Only use "hunch.com" if you believe the ends justify the means. The website reveals new worlds only to those who will trust it with their personal information. Hunch peppers users with personal questions to make personal recommendations. These run the gamut from the common — books TV shows movies to the obscure — roller coasters luggage Los Angeles … [Read more...] about New website knows you better than you do
'Global Tides' makes return
"Global Tides an online international studies academic journal at Seaver College founded in 2007, recently returned after being shut down in 2009. It expanded its borders by adding religion, humanities and social studies to its disciplinary topics. Global Tides" editors expect to progress from this fifth annual online edition to a semi-annual print publication in the near … [Read more...] about 'Global Tides' makes return
@historicaltweet now in dead-tree form
What if Twitter had always existed? Pepperdine alumni Alan Beard and Alec McNayr asked themselves this question back in 2008 and began tweeting. After 10 solid weeks of historical tweets Internet fame came. Five million hits later there was a book deal. The Twitter account @historicaltweet redirects visitors to "historicaltweets.com" where the historical tweets are laid out in … [Read more...] about @historicaltweet now in dead-tree form
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Break through the Malibubble: Echo Park
Sunset Boulevard is a wildly colorful passageway connecting the aroma of frying fish from Malibu's Gladstone's to the ethnic hub of Chinatown. One stretch in particular of this infamous boulevard stands alone a hotbed of technicolor haunts. The creative spirit is vibrant and twists its quirkily seductive lips into an inviting smile in the alternative enclave of Echo Park Los … [Read more...] about Break through the Malibubble: Echo Park