February 2008
44 posts
Thanks to @justinkeller I am presently downloading (very slowly) 3.42 GB of music from bands playing SxSW in March.
ReverbNation →
A website to help musicians and artists promote and market their work.
At a meeting reviewing all of the technical setup and details for ShoWest, which will be held in Vegas in two weeks.
I am watching @mollywood, @acedtect and @raygun01 record Buzz Out Loud live on live.yahoo.com.
‘Michael Clayton’ was fantastic. Well written, directed and acted. Can see why it is nominated for 7 Academy Awards including best picture.
I downloaded ‘Michael Clayton’ onto my Tivo from Amazon Unbox. Think I’ll put the email away for a while and watch it.
‘Juno’ won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. There’s a shock! (Not really). Poor ‘Diving Bell’, always the runner up.
I get my haircut in Beverly Hills. I think my hatred of driving into Beverly Hills is in direct correlation to how long my hair has gotten.
Hey everyone, @ jamesrocchi
Hey everyone, @jamesrocchi is finally using Twitter. He’s a great entertainment journalist from the SF Bay area. (Cinematical and others).
My crowd sourcing experiment is not working. Nobody has sent me any ideas for podcast names. Come on Twiterati, don’t let me down!
Trying to come up with a title for a weekly podcast that reviews entertainment news. Like TWIT, but for showbiz. Have any good ideas?
Just started listening to last week’s TWIT podcast. It’s an hour and a half long. It better be darn good!
Oh my goodness! Everyone came into the office on a Friday. Guess they finally realized it was a real work day.
Okay, how ironic is it that I started following @andrewhyde the day he launced VC Wear on Twitter? What are the odds?
Headed into three back-to-back one hour conference calls. Oh joy!
To all corporate attorneys: Please do not wait until three weeks before a patent application is due to notify your product manager.
It’s nice that my company honors President’s Day as a holiday so I can catch up on all the work they’ve piled on.
Just found out that tech journalist @donreisinger has a blog that launched at the end of January. Check it out: http://www.donreisinger.com/
Just spent three days in Carlsbad, CA at a wedding. The weather in Southern California was simply beautiful. Sunny and perfect.
Spent three days in
FoodCandy →
A social networking site for foodies that aggregates dozens of food blogs and websites.
On the road to San Diego, CA to attend a wedding in Carlsbad this Saturday.
Grilled Spiced Rib-Eye Steaks Recipe →
One of the best steak rubs I know of. I use it all the time. Simple and easy, yet packs a lot of flavor. Go easy on the salt.
Finally heard back from AMC Theatres after the demo of our film management software. We waited nearly a year to hear bad news. Depressing!
Laptops For Less: 25 Notebooks Under $600 --... →
InformationWeek’s handy guide to the best and latest low-cost notebook computers from Acer, Compaq, Dell, Everex, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba.
Finally saw “There Will Be Blood”. Film is flawed narratively, but a tour de force for P.T. Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis. Worth seeing.
Showed my nearly 3-year-old daughter bullfights on YouTube in attempt to explain the children’s story, “Ferdinand”. We’ll see what happens.
Are you eating at the same restaurant too often (Mo’s in Burbank) when the waiter asks you how you liked your salad from the day before?
Off to have lunch with Warner Bros. distribution execs Don Tannenbaum and Howard Welinsky at Mo’s in Burbank.
Okay, now that I’m finally done with meetings for the day, maybe I can get some work done!
Top 60 Little-Known Technology Web Sites →
Information Week’s guide to great tech blogs and Web sites worth adding to your bookmarks. The selection ranges from obvious picks like Technabob and Search Engine Watch to more obscure destinations such as Location One, istartedsomething, and GottaBeMobi
Social Media at Sundance →
Jesse Stay writes about how those attending the Sundance Film Festival used Twitter and ChaCha to help stay on top of everything happening at the event.
Instapaper →
Instapaper allows you to easily save content on the web for later, when you do have time, so you donât just forget about it or skim through it.
Should we take bets on wether Tom Petty will play a song that is less than 20 years old during the Super Bowl half time show?
Just leaving the Skirball Cultural Center where we took the girls to see the amazing Noah’s Ark exhibit. Fun for both kids and adults!
Getting ready for the Super Bowl by making an altered version of this chili recipe: http://tinyurl.com/2txotn
At Bang Comedy Theater to see Heather Woodbury perform “The Last Days of Desmond ‘Nani’ Reese: A Stripper’s History of the World”.
Having dinner at world famous Canter’s Deli (est. 1931). Who knew a Jewish deli could be so crowded on a Saturday night?
Is it ironic or completely twisted that the snack bar at the Los Angeles Zoo sells animal crackers?
Visiting the Los Angeles Zoo with the kids. They are having a blast. The new gorilla exhibit is awesome and worth seeing.
I am failing miserably at clearing out the emails that piled up during Sundance: 2964 work emails and 533 personal emails.
Would have updated last night during the Ryan Adams concert, but Twitter was down! Concert was great, a perfect showcase of Adams talent.
tdhedengren.com →
Website for Thord Daniel Hedengren a web designer, journalist (mostly computer and videogames but also in other areas), game designer (pen-and-paper role-playing games and board games at the moment) aspiring novelist, amateurish lyric-writer and overall I