Come on .. fights at in-n-out are you serious?

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/A_NEWS/805290336/0/A_NEWS

Its nice to have more option in my hometown!

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080527/A_BIZ/805270301

Nice video..  Even has "will it blend..", my personal favorite viral marketing, but I must have missed the rick-rolling reference in there!

 

The Stockton Record's editorial board poses 5 question to each of the mayoral candidates..

Hear their reactions.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=A_SPECIAL1011

I have included a matrix of the questions and the answers for the lazy. This is just my interpretation of what I heard.

Stockton Mayor Race Matrix

	Question#1   Biggest adressable problem in Stockton?	Question#2   Satisfied IFG and Stockton Arena?	Question#3   Public workers drain on budgets?	Question#4   Stockton paying the most of jail expenses?	Question#5   Getting into the electricity  business?
Woody	Sprawl	Doesn't know	Yes, city can be run more efficiently	academic, doesn't matter	Doesn't know
Steve	Perception of Stockton	No	Yes,  Strong  leadership  will avoid the pitfalls	Yes	No, but depends.
Ann	Crime	No	Yes, Better future decisions	Yes	No
Clem	City Hall and citizen relationship	No	Yes, city  taken action, keep doing same	Yes	No, city off focus
Patrick	unemployment and how it fosters crime	No	Need to agree to be beneficial to both	Yes	No, city can't / off focus
Ralph	Take back control of city resources	No	Better management, need to just say no when needed.	No	No, city can't do it.

 

Now time for bed.

Man is it windy outside.

Windy enough to blow out a section of stain glass from Burn tower...  You can see the water drum inside...

Images courtesy of P. Gibins

To see how really windy it is, check out the Pacific Webcam..
http://web.pacific.edu/x19120.xml

Lol. You have to love the power of the Trojans!



I was wondering what was going on when I was in LA this week. Diana and I were going to Morton's for lunch and decided to take the DASH bus. We look over and saw all kinds of caziness at the new Nokia center with TV guide signs and solar panels but neither fo us must be hard-core American Idol fans since we were kinda clueless.

As you may have noticed, I have a big ole list of social networking things on my homepage. I am pretty sure Google is dinging my ranking because of it.. Not that I am trying to increase my ranking, (but it nice to have a decent one) it was mainly to illustrate the fact that this Web2.0 world we live in today..

I was reminded of this as I try experimenting with YET another social networking mechanism, twitter. Yes I know its been out a year or so and I actually created my account 6 months ago, but after getting back to listen to some episodes of TWIT I took another look at it.. Oddly enough still has that small following feel and that’s why I still actually spend the time to listen to it.

But that  also brings me to another point . Sometimes I wonder if I should be living in the bay area since my life is so web-based. I fell sometimes I am behind the curve and that being part of the cool kid crowd, I need to be there.. But then I feel that sometimes most people in SF/silicon valley forget why people have embraced the web. It was suppose to break this notion of physical place and importance. Someone in Stockton can do the things people in "BIG" city can... 

But  as we see what the living expenses in those places are, it is still REALLY important, and I am reminded why I don't live there.  I live near my nephews, because they are important and I hope to re-embrace why the web was such an important turning-point in society in my mind and how  talented, experienced "web-guys" don't necessarily have to live in SF/silicon valley... 

Anyways, enough rambling....

 

Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.

“What is this,” you ask yourself, “a Michael Moore movie?”

You’re sure you haven’t done anything wrong, but you don’t know whose side the law is on. Fret no more- we’ve got a list of things you can and can’t do, and it’s a lot more permissive than you might think.

Now grab your camera back from that Rent-A-Cop and let’s hit the books.

The Ten Legal Commandments of Photography

Well that was interesting... Here are some screen shots of the event. Come check us out!

 

 That's my character holding the camera!.. I am Pacific Boa..

 

Check us out at in Second Life!!! If you are wondering I am Pacific Boa...I'll usually be lurking around U Pacific, but need to venture out more!

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With the rapid evolution of the Internet and the way that people communicate with each other, Pacific is pleased to announce a new venture that will keep the University ahead of the curve. Pacific is launching a virtual campus in Second Life.

Called “U Pacific,” the online campus is a virtual duplication of the area around Burns Tower. There, visitors will be able to learn about the campus, chat with representatives of Pacific and find out how they can apply or participate in University Life.

So, please join us at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 in the Pacific Theater for a live demonstration and virtual ribbon cutting of the Pacific campus. Elizabeth Griego will be our featured speaker, appearing on the virtual campus to officiate the ceremony. A virtual dance party with live DJ will follow. For those who have a Second Life Account (free), you can log in to the virtual campus on that day at http://slurl.com/secondlife/U%20Pacific/166/141/22. If you wish to set up an account, visit http://secondlife.com/. A valid credit card number is required but will not be charged.