Here you thought we were all done describing the alterations in the Rival Building, the 333. Hah!. Friday the lobby was stacked with drywall and metal frames.
This morning the enter lobby was walled off, and I saw men working as I rode the elevator up the fine 80s space:
When I got upstairs and looked down:
They'd chopped off all the LED light fixtures. Well, stay tuned to see what exciting replacements are en route!
I know you don't care, but it's a window into someone else's life, and we're all voyeurs and busybodies, right?
Well, he said, adopting a Mort Sahl-like sardonic grin, let's see what's in the news today . . . Oh. A grown man who writes about reality TV for Vulture was the latest to weigh in on the dating show set in Minneapolis:
Yes, Minneapolis Really Is That Small
So, how small is the Minneapolis bar scene, exactly? “There are four bars,” Monica Danús confirmed during a live discussion of the reunion at SXSW. “In Minneapolis, North Loop is where a lot of people live and a lot of people hang out, so when you go out, you have to mentally prepare yourself: I’m going to run into somebody that I want to see, and I’m going to run into somebody that I don’t want to see.”
I used to run into people I did, and did not, want to see when I was in my 20s and enjoying the “bar scene,” because I went to two bars. There was, however, the choice to go to other bars, of which there were many. But no, we had to frequent the Hip Artists’ Bar, which I seem to recall had absolutely no decor whatsoever, just a rep, and the upscale lakes-area yuppie & bohos bar, which was the patio of a defunct Carnegie Library. Within hurling distance were at least five bars, each with their own clientele and devotees who would not be caught dead in the other places. But I guess if you're in NYC the idea that Minneapolis has four bars is comforting somehow.
In other news:
A potential security issue has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers that has the capability to affect more than one billion devices.
According to researchers at the cybersecurity firm Tarlogic, a hidden command has been found coded into a bluetooth chip installed in devices around the world. This secret functionality can be weaponized by bad actors and, according to the researchers, used as an exploit into these devices.
That’s not good! How did this happen?
The bluetooth chip is called ESP32 and is manufactured by the China-based company Espressif.
Assume that everything electronic that comes from China has a back door. And that includes your electric shaver and air frier. Assume they built a kill switch into everything, and make sure you have rice and beans and water purifying tablets.
Just saying. I mean, that just sounds paranoid.
We continue our series of evaluations of Los Angeles as narrated by Joe Friday. These were some of the most influential TV segments of the era, I think. What did people know about LA? New on the TV, of course, stuff in the paper, the backdrop to innumerable TV shows. But Webb was a booster, and did these dry statistical recitations before the show, ending with the same tagline. He carried a badge. Yeah we know
Nice cocktail-lounge music for our mini-travelogue. Today we will learn about Los Angeles' high culture:
Does that look like a Music Center to you?
It's the utility company. It's always been tbe utility company. In 2000 it was renamed the Ferraro Building after a local pol. He had the ur-LA spouse: "His second wife was Bridget Margaret Hart, widely known as exotic dancer and stripteaser Margie Hart in the 1940s—and then as a legitimate actress who even later made money through real-estate investments."
Perfect.
The building is adjacent to the LA Performing ArtsCenter, so I'll cut Webb some slack. |
