Lost Hollywood by David Wallace

An excellent look at where history happened in Hollywood. Not only does Wallace memorialize locations that have been lost to "progress" and time, he also highlights historic landmarks that have managed to survive incognito. For example, this Public Storage building in Echo Park is actually a 35,000 square foot Keystone Studios stage. That's right, people are storing their shit in Mack Sennett's office.

and Hollywood: Then and Now by Rosemary Lord

Before and after photography, beautifully done.

MyHistoricLA, is a fun way to submit your great ideas, help others improve their great ideas, and ultimately determine the best ideas for your community.

Too often, great community ideas are lost because residents don't know how or don't feel comfortable getting involved. MyHistoricLA empowers people to improve their community, all from the convenience of their own home.

For example, here's their page on Pickfair. The site is run by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, and as such is a bit convoluted, but for a city that has already lost The Ambassador Hotel, The Brown Derby, Schwab's Pharmacy and many more, something is better than nothing.

Legend holds that a tunnel once connected the soundstages to a bar across the street — the Formosa Cafe — so that stars like Errol Flynn could slip off for drinks between scenes without being pestered by fans.

Fairbanks had a steam bath and gym and is said to have had a private outdoor area where he could exercise in the nude.

Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who kept an office at the studio during his movie-making days, had a secret garage he could wheel into from Santa Monica Boulevard and park without anybody noticing.

One studio building was said to be equipped with an ornate wooden door hand-built by Harrison Ford, who was working as a studio carpenter when he was "discovered" by filmmaker George Lucas.

Check out this site and sign their petition. And while you're at it, visit LA Conservancy and see what you can do to help.

The 5D Mark III, as a whole, is a definite step up from the Mark II. But Canon hasn't done a lot to improve its video capabilities, which is odd. Indie filmmakers first embraced the 5D Mark II, and Hollywood later took notice. In years since, the Mark II has since filmed countless films and TV shows. They even shot an entire episode of House with it. You'd think that Canon would have considerably beefed up the 5D Mark III's video capabilities. But the improvements there are only marginal.

Curious, considering the title of their article: "Canon EOS 5D Mark III Review: The Best DSLR for Shooting Video."

...if you've been considering a 5D Mark III purchase, don't hesitate -- it's worth the investment, we promise. And if you've already placed your order or have one in the mail, get ready to have your world turned upside-down -- this thing is simply amazing, in every way.

We’re finally returning to regularly-scheduled new episodes of You Look Nice Today.

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For the record, I'm a traditionalist at heart, and think that changing a race's historic parcours just to provide better VIP viewing is a terrible idea. That's not to say we should be stuck in the past. The Tour de France route changes every year, and that's a positive thing. But somehow I don't see ASO choosing to have the Tour finish on a runway at Charles de Gaulle because they could sell more VIP tickets than on the Champs-Élysées.

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