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SXSW to MPAA: STFU

In Apple, Conferences, Geek, Internet, Movies, Music, Politics, SXSW on 15 March 2006 with Comments Off

One of the most interesting panels at SXSW Interactive 2006 was The Future of Darknets, moderated by JD Lasica. And while the concept of Darknets - communities using private subnetworks to communicate and collaborate out of view of the larger internet - is indeed fascinating, the panel was not interesting because of the intended topic. [...]

It Has Recently Come to My Attention that I am an Idiot

In Geek, Life on 14 March 2006 with Comments Off

We interrupt this conference-related revelry with an important announcement. It seems that in the haze of my cold medication, I made some adjustments to my email server’s settings which resulted in the last few days of mail getting unceremoniously rejected.
So, if you sent me mail in the last week, please resend. I realize this [...]

Observations from ETech

In ETech, Geek, Internet on 11 March 2006 with Comments Off

I returned from O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference with a stack of business cards, a nasty case of the sniffles, and a brain stuffed with ideas. It was a fabulous time. Here are a few observations from my days in San Diego.

“Web 2.0″ definitely means something to someone, but no one’s sure who or why. (We [...]

My Blogger Code

In Blogging, Fun, Geek on 10 March 2006 with Comments Off

Congrats to Jason for getting Blogger Code 2.0 out! I whipped up a little design lovin for it. Oh, and, here’s my code. What’s yours?

B9 D+++ T+ K+ S+ F I+ O+ X+ E+ L- C– Y1 R++ W- P++++ M5 N+ N+

What I’m Up To

In Design, Geek, Internet, Life on 4 March 2006 with Comments Off

So I’m starting a design studio. Something small, specializing in participatory interactive projects - sites that do something. It’ll just be me and a partner, at first. We’ve even got a small office space already, and an ever-growing list of clients. There’s just one thing we do not have. A name.
I have spent the last [...]

Infinite Gates

In Blogging, Geek, Internet, Weblogs on 14 February 2006 with Comments Off

A small note to all those staring deeply into their navels and fretting about the role of gatekeepers in the blogosphere.
This is a gatekeeper.

Her name is Dana Barrett and she’s waiting for the Keymaster to bring about the return of Gozer the Gozerian, who will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification [...]

“It’s So Big!”

In Fun, Geek, Life, Photos, TV on 12 January 2006 with Comments Off

I have to say, hearing my wife come into the living room and say, “Oh my God, it’s so big,” gives me a certain manly geek pride I’ve never quite felt before.
She also told me it was well hung.

My Flickr Top 20

In Flickr, Fun, Geek, Photography, Photos on 5 January 2006 with Comments Off

I try to be an intellectual. I try to an artist. But it turns out people just come around for the little dog photos.

This is a mosaic of the top 20 photos from my Flickr photostream, as picked by my fellow Flickrinos hitting that “favorite” button. Important stats:
10 little dogs
2 of my beautiful wife
2 zombies
1 [...]

Lovin’ the MT Goodness

In Geek on 5 November 2005 with Comments Off

Back in May, I installed Movable Type 3 and had some criticisms. Today, with some in-house, on-couch assistance from Jay Allen, my friend and a guy who just happens to know a thing or two about the ol’ MT, Heather and I upgraded to Movable Type 3.2. And I gotta say, what a difference half [...]

iPod nano’s Pleasant Surprises

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 16 September 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been a week since I got my new toy, and besides being magnificently dainty, I’ve discovered a few wonderful surprises about Apple’s newest piece of consumer gadget goodness.
Surprise 1: As lovely as the new gadget is, it still has the same annoying problem as every other iPod and Walkman ever: headphones. They stick [...]