SCOTT MOTIEStaff Writer Have you lost a love for technology? Do dreams of Bill Gates include horns and a pitchfork? Do you repeatedly watch the end of Napoleon Dynamite searching for inspiration in Kip’s “I love technology” song? There are three online services that could rekindle your love for technology. And for the most part, they’re free. They are Pandora, Skype and … [Read more...] about Fall in love with technology (again)
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How to avoid the recording at the end of a voicemail greeting
KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor The Man — that supreme evildoer responsible for singed toast, traffic jams and income tax — is alive and well. In fact, he’s found himself a wife, a twisted woman just as nefarious as he. You hear her these days at the end of cell-phone voicemail greetings when, mildly disgruntled that your intended receiver is not available, you just want to leave a … [Read more...] about How to avoid the recording at the end of a voicemail greeting
It’s Hummer time
KELSEY MAYSLiving Assistant Anela Holck/Assistant Photo Editor Behind the wheel of a Hummer H3 SUV with the engine at full bore, I’m struggling to maintain 55 miles per hour up a slight grade on Pacific Coast Highway. In the passing lane comes, of all cars, a Toyota Prius. Oh, the irony. I bet that driver had quite a chuckle. Never mind that the H3 is Hummer’s smallest and most … [Read more...] about It’s Hummer time
True sports cars should be rear-wheel drive
GARRETT COMANStaff Writer The influx of cheaper import cars in the ’80s brought a dramatic shift to the way cars were built, and we’re just now recovering from the disastrous effects of the front-wheel-drive economy car. In the early ’80s, Toyotas and Hondas appeared with front-wheel drive. Folks then thought front-drivers were the new “sophisticated” way to get power to the … [Read more...] about True sports cars should be rear-wheel drive
‘Crown Jewel’ offers many gems
TEIGE MUHLFELDStaff Writer Whether it’s on the beach or the bluffs behind Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu real estate is hot on the market and selling for millions. Recent issues of three real estate magazines — “Homes & Lands,” “Malibu to Beverly Hills” and “Distinctive Homes, Malibu” — peg homes with extra acreage or beachfront properties to run from $4 million up past … [Read more...] about ‘Crown Jewel’ offers many gems