Google announces Google Buzz, a social add-on for Gmail
Google today, at their Mountain View headquarters, announced Google Buzz. Dubbed a new way to share, communicate within Gmail, “it’s like an entirely new world…
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Making the HBO logo, television intro before Adobe After Effects
Wonder how special effects were made before cgi? This video, “A Closer Look: Inside HBO’s City” from the 1980s, documents how the company re-branded itself…
Google Maps navigation on Motorola Droid (and Android) adds night mode
The already superb built-in navigation on the Motorola Droid (and Android 2.0/2.1) just got even better with the addition of night mode. Yes, please get…
Review: Opera San Jose ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ well done and enjoyable, plus a future star discovery!
First, some quotes about jealousy: “Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the…
Super Bowl Party Appetizers: The action that happens off screen with great friends and good food
At any Super Bowl party, you know that only half the action happens on screen.
Super Sunday Espresso: Creative process, Twitter strikes again, Dicky Fox
Good morning espresso lovers, chatters. It’s Super Sunday, and I think I only watched one game the entire season. A playoff game as a matter…
Opera San Jose: Backstage preview of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
The Marriage of Figaro opens tonight downtown at Opera San Jose. An opera buffa (comic opera), it was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and premiered…
Rainbow spotting on a day of scattered showers in the SF Bay Area
Just caught this photo of the rainbow that appeared in the preserve behind our home in San Jose. Pretty incredible.
“Cozy hugs on a winter evening” Roasted Winter Squash Soup recipe
Inspired by a Wolfgang Puck recipe, Susan O—’s “Cozy hugs on a winter evening” Roasted Winter Squash Soup recipe was the highlight of a meal…
Film Review: ‘Paulista (Quanto Dura o Amor?)’
Here’s a well-made film from Brazil. Called Paulista (Quanto Dura o Amor), the second Cinequest screener that Loni and I have watched, it follows the…