Subject: Websites

• Today is Voter Registration DEADLINE

  If you haven't registered to vote in the November 7 general elections, the deadline is 8 p.m. TONIGHT at the Registrar of Voters headquarters: 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana--close to the 5 and 55 freeways. More information can be found at the Registrar's brand new website, www.ocvote.com Come on: It's a painless process that takes about 45 seconds. Or you can sit on your ass and continue to let corrupt, special interests control government unchecked...

  October 23, 2006

• Benford Tools, er, Toils

  Sci-fi writer and UC Irvine physics professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Cambridge University visiting fellow and Lord Prize winner and American Physical Society Fellow and NASA consultant and blah-blah-blah Greg Benford has joined forces with UCI environmental biologist Michael Rose, whose list of credits has nearly as many impressive blah-blah-blahs, on a new web venture: www.benford-rose.com. Among other things, the site neatly presents the eggheads' co-essays, which can be purchased and d

  January 12, 2006

• Because You're Ugly: Polyvore!

  August 22, 2007

• And Now, A Complaint

  Believe it or not, we want the Orange County Register to be healthy, to put out a good product. We wish it all the success in the world save for beating us on a story. So, Register: please, por favor, please work on your website. It takes forever to load, frequently misplaces Frank Mickadeit's column, and did we already say it takes too damn long to load?! It took an entire MINUTE to load your home page, a home page I had visited dozens of time today and thus accepted all of your cookies and o

  February 5, 2008

• Chris Gaffney: Rest in Peace

  Former Weekly music editor Jim Washburn just emailed us with the sad news of OC musical icon Chris Gaffney's passing: "I apologize for not calling personally to pass this on, but I'm finding it hard to speak: Chris Gaffney's brother Greg called to say that Chris passed away this morning. His family was with him, the goodbyes were said and he wasn't in pain. Would that could be said for the rest of us. He leaves a gap that can't be filled, though I'm sure we'll all do what we can. Love to you

  April 17, 2008

• Are You Gay And Want to Marry? Call KPFK!

  From the Damn, Why Didn't We Think of That?! Department...KPFK-FM 90.7's Uprising morning show wants to broadcast YOUR big fat gay wedding! On their website today, host Sonali Kolhatkar announces, "If you are in a same-sex relationship and are planning to marry, Uprising and KPFK invite you to broadcast your wedding on our airwaves, live on this program." The only surprise is that--at least according to the post--Uprising "will accept only the first couple that contacts us." Sounds so capitalist

  May 19, 2008

• Virtual Tax

  November 4, 1999

• Prepare to 'Thrill the World' in Irvine

  Looking for a way to capture "Filipino inmate" chic? Why not Thrill The World today, and participate in an "annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller.'" Alright, sold. Events are planned all over the world, for the second year in a row - 95 cities, 13 countries - including the Atomic Ballroom in Irvine. The OC event even has its own MySpace, with full details; you must arrive by 10 a.m. to participate. Why are people doing this? Some mucky-muck involving "sharing the j

  October 25, 2008

• soundDowntown Set Times Announced

  soundDowntown is almost here - as in, tomorrow. If you haven't yet read Chris Ziegler's article on how the event came together, why here it is! Even better, full set times have been posted on the official Web site, and we've got them after the cut. "DJ Pubes" is performing, so I'll recommend him most highly of all.

  November 14, 2008

• Because You're Ugly: EC Star 50% Off Sale

  So, it's no real surprise: all those drastic Christmas sales didn't go as well as retailers had hoped. In fact, the outlook is pretty bleak--many are predicting more and more closures and bankruptcies, joining big name stores like Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, Sharper Image, Steve & Barry and Mervyn's. Retailers are beginning to slash at any cost just to get rid of all the inventory they had prior to the holiday season. Forty-, 50- and even 60-percent off aren't too hard to find in shops

  December 30, 2008

• Five Ways To Survive the Current Economic Crisis

  BY COLE HADDONThese are tough economic times, what with the depression that's being driven by the housing crash, and skyrocketing unemployment. It's damn near impossible in such a climate to enjoy or even splurge on our hobbies and passions. Who can afford those New Kids on the Block tickets or iPods jam-packed with soundtrack-baiting Killers tracks when they can't even make their rent? Well, because care about your need to rock, we've come up with a few suggestions on how you can survive the cu

  January 16, 2009

• [Locals Only] Steel Yourself

  March 12, 2009

• Outgoing: OK Go at the House of Blues Rescheduled to April

  Tomorrow's OK Go show at the House of Blues in Anaheim? Totally canceled! Well, rescheduled, actually. According to a note on OK Go's official Web site, lead singer Damian Kulash has fallen ill, and "his doctor has ordered him not to sing for the next 48 hours." The new date is April 10. You'd hope that maybe the HOB would go ahead with a show with opening acts Jaguar Love and IO Echo, but, nope. Seeing as how tonight's San Diego OK Go show was also scrapped, they probably didn't make the trip.

  March 20, 2009

• [Sound Guy] Digging Who's Onstage at OC Music Award Showcases—and Wondering Who Isn't

  January 22, 2009

• [Sound Guy] MyReview of the MySpace Pages of Local Acts

  January 15, 2009

• Earth Tones

  August 28, 2008

• Big Head Todd

  June 26, 2008

• Mirror Reflection

  March 27, 2008

• How the Holechek Brothers' '305' Went From Hit YouTube Short to Full-Length Film

  February 28, 2008

• Yours Horrifically

  Meet the bloodiest blogger in OC

  December 6, 2007

• Diva Divinity

  Bootyliciousness and divadom
  

  August 30, 2007

• Aural Reports

  He Is the Robots: Free the Robots twists music into weird new shapes

  July 19, 2007

• Outgrowing Tom

  Bugged by MySpaces clutter and limitations, some musicians are turning to smaller, artist-friendly alternatives

  May 24, 2007

• Whats Illegal?

  Video of elementary schoolkids chanting on May Day becomes YouTube hit as immigration-debate propaganda

  May 24, 2007

• Meet the New Music Boss

  Not the same as the old music boss

  April 5, 2007

• It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

  WEB EXCLUSIVE!: The Year In Unfair Shares

  December 28, 2006

• Fakes On a Plane

  August 17, 2006

• Alex Hernandez

  October 13, 2005

• Jimmy Pimplemans Guide to an Early Spring Break

  April 17, 2003

• By Any Means Necessary

  July 19, 2001

• The Dollar Sign Invades Medieval Europe!

  May 11, 2000

• Shut Up, Again

  March 5, 1998

• Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

  May 7, 2009

• 'But for Craigslist, Donna Might Be Alive Today'

  May 7, 2009

• [Locals Only] Modern Subject Keep It Up-to-Date

  July 2, 2009

• Topz "Healthier Burger Grill" Shutters All Over

  Edwin Goei​Topz "The Healthier Burger Grill" seems to be shutting down all over. The Hutton Center location was completely barren, the space already available for lease. And the Orange store's phone number has been disconnected. Reports of other Topz locations locations shuttering include West Hollywood and also a location in San Mateo. I would want to see what other locations are still in business, but their main company website is down with a nothing but a logo, a contact e-mail address,

  October 26, 2009