[2005/01/31]

→ ok, firefly again. the music is trullt wonderful. no soundtrack out yet, though sounds like there is one in the works. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ firefly is one damn amazing show. r is gonna like these transcripts when she's looking for a sig for her browncoats or fireflyfan account. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/27]

→ this one's a tribute. in a saturation kind of way. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ a perfect cut in deep snow. from a walk in providence last week. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/26]

→ little red school house has a fundraiser auction next week (thu). noticed this tiny, adorable otterness piece in the catalog. and the dry fiumelatte would be by one of the owyoung brothers. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ maybe i've mentioned this before, but the entry about radio frequency reminded me of how handy the simple, wonderful "schubert it" pdf browser blugin is. it allows pdfs to be displayed directly in a web browser. very nice. | comment 1 | trackback 0

→ ever wonder how the radio frequencies are allocated here in the states? that pdf shows you in detail. the ones marked "amateur" are for things like those 900MHz and 2.4GHZ cordless phones, wifi (in mac-ville known as airport), and ham radio, among other things. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/25]

→ this comparative morphologies project is gorgeous. one of those "why didn't i think of (and do) this?" kind of things. beautifully crafted, from what i can see, as well. down to the torn page edges. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/23]

→ great shot of ken. handing me a delicious, cold beer after 108 day. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/22]

→ beautiful light. the light coming in our window was gorgeous that day. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ suv wearing an american flag. taken in the midwest state of illinois. there's an irony here, somewhere. | comment 1 | trackback 0

→ just like that fantastic gallery plugin for iphoto i mentioned a while back, this flickr plugin for iphoto makes it a heck of lot more convenient to drop photos into the stream. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ view across the water. one of my favorite photos from the hike w rach and mr. b in blackhawk park over the holidays. | comment 1 | trackback 0

[2005/01/21]

→ handy page to search local farms by various attributes, many of which deliver/can be bought locally. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/17]

→ just an aside that if you don't have my address handy and want to send me a message, just go to the contact page. it's challenging to differentiate real comments from spam sometimes...

→ as always, the fellas at ars technica bring a kickin attitude and some good chuckles to their macworld coverage. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ hasbro is releasing a darth tater version of mr. potato head? that's just dumb. why get kids a toy of the villian looking cute? doesn't that mess with their heads or kinda send the wrong moral message? | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/16]

→ we went to see the wally cardona quartet at the dance theater workshop last week. wow. we have been to a number of dance performances over the last couple of years and this one blew them all away (even the one at the met). trully exceptional. exactly what modern dance seems like it is supposed to be: exciting, exploratory, demonstrating a high level of skill, exposing fantastic emotions, intriguing music, fresh staging, unexpected movement and gesture. | comment 2 | trackback 0

[2005/01/14]

→ the magazine designed for armin is now available: make | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/13]

→ now google has a mini? just two days after apple announces one seems like weird timing. maybe it's like when two studios developed and shot asteroids-about-to-hit-the-earth movies, movies about bugs, or tv shows about space stations. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/12]

→ this list of "100 things we didn't know this time last year" has quite a few wonderful tidbits "#68. Bill Clinton revealed in his autobiography that he didn't learn to ride a bike properly until he was 22." well, i'm about a decade late and i'm not sure i could really describe my riding as "proper" just yet. and how about this one? "#73. Ducks have regional accents. London ducks shout out a rough quack to be heard above the urban din; those in the West Country make a quieter, softer sound." ducks are fun. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/11]

→ apple's new ipod shuffle (a super tiny ipod with no display and a small amount of storage), mac mini (what i'd wished the cube was going to be, but a way more impressive price, size, and feature set), and pages (a what-appears-to-be-viable alternate to microsoft word) all look pretty wonderful. never expected all of those rumors really to be true. wow. if they can actually ship all of these on time, i will be very impressed. | comment 2 | trackback 0

→ now that (the Martin Yale Commercial 7000E Paper Cutter), is a nice lookin paper cutter. sweet. | comment 0 | trackback 0

→ i know i'm a bit biased here, but come on: hackers have been able to use the digital rights management (marketing-speak for copy protection) in the latest version of windows media player (yes, only on windows, not mac os x) to install trojans (they're like viruses). that, while not ironic, is certainly royally messed up: "'When a user tries to play a protected Windows media file, this technology demands a valid license. If the license is not stored on the computer, the application will look for it on the Internet, so that the user can acquire it directly or buy it,' Panda Software explained. An unsuspecting user attempting to download the DRM (digital rights management) license will instead be redirected to a Web site that loads a large quantity of adware, spyware, modem dialers and other viruses." | comment 2 | trackback 0

[2005/01/03]

→ saw life aquatic with steve zissou last night. it had a remarkable effect on my brain. it is absurd, fantastical yet somehow feels consistent and convincing. | comment 0 | trackback 0

[2005/01/02]

→ i posted the photos of our christmas in hufflepuff. | comment 2 | trackback 0

[2005/01/01]

→ this article on kuro5hin titled how i learned french in one year seems timely. | comment 0 | trackback 0