Entries from September 2005

Friday, September 16th, 2005

Change Is Going To Come

Fall always reminds me of crisp, new notebooks, the return of sweaters and of course Halloween! This year September has stormed in with much change and opportunity.
I’ve never been one to wallow in the fear that drastic change can bring, but rather delighted in the challenge. However, I find that as I become more [...]

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

Shocktober Is Coming

Since, Shocktober is almost here …
What? It is! Weren’t you just saying “I can’t believe it’s already September”. And it’s already September 8th!
But, I digress. On a whim (and against my better judgement) I picked up Fatal Frame II for Xbox. As if there aren’t already enough ways I find to terrify myself, there’s a [...]

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

ARGH!!

::Warning:: Uncharacteristic political rant ahead::
Did I really just hear an audio clip from W where he says one of the reasons for the inquiry (of the federal response to Hurrance Katrina) was because we need to respond to an attack with ‘WMDs’. There are SO many things wrong with this, so I’ll go with the [...]

Monday, September 5th, 2005

On The Road

You know how there are certain songs or bands that just shouldn’t be covered? Or books that should just not be made into movies? That’s the way I feel about On The Road.
While it’s definitely not my favorite Kerouac book (not even second or third), it’s nevertheless one that I feel a bit queasy at [...]

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Fresh Tech

It’s been awhile since I dorked out on you about new technology. There’s nothing like a marriage of good design and good development. Mint promises to be a fine example of both. Designed by Shaun Inman, Mint is his new extensible, customizable, design-savvy site stats program promising to help you look at your website in [...]

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Thanks Goodness

After a week of many phone calls and much concern, I’m happy to report that our friends Josh and Diana are safe and sound in FL. Thank goodness for Clara, because if it weren’t for her they would probably live right downtown. Instead, they live across the lake which has fared much better than New [...]