December, 9, 2005 archives

del.icio.us is the latest site to get hoovered up by yahoo. (and on that note, it looks like blo.gs is limping back to life. the xml version of my favorites is working again.)

somewhere i have a list of links that i was going to fold into a rumination on startups, lifestyle businesses, and the current trend of turning a small website into a job with a big web company. (and by that, i mean yahoo. has google made any of those sorts of acquisitions since blogger? i guess cnet has gotten into the game with their acquisition of consumating.)

one thing that is interesting to note is how many of these have sprung from people not located in the bay area. are they out of ideas up there?

this washington post article talks about things some downtown (washington) apartment buildings do to build community.

one of my neighbors has a christmas wreath hanging on their door — on the inside. the door has a translucent window, so you can see the silhouette of the wreath.

what does that say about community?

giant village 2006 is a big new years eve thing happening in downtown los angeles. the flaming lips are playing, along with a bunch of other interesting acts. tickets are $80, or $150 for vip tickets that get you into a special lounge at the pegasus.

and next wednesday, i see hawks in l.a. does the cole’s thing again.

blo.gs is back from the dead, including search. a quick test of searching for “los angeles” shows a bit of a spam problem, though. and the old stand-by for finding spam: searching for “paris hilton.”