A few restaurants are offering Bejing Olympic specials. / Photo by jslander via LAist's featured flickr pool. CONVENTION: SIGGRAPH, the annual conference that caters to the gamers, graphic artists and engineers kicks off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center and runs until Friday. There are plenty of classes, networking opportunities and lotsa geek eye candy. THEATRE*: The Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre hosts a reading of comedian Mike Birbiglia’s one-man show Sleepwalk with......

Earlier today, our friends at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Univ. of Arizona confirmed that the Phoenix Mars Lander has found water ice on the surface of the red planet. The confirmation came yesterday after some further experiments on Martian soil located where the lander has made home for itself on the Martian arctic. Scientists were said to have popped open the champagne in celebration according to coverage of today's press conference on the......

Black Francis -- "Motorway to Roswell" -- Safari Sam's, 10/16/07......