Posts Tagged: Santa Monica

Local / Mobility / Technology — No Comments
27
Jan 11

Sprint CDMA Rev. A in Santa Monica

If you don’t look at the latency (“ping”) this could be an old school ADSL on copper – pretty cool.
I hope to soon go back to the intersection of Fedora and Olympic (in my previous tests the strongest WiMAX signal between downtown Los Angeles and the beach) to see how the signal is with the Sprint SmartView on Windows XP. I’d checked it out using the “roll your own” Intel WiMAX software compiled for Ubuntu. It took two weeks just to get the drivers and HAL operating in Debian. And I had to run a nightly Linux kernel.
One interesting observation was that CLEAR (the actual service provider) was operating three other channels in addition to their own. Obviously, Sprint was in there, and, not surprisingly, Verizon had a channel. But what was shocking was to see that there was a listing in the for TimeWarner Cable!! Apparently TWC plans to use CLEAR WiMAX private label service at some point. How weird!
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3
Apr 10

ACLU Slaps SM for – Wait for It – Ticketing the Homeless?

Within the greater Los Angeles homeless “community” the city of Santa Monica is known as a relative refuge from the rest of the area. The city offers a rare combination of tolerance and personal safety for those living on the street.

Beach cities in general tend to be much safer than other parts of the city. But among those who spend nights outdoors, cities like Manhattan Beach and Malibu have deserved reputations as actively hostile towards transients who appear in their towns.

Unfortunately, it seems the reason the ACLU has taken notice of Santa Monica is because of its deserved reputation as a haven.

This complaint is comparable to claiming that hospitals are dangerous because there are more people dying in them.

Homeless people can find compassion at the beach – latimes.com.

Awesomesauce — No Comments
16
Mar 10

Santa Monica Seeking Ultra High-Speed Internet from Google

Keeping my fingers crossed. There is fiber outside my window, but Verizon uses a terminal that requires an entire structure be wired up at once. Basically, they need to pull all the copper POTS for the entire building at once. You can’t do a mixed mode.

And, the building owner is paranoid about any new “electronics” going into the building.

Sucks.

City officials announced on Monday that Santa Monica is entering a competition to be part of a trial program for a Google broadband network promising Internet speeds of 1GB per second, a rate the company says is more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have today.

via City Seeking Ultra High-Speed Internet from Google.

Awesomesauce / CurrentEvents — No Comments
9
Mar 10

Ordering Whale Meat in Santa Monica

Duuuuude.

I knew it was a good fish joint, but I’m shocked to hear that Hump was serving whale. I know I’m supposed to be appalled, but I’m actually kind of impressed at the same time.

It is sport among black belt sushi eaters here to see just how daring one’s palate can be. But even among the squid-chomping, roe-eating and uni-nibbling fans, whale is almost unheard of on the plate. It also happens to be illegal.

via Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates – NYTimes.com.

Awesomesauce — No Comments
24
Feb 10

Santa Monica Place Construction Workers Walk Out

Looks like there’s a labor dispute outside the Santa Monica Place construction site. The sidewalks were crowded with surly construction workers blocking pedestrian traffic (Yes, I am trying to jog here).

I wouldn’t exactly call it organized, although they did seem to all know that they didn’t have to work today.

I rarely feel so conflicted and so intensely about a subject as I do about “organized” labor. On the one hand, I really like the 40-hour work week. And I’m glad we don’t have child labor in this country. These are both gifts of the organized labor movement.

On the other hand, the labor movement seems to have run amok in the US. It seems we have created a trade barrier; only, instead of creating it between us and another country, we’ve created it within our own economy as a blockade between the market and one of our nation’s great resources of production.

It makes sense, I just think maybe labor is a little too powerful for its own good. It might be wise to have a better check to better balance it.

CurrentEvents / Local — No Comments
29
Jan 10

Expo timetable stays on track, but faces hurdle

No delays are expected to result from the revocation of a permit that allowed around the clock construction on the Expo Line that will come to Santa Monica in its second phase. However, delays may occur if the second phase’s environmental impact report does not pass its Feb. 4 review.

via Expo timetable stays on track, but faces hurdle.

Awesomesauce — No Comments
21
Jan 10

Initiative backed by car insurer makes ballot

Opponents say it will cause rates to skyrocket for first-time buyers of car insurance or those who stop their coverage for whatever reason and then try to restart it. Chief among the opposition is the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, which was behind the 1988 measure that created the provision.

via Initiative backed by car insurer makes ballot.

Awesomesauce — No Comments
8
Jan 10

419′ers Phishing Renters on Craisglist

I’m looking for an apartment on Craigslist and I found a few in Santa Monica that looked good to me.

One in particular looked too good to be true. I figured it’d been rented, but I checked into it just in case it was still available.

Last night I got a response and Exchange decided to put it in my junk mail folder.

Here’s why:

Thanks for your interest. First of all, I must thank  the Lord that I found an intending tenant for my apartment ,My name is Pastor Lesley Jonathan,I own the apartment you are interested in and I lived there with my husband and my only daugther before we relocated to West Africa.

My Job here in Nigeria involves going to interior villages to give food and clothes to the less priviledged ones in the Niger delta region and I also use this opportunity to preach the word of God  bringing them to the knowledge of the gospel of  Christ,We work with the a charity organisation. You can learn more from: http://www.orphanage.org/africa/nigeria/childrenofmary/index.html
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I came here with my family and It was due to my transfer thats we left the apartment and also want to give it out for rent. We are looking for a resposible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at the time, and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own.My Husband is also a pastor with christ embassy church here in Nigeria as well.

This 1 bedroom apartment at Apartment For Rent In 1309 Cedar Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405,which goes for $700, security.It has the folowing features Air onditioning,Walk-in closet,  Hardwood floor, Tile floor, Living room,Breakfast nook,Refrigerator, Stove/Oven,garage, Balcony, Deck, or Patio, Cable-ready,High-speed internet ,Garage parking.

This apartment is not furnished and We want to give it for rent and looking for a resposible person that can take very good care of the apt. for us.So for now,We are  here in Lagos,and our house and the keys/documents of the house are with us here,we tried to look for an agent that we can give this document before we left but could not see and we are as well as dont want our house to be used any how in our absence that is why we took it along with us here.

I hope you will promise us to take very good care of the house. If you are comfortable with the price and really need this apartment, Contact me immediately with the following details.

APPLICANT’S PROFILE
1)Your Full Name
2)Your Full Address
Phone Number?
3)How old are you?
4)Are you married?
5)How many people will be living in the Apartment?
6)Do you have a pet?
7)Do you have a car?
8)Occupation?
9)How long are you renting for?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file incase of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you.Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you,plese we are giving you all this base on trust and again i will  want you to stick to your words,you know that,we do not see yet and only putting everything into Gods hand,so please do not let us down in this ourproperty and God bless you more as you do this.

You can also call my husband: +234 803 842 2279 / 011 234 803 842 2279  for more details . The pictures are attached and you can also go see the building, though you cant view the inside because we have the keys here.. Thanks and you are welcome

Regards
Mrs Lesley Jonathan

Of course, there were photos attached. It looks like a nice place.

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