The USGS now offers the opportunity to receive an e-mail whenever there is an earthquake. You can select to be notified by either 3+ or 4+ magnitude range. Subscribe now! Mark Morford of SFGate has a view of the parallel universe version of California Adventure that is worth reading. Quick Highlight: “The ‘Ignore a Homeless Person’, ‘Spank an Orange County Republican’ and ‘Smash A Circuit…
February 7, 2001I separated out the Gorn pictures from DCA so that they have their own section under the Gorn pages. I really need a better system for pictures so that I can avoid duplicate files on the server. But alas, I am too lazy – and I have ample server space so I can let it slide for a bit. Last night, I totally crashed and…
February 6, 2001Here is my quick reaction: I liked the park. It works perfectly as an add-on to Disneyland, but I don’t think it is worth $43 on its own. My advice: If you haven’t been to Disneyland in over 3 years, go to Disneyland. If you have been in the last 3 years, then go to California Adventure. I was bummed to find out that they…
February 5, 2001It’s Groundhog Day! What a bizarre little tradition that is. Grab a small animal parade it around town and then predict weather. Did this happen to Willard Scott when he first got started? Last night’s episode of Survivor 2: Electric Boogaloo was muy engrossing and just plain gross. The immunity challenge involved spinning a wheel and eating either a bug or some other gross-out snack.…
February 2, 2001Last night, I added a search box to the site. Now you can search through photo galleries as well as the Daily Update archive. I found it at Atomz software, and best of all, it was free. When I first indexed the site, it said I had 670 pages. Upon further examination, I saw that it was counting all the photo gallery detail pages (the…
February 1, 2001Yesterday, I dropped the Xterra at the nice little hand car wash we have in the parking garage at work. As the day went on, I completely forgot about it. Then I come back to my office around 6pm and find two messages from the attendant. “We’re closed – go pick up your keys at security and pay tomorrow.” Man I felt like a loser.…
January 31, 2001True signs that you are obsessing over something: It invades your dreams and permeates your daily update like that skunk someone hit on I-5. Looking over the last week it seems I have Earthquakes and California Adventure on my brain. This of course begs the question: Why isn’t there an earthquake attraction?? I’m sure Disney can think of something better than the lame-o tram exhibit…
January 30, 2001It is really interesting living in LA. For instance, a minor earthquake in San Fernando gets “Live Team Coverage” yet a massive earthquake in India (m7.9) that kills over 10,000 people gets a few fleeting video shots as well as a report by someone at some charity collecting money. Can’t spend too much time on the story because there was this Super Bowl thingy. This…
January 29, 2001I think I was dropped into a space-time continuum and missed it. Oh well. I did notice that Web Side Story is now using my site tracker as ads. If you notice the ad for roses (it changes, but currently this is what they are hawking) near the bottom of this page in the left column – DON’T CLICK on it. It is merely to…
January 26, 2001Last night, I sat down and watched ABC’s The Mole. I hate to admit it, but I actually enjoyed the show. I think I liked the fact that they were darting around various places instead of being stranded in one place. On a related note, Sunday is the premiere of Survivor 2: Electric Boogaloo. I got sucked into Survivor last summer along with the rest…
January 24, 2001