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Send your Camera round for more

Found this on boing boing, thought it was really funny / interesting to get a sneak peek into people’s dinner experiences.

The Casias Oscar Predictions

Every year my friend Nick Casias makes his Oscar Predictions. I am happy to bring them to you here for the first time. "In a year of hardship and humility, movies matter even more. So much in fact…

Oh the Tico’s you’ll know.

Costa Rica is paradise. The people are fun, the location is beautiful, and life moves slowly. While we are not completely set up yet, I have Internet from the neighbors, and can function. I spend…

A day in LA-la land.

Cab it to BART, fly to LA, get picked up by production assistant, meet with producers, shake hands with the boss, meet the tech team, get the YES we want you on the show, lets do it, please come back…

Gore-Tex

Gore tex is coming out with some fancy new clothing soon. They finally figured out how to line their products without making it feel like you are opening a candy bar in class but trying to keep it…

Bush Out, Obama In, Street Signs Up

Creative pranksters had hundreds of signs made up with the same dimensions as the “Bush” street signs that run along Bush Street in San Francisco. As of this morning, the street has effectively been…

Hulu Offers Past Inaugural Speeches

Hulu is now offering the Inaugural Speeches from the presidents since William McKinley’s Second Inauguration. Below is the inauguration of FDR, at a time that is in many ways similar to what we are…

Holiday Blogapaloza

I made that word up, but I bet someone else has used it before me. A year ago at this time I was leaving an incredibly beautiful town in Thailand called Pai, headed to Laung Prabong, Laos on a slow…