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Monthly Archive for June, 2007

Mahalo’s Pasadena page

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 [...]

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iPhone line

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.

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Links for following the Falun Gong/Rose Parade conversation online

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Bodega Wine Bar

Conversation
Bodega Wine Bar
260 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 793-4300

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Tree-lined street

Tree-lined street

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Goodbye to Professor Todd

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.

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Planet in the sky over a Caltech parking garage

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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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