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Friday, May 23, 2003
List #4: order of streets in Palo Alto from Middlefield west This is from memory (I just went for a walk).Middlefield Webster Tasso Cowper Kipling Waverley Florence Bryant Ramona Emerson High Alma
If dogs were people...
...they might enjoy this sign too.
Annika Sorenstam shot-by-shot
Follow her progress here. Go Annika!
Thursday, May 22, 2003
List #3: restaurants I have lunched at in downtown Palo Alto
While working in downtown PA for the past 10 weeks, I have eaten lunch at:1. Darbar 2. Caffe Verona 3. Andale 4. Jing Jing 5. Taxi's 6. Peninsula Creamery 7. Pluto's 8. Rangoon 9. Bamboo 10. N.Y. Pizza 11. Royal Thai 12. the other Thai place, on Lytton 13. Fratelli Deli 14. Mango Cafe 15. Rose & Crown 16. Cafe Renaissance 17. the Korean barbecue place 18. Zibibbo 19. Il FornaioI've probably forgotten a few, too.
Something new
Welcome to the planet, Bella Golda Cooperman! What, were you born yesterday? (Yes, she was.)
Endangered languages
The Foundation for Endangered Languages is cool. Some languages are only spoken by one human being.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Oi! Vay! Let's go!
In the late '70s, you couldn't get much more counter-culture than The Ramones. And now, there's a commercial for AT&T cell phones that features the classic Ramones tune "Blitzkrieg Bop". This is how rebellious youth moves to the mainstream over time.
Monday, May 19, 2003
NFL in LA
Nearly a decade after the NFL fled Los Angeles, folks are still trying to figure out how to get a team back there. Probably, taxpayers will end paying for some rich guy's stadium, which is the way it usually works.
Napster's coming back
Roxio owns the name "Napster" and is acquiring Pressplay, one of the stinky online music services. Roxio is expected to rename the service Napster and relaunch it, hopefully with new and better features. Let's see if they can make it any more interesting than the previous owners did.
Sunday, May 18, 2003
Bay to Breakers vs. Cousin Marshall
Today is the big, fun Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. It's also the day I'm meeting my cousin Marshall at the Giants game. Yow, and I told him there wouldn't be any traffic coming into town. I hope he gets in late enough that that's true.
