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Joy Mart Quick Review – Part 3

After declaring that you should try rolls here in my last review of this place, I never did come back to review a roll. On this outing, we tried the Dragon Roll. The Dragon Roll ($13) is made from fresh ...

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Mobigamedepot.com Opens

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed a reduction of posts here. The reason for this has been that I’ve been working on Palm WebOS games and a corresponding website mobigamedepot.com. This new website will be the portal for ...

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Tesla in the Wild

Tesla Motors has a showroom in West LA where I drive past sometimes dreaming about how I could obtain one in this lifetime. However, until this week, I’ve never seen one in the wild. I was driving on the 10 ...

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Honda Ya Izakaya Quick Review – Part 4

Alth0ugh my first review of Honda Ya was not glowing, the more I go to this place, the better I like it. My current favorite plate there is their “Assorted 5 Kind Yakitori” for $9.95. It’s yummy and tastes even ...

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Splashscreen WordPress Plugin Version 0.30

Since the last release of my WordPress plugin Splashscreen version 0.20, there’s been many requests for new features. You may also want to read the original post for version 0.10 for completeness.  One of the most requested feature was to ...

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Mori Sushi Review – Part 2

In case you missed it, see my first review of this strange no-sign Mori Sushi restaurant. This time, we decided to try the 8 course meal as shown below. Click on the thumbnails to see a bigger version of the ...

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Bukkake Noodles

My friend David sent me this picture of the menu from a Japanese restaurant called Taiko, in Manhattan Beach. On a hot day, there’s nothing better than some cold Bukkake noodles. Yummmmm. Although the word “Bukkake” has become known for ...

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Diddy Riese Cookies in Westwood Village

If you’re ever in Westwood, or anywhere near UCLA, and in the mood for some really cheap desert, checkout Diddy Riese on Broxton. Basically, you create your own ice cream sandwich and they make it in front of you and ...

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Sexy Voki Speaking Character

While setting up my Google Voice account, I found a link to a website called Voki that has a text to speech app. This app can be used to create your voicemail greeting for Google Voice. They have a bunch ...

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