This vibrant neighborhood 3 miles northwest of downtown hotels has one of the of liveliest nightlife scenes in Los Angeles. When the South Korean government raised the limit on how much its citizens can invest outside of the country to $3 million last year, even more money poured into an ethnically diverse neighborhood in which Korean-Americans have the most prominent cultural presence. [more...]

We wanted to get your PDC2008 creative juices flowing with two new contests. Capture the meaning of PDC and submit an original PDC t-shirt design. The winner will get the joy of seeing everyone wearing their design and get a $500 Visa Gift Card. Capture the essence of PDC with a photo that uses the PDC brain and "Captures the Brainpower." The winner will win a trip for 2 to the Emmys. [more...]

The Hollywood neighborhood used to be a seedy and occasionally dangerous backwater, the kind of place where “You better hope you don’t run out of gas,” as Ry Cooder sang in 1979. (Think of where Richard Gere picks up Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman). But in the past 10 years, Hollywood has dramatically transformed into a booming center for L.A. [more...]

Noise is elevating with the posting of new sessions on August 1st. Brad Abrams highlights sessions and invites feedback. Taylor Brown wrote about Hyper-V's PDC representation. Daniel Moth wrote about Parallel Computing's Pre-Con on Concurrent, Multi-Core Programming on Windows and .NET. Other blog highlights were made regarding . [more...]

Los Angeles is a great ice cream town. While there are no shortage of Cold Stone Creameries here – in fact, there’s a convenient downtown location at 9th St. and Flower, near the Ralph’s grocery store – there are also numerous homemade or “artisanal” ice cream stores. Flavors from around the world, entrepreneurial moxie, and a genuinely artistic flair make these specialty stores well worth a trip on the subway.. [more...]