Archive for November 2003

Presenting

In Uncategorized on 30 November 2003 with Comments Off

A shot of me presenting Fray at the International Digital Storytelling Conference, BBC sound stage C1. (Thanks, Tom!)

Alive in Cardiff

In Uncategorized on 28 November 2003 with Comments Off

Car to airplane to underground to bus to train to taxi – six modes of transport and sixteen hours later and I’m here in Cardiff. I’d forgotten what a bitch jetlag is. My brain is still somewhere over the ocean.
I also forgot about looking the opposite way when crossing the street. My trip was almost [...]

BRB

In Uncategorized on 26 November 2003 with Comments Off

I’m off to here for this and that. Will post if I can. Ta!

Tell your pet stories

In Fray on 26 November 2003 with Comments Off

There’s a new story up in Fray tonight, and it’s a doozy. Check out Pet Stories: Eight true stories of the critters we love, including a rather revealing one by me. And, of course, you’re encouraged to tell your own.
The wonderful illustrations in this story were done by the elusive Goopymart. I’ve long enjoyed his [...]

Enemy Mine

In Geek, Google, Journalism on 24 November 2003 with Comments Off

Just for the record, I do not hate Google, nor am I its enemy. Quite the opposite: I’m a fan. I love Google. They’ve done so much for the web. I use their search and news services daily. And, in most cases, the choices they make are sound.
I criticize them when they make choices I [...]

A Year of Art

In Uncategorized on 22 November 2003 with Comments Off

Join the H. Champ Print Club! You’ll get a beautiful photo in the mail once a month for all of 2004, plus a one of a kind print on your birthday! Makes a great gift….

Google Creates Comment Spam

In Comment Spam, Geek, Google, Internet, Weblogs on 19 November 2003 with Comments Off

There’s one central culprit that’s gone unacknowledged in this whole comment spam discussion: Google.
Google is the central motivating force here. Comment spammers are adding their links to thousands of weblogs not because the audiences of those weblogs are particularly valuable, but because the links raise their PageRank with Google.
Now, this is far from the [...]

POWlist: Strange Times

In Uncategorized on 18 November 2003 with Comments Off

Just a little excerpt from the latest POWlist. Not on the list? Sign up at the bottom of the page.
These are strange times, my friends.
Today I’m listening to R.E.M. sing “Cuyahoga” as it digitally streams into my computer. The whole album, Life’s Rich Pageant, is filling my hard drive now, thanks to my sweetie [...]

Buy my PowerBook

In For Sale on 15 November 2003 with Comments Off

As part of my ongoing life purge, I’m parting with my dear old PowerBook G3. Interested? Bid away!

Signs of Life

In Photos on 15 November 2003 with Comments Off

In the continuing saga of Fred, there are now three babies peeking out of what was once a stick in a pot. Go Fred!