Angeles I’ve been tinkering with the idea of a vegetable and herb garden. The summers here are long and the winters mild. I think it’ll last throughout the year.
Please send me your suggestions on what plants you think would work well in this valley.
I am probably going to plant:
Lavender
Passionfruit
Basil
Heirloom tomatoes
Squash
1 comment August 17th, 2006
On Friday night, my sister, a friend, and myself drove down to Seal Beach and sat at the south side of the pier waiting for the grunion to run. From 11:30 pm to 1:30 am we sat and waited for these mysterious little fishies to show up. Alas we saw none.
My little sister a few years past had seen a great grunion run and tells the stories of the glittery fishes on the sand over and over to the delight of Chinese mothers. Hence we started our hunt for grunion by starting out at Big 5 Sporting Goods to obtain a one day fishing license. This fishing license allows you to touch and interact with the grunion in the open season June and onward.
The debate of whether to go or not go was long and drawn out. First the criteria was to find this mysterious beach in Palos Verdes where the grunion were discovered that summer many years before. However we couldn’t find it as it was a private beach and the friend who lived there was unreachable. Next I thought well I work for Yahoo! and my job involves lots of bloggers, let’s see if these bloggers can help me. I searched blogs using Yahoo! and technorati. This method was unsuccessful as people only said they went to a beach and saw grunion. Nobody stated which beach and where on that beach. Last chance for us and grunion, we said well if we call the lifeguards they might be able to tell us. So I called and called a bunch of lifeguard stations at various California beaches until we realized that we were hitting up the same lifeguard station over and over again. (Beach and station numbers can be found through USC sea grant’s beach listings.) The lifeguards said sure grunion run here, but we’ve never seen them. One nice lifeguard at the Seal Beach station said try the south side of the pier people have spotted them there before. He even told us to park near the 10th street parking lot.
Well we tried and had a great time in the warm salty air waiting for the elusive grunion to come up upon the shore to grace us with their presence. Instead we ran around the beach at midnight like little children building sand castles and doing cartwheels.
Not a bad use of $11.30 and 3 hours.
2 comments August 14th, 2006
A friend has recommended a new Japanese restaurant for me to try. I’ve found two reviews on the place thus far. One from la.foodblogging and another from igougo. I must say la.foodblogging is becoming my new food review love. It is helping me discover a lot about food in the Los Angeles area. I’ll post hopefully with pictures after my trip to Echigo.
Note to all those restaurant/food critics out there, please give us poor people some guidance on how relatively expensive these place are.
To come Sasabune vs. Echigo. Can the apprentice stand up to the master?
Add comment August 7th, 2006
Last night was my first experience with the Sawtelle area on the west side and I loved it. It was a really nice little area with cute and inexpensive food. We had dinner at Asahi Ramen complete with cold noodle ramen and curry ramen as recommended by la.foodblogging. After dinner we walked along Sawtelle street and went into some of the boutiques and the Japanese markets. In one of the stores we saw this bag.
For those of you who know me well, this bag is soo appropriate and ironic in many different ways. Unfortunately it was $25 and I couldn’t justify a splurge for a fabric tote at the time. To see more check out their website.
Overall it was a great time and evening at a very low cost. Street parking is free after 6 pm and the food came out to $22 with tax and tip for 3.
Next time we’re going to try out either Sawtelle Kitchen or Hide Sushi.
Add comment August 2nd, 2006
I LOVE DIY projects. This week a friend mine’s mother is going into the hospital for surgery and I’m thinking about putting together some DIY kits for her to work on when she’s home and recovering.
You should try some yourself for group games and parties.
Add comment July 31st, 2006
It’s been over a month now since my first post regarding Skype free to any landline in the US and Canada. I am still thoroughly convinced that the promotion is a lie or laden with so many special terms and conditions that nobody really gets a free call.
I have yet to get a free call although I’ve tried at different hours, to different numbers, from different accounts, etc. You name it I probably tried it. Skype stil has not replied to my support request via their billing system. You might say “maybe you didn’t put Skype on your approved whitelist and the emails are going to spam.” NOT! I still get payment information from Skype but no responses to any of my questions.
Why do I find this process offense and disappointing?
1) I pay for Skype (why I still use them will be the topic of a future post)
2) I pay for Skype
3) I have used and paid for over $50 of phone calls on Skype, and I’ve only sent them two emails regarding account crediting problems.
4) They took my money and they took it in a way that was contrary to their marketing.
5) They lied.
Add comment July 27th, 2006
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