Entries for March, 2005
February 28th, 2005
Google Cheat Sheet
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:03 PM on February 28, 2005.
Most peeps don't use (or know) the power of Google operators...
Well, here's their official
Cheat Sheet
Try entering this into Google:
emma + mikeymike site:www.tabulas.com
Currently feeling: goggling
March 1st, 2005
Mikey's Radio Blog
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:02 AM on March 1, 2005.
I finally did it! Got Radio Blog setup... Great reason to be a Paid user!!
Listen
Here
You can find the docs
Here (Thanks Daynah!!)
Update: Roy has created a
Directory of Tabulas Radio blogs. Most cool!
And if you think a Radio Blog is no big deal, look at all the
Requirements(!).
You pretty much have got to have a domain, php and xml, plus the space and bandwith to support it... No small undertaking! Kudos to Roy for providing all this... your dollars at work!
Plus, if peeps mark their files as Shared (the default) then you can use them in your Radio Blog playlist too. So, you could make your complete list from other peoples files. There is bound to be a lot of duplication, so have a look first. And for me, the file "compacter" (Lame.exe, plus batch files) didn't work on my I: drive and down a few directories. I had to unzip it to the top level C: drive for it to work. In case you're having the same trouble creating .rbs music files...
Currently listening to: Listening: My Tabulas Radio Blog
Currently reading: Radio Blog docs
Currently feeling: hehe
March 4th, 2005
Radio Blog Update
Posted by MikeyMike at 02:18 AM on March 4, 2005.
Seems a lot of people like the new Radio Blog feature!
If you need help buying a Paid Tabulas Account so you can make your own radio blog (and much more) let me know...
Listen to my Radio Blog
Here
Here are the new songs I added:
Coco Lee and Human Nature - Mo Mo Ai Ni
Juanes and Nelly Furtado - Fotografa
Julia Fordham - Love Moves in Mysterious Ways
Kieko Matsui - Kappa
Regine and Martin N - Forever
From before:
Show Me Heaven (Maria McKee)
Mientme (David Bisbal y Elena Gadel)
Love of My Life (Clay Aiken) Yes, I *know*
JenJen!
Dangerously In Love 2 (Beyonce)
Ce Rrève Bleu (Karine Costa et Daniel Levi from the French Aladdin soundtrack)
Walking In The Air (Aled Jones - This is a UK thing!)
Reward (Basia!!)
If I Loved You Reprise (from the OST of Carousel)
Moonlit Beach (George Fenton - Anna And The King OST)
Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki - Acoustic Orchestra version)
Forever (Ashley Ballard)
Vivo Per Lei (Je Vis Pour Elle) (Andrea Bocelli/Hélène Ségara "I Live for Her/Him")
Bakit Ba Ikaw (Lani Misalucha - OPM CD "All Heart")
Same side of the moon (Corrinne May)
Deep River (Utada!! =))
The Dream Within (Laura Fabian - Final Fantasy Soundtrack)
Alone in Kyoto (Air Bomb from Lost In Translation OST)
Enjoy!!
Currently listening to: Listening: Mikey's Radio Blog!
Currently feeling: musical
Slurp!
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:50 AM on March 4, 2005.
Rosie Bera, owner of Tesoro Restaurante & Taberna, samples a bowl of Sopa de Tortilla. (photo/alandeckerphoto.com)
I am usually not up for Restaurante reviews, but this is just too yummy to miss! Let's go next time you're in town!!
A Gaslamp Dining ‘Treasure’
Serving Mexican dishes, Tesoro Restaurante
& Taberna lives up to its name
It was raining the evening I dined at Tesoro Restaurante & Taberna, a recently opened romantic contemporary Mexican eatery on Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter. The shivery weather only added to the warm and cozy feeling I felt as I entered the long, skinny, two-story space. Walls of deep orange and avocado green meet exposed brick walls and concrete floors. The street-level dining room consists of one long banquette with smart-looking cowhide seat cushions and a small but fabulous bar made of a single slab of creamy white onyx. The upper dining room is more formal with subdued wall colors and white table linens illuminated by the soft light of miniature glass chandeliers.
The menu, which celebrates the cuisines of both the Northern and Southern regions of Mexico, is divided into two parts: the Entradas (starters) and the Patillo Principales (entrées). It is very hard to choose among the small plates because the selection is so varied and everything sounds so good. The wonderful “Panuchos” ($7) feature homemade corn tortillas stuffed with black beans and topped with achiote pork and marinated red onions. I also loved the rich “Tarta de Rajas” ($9). The chef takes rajas, a very traditional dish made of roasted poblano chiles with onions, Oaxaca cheese and cream to new heights by layering it between rounds of freshly baked puff pastry. It’s a savory Napoleon of sorts.
I simply must proclaim the “Sopa de Tortilla” ($7) as one of the finest examples of tortilla soup. This smoky tomato, chile and epazote-based soup is finished with avocado, queso fresco, Mexican cream and garnished with tortilla strips. It makes a great middle course.
About a dozen main courses are offered, each equally challenging to decide upon as their descriptions sound so tantalizing. I am a sucker for chipotle so the “Filete al Chipotle” ($29) cried out my name. A six-ounce center cut filet was perfectly cooked to medium rare and then served surrounded by a creamy, smoky and slightly spicy sauce made from puréed chipotle, stock and cream. It was topped with a thin slice of melted Oaxaca cheese. Although the dish was outstanding, it was presented alone on the plate and at that price they certainly could have afforded to send along some of their wonderful house made frijoles negros, frijoles refritos or rice.
If you are a chiles rellenos fan, order them here ($12). Two roasted poblano chiles stuffed with queso fresco, squash blossoms and epazote, lightly battered and fried are served with an onion cream sauce. The squash blossoms give the rellenos a delicious, fresh flavor and add a nice texture too.
A lighter, but equally interesting dish is the “Pollo al Tequila” ($19). A half chicken is marinated in tequila and then oven roasted. It is lacquered with a beautiful tamarind glaze and served on a bed of sautéed fresh spinach.
Tesoro Restaurante
& Taberna
548 Fifth Ave.
Downtown
(619) 234-5670
If your dining companion talks you into dessert, the “Pastel de Crepas” ($8), a cake made of layers of crepes and chocolate cream, is a must. Not in the mood for chocolate? Try the fried plantains — the flavor is addicting.
Tesoro (pronounced the-SOR-oh) means “treasure” in Spanish. Once you dine there you’ll see for yourself that it really is.
— Terryl Gavre
http://www.sandiegometro.com/2005/mar/dining.php
March 8th, 2005
Inspiring Tabulas Smilies
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:59 PM on March 8, 2005.
I don't know if you guys read
Roy's blog, but this is very amusing! Talking about where he got the inspiration for some of the smiles we get to choose from...
For example:
Named after my then-girlfriend.
This was named after "Drools" Choi, who has long since departed this area [she got married!]. The joke was that she was the sweet ol' mountain girl from rural NC... except she was Korean.
Read all about it
here
Currently feeling: smilie
March 9th, 2005
Web Provider?
Posted by MikeyMike at 07:15 PM on March 9, 2005.
Wow! You guys see the new Toolbar on the entry form?? Bitchin' Roy!! 
My
friend JenJen has her own blog, but is looking for a good (cheap) Web
Host that supports php and xml. Anyone have good experiences with good
reliable provider meeting these requirements? Here's her request:
I am seriously searching for a web host, because
this roadrunner account is probably going to bust on me someday (AND it
only allows 5mb of files on the server), which sucks, 'cause sometimes
I'd love to put up a song or two (or even blog radio, which is a neat
program).
So any suggestion for a cheap host that'll allow PHP and XML?
P.S.
- Thanks to Eleanor (Sweetvocalist) for updating my tired layout!
Please notify me if I don't have your birthday listed.
Currently listening to: Listening: Mikey's Radio Blog
Currently feeling: sleepy
March 11th, 2005
March 14th, 2005
Death Valley alive with wildflowers
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:27 PM on March 14, 2005.
You wouldn't associate "Death" Valley and a riot of wildflowers, would you? Well, this year you'd be wrong! Even more so than where I went, (Anza-Borrego State Park) Death Valley is having the display of a livetime...
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:40 p.m. ET March 14, 2005
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A rare burst of color is softening the stark landscape of Death Valley, with clusters of purple, pink and white wildflowers dotting the black basalt mountainsides and great swaths of golden blooms bordering the blinding white salt flats on the valley floor.
The winter storms that brought mudslides and death to Southern California dropped 6 inches of rain on this thirsty desert — three times more than usual — encouraging wildflower seeds to sprout. Experts say this kind of show comes once in a lifetime. More
DEATH VALLEY IN THE MOVIES & ON TELEVISION
The following list of movie or television film/video productions were either shot on
location in or near Death Valley, or, the subject matter/plot includes Death Valley
(real or perceived; in italics).
20 Mule Team (1940)
3 Godfathers (1948)
Accomplice (1946)
Air Mail, The (1925)
Ambush at Stovepipe Wells (1958) (TV)
American Vacation? (1984)
Ballad of Death Valley (?)
Bleak Future (1997)
Branded (1965) (TV series)
Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941)
Brute, The (1927)
Cattle Drive (1951)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Cherry 2000 (1987)
Chimmie Fadden Out West (1915)
Chinese Parrot, The (1927)
City of Bad Men (1953)
Confessions of a Hitman (1994)
Dawn of Understanding, The (1918)
Death Valley (1927)
Death Valley (1946)
Death Valley (1968)
Death Valley (1982)
Death Valley (1998)
Death Valley 69 (?)
Death Valley Days (1952+) (TV series)
…She Burns Green (1953)
…Big Team Rolls, The (1953)
…Jim Dayton’s Treasure (1953)
…Yaller (1953)
…Million Dollar Wedding (?)
…Claim Jumpin’ Jenny (?)
…Dry Water Sailors, The (1965)
…Red Shawl, The (1965)
Death Valley Gunfighter (1949)
Death Valley Kid (1920)
Death Valley Manhunt (1943)
Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
Death Valley Rangers (1943)
Delusion (1991)
Desert Hell (1958)
Devices (1980)
Doors, The (1991)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Escape in the Desert (1945)
Fair Warning (1937)
Fourth Wise Man, The (1985) (TV)
Going Places (1928)
Golden Horde, The (1951)
...aka Golden Horde of Genghis
Khan, The (1951)
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965)
Greed (1925)
Gunfighter, The (1950)
Helter Skelter (1976) (TV)
Helter Skelter Murders, The (1972)
Hitcher, The (1986)
Homer & Eddie (1989)
Hot Sands (?)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Law and Jack Wade, The (1958)
Lively Set, The (1964)
Man from Death Valley, The (1931)
Mirage, The? (1989)
No Man's Law (1927)
... aka No Man's Land (1927)
... aka Real Man’s Law? (1928)
Oasis, The (1984)
...aka Savage Hunger (1984)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Panamint’s Badman (1938)
Parson of Panamint, The (1916)
Parson of Panamint, The (1941)
Professionals, The (1966)
Rainbow, The (1929)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
...aka Blue Harvest (1982) (USA)
March 15th, 2005
Melly Goeslaw/Potret
Posted by MikeyMike at 04:32 AM on March 15, 2005.
I added this song for Neko... She was talking about Siti Nurhaliza from Malaysia. I had known about Siti from
JenJen. Apparently the Malaysian and Indonesian languages are very similar. I mentioned Melly Goeslaw (formerly of the group Potret) who is very popluar in Indonesia. So, here's one of her tunes on my
Radio Blog called
Salah... =)
I got more Malay/Indonesian songs if anyone is interested... Good singers out there!
Currently listening to: Listening to: Melly singing Salah
Currently reading: Reading: House of Fog and Sand
Currently watching: Watching: Infomercial
Currently feeling: tapping foot
The Queen’s GPS-Enabled Baton
Posted by MikeyMike at 07:10 PM on March 15, 2005.
The Commonwealth Games 2006 are in
Monkee's hometown of Melbourne, AU! The official batton has a GPS *and* wireless camera(!)
The Commonwealth Games baton started its trek today with the ceremonious passing from the Queen to Elle MacPherson. Looking rather cobraesque, this year marks the first that the baton includes a GPS device and two miniature cameras, allowing people to watch what has to be is most definitely a completely disorienting jaunt of a video. Still, the idea is cool and a fun use of the technology, as the article claims. More
See the Video
American Idol IV Says Goodbye to Amanda Avila...
Posted by MikeyMike at 08:53 PM on March 15, 2005.
I never get to watch American Idol, but I heard that Amanda
Avila (my last name) got eliminated! She got 50% in a vote on who to keep of the top sixteen, but Ozzie Smith's (famous American baseball player) son got to stay in it, after Mario Vasquez left.
American Idol fans said goodbye last week to Amanda Avila, Janay Castine, Travis Tucker, along with the man with the red hat and talented genes, Nikko Smith.
While their exit was questionable, in comparison to some of the other Top Twelve contestants, host Ryan Seacrest announced that these four had received the fewest number of votes.
The 2005 Sweet Sixteen
At the time of publication, 1,066,485 Idol fans had responded to a poll, which asked "If you could bring back one of the eliminated Top Sixteen finalists, who would you choose?"
The response before the poll closed:
Amanda Avila 50%
Janay Castine 7%
Nikko Smith 37%
Travis Tucker 5%
More
March 17th, 2005
Happy Birthday Monkee!
Posted by MikeyMike at 11:54 PM on March 17, 2005.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday Jui-Yu
Happy birthday dear
Monkee
Happy birthday to you!
Best wishes to dear
Monkee (Jui-Yu)!! "5" is such a difficult age...
Hope you get lots of nice birthday swag and the Aussie's kick butt in the Commonwealth Games next year! =)
Currently listening to: Listening to: Happy Birthday Song
Currently feeling: birthday wishes
March 18th, 2005
New Radio Blog Song
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:29 AM on March 18, 2005.
Just added David Tao's
Sha Tan to the
Radio Blog. Even got the lyrics..
Can someone do the English translation? It doesn't have to be exact... just the idea!
Sha Tan - David Tao
kong wu yi ren zhe pian sha tan feng chui guo lai leng leng hai an
wo qing qing dou luo xie li de sha kan zhao wo de jiao yin
OH yi ge ren yi bu bu hao ji mo
kan hai you xie luu tian you xie lan
na duan ai qing you xie yi han xiang bu zhi bu jue
you xiang hai tian dao zui shen de di fang cai fa xian ni zao yi jing fang
qi wo
wo ting dao hai lang wen rou de hu xi wo ting dao yun duo piao lai piao qu
you shi yao fang fa rang zi ji zhen de wang ji
ONLY BLUE ONLY BLUE ai rang ren hao you yu wo de xin
wo de xin lan lan di wo zhen de xiang zhao yi tiao chuan neng yuan yuan kai
zhe pian sha tan
mei ci you hui dao tong yang hai bian hai shi hui dui ni xiang nian
xiang nian ni you dian BLUE mei you ren neng xiang ni liu gei wo de hui yi
you dian BLUE OH ONLY BLUE
Only blue.
from
Rych: (Thanks!!)
Comment posted on March 19th, 2005 at 04:37 AM
This is roughly the translation based on the chinese lyrics. There might be mistakes coz i've only learn chinese for a couple of years.
"There's not a single soul on this lonely beach,
a cold breeze swept across the chilling coastline.
I gently cleaned the sands that got into my shoes,
while looking at my footprints on the sand.
Oh, walking alone,
i feel lonely.
The sea looks green and the sky looks clear blue.
I felt sad for that past relationship with you,
its like swimming subconsiously towards the end of the sea.
At the deepest end,
i've come to realise that you've given up on me.
I listen as the waves breathes
(not sure about this line)
I look at the gathering of clouds as it floats in the sky,
Is there any way that can make me, completely forget (you)
Only blue only blue,
can make people so blue,
my heart, my heart,
is so blue.
I wish to find a boat,
and leave this sad beach.
but it always came back to this beach
and it makes me think of you.
Thinking of you makes me blue,
Noone except you can give me such
memories.
I feel a bit blue,
only blue."
March 21st, 2005
Spring has Sprung!
Posted by MikeyMike at 06:16 PM on March 21, 2005.
Spring is here!! =) Photos to follow...
Sunset from my workplace at Scripps Campus Point. Yet another beautiful setting sun! I need a better vantage point!! Too much work to stay out long. This is looking out towards the UCSD sports stadium (where you can see gladiators fight to the death!! - just kidding) Seems the smarter your Uni, the worse the sports teams are... And UCSD has hella smart peeps!
I need to get some damn trees trimmed! =) You can see here that Scripps Memorial La Jolla Hospital is indeed just across the street from my workplace. The patients have very nice sunset views!!
Currently feeling: lounging on grass
Audible dot com Offer
Posted by MikeyMike at 07:54 PM on March 21, 2005.
Listen to me speak....
Did you know that your iPod can also play "Audio books"?? (So can some other devices, like my Palm Tungsten T3). This is a way cool option!! I even got lectures from great Harvard professors on "1000 Years of The Samurai" and another on Japanese Literature. And saved $40,000!!
They have all kinds of stuff available, at pretty decent prices - lower than at the local book store, that's for sure!! And you get instant gratification, as you download them off the Internet to your online PC library, then to the device of your choice...
There is something really cool about having a book "read" to you. And since Mom isn't reading to you, (is she?) these days, could be the next best thing! Sometimes the authors' are reading their own works, which can be very interesting too. Give it a go? You can hear samples and explore details...
Audible Offer
Currently feeling: listening
Peggy, With New Pod!
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:35 PM on March 21, 2005.
NO! Actually I dont know who this is, but I don't think this iPod is very well secured!!
Both Peggy and Eleanor just got brand new iPod Minis in PINK!
You
can view more "iPod" photos from around the world
Here
I want you all to post your iPod pix too! I'm gonna do it. You can upload your iPod pic too
Here
You can also make very nice CD covers when you burn songs that have cover photos embedded...
March 22nd, 2005
SuperFriendster
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:52 PM on March 22, 2005.
Yes, YOU can be a SuperFriendster! lol
Just gotta add the code to your site. You can read about it
Here
My logo is at the bottom of my page or here:
Gotta' get a new pic! Perhaps the "Pappa Smurf" one!!
Damn! it's raining
again!! See Weather Pixie...
March 23rd, 2005
Eastern Energy
Posted by MikeyMike at 09:24 PM on March 23, 2005.
The Twelve Girls Band -
Eastern Energy
Well, their outfits in this picture make them look like the Twelve Girls Medical Office Staff, but their music is most Interesting - using instruments that have been around in China for something like 1500 years... older than me even!
I think almost everyone will like their version of Coldplay's
Clocks. You can hear almost all the selections on the album in the Amazon page
Here. Plus, you get a DVD of the Girls in action. Not bad for $15! (Plus, I can't find too many quality copies of their songs on the 'net).
Give 'em a listen!
Currently listening to: Listening: 12 Girls Band's Clocks
Currently feeling: Eastern
F.I.R.
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:32 PM on March 23, 2005.
The Fairyland In Reality (Hong Kong Version) (CD+VCD)
This is a fantastic album that
Peggy turned me on to!
You can get it at
YesAsia.com (and certain
other places...)
I love
Lydia (theme song of a TV drama series named "Dou Yu"), a song that opens with a refrain in spanish. Faye is a very nice singer and the music runs the gamet. The Intro song was inspired by the movie
The Beach (but I still like it!) lol.
Fly Away is very good also...
Almost everything is listenable, unlike many other albums these days! I got a few of these songs on my Radio Blog...
Currently listening to: Listen: F.I.R.'s Lydia
Currently feeling: Dream in Reality
Vote for Mikey!
Posted by MikeyMike at 10:49 PM on March 23, 2005.
Vote for me! So I don't have shitty 2.5 rating!!
Here Plus, you can look at the really
good photos too!
Plus, you MUST post your iPod pix there as well... Listening Pink Pod Posse??
March 24th, 2005
Keiko Matsui Live
Posted by MikeyMike at 12:08 AM on March 24, 2005.
Keiko Matsui Live [LIVE]
This is for
Prettylady...
This is the source for
Kappa from her
live album...
This song is on the Radio Blog too...
Currently listening to: Keiko Matsui's Kappa
March 27th, 2005
SmileyPod
Posted by MikeyMike at 01:42 PM on March 27, 2005.
Isn't this too cute? Youngin' likes his music! (or else his head is about to explode from too much volume!!)
There is a Chris Isaak song (
In The Heat of the Jungle) where out of total silence, a tiger suddenly roars, loud as HELL! Scared me s**tless the first time I heard it (and with headphones).
In The Heat of the Jungle
Not too late to vote for Mikey's iPod Lounge World iPod pic...
Here
Currently listening to: Listening: Chris Issak's Big Spanish Sky
March 31st, 2005
Butterfly Migration
Posted by MikeyMike at 02:20 PM on March 31, 2005.
Heard about the "Painted Lady" butterfly migration this morning. I saw that many where feeding/resting on the oleander bush, perfect for getting close up to them. The Canon's 10x zoom helps too!
It's been raining butterflies. The painted ladies were out en masse this week, especially in our coastal areas. The plentiful rainfall and lush plant growth are luring the mottled orange and brown butterflies with black and white wing markings west and north from the inland deserts and Mexico toward greener pastures. Huge migrations happen only once or twice a decade when the conditions are just right, says David Marriott, a butterfly specialist with the local Monarch Program. More
here.
Shows how a switch from the normal environment can make so much difference - all the rain and attendant greenery this year...
Currently feeling: oh my!
