The couch is velvet, and appears to have caught the flash in an odd way – it’s not faded or anything. It’s in really good shape, just too big to fit into the new apartment. Stored in my studio under tarps until we find a good home for it. * 7 feet across at its [...]
Read more →Defamer shows just how well the online version of the magazine “People” has its priorities in order…. Blonde Paris Hilton Turns Brunette Plus Passions actor dies, “Indie Oscar” nominees, and more The actor in question was David Bailey and he was 71, but nobody who reads People care. They want to know which hoochie girl [...]
Read more →I’ve been using the Firefox 1.0 release since day one, and I’ve missed one extension a LOT since 0.7 or 0.8 when it stopped working. Session Saver would save all my open tabs in the event of a browser or OS crash, and restore them on restart of the application. You could explicitly save your [...]
Read more →Welcome Matt to Vancouver. A refreshing look at life in Vancouver, including definitions of words that are new to him. Though, I can honestly say that I’ve never been asked to “initialize” anything by my bank…
Read more →This time I have nothing to add to this one, other than to say that I really like what The Head Lemur has to say in the comments. It’s sad that in an “industry” as young as this, there is a protectionist Old Guard that wants nothing to change…
Read more →The Lemur was wondering what a trackback does, and asks “Is it an electronic rock I toss at your blog…?” That’s the entire point behind this post – I’m writing my name on a rock and throwing it at The Head Lemur. Technically, all it does is call a CGI on the remote server with [...]
Read more →Ah yes, gotta love the government’s librarians. Below is the chain of emails regarding my ISSN application, with my comments in bold From: ISSN Canada <issn@lac-bac.gc.ca> To: “rgmurray@xxx” <rgmurray@xxx> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:13:45 -0500 Subject: RE: ISSN Application Form for Canadian Serial Publications Thank you for your application. Weblogs are no longer assigned [...]
Read more →I’ve come to the conclusion that these are my two primary options for a laptop to replace my aging Dell Inspiron 5000 (700MHz P3) system (no wireless, dead battery, and the system weighs about 200 pounds). I don’t really need to push the machine that hard, so I’m likely fine with the iBook… I need [...]
Read more →Scoble isn’t down on these “pay to blog” scenarios, but on reading his statement “Thanks, I’ll pass.” I realized what the people who are “choosing” not to partake in these programs have in common. It’s not a superior ethical sense, or a moral stand that they’re making. They’re not motivated by money, as they would [...]
Read more →Steve has a couple items today that I’m feeling the need to comment on, one of which is (of course) the Marqui product placement deal. I do like the term product placement, and as soon as BMW wants to pay me $800 a month and a year’s lease on an M5 I’ll be there to [...]
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