Mmm… iMac
Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 Posted in Technology | 7 Comments »The new iMac G5 was announced today, and since some people have decided to remain tight lipped about all things Apple, I will take up the clarion call of irritability. How cool is this thing? It's like a flat screen ...
Gmail is Gelicious
Monday, August 30th, 2004 Posted in Internet | 9 Comments »As the wonders of a Gmail invitation were extended to me (thanks Nick!), so I extend them to you. Anyone interested in getting their own Gmail account, let me know. I've got six invitations to share. And if you're wondering what ...
My own personal love affair with the automobile
Saturday, August 28th, 2004 Posted in Transportation | 1 Comment »Last night we went to the Great Minnesota Get Together. Ate lots of food, got free stuff, blah, blah, blah. We also wandered through the Ford display (last year that had really nice free caribeener key chains and pins; this year ...
Some days I don’t even love myself.
Friday, August 27th, 2004 Posted in Transportation | No Comments »A hunter orange jacket. A rainbow colored yarmulke. A full beard. He bowed his head four times on the bus. A black leather trench-coat. A black fedora. Bleached blond hair that stuck out below the hat in the back, but not ...
Roper is Dumb
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Music | No Comments »While Five Iron Frenzy fans everywhere have skanked their last dance, there's still plenty of musical mayhem to be had. Former Five Iron frontman Reese Roper is back with a pop-punk four-piece, creatively named Roper. The album comes out October ...
Stephen King’s 10-Minute Writing Lesson
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Writing | No Comments »The master of frightful fiction offers "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully -- in Ten Minutes." It's advice you've heard before, but as King says, we need to hear it from someone who makes a lot of money ...
What the Heck is RSS?
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Internet | 11 Comments »OK, I understand what RSS is and the whole syndication deal. It sounds brilliant. Yet I don't use it. I don't know any of my friends who use it (at least they don't talk about it much). But it still ...
Blog Killed the Marketing Man
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Business & Marketing | No Comments »The incredible rise of blogs is flooding into the corporate world as businesses and organizations consider how company blogs might do the work of marketing departments (link via bloggedy blog). But even a veteran blogger like myself is quick to ...
Monkey Portraiture
Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | 1 Comment »Just when you thought real hobbies were dead and gone, along comes an exhibit of monkey portraiture. It's actually pretty amazing work, done by photographer Jill Greenberg (don't recognize the name? poke around her site and you'll recognize images from magazine ...
Pigeons Rumble in the Bronx
Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 Posted in Animals | 3 Comments »One day when I was a little kid a construction crew showed up in our yard and started building something. I hadn't heard my parents talking about it and had no idea what was going on. Several days later a ...
