Remember me telling you about the Seventh Regiment Armory located the Upper East Side? I finally looked it up. The guy who had his sixtieth birthday party there last year, Stephen Schwarzman, is the person one who took the Blackstone (not to be confused with Blackrock or Blackwater) company public – they were heavy intoContinue reading “Ever heard of Stephen A. Schwarzman?”
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Dell PowerEdge 2950
I finally got our new PowerEdge 2950 mounted in the server cabinet and I’m starting to get it set up. It’s been a while since I last ordered a PowerEdge from Dell. The last one was about three years ago, an 1800 we were going to use for an online storage backup. Sort of aContinue reading “Dell PowerEdge 2950”
Santa Monica’s Avenue’s Original Names
The “state” namesake avenues in Santa Monica start at Montana and end at Colorado, which, confusingly enough, was originally named “Railroad.” Most of the street names, Idaho, Arizona, et cetera, have not changed. The exceptions seem to be Santa Monica Blvd (originally named Orgeon Avenue), Broadway (originally named Utah Avenue), and Wislhire Blvd. (originally namedContinue reading “Santa Monica’s Avenue’s Original Names”
Crystal Pier
Ha! There used to be a pier at Hollister Ave! There is, of course, nothing there now to indicate that. The Crystal Pier seems to have been an amusement pier. I found this great photo print at the Library of Congress of a “Bathing Beauty Contest,” and I think you can see the pier inContinue reading “Crystal Pier”
Unbelievable
Ten votes behind. Nine.Twelve.Time’s up.Sixteen votes behind and counting.Fifteen.Sixteen, with forty-two not votingNineteen behind, with thirty-seven not voting. It’s not going to pass.
