Parking your car in LA is a hellish task. A buddy of mine just moved his art studio to Hollywood where a monthly parking permit can cost around $75. After being ticketed four times, he stumbled upon a novel solution. He got a gym membership at the Bally's by his studio for $35 a month. Parking is included in the membership fee. That's $40 a month in savings, and he can work out if he wants.
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I've always been a fan of Charlie White. His photo productions are unsettling. And I like to be unsettled. This little video does not fail to unsettle. Just to get an idea of what goes into a Charlie White production-- the credits take up half the duration. I found this at boingboing.
Drawing Restraint 9 - Trailer
Hell yes! I am hyping a movie I haven't seen, but based on past works from Matthew Barney, I believe I am justified.
Chris Bliss: Must-See Finale
The end of Abbey Road always makes me smile and cry tears of happiness.
My buddy told me the other day he was really getting into Invader Zim. My buddy is the same age as me-- we're old. Not being a kid, I had no idea what he was talking about. So I set the old DVR to record every episode. For a Y7-rated show, it's surprisingly badass. It's actually quite disturbing. Yeah, it has the boldly-defined lines, which are mandatory for cartoons these days it seems. But it also incorporates some playful Giger-esque/Wachowski-ish future gothic stylings. The action sequences are creative and entertaining. GIR, Zim's sidekick robot is insane to the degree of lovability. Even the diminutive Zim, hell-bent on taking over earth for the Irken empire, endears himself with his genius ineptness and his emphatic references to himself in the third person. From what I've seen so far, the half-hour program is split into two segments to cover both sides of Zim's world-- the alien and the alien disguised as human boy. The human boy, Dib, is on to Zim and works to thwart Zim at every step of the way. Dib's little sister, Gaz, realizes Zim has no chance of success. Gaz, the artsy kid who will grow up to make cartoons like Invader Zim, truly is Zim's guardian angel-- preventing her brother from destroying the poor little alien.
So check it out if you have the time. With The Daily Show and ,The Colbert Report, I don't know how many more half-hour dailies I can take. I'm taking in way too much Viacom. And the podcasts... I'm going to have to cut myself off. Damn you, Television! Damn you, DVR! Damn you, RSS Feed! Damn you, Compelling Novel! Damn you, Addictive Video Game! Damn you, Sudoku!
The box is officially open. Here is my main station-- Danny's Favs. I've cast a pretty wide net, so there's a little garbage that slips through occasionally. (I'm still debating whether or not to remove the Beatles-- they pretty much influenced everyone including a lot of shite.) My friends are slightly more reliable in picking out music I might like. Songs get the thumbs down when they suck. I've also avoided giving anything the thumbs up no matter how much I like it; I don't want the station to become too focused. Does anyone out there know if adding songs to your favorites affects the station? I've been favoriting stuff I like to guide my future musical explorations.
Honda FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle to Go Into Production - Gizmodo
Kinda what I was thinking of but with natural gas instead of water. Reforming natural gas is the least expensive way to obtain hydrogen currently.
See censorship in action using Google's image search for 'Tiananmen' from Guardian Unlimited: Technology
It's funny I'm posting this on Google-owned Blogger.com. This really isn't just a Google problem. (I admit I almost believed the "don't be evil" bullshit for a little bit.) An increasing amount of American companies do gazillions in trade with China. It ain't just hookers and drug dealers compromising/revising their values to make a buck.
Film Article | Reuters.com
My friends and I have been anticipating the domestic bow of Drawing Restraint 9 ever since we knew of its existence. If your life has been touched by Matthew Barney in any way, most likely through his Cremaster Cycle, you probably understand our enthusiasm.
Our first exposure to Barney's work came through an art mag one of my college buddies had. It contained still images from Barney's Cremaster 4. That group of images left a huge impression on us. A few years later when we heard Cremaster 2 was playing at the Nuart, we were compelled to check it out. Our perspectives of reality were forever changed, and we became ardent Matthew Barney admirers/critics.
With his wife Bjork at his side for this latest release, Barney should easily achieve total world domination. (Dancer in the Dark rocked to the earth's core by the way.)
Here's an exciting tidbit of info about the soundtrack: Will Oldham is on it. Hell yes! Oldham's timeless voice helped shape Cremaster 3 into one of the most triumphant cinematic experiences of all time.
Barney, Bjork, and Oldham come together to bring you your new favorite movie. Rejoice!
this story pulled pretty damn hard on the old heartstrings.
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/28/tale_of_the_tortoise.html
Kung Fu Hustle is ineffable.
I really loved the hell out of this movie. It's completely insane. I'm stoked to see it's getting its due.
If I didn't know the guys at stuffibought.com, I wouldn't believe it. But I do know them, and it's true-- they really do buy that much stuff. If you want to get into the game of oneupsmanship stuffibought.com is sure to inspire, you can register and submit your own purchases complete with written reviews, pictures, and audio commentary to persuade others. And like Digg, Flickr, etc., it has its own little networking system so you can keep track of what your friends are buying and enjoying (or hating). Just don't try to keep up with the Lin brothers. You can't. There is no way. Forget it already.
My friends and I used to make mix tapes. Then we made mix cds. Now you can find out what complete strangers are into with MP3 blogs. And if you're tastes line up, you've found yourself a source for new music.
I see a couple of these MP3 blogs Ben is talking about have RSS feeds. But they don't look like they're set up for podcasting. But then I guess it would be weird to podcast one track at a time.
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Here's my idea. Someone please build this for me. I want solar panels on my roof. That should be easy enough. But here's what I want to do with the excess energy I don't use during the day. Through electrolysis (all I need is running water) I want to create a stockpile of H2. Any power generated from the solar panels over what I can put into my H2 tank would go back into the grid. So when the sun doesn't shine, I can use my home fuel cell for power. If I run out of H2, I can just take back from the grid. So now I'm thinking, since I have this tank of H2 sitting at my house, what's to stop me from using it to fill up my fuel-cell-powered car? Heck, I could even reform the natural gas flowing into my house for H2 if I didn't want to waste water.
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