6 posts tagged “los angeles”

For weeks, I've been anticipating Pangea Day.  The website said there would be an event in Los Angeles.  I visited the website weeks ago.  I clicked attend an event on the right side of the front page.  I clicked the yellow event marker, which indicated a broadcast event. 

Pangeadayeventsmap

There's very little information there.  If you click the Watch graffic on the right side of the home page, you can then  find a link to live events.  So I made my way to the Los Angeles event site.  Last time I checked, there was no L.A. venue yet.  I checked this morning and not only is there a venue, its already sold out. 

This really sucks.  I really wanted to attend this. 

What's kind of strange is that the L.A. event is being held at the Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City instead of the Nokia Theater in downtown L.A.

20080322482
Originally uploaded by Dr Tran!

There was a huge Pillow Fight in downtown Los Angeles and around the world yesterday.

There was a lot of confusion about when it was going to start. Originally, it was set to start at 2:30. Then the organizers changed it to 3:00. The fight actually started around 2:40.

There was tons of down and feathers flying in the air. At first there was about 100 people. But in typical L.A. fashion, people showed up late.

The fight kept going until at 4:30. The organizers wanted to clean up, but new people kept showing up and starting new fights.

The N95 handled the situation well. With plenty of light, sport mode excelled in these conditions. There is hardly any blur in most of my shots.

I added my favorite picture from my flickr set. The guy in blue was wearing pillows under his shirt. Didn't help him dodge that blow.

My pictures on flickr are found here
My videos on QIK are here
 

11032007185
Originally uploaded by DrTran

I went to another BarCamp over the weekend on Saturday. This one was held in downtown LA at the Little Radio Warehouse. Despite using my N95's GPS to get there, I walked past the venue. A couple of other campers helped me find my way. I walked around a bit and saw people from last weekend's MobileCamp. After checking in, getting a name tag and t-shirt, I sat down to rest.

I talked to a girl who made a video podcast movie for at www.runethemovie.com. We talked about internet and ubuntu. At that point I pulled out my new N800 and said its my first exposure to Linux. Her friend Seth was excited about the N800 as well. He works at the Apple store and was fed up with the lack of real development. He ended up trading his iPhone for an N800 with someone there. (See flickr gallery)
More talk of the iPhone led to the media capabilities of my N95. I showed off the camera and video options.

During lunch, I talked to some people who went to BarCamp San Diego. When I took their picture, they were amazed with how much my N95 looks like a real camera. At the first panel I went to, a bunch of other n800 owners attended as well. At a panel later on, I met another N95 owner who loved how he used it in Korea and Japan.

Near the end of the day, I met a who had a Chumby. Chumby is a neat little linux thing that has an accelerometer inside. He was trying to write an alarm app that would be deactivated when turned to the left with a code, like 3 shakes and off. He showed me video he made of using the Nintendo Wiimote to control a roomba. I pulled out my N95 and showed off the moving ball demo. We agreed that accelerometers are awesome.

My ride home showed up around dinner time. I learned that he doesn't fit in with geek culture, so I couldn't convince him to stick around longer for the free drinks that were going to be provided later. On the way back, I played the new Saul Williams and he was surprised with how loud the speakers on the N95 were.

Here's my flickr set for BarCampLA

ZoneTag Photo Thursday 7:31 pm 9/27/07
Originally uploaded by DrTran

ZoneTag Photo Thursday 7:31 pm 9/27/07

I think everyone who showed up took this picture