Greetings from Santa Barbara...

Oct
23rd

Sun

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Jul
22nd

Tue

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Unlike about 40 other states, California does not offer a tax credit program to keep Hollywood at home. So the number of film production days shot on location in Los Angeles has plummetted nearly 40% since 1997, according to FilmL.A. Inc, a non-profit group that handles film permits. What’s at stake? Well, a major production can pump tens of thousands of dollars a day into local economy what with hotel room stays, catering, services and permits. One figure cited is that 3 weeks of filming of Memoirs Of A Geisha generated more than $4 million for Sacramento and El Dorado counties

— Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily

Jul
14th

Mon

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Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero have helped the ailing music industry by licensing songs and using online networks to sell additional tracks for gamers to play along with. Those tracks, which usually sell for around $2 each, are more profitable for record companies and musicians than iTunes sales.

— Planned Guns N’ Roses Deal Underscores Power of Video Games to Sell Songs Online - NYTimes.com

Jun
27th

Fri

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A Kentucky judge has confirmed what Duke fans have known for years: their football team is as bad as it gets.

Bad enough that Louisville should have to find another football team to replace the Blue Devils without penalty after Duke pulled out of the final three games of a four-game contract last season.

In a lawsuit filed late last year, Louisville asked for $450,000 in damages and any additional damages the court saw fit.

— ESPN - Report: Duke free of damages in contract suit with Louisville - College Football

Jun
26th

Thu

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To figure out where people will idiotically dump their money next, I called Harrison Hong, 37, a Princeton University economist hired by then-professor Ben S. Bernanke to study bubbleology. Hong thinks the next bubble might be in “green” technology, because someone is going to make a lot of cash off inventing cheap solar energy panels, hydrogen cars or a way to harness Al Gore’s glow of self-righteousness.

— On the trail of the next big bubble - Los Angeles Times

Jun
25th

Wed

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Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.

“We found that when people walk in flip-flops, they alter their gait, which can result in problems and pain from the foot up into the hips and lower back,’’ said Justin Shroyer, a biomechanics doctoral student who presented the findings to the recent annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis.

— Summer Flip-Flops May Lead to Foot Pain - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog

Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant

Apple should take out full page ads in the NY Times and WSJ with only the text of this e-mail.

Jun
19th

Thu

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Bret McKenzie's Best of L.A.

AKA The Rhymenocerous, or half of Flight Of The Conchords

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Going to see the Old 97’s in LA tonight, so enjoy the first single (Dance With Me) off their new record, Blame It On Gravity (buy on iTunes).

My 6-year-old has an iPod and wants a cellphone, although my husband and I aren’t sure who he’d call.

— Basics - So Young, and So Gadgeted - NYTimes.com