Entries for Sunday, November 29, 2009
➠ November 29, 2009
Waze
Free car routing app for iPhone, which is using game mechanics (points & leaderboards) to crowd-source maps and traffic info. Initial prodding suggests it’s not ready for prime-time — you’re better off waiting for protonerds to fill up their data banks — but it might be worth watching in the future.
HAPPY MEAT DAY!
Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday I was sending out my "Tofu Day" cards.
Eating at Dosa, where they’re playing Screamadelica. Such a great album. Such a great, great album.
Posted to Twitter at 8:24 p.m.
Joy and I are thinking of hosting an Christmas Day dinner. Anyone going to be in SF on Dec 25th interested in joining us?
Posted to Twitter at 5:50 p.m.
Really like the exhibit of African masks, but somewhat disappointed they don’t break into Harry Belafonte songs #watchedtoomuchmuppets
Posted to Twitter at 3:20 p.m.
Bands of color in four directions & all combinations, 1971
After the disappointment of the King Tut exhibit, it was fab to find a piece of art which made me smile, and erupted every geek OCD cortex in my brain!
Genuinely surprised at how unimpressed I was by the King Tut exhibit. Thought I’d be fascinated, was actually bored! #philistine
Posted to Twitter at 1:11 p.m.
Me: “None of the stuff so far was found in King Tut’s tomb. It’s all from earlier kings.”
Joy: “So you’re complaining it’s *too* old?”
Posted to Twitter at 12:59 p.m.
All the cops in the donut shops say way-oh way-oh way-ohhh — at @Deyoungmuseum http://gowal.la/s/3RV
Posted to Twitter at 12:58 p.m.
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