For once, MS has actually created a funny promo video. For Internet Explorer 8 of all things.
Weird.
Bathtub IV: Stop-motion, tilt-shift movie
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Awesome movie made with stop-motion tilt-shift photography. I think this is my favorite in the series (the author, Keith Loutit, has done a bunch).
Expo rail maps in detail now available
It looks as if there is finally a detailed map of where the Expo line is going to go when Phase II (Culver City to the beach) gets underway.
CAUTION: BIG FILE (over 35 MB)
Here is a PDF that shows the majority of the designated ROW (right of way) as it heads west to the ocean. The primary and alternate routes around the Palms neighborhood are both considered in this series of maps.
The primary route goes through Rancho Park and Cheviot Hills. The neighbors aren’t thrilled about this, even though MTA bought has owned the ROW for nearly twenty years and there has never been any doubt about what they were going to do with it.
Consequently, there is a plan for an alternate route that travels down the middle of Venice Boulevard, then turns right on Sepulveda and heads up to Pico where it turns west again.
Exciting stuff!
Vive la France! (et le QR code)
The French are beginning to see the utility of the mobile bar code! It seems QR Codes are starting to catch on, in an almost underground fashion.
Silicon Alley Insider has a quick article on the phenomenon and the background basics if you’re knew to the idea.
I always knew I liked those guys.
Goldman Sachs trying to silence critical blogger
Apparently they’re not cool with negative press under a domain name like goldmansachs666.com/.
I don’t agree with a lot of what this guy is saying. In fact, some of it seems pretty nutty. Which is all the more reason to watch GS initiate the Streisand effect on this guy. He’s already got 90,000 some hits and it’s only going to grow as he holds a “virtual press conference” on Wednesday.
