October, 5, 2005 archives

the los angeles press club is hosting a panel on the politics of science journalism tonight. conveniently located near the vermont and sunset red line station.

craigh hughes beat me to sharing the thought about the performance of spammed stocks that i meant to — sell them short.

this askmefi question is the latest of a recurring theme of questions. here are some other variations on that theme. (no, i did not ask any of them.)

i wonder if there are other recurring themes on askmefi that would make a good movie.

the producers guild of america is doing a benefit for the los angeles conservancy at the orpheum on saturday, october 15th with a cocktail reception, vaudeville show and screening of the freshman with accompaniment on the 1928 mighty wurlitzer organ. tickets are available from ticketmaster for $40 plus the $5.75 “convenience” charge and $2.50 for the privilege of printing out the tickets at home (or more to mail them, or no charge to pick them up at will call).

no serenity yet, but the aristocrats is playing at the laemmle grande this weekend.

looks like blo.gs has had some sort of major hiccup. the latest updates are from june 14, 2005. also known as the day yahoo took over.

what’s odd is that it is only reporting about 7.5 million blogs, and i’m pretty sure the database was bigger than that at the time.

maybe once they get it sorted out they’ll update that news page that has been so quiet these last few months. (and add that link to happygofun they’re supposed to put on the about page.)

the lack of communication is costing them users.