UCLA History: Arpanet (and its consequences)

UCLA has long taken credit for pioneering work on the Internet (originally the Arpanet). The 1970 photo above purportedly shows unidentified UCLA folks using a SIGMA-7 computer on the Arpanet. Absent such work, presumably there would be no UCLA Faculty Association blog or, indeed, any blogging at all.

Given that achievement and its impact on the blog world – and since there is little UC-related news today (Sunday) – I will take the time to salute another blog – LAObserved http://www.laobserved.com/ – for the best juxtaposition of two consecutive blog entries of the past week. You can see the two consecutive entries in the reproduction below:

From LAObserved

Hancock Park’s House of Davids for sale
8:30 AM Saturday May 21

The house on 3rd Street at Muirfield Road encased in white-painted spikes and iron bars, and guarded by a rank of 19 replica Davids, went on the market Friday for $2.4 million. It was built in 1952 and offers seven bedrooms and seven baths on two floors, plus a pool. The listing provides a photo tour of the inside, which Curbed LA says “exists outside the normal boundaries of space, time, and interior decorating. There are fake dogs everywhere, the dining room furniture is invisible and hanging from the ceiling, and there are either oversized chairs in the foyer or the foyer is tiny.” The owner, reportedly R&B singer Norwood Young, calls the place Youngwood Court.

Photo: Apartment Therapy via Curbed LA
Streetscape | Wilshire corridor

Anti-circumcision vote could be coming to Santa Monica
5:52 PM Friday May 20

A Notice of Intent to Circulate a Petition that would make most circumcision a misdemeanor was filed with the city of Santa Monica this week, the Jewish Journal says. The text of the proposed ballot measure is identical to an initiative that will appear on the November ballot in San Francisco. There’s no religion exemption, says the paper, “despite the fact that the practice of circumcision is a sacred ritual of both Judaism and Islam.”

Cities | Cultures | Politics | Westside