Archive for May 2004

Deet do dee do dee do do

In TV on 31 May 2004 with Comments Off

A personal message from me to whomever created those evil Magic Mountain commercials with the tiny man in the bald mask flailing around to the best in 1999 trash dance pop:
Dear sir,
I hope that someday, somewhere, someone takes a sharpened Number Two and burrows it into your ear, ever so slowly, over the course [...]

Buy my Mac

In Apple, For Sale on 22 May 2004 with Comments Off

After two years of faithful service, I’m selling my beloved Apple Power Macintosh G4 because I got a new computer. It works perfectly, runs all the latest software, and it’s got a ton of RAM and hard drive storage space, so it’s a great computer for sound editing, image processing, producing DVDs, or just about [...]

How I use Movable Type

In Geek, Internet on 18 May 2004 with Comments Off

Since she asked so nicely, I’m using Movable Type for my personal, nonprofit work on four domains:
Here on Powazek.com, I’ve got two blogs going: the one you’re reading and my sister’s site. And, as you might expect, it’s just us two posting. That fits into the free license nicely.
Over at Ephemera, it’s just me posting [...]

Me via Stewart

In Photos on 17 May 2004 with Comments Off

It’s dangerous having friends with phone cams … and really incredible photo sharing community tools.

Derek

Originally uploaded by
Stewart.

31

In Powazek on 16 May 2004 with Comments Off

Happy Birthday to me!

Elsewheres

In Clips, Elsewhere on 15 May 2004 with Comments Off

A couple bits of me out there in the ethernet….
The Campfire Makes a Comeback
A great story in SF Station by Nirmala Nataraj about the storytelling revival that’s been going on the last 30 years. In some ways, Fray is a rebellion against traditional, fictional storytelling, but I’m almost relieved the story didn’t get into that.
Google [...]

Irony, a definition

In Internet on 13 May 2004 with Comments Off

Irony: Bloggers all over the world using their free copies of Movable Type to bitch and moan about the new version, which asks people to pay for it.
I understand why people are pissed. Six Apart could have done a better job of explaining what was changing and why. Most people’s first link was to secure.sixapart.com, [...]

Fray Wins a Webby

In Fray on 12 May 2004 with Comments Off

Fray is the winner of the 2004 Webby Award in the Print & Zines category.
I know it’s not cool to be stoked about something like this. I should be detached and ironic. I should point out that there’s no awards ceremony this year. (Hell, there’s no award - the big springy things they used to [...]

New in {fray}: The Worm Within

In Fray on 7 May 2004 with Comments Off

Back in November of last year, when we had our first Fray event in Cardiff, Wales, one of the most unforgettable stories of the evening came from Vincent Eaton. After the show I told him, “I’ve heard a lot of stories told at Fray events over the years, but I’ve never heard that.”
Vincent has written [...]