Author Archives: Thomas Guy

Santa Monica in 1928

Check out this highly detailed scan of a map of Los Angeles from 1928. Depicted in the above section are the Pickering and Crystal piers in Ocean Park. Cloverfield Boulevard gets is named for the original title of Santa Monica airport, “Clover Aviation Field.” I took the map section above and superimposed it over GoogleContinue reading “Santa Monica in 1928”

Transit 2000 Video!!!1111

This is a great video from 1992 illustrating what traffic management might look like in the year 2000. Highlights include: A navigation system that can fit in the trunk of the car.The heads up display from a fighter jet (still waiting on that one)It’s narrated by Nichelle Nichols (she played “Uhura” on Star Trek)There isContinue reading “Transit 2000 Video!!!1111”

Recovery Act Word Cloud

<!–begin tag cloud : generated by TagCrowd.comFeel free to modify as long as you keep this notice. This code and its rendered image are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ For commercial use licensing, visit http://tagcrowd.com/licensing.html–&gt; activities adding additional adjustment agency allowed amount application apply appropriate assistance authorized available award beginning benefitsContinue reading “Recovery Act Word Cloud”

Four Car Collision This Morning

I drove by this accident around 7:35 AM this morning. If I’d been a minute earlier I might have gotten caught up in this. The backup from this was very light and slightly chaotic. The I-10 westbound is certainly an exciting way to get to work! To make matters worse some of the people hadContinue reading “Four Car Collision This Morning”