A bit of a photo dump from Hawaii Part 1.

 

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Palm Springs Fun

 (I am not mentioning the colossal cluster-fuckup in Minneapolis. You can read about it everywhere.)

Palm Springs has some interesting things to do. Right now is the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Eddie and I saw 2 of the shows so far, one on Monday and one last night.

The Soundman

May 1940. As the world teeters on the brink of war, in the iconic Flagey building in Brussels - from which the national radio broadcasts - the paths of Elza, a young actress taking her first steps in the radio play studios, and Berre, a novice sound man with an almost magical hearing, cross. He is looking for a foothold in the elusive power of sound, in the enchantment of the radio plays. Their meeting ignites a spark of love that lifts them above the threat of their time. RADIOMAN is a compelling love film about passion, imagination and the search for humanity in dark times. In the wondrous world of Belgian radio in the 1940s, their love sounds louder than the roar of the approaching war - an echo of hope in a world that is about to lose its innocence.

HoneyJoon

Persian Lela and her sensual daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores after loss - with opposite ideas about how to grieve, how to live, and tiny bikinis. A hot philosophical guide helps them find each other ~ coming back to life.

Other Venue - the Palm Springs Cultural Center is running a new retrospective after the Film Festival ends

Yunlu Wetland Museum

 

China has built a museum in the Pearl River Delta that focuses on a restored wetland and egret refuge. It is a cool space that uses shifting volumes and sight lines to highlight different views across the wetlands. It is cool.

Hockey?

Yes, indeedy, there is hockey in the desert. We are going to a Coachella Firebirds game this week. But this past Saturday, we went to "The Cactus Cup", which was a 4-game college tournament. We saw Yale play the University of Minnesota at Mankato.

Mankato is where Ed's step-dad, Donald, was the Athletic Director for years. In fact, he got Mankato, which was Division 3, bumped up to Division 1 Hockey. So we had to go root them on.

It was fun. But Mankato / Yale was the consolation game, so it wasn't very crowded. And Mankato won, 5-3.

Some Good Climate News from California

I spotted a story from The Guardian newspaper about a California initiative. This year, California launched a new satellite that spots methane leaks.

It is important because methane is a very strong greenhouse gas contributor to climate change. It pops up often around oil and natural gas extraction (which California still has a lot of). Here is a blurb from California:

What you need to know: California steps in as federal administration moves to eliminate climate data-gathering satellites. The state satellite project has already helped resolve 10 large methane leaks, equivalent to removing about 18,000 cars from California roads for a year. 

(On a Lighter Note) Speaking of a sad good-bye

 Well, 2025 brought in the end of an era. The Tivo Era. Eddie and I had one of the first ever Tivos. And kept them forever. There is still one in our upstairs closet, even though it didn't work out here.

But now they are gone. The "boop boop" sound is history. Oh, the company rolls on. They still have the DVR patent and even have some streaming systems in Europe. But the happy little Tivo is gone.

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