If you, like me, are a regular listener to the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast -- especially the Summer S'mores series -- you have no doubt heard Conan joke, um, more than once, about the vast distances and difficulties he has to overcome in order to get from his Westside home to Sona's in … Continue reading Conan Needs a Map
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An Appearance on LAPL’s “L.A. Untangled”
The Los Angeles Public Library was a show called L.A. Untangled, hosted by Kelly Wallace. If you haven't seen it, you will probably want to check it out. The last episode starred my friend, Victoria Bernal (@LAHistory). The one before that -- the debut -- starred Elizabeth Ito, of whom I am a new but … Continue reading An Appearance on LAPL’s “L.A. Untangled”
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Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — The Google Maps
INTRODUCTION Over the years I've drawn maps, painted maps, and created digital maps. For the latter, I've most often used Google's My Maps program for several reasons. It's relatively easy, looks relatively good, has pretty good functionality (e.g. links to websites and decent customization) and because Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent company) is the fourth-largest company … Continue reading Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — The Google Maps
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Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — Map Merchandise
In recent years, I've had a lot of requests for printable version of "my map." I've made hundreds of maps but since the digital map I made of Los Angeles County has been viewed over a million times, I have to assume that that's the one most people are talking about. Of course, people who … Continue reading Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — Map Merchandise
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Taste of the Mideast Side — at the Los Angeles County Store
If there are regular readers of my column here on the Amoeblog, they've probably seen some of the hand-drawn and hand-painted maps which I include in my series of Southland explorations I call California Fool's Gold. Right now a series of new maps are on display at the Los Angeles County Store in East Hollywood. None, … Continue reading Taste of the Mideast Side — at the Los Angeles County Store
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