[Translate] Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be confronting President Barack Obama today, June 30, in Pennsylvania. CBS News reports: “And before Romney holds a news conference at Allentown Metal Works in Pennsylvania this afternoon, he’ll be in Philadelphia for fundraising events — just hours before Mr. Obama attends his own...
Monthly Archives: June 2011
[Translate] Thanks to Andrew Mager, this blogger has spent much of the non-sleeping, eating, and socializing 14 hours setting up his presence on Google + Social Network. If you do not know by now, Google + Social Network is really just that: it ads a user interface that works and looks like a combined Facebook – Friend Feed platform. But can it supplant Facebook?...
[Translate] Blogger, Google’s blogging platform that it purchased in 2004, was down, but now it’s back. It’s the second time this year Blogger users, including this blogger, experienced wide-spread outages, and while Google has not, as of this writing, issued a statement, one Google Engineer named Jeremy did point the way for Blogger users to recover...
[Translate] The City of Oakland has a fast approaching deadline of 12 AM, Friday July 1st to pass a budget, then go out and spend money on the artists involved with Oakland Art Murmur. And a number of Councilmembers wanted to pass a budget on Tuesday, but here we are. And it’s not clear, yet, that Oakland will get the union concessions that appear to be on...
[Translate] California and Governor Jerry Brown made a massive error in the formation of a California Online Tax, that amounts to tripple taxation in the state for online S-corporations. Amazon and Overstock aren’t the only ones hurt by the new tax, and it should be challenged in court. But before we continue, this news… Amazon just sent a letter to...
[Translate] Tuesday is Dollar Movie Night at the local cinema and the choice movie was Something Borrowed, surprisingly this chick flick was chosen by one the of males that attended. The trailer for the movie makes it look great – and it’s based off a book. The trailer is misleading though, and for once the dramatic irony wasn’t completely terrible,...
[Translate] Five stories in American pop culture from last week that have captured our attention. The video above has brief clips related to them, and that you can look at to gain an idea of what the issue is that has brought each subject-event to pop culture status. 1) The Vancouver Kissing Couple’s real story – Scott Jones and Alex Thomas kissing amid...
[Translate] Rod Blagojevich should prepare himself for prison, because although having his wife on the NBC show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here to try to win him some sympathy and let her convince others that her husband should not go to jail – it didn’t work. That was two years ago, remember with Heidi and Spencer and Janice Dickinson and...
[Translate] Relativity Films has four movies that will make presentations at Comic Con 2011 in San Diego, July 20-25th: Shark Night 3D, Haywire, The Raven, and The Immortals with Henry Cavill, the next Superman. Of the foursome, Haywire, The Raven, and The Immortals are set for shows in the massive “Hall H” at San Diego Convention Center. And the noted...
[Translate] Ever since this blogger blasted Mayor Quan for the lack of reporting on the Las Vegas trip, her staff (Susan Piper) has been very good in getting emails that report on Jean’s plans for the week; it’s only right that I post them, I think. So with that, here’s what Piper sent over: Tuesday, June 28, 10 am City Team Ministries Breakfast of...
[Translate] This is a special blog to report on Transbay Transit Center Project construction activities and demolition plans. If you’re not aware of this, San Francisco is replacing the old Transbay Terminal Center, with a brand new development featuring a 1,000-foot-skyscraper and a six-acre elevated park. Here’s the information, as it was sent to...
[Translate] The CNN Breaking News emails are popping with updates about Michele Bachmann, Serena Williams, and decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. Rather than reinvent the wheel, here are the updates as they appeared from CNN to this blogger’s email box: Michele Bachmann U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota formally announced her entry into the 2012 Republican...
