I'm not dead, just in Dubai. Yep. Middle East Dubai. Persian Gulf Dubai.

Read all about it here: www.newlywedindubai.com

Peace!

One of my favorite bands is this little Orange County (CA) ska band called Suburban Legends. When I lived out in California we used to go see them repeatedly when they played these free shows at Downtown Disney.

They have this one song "Bring Spring Morning" that was on my list of banned songs after my last horrible breakup. Then I wrote about ( Read more... )

Well I got quite a surprise today when I logged into the iTunes Music Store.

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Wow, check out the LEGO Factory over at the LEGO website.

They've developed software that lets you design a custom LEGO set in 3D, then send it to LEGO and they'll make the set for you.

When I have a little more free time and free money on my hands, I'm all over this.

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It looks like they've made some sweet progress on that $100 laptop that I've been following.

Here's a photo of the first working prototype:


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The rumors of a completely Apple designed phone have been around for years. And now Engadget is reporting an August launch.

This would, in fact, coincide nicely with the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference which runs August 7-11 ( Read more... )

Holy Christ on a crutch, look what they've done now:

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As I've said before, I really don't hate Lindsey Lohan. But in the last few days I've seen these two tidbits on the internet, and they're just too awesome to not share.

The first is a column by Mice Age's Al Lutz about her 20th birthday party at Disneyland. I guess Disney kept Disneyland and California Adventure open late for her and her people ( Read more... )

So I paid for a haircut yesterday. Which, to most people, wouldn't be news. But this was the first haircut I've paid for in over five years. Seriously.

The best part is that I actually wrote about my last paid-for haircut back on my brother's birthday in 2001. See, my barber had just left the ... well, read it. I think it's still pretty funny ( Read more... )

So yesterday I took a drive down to Westborough, MA to meet up with my former Los Angeleno roommate who just moved home. And maybe it's just that I don't get out much anymore, or haven't been paying attention, but I saw two new license plates on the drive.

The first was Discover Florida's Oceans. It's a pretty cool looking plate. (Or "tag" as ( Read more... )