Posted in Miscellaneous on Jun 30th, 2007
On Thursday, Gavin and I visited the Santa Monica iPhone line. (We occasionally leave Pasadena, it’s true!) We met several people from Mahalo (”the world’s first human-powered search engine” — here’s their about page). We told them we were from Pasadena and asked them if they could create a Pasadena search results page, and the [...]
Posted in Old Town on Jun 30th, 2007
The Apple store line in Pasadena yesterday at 6:00 p.m., just as they started selling iPhones:
iPhone line at Colorado and De Lacey
iPhone line along Colorado
In front of the Apple store
News van
The line along De Lacey
Check out The Foothill Cities Blog’s pictures from yesterday morning, too.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2007
June 7, 2007
Pasadena Weekly: No cause for celebration: Falun Gong practitioners object to planned Chinese Olympic Rose Parade float
June 25, 2007
City council meeting, June 25, 2007: Local residents speak at a Pasadena city council meeting about their and their family members’ experiences with human rights abuses in China and their concern about a planned [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2007
There’s a special section called To stop the killing over at the Pasadena Star-News website with links to stories about the recent gang violence in our community, video footage from the march earlier this month, and letters from residents about what should be done. The Star-News invites us to participate in the conversation:
“E-mail your hopes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2007
Pasadena’s first Really Really Free Market (RRFM) will take place this Saturday, June 30, in the parking lot of Bresee Nazarene Church at 1480 E. Washington Blvd in Pasadena. It will take place from 9 am to 1 pm.The RRFM is like a rummage sale, except that everything is free. There is [...]
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Posted in Nature, Transportation & roads, Trees on Jun 26th, 2007
Tree-lined street
Former Caltech mathematics professor John Todd died last week. His wife, Olga Taussky-Todd was the first woman professor at Caltech. Olga Taussky-Todd’s autobiography is available on the Caltech Archives website, and an oral history interview with John Todd is posted on the Center for Advanced Computing Research site.
Posted in Caltech on Jun 26th, 2007
Planet in the sky over a Caltech parking garage
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Neighbors, Recipes and cooking on Jun 25th, 2007
Erin and Superspark came over on Saturday to make preserves. Superspark brought plums from her apartment complex and Costco, and we went over to the Pasadena farmers’ market for strawberries and apricots.
Sugar
Stirring
Sealing
Picture taking
Post production photo shoot
Preserves
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