January 2009
55 posts
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. And if you can fake that,...”
– Groucho Marx
“If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster...”
– Henry Ford
“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.”
– Anton Chekhov
“Whereas talking flows in a single direction, writing occupies space as well as...”
– Ellen Lupton — Thinking With Type
A change...
I’m deciding to migrate what little blogging/posting activities I engage in to tumblr, with hopes of eventually integrating it into my main site. As such, it will no longer be reflecting all of my other activities scattered across the internet. My site will probably evolve back towards a more classic homepage of days gone by, as I find the continual post stream of blogging to interfere...
my body usually ends up being less temple and more laboratory / crash test facility.
http://www.coudal.com/i/120_one.jpg
too many election tweets to go through
trying to convince myself that thesis research is vastly superior to hobbies, friends, or a social life
first nightmares on wax american tour. in seattle feb 7. road trip likely.
instead of soaking up sun, I chose to wander around ankle-deep water taking photos in the fog. might need to have my head checked.
god fucking dammit. was washing dishes and my gimp hand dropped a bowl, which shattered, and sliced up my other hand.
there is so much right with this: http://tinyurl.com/9n5dou
I think my own personal hell will be installing python numerical libraries from source for all eternity.
ideally, when I grow up, I’d like a 500 sq ft apartment and a 1500 sq ft workspace
fighting with photo printing on zenfolio. great image quality via mpix. crappy, crappy user experience from the seller’s point of view.
I came to this world with nothing, and I leave with nothing but love. Everything else is just borrowed.
zip file of all of the XLR8R top 50 mp3s, get ‘em while they’re hot: http://tinyurl.com/9v68wz
also, bought burningman09 ticket. maybe this is the year
XLR8R’s top 50 mp3s of 2008: http://tinyurl.com/9dh8t4
hrmm… to order burning man tickets or not?
finally got my hand checked out. tendon badly sprained, but not torn. need to immobilize thumb for a few weeks. flipper upgraded to pincher.
got my hand checked out. badly sprained but not torn. need a splint for a few weeks. flipper upgraded to pincher.
attempting to fight off food coma. marginal success.
lions den is my new brunch spot. all day breakfast. japaribbean (japanese/caribbean) food. cheap. weird decor. old speakers blasting reggae.
blasted smarch weather
in other news, matttrent inc. converts to an entirely paperless office since someone can’t hold a pen anymore.
well, I’m down a thumb until I can get into a specialist to see if I tore anything. what seemed like the most minor injury may be the worst.
so, wait, the last successful mobileme sync was 4 weeks ago, but it didn’t bother to show an error, and still peg my cpu hourly? gee, thanks
this week’s resident advisor podcast of chillout by the orb will make you a better person. listen to it now. http://tinyurl.com/93zppw
One thing I hate about doctor offices is how much they complain if you’re late, but then have no problem wasting half an hour of your time
my right side is on fire. go, tiger balm, go
“Excuse me, I have to go to space now.”
tore a hole in my stomach with hot sauce. equally annoyed and impressed I managed to do so with my tolerance. woops.
OMFG! NEW MEMEKAST! FUCK YEH!
“I say let me never be complete.
I say let me never be content.
I say deliver...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt