summer steps

extended venice beach roller skating computer program simile (VIA BERONIO): "The premise is this: When a person loads a new program into a computer, during installation, he/she sees animations, like a progress bar and pictures and text. If you think about it, you don't really need to see this. This is just to keep you entertained while the program is loading. Still, back then I was fascintated with computers, so when I'd see this, I got some impression that the computer's personal environment was being altered. So I thought it would be interesting to explore what would happen if I were to install a computer program, and my actual environment was being altered. "

capitol records building spells hollywood in morse code (but is not, as is reiterated emphatically, a "stack of records" (via joelholmberg)

what to see in LA

a wonderful 30 year old depiction of Los Angeles that seems equally poignant still; featuring a faux-Karl-"Baede-Kar" guidance system, Ed Ruscha, lots of driving, etc.etc.

illegal bacon hot dogs in LA (via jon)