typically, i don’t like to modify/delete posts, but in this instance i could not resist. BTW, it’s pronounced I-gor. and if you haven’t seen Young Frankenstein, well let me just assure you this post is really funny!
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in lieu of the less than flattering picture of the Primo Dog, he has requested that i also post a very cute picture of him. he doesn’t want anyone to get the wrong idea. he also wants me to remind that the camera adds 10 pounds.
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listening to The Cure Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978 > 2001 from the Fiction years. Not to be confused with the Universal-HP-selling years. i shouldn’t be like that, they really didn’t have any control over that. there are about 70 songs on 4 discs, all of them are remastered. b-sides and re-mixes. i’m [...]
i’ve just gotten back from reading the latest post on little. yellow. different, which i find sidesplittingly funny. most notably his comments on an engineer he works with.
The engineer is, naturally, a Trekkie. Of course he’s a Trekkie - not one of those ironic Trekkies, either, but the ones that will erase half of his [...]
do you ever sit around thinking about user interface design? me too. Jennifer Tidwell writes the following in her Introduction to UI Patterns and Techniques.
Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems. They’re common problems, and there’s no point in reinventing the wheel [...]
i’ve had too much coffee today in an effort to make myself feel better. it’s typical of me to think that coffee can solve all problems (i had first tried whiskey). either way now i am caffeinated, sick and don’t quite know what to do with myself. i can’t sleep but i’m too tired to [...]
yes, this blog is UGLY. i already know. i’m in the midst of a redesign.
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i don’t typically watch the Golden Globes, all of that self adulation gets a little sickening after awhile. but thanks to a combination of being sick and couch-ridden and curiosity whether Lost In Translation would win any awards, i watched. and lo and behold, Bill Murray won for Best Actor and Sofia Coppola won for [...]
it has been an extremely trying week. just got a wacom tablet for work and have been messing around with it this evening and staying in where it’s dry, warm and fuzzy (Primo). the pen and tablet definitely take some getting used to, especially since i am trying it out w/the bundled software at the [...]
this is pretty cool. from the Ranchero Software site:
iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator
Bill Bumgarner writes: “Not only does it have RSS feeds, but you get to create personalized feeds that can have custom quantities, genres, and whether the feed is focused on New Releases, Just Added, Top Songs, Top Albums, or Features & Exclusives.” [...]
thank you to Ari for bringing the site of singer Juana Molina to my attention. i have no idea yet what her music sounds like, but i am totally drawn in by the simplicity and good feeling the design gave me. i must have pulled it up at least 5 times today just to stare [...]
been thinking lately about the past and what it means to be an Asian American. i know what it means to lots of other Asian Americans. the differences in cultural backgrounds, the tug between traditional parents and wanting to be a normal American kid, etc. (i don’t mean to belittle that experience by summing it [...]
i am desperately in need of new music. typically, at any given time, i have a list of music i need to buy with me. right now that list is virtually empty. a friend of mine did turn me on to a Portland, OR band called Dahlia that i am really enjoying. it’s very dark [...]
feeling kind of blue lately. working, thinking, working, thinking. i did get to help Mark with liner notes for a CD being released soon of his old band Fatal. it’s a death metal band he was in when he was 17 or so that managed to gain a following both locally (in Detroit) and in [...]
does anyone have any recommendations on an RSS news reader? i currently use NetNewsWire Lite and am just curious what everyone else likes to use. if you could list a few features you like about your reader of choice, that would be very nice.
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‘Say Yes! To Michigan …. say yes! yes! yes! … say YES!’ it makes me laugh just thinking about it. this song was used in an ad campaign promoting tourism to the state. for all i know, it’s still in use. you would think you were being promised an orgasm upon crossing the state [...]
how about that for a silly post title? as if there isn’t already enough on the Return Of The King praising its grandeur, cinematic vision and dedication to the text. i thought this was amusing. apparently David Sterritt, film critic for the Christian Science Monitor, thought this move was a snore. “… an uneven movie [...]
i have been thinking quite a bit about the 2004 election for a long time now (three years?). i spent the first year after the 2000 election wondering how i was going to make it another three. and now my vote is not totally decided yet. i lean heavily towards Dean, but needed some sort [...]
this is a test post using the EYV recommended desktop blogging client called ecto. so far, so good.
i’ve also been reminded that i live in an insulated little world where the people are liberal, the coffee is strong and the weblogs are free of commenting spam. this evening, my cyber innocence has been forever soiled [...]
= read more than i already do
= organize my office
= upgrade my Typepad account
= settle on an actual design for my blog
= update my resume
= send Juan his book
= write more often
= write more handwritten letters to friends (carry over from last year’s)
= buy a digital camera
= buy a wacom tablet
= visit Josh, Diana and [...]
