Small cars of the LA Auto Show

N8 | The Volkswagon Beetle


N8 | Mini Cooper S


N8 | Smart Car Electric with Bike Rack

At the LA Auto Show

N8 | View from the top of the Toyota booth


Last Sunday I attended the 2011 LA Auto Show.  It was pretty crowded and I didn't get to do as much as I would have liked.


N8 | Mitsubishi electric concept

I spent the first hour checking twitter to see the Chargers score.  I didn't realize I could just sit in a car and listen to the radio.


N8 | Hot Wheels Hot Rod


Ford had a really cool 5 screen google maps interactive display.  I forgot to take a picture of it : (
I noticed most people looked up where they lived.  Some people looked up the pyramids in Egypt.




N8 | The Mini Slot machine


What I loved about the Mini booth was this slot machine.  The three slots on the screen were projected on the roofs in the background



N8 | There's 2 gigs in that thing

Castle Panic!

N8 | The castle stands against a horde of orcs

Time Travel

N8 | It's pretty damn dangerous

Capitol Records

Capitol Records, originally uploaded by Al Pavangkanan.

Tees

N8 | Doctor Who shirts from threadless

I am running out of things to blog

Goofing with the Camera Lover Pack

N8 | The sun effect



N8 | That Instragram look

I'm not big on camera apps.  These are from the Camera Lover Pack.  I use them once and forget I installed it.  I don't think I've used molome in months.

Happy TARDIS Day

N8 | The TARDIS lands at San Diego Comic Con


48 years ago today, BBC aired the first episode of Doctor Who.  I began watching last Summer.  That's a lot of catching up to do.

In the window

N8 | Don't Blink

Parked on a street near the Hollywood Improv and saw this window display.  Reminds me of a weeping angel from Doctor Who.

Radioactive Chicken Heads

N8 | The Radioactive Chicken Heads


N8 | That rabbit is creepy, also a robot

Tomorrow

The Steve Allen Theater is the place to be Saturday nights at midnight.  Ron Lynch hosts Tomorrow, a variety show that has been running for 6 years now.  Last night's show had a performance from the Radioactive Chicken Heads, a pianist, a burlesque dancer, "Jesse Ventura", skits, and lots of standup. 


N8 | The Hosts of Tomorrow from Yesterday

The show last night was one of the best.  Kate Micucci showed up and sang a song.  Brendon Small and Craig Anton showed up and did silly stuff with Ron Lynch and the Doorknockers.  There was a stretch where I was laughing for 15 minutes straight.

Tomorrow is dark for December and returns in January. 

The Theme Building at LAX

N8 | Encounter Restaurant

Someday I'll go inside.  The restaurant used to spin around, that must have been cool.

Toy Run in Little Osaka

Earlier this week I visited a small neighborhood in west Los Angeles some call Little Osaka.  I visited the Giant Robot stores and some of the shops.  Lots of yummy smells in the area.  My main purpose of the visit was to visit the market there.


N8 | Gokaiger candy

The market has Kamen Rider and Super Sentai toys.  I can't find this stuff like this when I visit Little Tokyo. I saw some Fourze and Gokaiger toys.


N8 | Gokai Galleon

Inside the box is a little model kit and a piece of candy.  Pretty simple toy to make.  I definitely need to make another visit.

They Might Be Giants at Amoeba Records

I found out Monday night that They Might Be Giants would be playing a show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. I got there about an hour early.  I found a great spot in the second row.  Underneath the record racks was a stool I sat on while I waited.


N8 | In store marquee


N8 | They Might Be Giants


N8 | You can see the drummer in this one

They played for about half an hour.  I was very pleased they played Istanbul.  They also played Alphabet of Nations.  Good times were had.

Double Bullseye

N8 | I getting better at this

The Nokia N8: 1 year later

I have been using a service called 4square&7yearsago.  It uses the foursquare api and shows me my check-ins from a year ago.  This morning I was reminded that my Nokia N8 is now a year old.


N82 | My first hands on

I have really enjoyed using my N8 over the past year.  Most of the photos on this blog from the past year were shot with the N8.  I am really glad there was a camera ui update for the Symbian Anna release.   I switch modes a lot and the update made it easier to do so.  I hope a future update makes the camera available from the lock screen.


N97 | N8 and the CR-115

Living in LA, I drive a lot.  While most of the time I know where I'm going, I will use Nokia Maps anyway.  The newest version has been working well in getting me around traffic spots.  It reminds me when I'm speeding so I don't get a ticket.  A lot of the time it gives me a weird route, so I disobey the directions.  Hearing "route recalculation" is a bit annoying.


N82 | Watching news

I download a lot of podcasts.  Watching a lot of video podcasts eats up bandwidth.  Some months I use up 10 gigs of data.  Glad I have an unlimited plan.


N82 | Belle on a green N8

Updates have been delayed over and over.  Belle is due soon, but not here yet.  Still, I'm pretty happy with my N8.  There's nothing on the market right now that makes me want to change phones.

Kamen Rider Super Sentai Art Show part 3

Also a part of the art show was a henshin contest held in the courtyard of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo.


N8 | Toys for sale

Anime Jungle set up a vendor booth and had plenty of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai stuff for sale.  All the good stuff is around $100. 


N8 | Takoyaki

Fried octopus balls.  There was an episode of Gokaiger centered on takoyaki.  I wanted to try some, but I already ate.



N8 | Kamen Rider Bad guys

There were a ton of Kamen Rider costumes at the show.


N8 | Eyeshine 

Eyeshine is a local band fronted by Johnny Yong Bosch, who was on a bunch of Power Rangers shows.


N8 | Judges for the Henshin contest


N8 | Henshin contestants

The guys on the right did a cool breakdance skit


N8 | Final three

I loved the Kotoha/Shinkenger cosplay here.  The guy in the middle did a great Hurricane Red henshin.  The Kamen Rider on the left won the contest.

Kamen Rider Super Sentai Art Show part 2

Here's some Super Sentai art pieces from the exhibit in Little Tokyo.


N8 | The first sentai - Goranger


N8 | The card themed JAKQ


N8 | A very creepy portrait of Gokai Green


N8 | Not sure what series this is from.  The helmet designs are Gokaiger, but the suits are original.

Kamen Rider Super Sentai Art Show

Last week I attended the Kamen Rider vs Super Sentai Art Exhibit in Little Tokyo.  Here's some of the Kamen Rider highlights


N8 | Kamen Rider Statue
The insides were gutted.  There's a coin slot on it, maybe it sings a song with a coin.



N8 | Looks like a recycling effort



N8 | I like the bad guys and their pose
 

N8 | I have no idea what's going on here


N8 | Magenta

Classics

N8 | AT&T Classics

Two weeks ago, I attended the gdgt live event at Club Nokia.  Saw some tech demos and got some freebies.  Despite the many giveaways, I didn't win any of the Windows Phones they were giving away.

Check out the small photo set here

PS

I changed the address of the rss feed.

Chick Hearn Station

N8 | Chick Hearn Station plaque near the Staples Center

Cosplay at Comikaze Expo

N8 | Doctor Who



N8 | Gokai Red



N8 | Captain America and Ironman inspired USO girls