Archive for May, 2007
Nihon Chinbotsu (aka: Japan Sinks) — movie review
There’s no denying that film-goers around the world love disaster pictures. Sure, they may grow stale and unpopular following an actual disaster, but they always return. There’s just something about seeing destruction on a grand scale that captures the imagination, and the hard earned dollars, of a theater going audience. And really, how much [...]
Dot’s Café at Yahoo! — restaurant review — California
Okay, so we don’t have free gourmet roasted quail like Google does, but we do have a cute little cafeteria with lots of curves and multi-color polka dots. So there, ha! The chefs are cool and the food is okay; when I do eat in I usually opt for the Indian/Thai stuff or [...]
Super Sweet Cult DVD deals
Wow. Sometimes the DVD gods just smile upon you, you know? Kris and I were pondering checking out Spider-Man 3 this evening, but something told me to go check an infrequently visited Fry’s instead. And boy, am I glad we did. I snatched up the whole Jodorowski Films box set, featuring Fando Y Lis, Holy [...]
“Wild Horses” Rolling Stones to save horses
My college friend had a theory that no one, NO ONE can be a simultaneous Beatles and Rolling Stones fan. “Just ask anyone,” she quipped convincingly, “they will either prefer one or the other; no one can love or be a big fan of both.” I was skeptical, but at the time I [...]
TECH TALK . Intel flashes the world
I guess that’s supposed to be a rather good thing, well better than their very literal multi-tasking dancy TV ads. Intel unleashed news that the major makeover for its Centrino Laptop platform is the company’s very first foray into flash memory chips. Flash chips you say? Yay I say. The new [...]
Bye Bye Blair
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will resign on June 27th. He is the only one in UK history besides Margaret Thatcher to last a full 10 years in office. Even though most of the country distrusts him (similar to our country’s leader’s falling popularity rating) he holds steadfast to [...]
Beard Papa’s 1-year anniversary in SF
My goosh, has it been a year already?? My my how the time flies. A year ago the Bay Area was Beard Papa-less. Today we have three locations, two in San Francisco and one in Redwood City! And if you doubted their popularity or Bay Area-ites ability to overindulge, let me [...]
San Francisco’s Frjtz is moving.. just not very far
When Santiago Rodriguez was informed that his restaurant lease was denied renewal, he didn’t panic at all. Rodriguez, the owner of Frjtz — the cute shop o’ the best paper cone o’ Belgian Fries (not quite French Fries) and authentic (soupy, buttery, floppy) crepes of Boho trendy SF Hayes Valley — simply moved right [...]
Palo Alto’s Spago to close
Shoo shoo Spago! Wolfgang Puck just isn’t welcome in Palo Alto anymore. Ten years of the King of California cuisine was enough. June 1st is the closing date for the iconic ritzy restaurant on the fringe of downtown Paly. In a press release, senior managing partner Tom Kaplan announced that the [...]
Pervert! — Dust Devil — Frankenhooker — in brief — movie reviews
I had some pretty nice capsules for El Topo and Pistol Opera, but unfortunately I seem to have misplaced them. Well, these capsules of Pervert!, Dust Devil, and Frankenhooker will have to suffice. Read on, cult film lovers, read on.
Pervert! - This has been getting quite a bit of notice in the cult film [...]
TECH TALK . Even cell phones love the Wii
Oh my gooshness the Nintendo Wii is so fun! I have a long overdue review of the console or at least one of the Wii games coming up, but until then, let me whet your appetite whilst I tell you about a new line of Wii-like cellphones. This summer, in Japan (of course), [...]
TECH TALK . Hey I hacked your password
Hey, if your password is “password”, well then maybe you deserve to be hacked. That may be the mantra of deviants who have nothing better to do all day but try to topple other people’s accounts. Apparently, you don’t even have to set up a phishing site, just plug in any one of [...]
Yahoo! News . Don’t bet on Auctions
Next month, Yahoo! Auctions will join Yahoo! Photos in the site cemetery. Buried by the successful eBay, Auctions really didn’t have much of a chance at being a major player because at this point in time, no one does. eBay secures more than 94% of total online auctions with Amazon’s auctions at approximately [...]
Yahoo! News — Yahoo! Travel Summer makeover
Yahoo! Travel just publicly launched their very helpful javascript-loaded redesign — just in time for Summer Vacation plans.. well, for slacker last-minuter bookers! There are all kinds of nifty gadget modules and personalized Trip Recommendations and Reviews galore. There’s a cool new section entitled “Today’s Picks for You” which is just that — [...]
BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo vol. 2: Scream for Ice Cream — anime review
It takes a special kind of weird to make me crack up. It’s the type of comedy that is so out of left field, so unpredictably off the wall it challenges viewers to even describe its humor. Shows like Aqua Teen and early South Park pull this off wonderfully. You either get these shows, or [...]
Goon Moon - Licker’s Last Leg — music review — early!
Bands that do it all and do it well are totally welcome in my book. Criticized by people that like their bands to be predictable, off kilter but incredible bands such as Oneida and De Novo Dahl often flitter into obscurity, satisfying only a niche audience (like me — I love ‘em!). I [...]
The Hagia Sophia collapsed
The Hagia Sophia, otherwise filed in a space in my collegiate brain under “Christ, another thing I half memorized and forgot”, may not need such a big space anymore. The immense gorgeously sunlit Byzantine dome (31 meters/102 feet diameter, 56 meters/184 feet high) of the Hagia Sophia crumpled early this morning following an earthquake. [...]
Butter kills… even if you just sniff it
Popcorn workers lung is no laughing matter, in fact, those affected can barely laugh at all. Bronchiolitis obliterans is a rare irreversible form of lung disease which rapidly suffocates the afflicted by destroying his/her lungs. A lung transplant is the only cure. Over the past five years over $100 million in lawsuit [...]
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