I flew out to LA on Thursday for an interview, but I’ll keep the details confidential for now.
Anyway, SoCal has been great this week. I spent a little time in El Segundo on Thursday afternoon and I’ve been down in Orange County since Thursday night. I’ve never been in OC so it’s completely foreign to me. It reminds me of South Florida in some ways, but at the same time it’s very different.
One example would be that LA has a large Asian (especially Vietnamese) and Mexican population, which you just don’t see in South Florida (it’s predominantly Hispanic – Cuban, Colombian, Venezuelan and Argentinean).
Another example that’s immediately striking is the topography: lots of hills as opposed to South FL’s complete flatness.
I spent a little time on Newport last night. I was half expecting it to look like what I’ve seen on “The O.C., ” but like any place you see on TV you find that what’s been shown if often exaggerated or distorted in some way.
I’m heading up towards L.A. in a few minutes to see some friends around Redondo Beach, but I’m going to take my time driving up the coast. I’m especially interested in exploring Huntington Beach since it wouldn’t be to0 far from the office if I move out to Cali.
Time to head out to breakfast. I’m going to check out the Costa Mesa Omelette Parlor, which has a lot of good reviews on Yelp. I went to Rooster Cafe yesterday (another Yelp recommendation) and the Huevos Rancheros were really good.
Trans Siberian Railway – A virtual journey on Google Maps. It’s the closest thing I’ve ever seen that brings the travel experience to your computer.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality apps at TED. This is an incredible presentation that shows one example of how far technology has come in the past few years.
Living Stories – Google’s newest experiment in presenting online news. I especially like the timeline feature.
I’ve been digging this song from hip-hop group Chiddy Bang since I discovered it this past week. If you’re into Kanye West and Kid Cudi, you’ll probably like these guys too.
Enjoy.
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If you want to find out a little more about Chiddy Bang, here’s the Behind The Scenes video (sorry, WordPress is giving me a hard time with embedding Vimeo).
Image: hyde or die
