Shiny things that make us drool

Why are we still amazed at too-clever-to-be-true online pranks and why do we reward the perpetrators with yet more attention when the obvious hoax is found out?

Why am I even thinking about this?

Rhoades out at the Daily Pilot

Daily Pilot Editor Brady Rhoades is leaving the paper for unspecified reasons after a year on the job. A brief in the paper said Glendale News-Press editor Dan Evans will serve as interim editor until a replacement can be hired.

The Daily Pilot is part of the six-paper Times Community News chain that includes the News-Press, Huntington Beach Independent and Burbank Leader.

Before he started at the Pilot, Rhoades was an editor at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Leader, News-Press get redesigned

The three papers in the Times Community News chain are getting face lifts this week. The newly designed Glendale News-Press was unveiled Tuesday and the remade Burbank Leader came out today. The redesigned La Cañada Valley Sun gets it debut tomorrow.

Editor Dan Evans says readers have responded favorably to the changes. He had a column Sunday that laid out the highlights of the new layouts. An online poll ran with the column - as of this posting, 35 people said they liked the redesign, 12 people said they didn't, and 25 readers said they hadn't noticed.