A real sign that New Orleans is getting back on it’s feet after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina is that Emeril Lagasse’s restaurants have announced an reopening schedule. The first one will reopen in December.
I just read in the Emerils Blog that Jesse James (of Monster Garage on Discovery Channel and proprietor of West Coast Choppers) is opening a burger joint in Long Beach, CA. To answer the obvious questions, yes the burgers will be shaped like iron crosses and yes the waitresses will all have tattoos. It will be called Cisco Burgers.
A few days ago I went to a birthday party for my friend’s daughter. She’s three years old. I was taking photos of the event with my digital camera, but someone else was using a disposable film camera. The birthday girl ran over to her and asked to see the pictures she’d just taken as she pulled down on her hand to see the back of the camera. I thought it was pretty funny to see that in her mind all cameras are digital cameras. Maybe film cameras are going the way of vinyl records. (You know, those black frisbees that your parents have in the basement.)
I subscrbe to the RSS feed of Daily Dose of Imagery. He has a wide variety of photos, but I thought this one was particularly great. It’s a perfect fall picture.
Kevin Rose makes a good point in his latest blog entry. Instant messaging hasn’t advanced very much since it’s creation. Sure the invention of the Buddy List was a huge step forward, but that was so long ago.
Kevin has a few good ideas for new features. There are many other possibilities too.
Read his post at: http://krose.typepad.com/kevinrose/2005/10/14_yrs_of_insta.html
Donald Trump is available for speaking engagements. Need someone to speak at your next meeting or your kid’s birthday party, just call The Donald. All it costs is $25,000.00 per minute.
Read more at Yahoo! News.
While I’m all for being sensitive or other country’s customs and laws, this is one of the more ridiculous things I’ve heard about lately. In Turkey, if you use the letter W or Q you are breaking the law and can be fined.
Read more at CNN.
You’ve heard me mention Leo Laporte a bunch of times in my podcast and IPTV reviews, but what about the other host of The Screen Savers. Yes, I’m talking about that kilt-wearing, sledge hammer wielding guy from New Jersey, Patrick Norton!
ZDTV/TechTV might be gone, but Patrick is back and has Robert Heron, one of the TechTV Lab Rats with him as he hosts Digital Life TV. You’ll also see some other familiar faces on the show from time to time. It comes from Ziff-Davis, the company that created ZDTV! A new show is broadcast live every Tuesday night and the video is posted in various formats the next day or so.
Check it out right now at http://www.dl.tv.
CommandN is a show from Canada that’s hosted by Amber MacArthur and Mike Lazzazzera, both from Call For Help in G4TechTV Canada. They cover tech news and happenings as well as some tips and tricks. They publish a new show each week.
Check it out at http://commandn.typepad.com.
The first IPTV show that I watch is Systm. It stars Kevin Rose and Dan Huard. You might remember them from The Screen Savers on the old TechTV. You will notice that many of the shows on this list will feature old TechTV refugees just as my podcast list did. These folks have found a great home on the internet.
They show some really geeky topics that range from building equipment to making cables.
Check it out at www.systm.org.