Posted in General on Jan 8th, 2004
So do you suppose it’s because I’m a child of the 80s who grew up under the specter of mutually assured destruction that when I see a strange and fast moving light in the sky my first thought is: “Hmmm? Wonder if that’s a missile. This could be it.” Maybe it was just the Depeche [...]
Posted in General on Jan 8th, 2004
See now, this is why I can’t ever have pets. How do you trust your friends to come stay in your place unsupervised when you know they may just be waiting for a chance to wrap the entire thing, quarters, toilet paper and all in tinfoil? OK, maybe I could work on finding friends who [...]
Posted in Other Media on Jan 6th, 2004
These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD — part of a test conducted by the US government during it’s dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950′s. Via
Posted in General on Jan 6th, 2004
iPhoto – a few nice new features (in particular the slide show edit/delete tools, the ability to handle more photos (they claim), and less so the ratings smart albums and rendevous sharing). However, I don’t care about any of the other applications in the suite, and it isn’t worth $50 to me on its own. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 5th, 2004
There seems to be a Gremlin in my computer today. If I leave it alone for a few minutes (which I think means if I don’t move the mouse within some fixed amount of time), the mouse locks up on me and I have to unplug it and plug it back in. HUGELY ANNOYING!!!! It’s [...]
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jan 4th, 2004
Yesterday, I was driving up the 110 Freeway just at sunset, and the light and color in the sky was remarkable. As I came around a turn, I saw the skyline of downtown LA, and the setting sun was reflecting off the buildings in a really beautiful way. I started looking for a place where [...]
Posted in Movies on Jan 1st, 2004
A few weeks ago, I saw a preview for Les Triplettes De Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville). I instantly resolved to see it. It looks just amazing, but just as quickly, I forgot what it was called. Now that I’ve stumbled across it again, I’m just setting a memory anchor for myself. Also, I finally [...]