Square Launches at Starbucks — You Think You Won't Use It, But You Will

Square Launches at Starbucks — You Think You Won't Use It, But You Will

You don't pay for things with your phone at the checkout counter now. But after this you will.

Mochi Ice Cream Creator Dies at the Age of 69 in Pasadena

Mochi Ice Cream Creator Dies at the Age of 69 in Pasadena



Not only was Hashimoto the president of Mikawaya -- the 102-year-old, three-generation family sweets establishment on First Street in Little Tokyo -- but she was also an integral player in transforming the historic heart of Southern California's Japanese American community in the area.

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Mark Hamill's 'Sushi Girl' dish

Is this finally coming out?


Mark Hamill's 'Sushi Girl' dish

Actor on playing a psycho baddie in new gonzo crime thriller: ''It's edgy material. It's not for everybody''

Never-Before-Seen 1980s Photos of Famous Directors

Random, but cool.


Never-Before-Seen 1980s Photos of Famous Directors

                     

In his newest collection, "Director Series," Norman Seeff unveils never-before-seen images, as well as some rather famous ones, of some of entertainment's most brilliant minds, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jim Henson, Ridley Scott and John Huston.

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How Ballads Of The Green Berets and Have A Marijuana explain the '60s generation gap

 For Our Consideration: How Ballads Of The Green Berets and Have A Marijuana explain the '60s generation gap



The political polarization of the past decade-plus is hardly unprecedented, but today does seem more fraught with tension and dissension than any time since the 1960s. The difference is that the ’10s lacks a cultural gap as wide as the one 50 years ago. Every generation seems to think that the youngsters coming up behind them are sliding hard and fast into perdition—what with their vulgar music, dirty books, wanton dances, and reality television. But the battle lines were especially well-drawn and the skirmishes fiercely fought in the ’60s. Fashions and values changed rapidly and dramatically, as the music got louder and the movies smuttier. Young people felt like they were using the entertainment industry to stave off an establishment that wanted to oppress minorities and send boys off to kill and die over nothing. Older people felt like they were being overrun by smelly, long-haired sex maniacs who ...

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10 Bond gadgets that have become readily available technology

Be your own Bond: 10 Bond gadgets that have become readily available technology



1. Portable phones (Live And Let Die, From Russia With Love)
Throughout the films of the James Bond franchise, three things have always made Bond a wish-fulfillment object of envy: his savoir-faire under fire, his ability to instantly woo beautiful women, and his ridiculous array of high-tech gadgetry. But since Bond has been in film for more than 50 years now, real technology has caught up with some of his early gear, to the point where average people now could, if they wanted, acquire or jury-rig some of the gimmicks that seemed like far-fetched fiction in the past. For instance, time has overtaken the big, clunky car phone in From Russia With Love, which at the time seemed revolutionary because Bond could actually receive a call from the road. Even fancier: Live And Let Die’s miniaturized radio-phone, which was sooo tiny, it could be concealed inside an ordinary oversized ...

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The Vine Nerds

The Vine Nerds

By gaining insight into the relationships between water, sunlight, yield, and taste, Fruition Sciences is showing the way for farmers of all stripes to increase productivity and quality in a world of shifting weather patterns and decreasing supplies of freshwater. To a growing cadre of A-list winemakers, there?s actionable intelligence in the data.