Why does Pinkberry prohibit photography?
Seriously, guys. WTF? Yet another reason to boycott Pinkberry and patronize yummy Cefiore in Little Tokyo instead. Who's with me?
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Google’s Street View comes to L.A.
Google Maps has introduced Street View for Los Angeles! Let the Easter egg hunt begin! This is where I am now.
My first (micro)earthquake
Well, I guess this makes me an official Angeleno: After living here more than a year, I have finally experienced my first earthquake. I was sitting on my couch watching TV this evening when I felt a tiny, almost imperceptible rumble. I thought the vibration might have ...
Eric and Neil crash ‘The Tonight Show’
My friend Neil and I managed to see a taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at NBC studios in Burbank. Jay's guests were actor Mark Wahlberg, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and one of my all-time favorite musicians, Sarah McLachlan.
This is something I suppose everyone who lives ...
End-of-semester frenzy
Well, I'm closing in fast on the end of my first semester at USC. I can tell you that it's been (and continues to be) a lot of work, but I'm really happy with how things are going here. I am looking forward, though, to a little more ...
Listening in on “reality”
So, I'm eavesdropping on a conversation in a restaurant last week (one of the few benefits of dining alone), and I hear two women in intense discussion about how this guy ditched this girl after she told him she once dated Fabio... I mean, like, was he just overreacting? ...
My new shopping destinations
In my exploration of the L.A. area, I've discovered some great stores that I've never seen anywhere else. While they may not be unique to L.A., they are new to me. It's just too bad they're not all in the same place.
First, there's Trader Joe's, where "affordable, wholesome ...
Rain, snow, sun: Which would you pick?
Compare these actual recent weather forecasts for my three "homes" and tell me which one looks best. (These are all from Tuesday, Feb. 10, but I am just getting around to posting them.)
Mandeville, La. (where mom lives):
Fly Creek, N.Y. (where dad lives):
Los Angeles, Calif. (where I live):
So, you see, ...
The left-turn phenomenon
There's a funny song called Walking in L.A. -- made funnier by the fact that I first heard it on the radio while walking in L.A. One verse goes like this:
Could it be that the smog's playing tricks on my eyes,
Or is it a rollerskater in some kind of ...
The city you can never leave
Nobody's actually from Los Angeles -- or if they are they won't admit it. So I suppose most people here, like me, have gone through the initial culture shock, denial, bewilderment and occasional delight of settling in Los Angeles.
Variety.com editor Travis Smith recalls a party he attended shortly after ...
Flash in the pan?
I am an ex-Flash user. I uninstalled the Flash plug-in on my primary browser about a month ago, and I haven't looked back. Here's how it happened:
Back when Apple announced that its forthcoming iPad would lack Flash support, it sounded to me like a boneheaded move. If a device built ...
Continue the discussion here
Thanks to all who turned out today at UBC Robson Square for my workshop on online tools and techniques for journalists. I'm creating this post as a way to continue the discussion online. If you have questions or comments on the topics we discussed, please share them in the comments, ...
Checking in from Canada
In the four months since my last post — yes, I'm a terrible blogger — I've moved to Vancouver and started teaching at the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Among other things, I'm coordinating the school's Integrated Journalism course, required of all first-year students, and advising some ...
Posted here and there
The problem with writing for several outlets is that your stuff lacks a home on the Internet. But it's nothing that a little aggregation can't fix. In case you missed it, here's some of what I've been writing in the last few months:
Today at De Nieuwe Reporter, the Dutch online ...
What would you teach aspiring journalists about the internet?
It's officially official: I'm headed to Vancouver in January to spend a semester as the Canwest Global Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. I will be teaching online journalism as part of the school's integrated journalism course.
I'm looking forward to helping students think critically ...
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