Category Archives: media

when i sneak my cell into stanford theatre and the lady, who is cool with almost falling off a ladder for minimum wage when she changes the names on the marquee, asks me not to use my cell, marshall mcluhan, noam chomsky and more

Total recall (2016)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by markweiss86

The Downtown Cap as prescribed in the Comp Plan, on the books since at least 1998, would dictate a moratorium on further builds there, pipeline be damned. That current council, 5/9s of which were elected as so called “Residentialists”, changes … Continue reading →

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CJ, Coach, Rambis and me, no kidding: honorable mentions of all time Bay Area and Palo Alto prep hoops legends

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Hans Delannoy and I it seems like just yesterday — March 25, 2015 — were discussing an all time Palo Alto All City team, maybe five groups of five or 25 deep, and maybe a top 20 all Gunn team … Continue reading →

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Greenberry RFB

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

I was grooving on the track #8 and probably single four or five from the multi-platinum Green Day break-thru “Dookie” from 1994 or so, “She”: She, she screams in silence. As I whistle it, hack that I am, it sounds … Continue reading →

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Times plugs Stanford new work in drama, with tech history theme

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

John Markoff The New York Times tech writer today has a preview of a new theatrical work at Stanford, “The Demo” about Douglas Engelbart’s famous demonstration in 1968 of what is now ubiquitous, the use of a “mouse” to control … Continue reading →

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Media images and the Fabian Way murders

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

This is somewhere between a red herring and besides the point, but I couldn’t help noticing that the Daily News (The Mercury) had two photos Friday that seemed to glorify gun violence, on the day that the double-killing was discovered. … Continue reading →

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ConnectMenlo is OurPaloAlto is Soylent Green is People?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by markweiss86

I noticed that there is a meeting tonight at Belle Haven center in nearby Menlo Park, an outreach to an effort to update the Menlo Park Comp Plan or General Plan, called ConnectMenlo, and posted to inMenlo the question on … Continue reading →

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Can I safely segue from Ape Do Good to Albert Pujols? Superflush w. Bhiman

Posted on March 19, 2015 by markweiss86

(and I’ve fulfilled my bucket list item, I too have Prince Albert in a can)

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Tastes like ckicken!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add, three weeks later: This post was done via handheld and in real time as I watched via that magic box the former boob tube the Golden State Warriors impressively 114-95 to be exact defeat the East’s winningest … Continue reading →

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Burning Bates with Corey Harris

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

It’s so good to be back at Bates [applause], and I want to congratulate all you graduates. I know what it’s like to struggle for something you really want, to start out and be in a sea of people. You … Continue reading →

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Searching for Kumiko

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

I am reading the New York Times on a computer and wondering where to see an American movie about a Japanese woman who freezes to death in Minnesota looking for treasure lost in the movie Fargo. The other night I … Continue reading →

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