Ooh ... shiny.

"You blogging to me? You blogging to me? You blogging to me? Then who the hell else are you blogging..."

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:06:26 -0600

“You blogging to me? You blogging to me? You blogging to me? Then who the hell else are you blogging … you blogging to me? Well I’m the only one here. Who the blog do you think you’re blogging to? Oh yeah? OK.”

- The Adventures of Travis Bickle in the 21st Century

This sort of thing is why Park Hill is my favorite Denver...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:35:00 -0700

This sort of thing is why Park Hill is my favorite Denver neighborhood—falcons, foxes, all manner of songbirds when it warms up.

I mean, there are helicopters circling overhead right now, but …

johnpaynestudios:

There’s a falcon in our backyard!!! Very cool. Something you don’t see everyday in Park Hill. I hope everyone has their small dogs inside! The crows are none too happy about it either. Apparently, that’s THEIR tree.

From CNNMoney.com. 9.046 Hummers sold in 2009? No wonder...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:36:12 -0700

From CNNMoney.com.

9.046 Hummers sold in 2009? No wonder they’re having to shut down the brand.

Another TV theory (Caprica)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:54:00 -0700

We just started watching the first non-pilot episode of Caprica. If it turns out that all the cylon centurions in Battlestar Galactica have people’s avatars (personalities/memories) embedded in them, a la Zoe Graystone in Caprica, then it would add a neat level of significance to the events of BSG.

ETA: What if the monotheistc STO organization were actually following the missing cylon model from BSG, whom the other models wouldn’t talk about, and whose storyline seemingly was dropped?

I’m not sure I’ll ever find out. The writing in Caprica is bugging me. (Amanda Grayfield’s podium confession? Seriously?)

Lost Idea (with purely theoretical spoilers)

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:32:00 -0700

I think I would be pleased to discover, in the end, that Lost is the book John Locke writes, still bound in his wheelchair, after Helen dies. I love reading about authors’ lives (whether nonfiction, such as Neil Gaiman’s blog, or fiction, such as William Goldman’s introduction to The Princess Bride), and the way familiar characters are now passing through non-island John’s life and might later, as fictitious characters, appear in his novel seems a realistic activity for an author. Also, it would be clever of him to kill himself off well before the end, a la And Then There Were None.

Do you feel different?

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:41:37 -0700

Do you feel different?
What do you mean?
Now that you're 30.
Well, I have fewer teeth.
Yeah, that happens when you get older.

When Adam left and the Ants decided to go the reality show route...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:21:46 -0700

When Adam left and the Ants decided to go the reality show route to find a new singer, no one anticipated such a strong showing by the J’onn J’onzz fans and their high-tech, extraterrestrial autodialers.

Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, January 2010

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:47:36 -0700

Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, January 2010

Things you shouldn’t do right now.

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:51:24 -0700

Things you shouldn’t do right now.

Like Merlin

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:55:43 -0700

Twenty years ago, Gatorade told kids that they wanted to “Be Like Mike.”

He’ll never get a sports drink endorsement, but I hope that there are at least some kids out there today who want to “Be Like Merlin.” (See also: 43 Folders)

merlin:

My Initial Thoughts on Apple’s Announcement Regarding the Release of the iPad, Viz. the High Likelihood of Its Impact As a Paradigm-Shifting, Next-Generation Appliance Poised to Upend the Traditional Notion of Computers As Per Se Computers; Plus, Educated Commentary on the Complex and Sometimes Adversarial Relationships Between Humans and the Machines That They Build to Use and to — Amongst Other Things — Build Still More Machines for Making and Building Other Machines; Plus, a Brief, but Memorable Meditation on the Importance of Careful Design, High Build Quality, Humane and User-Focused HCI Iteration Processes, and Practical Affordances in Order to Provide Users at Every Level of Expertise or Interest the Ineffable Touch of Grace and Humanity That — at Its Most Sublime — Gifts Us With a Quietly Satisfying Feeling of Total Engagement. Which Feeling Is Only Possible When One’s Tools and Technology Decisions Support an Elegant, Absorbing, and Seamlessly Friction-Free Flow State In Which One Can Utterly Disappear — In Which State One May Briefly Enjoy the Weightless Levity of Total Unity — In Which State, Rather Than Feeling One is “Doing Work,” One Mindfully Observes “Work Being Done” — In Which State Tool and Tool-Handler Are No More Distinguishable Than Those Elemental Singularities and Gapless Gestalts That Constitute Our Core Drive to Create — In Which State, Process is Product as well as Processor — Where, Like the Mythical Centaur, We Are Both/And (and Neither/Nor) Horse And/Nor/Neither Rider Nor Horse-Rider — Only Oneness — A Ride Being Ridden, the Riding Rider Is, In Itself, The Ride. The Silent Oneness. An Essay.

It’s a really nice computer. Get back to work.

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On February 10, I will be drumming with Discount Cinema at...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:00:16 -0700

On February 10, I will be drumming with Discount Cinema at Herman’s Hideaway. Print out this ticket, write “Discount Cinema” on it, and bring it with you to get in for free.

The other bands that night will include Deadbubbles, One Whore’s Town, and Chet & the Benders—monikers that, I think, first appeared in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series (or should have). I imagine the show’s going to sound something like Siouxsie Sioux walking into Deadwood. The question is … will the gunfire break out before the dancing? You know you want to find out.

"All navigational details of this film—conversations, incidents and general data—are..."

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:28 -0700

“All navigational details of this film—conversations, incidents and general data—are taken verbatim from the published reportts of inquiries held in 1912 by the Congress of the United States and the British Board of Trade.”

- Less than two minutes in, and I’m already liking the 1953 Titanic more than the 1997 one.

The first thing I made using Garageband (and the Garageband...

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:45:20 -0700

The first thing I made using Garageband (and the Garageband sample library), 8/23/2006.

"In Colorado, it’s a felony if you’re convicted under a veggie libel law. So, you could..."

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:38:09 -0700

“In Colorado, it’s a felony if you’re convicted under a veggie libel law. So, you could go to prison for criticizing the ground beef that’s being produced in the state of Colorado.”

- Food Inc.

Is it just me, or is this graphic in poor taste? Seems more...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:00 -0700

Is it just me, or is this graphic in poor taste? Seems more tabloid than local TV news Web site. I enjoy a bit of gore, and I have a dark sense of humor, but with news graphics I tend to think about it from the point of view of friends or family of the victims. (Oh, also from the point of view of someone who doesn’t want to see lazily thrown together graphics on news Web sites.)

Clicking through to the article adds the details that the magazine seller may have been trying to steal from the homeowner who stabbed her (the homeowner was also injured), that everyone survived, and that the alleged culprits were captured. Perhaps the news channel feels like this is akin to showing a stock graphic of a wrecked car when reporting a crash.

Would I still find it tasteless if it weren’t poorly thrown together on a computer? If someone actually dropped a handful of magazines and dripped fake blood on them? Probably, but I also probably wouldn’t have noticed it in the first place.

A “poemscribble thing” by letitiatrent. I deeply...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:31:10 -0700

A “poemscribble thing” by letitiatrent. I deeply admire the line “The things I loved have been loved before and better and I cannot catch up.”

Found this while looking for something else. I’d seen the...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:32:34 -0700

Found this while looking for something else. I’d seen the Buddy solo, but not Vinnie’s. A lot of fun seeing them edited together.

There are no ees and aaahs.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:19:43 -0700

Joey: "Oh. Oh oh. Ooh. Ah! Oh. Eee. Oh! Oh oh." Christopher Walker performs Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" http://bit.ly/4ouTSr
Ashley: When does she sing "Ooh. Ah! Oh. Eee. Oh!"?
Joey: I wouldn't know. Perhaps someone on the show's staff made it up?
Ashley: right... so then why is it funny? Like... you quoted shit that's not even in the song.
Joey: I pulled it up on YouTube, and now I'm not sure what you're talking about. He's reading the moany bit before the chorus, no?
Ashley: those are only ohs. There are no ees and aaahs.
Joey: And with that, this may have become the funniest conversation about music I've ever been part of.

"Paul is awsome as a singer, but there very best songs were John singihg, He had such clerity, sush..."

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:35:34 -0600

“Paul is awsome as a singer, but there very best songs were John singihg, He had such clerity, sush a shame he denounced Christ”

- A YouTube comment on this “The Night Before” video. YouTube comments are a go-to source for weird, but every so often one raises the bar.

Craig Ferguson, 09.24.2009 (Trying out Sketchbook on iPhone.)

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:34:13 -0600

Craig Ferguson, 09.24.2009

(Trying out Sketchbook on iPhone.)

Ooh ... shiny.

"You blogging to me? You blogging to me? You blogging to me? Then who the hell else are you blogging..."

This sort of thing is why Park Hill is my favorite Denver...

From CNNMoney.com. 9.046 Hummers sold in 2009? No wonder...

Another TV theory (Caprica)

Lost Idea (with purely theoretical spoilers)

Do you feel different?

When Adam left and the Ants decided to go the reality show route...

Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, January 2010

Things you shouldn’t do right now.

Like Merlin

On February 10, I will be drumming with Discount Cinema at...

"All navigational details of this film—conversations, incidents and general data—are..."

The first thing I made using Garageband (and the Garageband...

"In Colorado, it’s a felony if you’re convicted under a veggie libel law. So, you could..."

Is it just me, or is this graphic in poor taste? Seems more...

A “poemscribble thing” by letitiatrent. I deeply...

Found this while looking for something else. I’d seen the...

There are no ees and aaahs.

"Paul is awsome as a singer, but there very best songs were John singihg, He had such clerity, sush﻿..."

Craig Ferguson, 09.24.2009 (Trying out Sketchbook on iPhone.)

"Paul is awsome as a singer, but there very best songs were John singihg, He had such clerity, sush..."