Scott Elkin

Category: Personal

  • iPod with Video Fun

    The one gift I got this Christmas/Channuka was a new iPod. Technically, I got several gifts that I didn't like and took them back to get it, but whatev's…I got it. I have had an iPod since the day they came out for Windows. I mean, this thing looks vintage. It's big, its scratched up,…

  • It’s a Boy

    We found out last week that we are having a boy. I always thought it would be better to have a girl first and boy second so that they are more evenly matched when they fight, but it turns out it matters to me more that I will AT LEAST have one boy. Too many…

  • Changes

    Wow, I thought I was busy before… Two months ago, I came home one night and my wife had an idea to buy my Grandmother’s house nearby. After thinking about it and getting stressed out on the mortgage payment, we went for it. A week after that, we found out that she was pregnant. So…

  • Home Audio Solution

    So I’m buying a house. I didn’t think it was ever going to be possible while living in the Los Angeles area, but I got a good deal, and now I shall be living and improving our new 4 bedroom 1800 sq. ft. place in Burbank. Although a lot of work has to go into…

  • Watch Serenity Now

    Run, no haul ass, to your local movie theater and watch Serenity. And not just because it has an “A” rating on Yahoo after 11,000 reviews, or an 81% on RottenTomatoes, or the two thumbs up by Ebert and Roeper, or how much my wife and I loved it, do it because it is the…

  • Writing for One Tree Hill

    A good friend of mine writes for One Tree Hill on the WB. I don't know many writers, so it is a pleasure reading anything from her – even her emails. I get the same contentment reading a few paragraphs from Stacy as reading a software book by Joel Spolsky (even when I disagree with…

  • New Kitten joins the Family

    After about a year of researching, searching and waiting, our new kitten has arrived today. He had been flying for over 5 hrs to get to LA, so now he is spending quality time napping in the bathroom magazine holder. I think we are going to stick to our naming convention that we used with…

  • Current Podcasts I Listen To

    A friend finally got an iPod and wanted to know what podcasts I listen to. I hadn't really put the list together and was surprised I listen to so many: This week in TECH Security Now! Xbox Live's Major Nelson podcasts about the Xbox 360 Diggnation (although Alex Albrecht annoys the heck out of me.…

  • Movies and Sitings

    For awhile I was writing about celebrity sitings around town, but it was getting stupid. Every week there was another one, and I just didn't care enough to write about it. But over the last week, I parked next to Donnie Darko heading into Ralphs for some late night shopping. It was odd because he…

  • The Best Paper Airplane In the World

    http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html