A Bit Conspicuous

We’re Moving!

paul — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:20:26 +0000

I decided to switch my blog over to http://paulbrobst.com.

If you are one of my five readers, switch over your RSS!

The Counter Has Awesome Burgers

paul — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:32:25 +0000

I have been questing for awesome burger joints since I came to LA. Everyone would recommend the usual like In and Out or Fatburger. Those are both very good, but still fall under the realm of fast food.

Finally, after many years here, someone recommended a place that serves a burger that I would classify in the realm of Awesome. “How could it take so long? Surely LA has good burger joints somewhere!”, I have cried out many times.

Enter, The Counter. Not only do they use high grade tasty tasty beef, but they also let you build the burger yourself using only a pencil and clipboard. On their menu I count 10 kinds of cheese, 27 different toppings, and 17 sauces. Some combinations will be superior to others.

Maybe I could design a fitness function for burger tastiness. Then a simple genetic algorithm could find the top contenders for best burger out of their claimed 312,120 burger combinations. Of course this would also mean the computer would need to be able to somehow eat the burger.

I think instead I will just go eat there a lot and decide for myself.

Two other burger places have come to my attention. Fathers Office and 25 Degrees. I plan to try those out soon too.

$10 Sex Change

paul — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:58:08 +0000

It was bound to happen. Maybe it already did and I missed it. Nevertheless here it is.

For a mere $10 you can change your sex in an MMO.

Content Aware Image Resizing

paul — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:18:06 +0000

Very cool. It takes some finesse to apply the filters, such as selecting the energy function for the image. The examples shown are pretty impressive, and the idea of using seams seems pretty novel.

Office Linebacker

paul — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:02:19 +0000

I might be late to this party, but these videos are hilarious.

Electric Surfin’ Go Go

paul — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:07 +0000

This is Lily’s favorite new band. Hyper!

My comment is to the bassist. You do not strum and pick a bass like a guitar, you pluck. Use your fingers!

Here’s another one for your enjoyment.

The Hardest Mario Game Ever

paul — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:38:52 +0000

Only one word can describe this. Brutal. Also, hilarious.

Guitar Hero Destroyed

paul — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:58:39 +0000

I gave my parents Guitar Hero 3 on the Wii for Christmas. It was a popular present. My nephew has already gone through easy mode and I hear that my sister has spent several multi-hour practice sessions with it.

Here is my challenge to them:

9 Year Old Beats Hardest Guitar Hero Level

November Pictures

paul — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:09:43 +0000

I’ve posted up a set of pictures taken throughout last November, including Thanksgiving.

Here are a few of my favorites:

This is a hawk we saw while on a run to get peanut oil during Thanksgiving. Sources tell me that it is an immature coopers hawk.

Here is a photo of Lily and I first in line by a longshot for the Battlestar Galactica Razor screening. She was taking the picture of course.

And of course, tasty chicken.

Colin’s Bear

paul — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:47:43 +0000

Courtesy of Deweese: