Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, for example, has spent more than $200,000 to support his new website along with Facebook and Twitter accounts, according to interviews and a Times review of documents obtained through the state Public Records Act.

The disgusting taste in my mouth are the supervisors in LA who use at their will their $34 million to do whatever they like to do. Funny how this dude is up for reelection this year. You might ask me, “$200,000 for a really successful website seems justifiable.” Here is my rebuttal:

In its first four months, Yaroslavsky’s new site had 19,000 unique visitors.

The daily tally appears to be half what it was before the makeover. Yaroslavsky deputy Joel Sappell said the drop-off is due to a change in the way visitors are counted. As of Wednesday afternoon, Yaroslavsky had 138 fans on Facebook and 70 followers on Twitter. Sappell, a former Times editor who heads the effort and other special projects, earns a salary of $142,000, plus benefits.

He recently got a 5.5% raise.

Meanwhile, department heads’ salaries are frozen.

Are you kidding me? 19,000 unique visitors, 138 fans on facebook and 70 followers on twitter?

I hope these supervisors can evaluate their job duties and try to provide jobs as i know that the unemployment rate in CA is 11.2%. Or better yet, do some internal evaluations and start running stuff efficiently.

Links:
LA County Supervisors Money Spending (La Times)
California Unemployment Rate

When I first saw the link to this story I laughed because I’ve actually wondered if people eat/drink excess mommy milk. Well, I’ve tried mommy’s milk but it was more out of curiosity. This chef though has taken that curiosity and straight up made it into a gourmet dish. I really don’t know what to think about this but I do know that my stomach is turning as I’m thinking about it.

Chef Daniel Angerer is the guilty one. His opening paragraph explains why he did it perfectly.

My cooking instincts are rather natural (e.g., sourcing ingredients from the local market, eating sustainable seafood, buying free-range-all-natural poultry, and I certainly love a steroid free steak) but THIS is a whole other level of “natural” – Mommy’s Milk, from a human mommy, not a cow, sheep or goat …

Definitely a “WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF NATURAL”.

Example of the Mommy Milk

Here is his recipe for Mommy Milk Cheese

For some weird reason, this made me laugh.

Why does san diego love jack in a box so much?

I think what is more disturbing is how many mcdonalds there are in America.

Source: Weather Sealed

Very well documentary of the world of chat.

It keeps getting better.

Source: Page71

This image made me smile.

Thanks Gizmodo!

I thought this is such a clever idea.

Type in an Amount

Receipts of that Total Amount

Just genius by Maloney & Porcelli.

Link: Expense a Steak

Barbie announced that they are going the new barbie will be a Computer Engineer and Anchorwoman. But I’m a little confused. I don’t know if I’m amused by this or if there is something weird about it.

While going to UCLA there were definitely a difference of the women from north campus to south campus. North campus is where all the liberal arts and more emotional type of degrees were but south campus was where all the math and logical degrees were studied. A friend told me that any decent looking girl who was a south campus girl would get everything done for her. Meaning you could probably find guys who would help you with your work. But, if you were 9 – 10 hot you could pretty much coast your way to a electrical engineer degree because you could piggyback on any overachieving male student. (BTW, I was implying that all the hot girls were on north campus.)

Why do I bring this up? I took one look at this photo and the first thing that came in to my mind was that she probably didn’t study too hard to be computer engineer. I might be wrong, but my experiences and also friend’s experience tell me this is sadly true. So, I sit here confused on what I’m suppose to think of this.

Fun fact: I believe there are more female computer engineers than male social workers. Just my two cents.

Here are the rest of the barbie photos.

Here is the Press Release

For the first time ever, Barbie® asked the world to help her select her next career. Over the past few months Barbie® did research around the world and also conducted an online voting campaign, calling upon the world to vote for her doll’s next career – Barbie® has asked her Twitter followers and fans on Facebook to help her with this important career decision.

But that’s not all! Consumers loudly campaigned for another Barbie® career. The winner of the popular vote is Computer Engineer. Computer Engineer Barbie®, debuting in Winter 2010, inspires a new generation of girls to explore this important high-tech industry, which continues to grow and need future female leaders.

“All the girls who imagine their futures through Barbie will learn that engineers — like girls — are free to explore infinite possibilities, limited only by their imagination,” says Nora Lin, President, Society of Women Engineers. “As a computer engineer, Barbie will show girls that women can turn their ideas into realities that have a direct and positive impact on people’s everyday lives in this exciting and rewarding career.”

To create an authentic look, Barbie® designers worked closely with the Society of Women Engineers and the National Academy of Engineering to develop the wardrobe and accessories for Computer Engineer Barbie®. Wearing a binary code patterned tee and equipped with all the latest gadgets including a smart phone, Bluetooth headset, and laptop travel bag, Computer Engineer Barbie® is geek chic.

Link: Barbie News Release

It’s a good thing he has a mask on. Or is it a she? Hmmmm.