Geeking out this weekend
Oh boy, I’m getting ready to geek out this weekend… Time for the caffeine and pizza boxes. mini-projects: - I’m going to rapidly hack together a web...
Words
Essays, dispatches, newsletters, and notes on technology, creativity, and the future.
The Worst Thing About Halloween
...is hearing Michael Jackson's Thriller over 5 times in one day while driving around. The best thing is coming home to find that your brother has managed to...
What next?
Funny thing about serendipity... once it happens, you have to urgently scramble to figure out how to take advantage of it or else it passes. Tonight's...
Project Update
Okay, let's have a word or two about the Project. Three major projects I wanted to get "done" by the end of the year. Approximation\- a welded mechanical...
Home Office
So I spent the day rearranging things in my office at home, but I'm still not getting that perfect, ergonomic Feng Shui Fantasy. I think I resolved that I...
80 mph is fast
I earned an important perspective on life yesterday. I picked up my car from Pep Boys and decided I would go looking for the hub cap (which I distinctly...
It's sad, very sad.
Nobody loves me Nobody cares Nobody gives me peaches and pears. I made a subtle and sad change to my website. On a happier note, at least it seems...
Scorpion Queen
Mike just sent out an email: "I think Dave may already own this record, with the new house......
Car Tire
My front tire blew out on a busy Austin highway, and my attempts to fix it—first on the roadside, then in a Pep Boys parking lot—turned into an increasingly humiliating disaster involving a broken stud, a gashed hand, and a four-hour wait.
Reality TV
I HIGHLY recommend Monster Garage on TLC... It might be even more interesting to me than Junkyard Wars because the team has 7 days to work on a big project,...