LA Life May 21, 13, 7:12 p.m.

So, in probably a little over a year the wife, kid and I will be upping sticks and moving to LA from the midwest, as the wife is going to work in production design for TV and possibly some movies, hooray.
I've only been to LA a couple of times about 10 years ago and the parts I saw were awful - I liked Venice, but the rest of the places I saw were crowded, run-down and entirely uninspiring.
Of course there's this great legend about the place, being genuinely cool and interesting and varied and diverse and laid back, only I've seen none of that. I know there are LA folks on here who love the place - what should I be looking forward to, considering I'm actually moving there from a conservative, cultural desert, but am actually a lefty, technohead vegan eurotrash type guy ?

Ray Manzarek, RIP : / May 20, 13, 2:19 p.m.

Keyboardist of The Doors, passed away today, of bile duct cancer.

Enhance ! Apr 27, 13, 4:11 p.m.

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers…

QBN Zoom ? Apr 24, 13, 12:15 a.m.

How many here haven't used qbn at it's standard size for years ?
I'm sure we all have 1280+ monitor widths, and have had for some time.
I've had it cranked up to 125% since I got a browser that could do it, several computers before this current aging collection of parts.

Cool CSS lecture Mar 2, 13, 3:50 p.m.

Yeh.
Well-illustrated top-shelf css3 goodies.

Haven't Feb 22, 13, 10:04 p.m.

...posted a new topic for a while.
Not much happening, been lurking, making snide comments about things, you guys all ok ?

wtf Jan 22, 13, 1:01 p.m.

Sure I know it, just can't bring forth the name in my tiny shredded mind..

WTF :/ Oct 17, 12, 8:08 a.m.

Been watching too much Lifetime TV with the wife.
So, necessarily I was hoping to get an id on the following:

Thanks and sorry.

Diamond Dave Aug 23, 12, 10:12 a.m.

Yes.
http://www.davehosley.com/index.…

facebook down.. Aug 13, 12, 12:05 p.m.

ooh....
It's not just you! http://facebook.com looks down from here.
Check another site?

from
http://www.downforeveryoneorjust…

epiloguɘ Web Series Jul 1, 12, 6:41 p.m.

My splendid wife was production designer (amongst other roles) for her College's rather excellent web series:
http://epiloguetheseries.com/
I was on set a few long days, assisting in some of the production, a great group of people worked very hard under some dreadful conditions and I honestly think the work is splendid and would humbly appreciate any support from the throng here. A thousand thanks.

RIP Nora Ephron Jun 26, 12, 5:49 p.m.

http://content.usatoday.com/comm…

Fundraising Sites Jun 7, 12, 2:01 p.m.

Anyone got any input on the to's and fro's of different fund-raising sites ? Nothing major, not a reg charity or anything, just to raise a few 100 to send a kid on a thing. Ideally just a site where they can have a page and click to donate $n, etc.
I could hoof up a paypal link etc, myself, just wondering if there's anything super simple to use to get rolling in no time.
Anyone ?

Austin, TX Jun 5, 12, 10:20 a.m.

Hey, just came back from a few days down there - my first time. Boy, what a an awesome city :) Saw my first unironic handlebar moustache, paired with sockless dress-shoes and shorts, went canoeing on the lake, ate the most awesome food cart food and vegan fayre, went drinking on 6th street, danced myself silly in Kingdom, blissed out and roasted at the pool at Baxter Springs park, met some great chilled people, thrift shopped til I thrift dropped, was delighted to the point of astonishment with the flagship Whole Foods, and enjoyed all of it, cliched or not, without an ounce of ironic, post-modernist snark - something the entire city seemed bereft of. Congrats, ATX, you are officially one of my fave US cities, can't wait to go back, maybe permanently. Any atxers here ?

Straight-acting gay font needed. Feb 17, 12, 4:56 p.m.

Looking for a serifed typeface, preferably a top, to be cool and unflambouyant in day to day duties as a title font in a low-key boutique website, but to bring a touch of classic panache to the proceedings.
Was looking a very light weight Clarendon hybrid, but not sure. Anyone ?

Sehr Kalt Feb 6, 12, noon

Goodness -29C in Germany last night..
"Schrecklich"
http://www.thelocal.de/national/…

Occupy Wall St Thread Dec 21, 11, 9:42 a.m.

The fuck ?...
Seriously, what's going on ?

Open Graph Dec 19, 11, 3:15 p.m.

Anyone implementing this is a cool, value-adding way ? What sort of clients are demanding the new functionality and who's making actual good use of it ? Any cool examples ?

epiloguɘ Dec 12, 11, 9:41 p.m.

Upcoming web series,

http://epilogue-theseries.com/

Open Letter To George Michael.. Dec 12, 11, 12:35 p.m.

"Dear George Michael,
Thank you so much for penning the wonderful "Last Christmas" during your work as part of pop group "Wham", it has, more than any other festive pop record, become a modern-day classic, and I among many others regard it as their favourite ever Christmas song.
How sad it makes us, however, to watch the video and see you with a girlfriend when we know that's not how it really is; times have changed and all the decent people in the world are more accepting of same-sex relationships now and as such we would urge you to remake the classic video but with a partner whose gender is of your preferred choice. We don't think anyone should have to see you pretend anymore.
Thank you, George, and have a Merry Christmas"