‘Wild’ at Art
(Photos by Paula Parisi) As evenings go, it was a tantalizing mix of paintings and poetry, with a some science thrown in (bonus points!) Definitely worth driving to Torrance for “Margaret Lazzrari – Wild Biology: A Mid-Career Retrospective” at the El Camino College Art Gallery. In fact, I hope to go again before the show […]
Humans: A Look Under the Hood
Over drinks at a cocktail party — mine wine, his water — a physicist I know compared his body to a Ferrari. A vintage Ferrari, I thought, raising an eyebrow as he explained how he puts only the purest of fuel in his tank. Well-conditioned human bodies are often compared to fine-tuned machines. It’s an apt metaphor. We’re carbon-based […]
Rock Of Stages
For nerds who love rock music, there are few careers as promising as engineering for a production sound firm. Clair Global is the largest, operating from headquarters in Lititz, PA, the company serves the needs of the live touring concert industry, festival and rehearsal clients, and broadcast and corporate projects. The company does everything from piano tuning […]
Decoded Says Learn Code in a Day
The ability to make technology palatable to average folks is a skill much in demand — yet still not as emphasized as it should be. It’s the idea behind Decoded, a very cool company that teaches citizens how to code — at least a little bit — in just one day. Based in London, with […]
LA Law Library at 125
(Event photos by Paula Parisi) Hard to believe, but when it comes to the law, the wild west is actually a bastion of civilization. Outside of Washington, D.C., our own LA Law Library is the largest public law library in the nation. When it comes to the enthusiasm, knowledge and helpfulness of the staff, it is second to […]
Street View: L.A.’s Homeless
It probably doesn’t come as a surprise to those who live here, and likely encounter dozens of lost souls per day, but Los Angeles is the homeless capital of the nation. It’s a dubious distinction. Yes — it’s democratic — the rich and poor and middle class stirring it up on the same streets. Well, […]
Oasis Coming to a Screen Near You
Is there a screen big enough to contain the outsized egos of Brit rockers Noel and Liam Gallagher? We sure hope so! It’s hard to imagine a more amusing band: hair-obsessed as a Spinal Tapper, more argumentative than Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. And their music? Sonic leaps in joyful bounds. Let’s just say, they are appropriately […]
Smith Would Have Voted for Sanders
He visited Voltaire in Geneva, hung out with Ben Franklin in London, was best buds with fabled Scottish philosopher David Hume and wrote the book known as “the bible of capitalism,” “The Wealth of Nations.” Sounds pretty fancy! But anyone who’s read the feel-good manifesto of the free market knows that Adam Smith was no elitist; nor […]