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Hippie Van

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:10:23 -0800

I’ve seen this hippie van (and it’s certainly no Vanagon) parked by the West Hollywood Trader Joe’s (the one on the East side of town, near Target). I’m sure there’s a story here.

Hollywood Forever

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:59:20 -0800

My friend Michael wanted to visit the Hollywood Forever cemetery, to play with his fancy new digital Single-Lens Reflex camera. PS: And in an odd Rockford/Hollywood forever coincidence, Monday night I saw a Rockford Files with a scene set in this cemetery.

Paradise Cove

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:30:12 -0800

I drove up to Paradise Cover, where Jim Rockford has his trailer. Very brooding weather---the waves were rolling in from the earthquake/tsunami in Chile. Also some pelicans, more ocean shots, and West Hollywood at sunset. Here’s the link.

The Blimp!

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:52:37 -0800

Got some great pictures of this Airship Ventures blimp over West Hollywood today. Here’s some information from their website:
Cruising at around 1300 feet, you are high enough to be non intrusive, but low enough to see amazing details. Your speed is around 35mph, which is a stately and serene speed to view the world at. Take off and landing are very rapid and you are only in your seat for the minute or so it takes us to reach cruising altitude.  Surrounded by huge windows, two of which open, and with the comforts of leather seating and an onboard restroom, this is a real skybox!

Terminator: How Many Hints Do You Need, People?

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:30:41 -0800

The US Air Force has built MQ-9 'Reapers', an unmapped aerial ‘hunter-killer’ remarkably similar to the killbots in Terminator (not to mention Battlestar Galactica).
The UK is also deploying them, to be controlled by an IT system and matching satellites called—did you guess it?—Skynet (not to be confused with this link). Yes, just like in the movie. We might as well just surrender to them now.