An article about The Power Girls movie opening on Wednesday. Anyone wanna go with me?
Play Dates With Destiny. The Power Girls fly off television sets to invade the summer matinee. But who are these strange creatures that mesmerize little girls? By Virginia Heffernan. [New York Times: Movies]
Quentin Crisp. “Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.” [Quotes of the Day]
Robert K. Brown: “Everything You Thought You Knew About Grilling Is Wrong” [jenett.radio]
This reminds me of when I bought a grill of my own in San Diego. I picked up a book on grilling and was surprised to find that there was much more to grilling than just tossing meat on the grill.
Thanks to Adam for posting the following. I heard this mentioned on NPR this morning on my way home and told myself I should find a link about it and post it:
Arthur “Spud” Melin, co-founder of the toy company that introduced the world to the Frisbee, Hula Hoop and other faddish gems of American pop culture, has died. He was 77 and had Alzheimer’s disease. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Last night was Changmian’s yearly beach party. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, I think this was an okay one, but not the best we’ve had. One thing that did become clear to me is that I think we have to change how we promote these events. This one was just a bit too crazy for my comfort levels. I’d guess that at some point there were at least 200 people there, if not closer to 300.
Part of the issue to me is that though the beach is on federal land, the road leading up to it isn’t. It’s a private residential street. So people driving up and down it and making noise at 2am in the morning have a good chance of disturbing the people living there. I’ve always been a firm believer in ‘Leave no Trace’, which includes disturbing people who live closeby.
Also, as you get more and more people the chances for problems increase. There were more then a few kids there who quite obviously did not know how to party responsibly (though it sounds like they were at least smart enough to have a designated driver). All it takes is a cop pulling up and seeing a bunch of teenagers stumbling around and the party could be shut down.
I would be much happier to see something where we invite people and tell them their invite is good for them and a few of their friends. As I was hanging out at the top of the hill overlooking the beach I heard numerous kids walking by talking about how some friend of theirs had emailed them telling them about the party.
Okay, I’m definitely sounding a bit like a grouchy old man :). But I’d rather see us put some limits on these events. There are people who regularly attend our events and I want them to be able to have a good time. While I’m sure they did this time, the risk level made it harder to ensure that. I keep thinking of the times the had public Moontribe events. Almost every time they had one there were major problems. I don’t want to see that happen with our events.
I’m offline for the next 24 hours or so. I’m heading out for the night and hopefully will have some stuff to write about tomorrow.
Albert Einstein. “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” [Quotes of the Day]
Opening in limited theatres on August 9th, 24 Hour Party People. I have to see it. I was just reading about The Hacienda in Last Night a DJ Saved My Life and Factory Records is one of my all time favorite labels. And I also just found the Official Site of the movie.
Dave set up OS X:
OK, with Jake’s help, I got my Mac OS X Cube running. It wasn’t too hard. I like some of the neat UI things they’ve done. Like when you enter the wrong password, the dialog shakes its head. No need to beep at me. I like the special effects when you launch an app. I like that I can run the terminal window. Nice. Next we have to figure out how to copy my MP3s from my Windows machine to the Mac OS X machine.
I’ll be curious to hear more of his reactions to it. And as far as copying your mp3s. Just ftp them! You can turn on ftpd in OSX by going into system preferences under sharing.
Douglas Adams. “You live and learn. At any rate, you live.” [Quotes of the Day]