September 2004 Entries
I am a long-time Hendrix fan. Listening to his final show today I noticed that his between song banter was strange and somehow childish. Then I looked it up - Hendrix was 27 when he died. Now playing: Jimi Hendrix - Room Full Of Mirrors
+ According to Pitpass.com (which has an RSS feed ) Ferrari team manager Jean Todt is engaged to Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh.Apparently Flavio isn't the only team boss with lady-skills.
make you look like a sausage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/Untitled Mike Judge Comedy (2005)Directed byMike JudgeWriting credits Etan Cohen Mike Judge Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi (more) Plot Outline: Private Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program, set 1,000 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive. (more) Production Notes/Status:Status:Post-productionComments:Filming wrapped July 2, 2004Status Updated:19 July 2004Note:Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change or could be removed completely.Cast overview, first billed only: Luke Wilson.......
They announced our new seating plans today. Basically I'm getting moved from a coveted semi-private window spot to a deep into the building middle cube, middle row. Of course I proceed to gripe loudly about it and Vinod quotes Milton and it hits me -- I'm living the movie. [Scene: Milton’s cubicle, under the banner. He’s on the phone with Peter.]Milton: I, I don’t care if they, if they lay me off either, because I, I told Bill that if he moves my desk one more time, then, then I’m quitting. I’m going to quit. And I told Dom too...
Har Mar Superstar (10 updates, showing 5)10-14-2004New York, NY10-15-2004Philadelphia, PA10-16-2004Cambridge, MA10-19-2004Cleveland, OH10-20-2004Milwaukee, WI Pollstar Premium Serviceshttp://www.pollstar.com/Check out Har Mar's website to get an idea what this guy is all about.
The lazy man's way to indie credibility. Current episode: http://www.altmusictv.com/sub/index.html All previous: http://www.altmusictv.com/sub/previous.htmlSome site called altmusictv (alternative music on tv) posted the complete video playlists from 120 minutes and the latest incarnation Subterranean.
Hugh has a story of the history of chess pieces on his site gapingvoid.com. Apparently it comes via a drunk Scottish guy in a pub.
Chess pieces are wee representations of ancient warfare.
Somehow I was reminded of playing Battle Chess as a kid. Here are some kick-ass EGA screenshots.
Click the one on the right to zoom
Title is a SNL reference to a skit where "chess for girls" was like my little pony and you dressed the pieces up and put makeup on them etc.
Years and years of heavy reliance on MS Word's auto-correct and red squiggly spell-check means any time I type anything that doesn't get fixed for me I blame it on the program. I dug this up today. I use MSN Messenger Plus! a MSN add-in that adds a whole bunch of extra features to the regular MSN client. One feature is word filtering. The main intent is so your foul mouthed friend's rants can be set to show up as "<f-word>", etc. Well somebody had a good idea, took Microsoft Word's auto-correct list and turned it into a registry file to import the list into the program. So now whenever I invariably spell common words incorrectly it...
At some point or another I signed up for the official Kerry email newsletter. Today I get one simply titled "Iraq". I start reading and it is pretty well written and clear. Then I realize the scroll bar thinger is awfully small. Print preview reveals it is nine printed pages long!I couldn't find the text online, so I posted it here: http://www.coreyh.com/blog/articles/802.aspx
This is fantastic. You are unknown to me.Your camera's memory card was in a taxi; I have it now.I am going to post one of your pictures each day.I will also narrate as if I were you.Maybe you will come here and reclaim this piece of your life.Go there now. http://ifoundsomeofyourlife.blogspot.com/Note the very creative post titles like this stellar example. Double Accidental Excellence/Awesomeness Date: September 27, 2003Time: 5:10pm[via Waxy]Now playing: Green Velvet - Flash (Timo Maas' Dirty Dub)
Now playing: House of Pain - Jump Around (pete rock remix)Lyrics: ...I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the topI never eat a pig cause a pig is a copOr better yet a terminatorLike Arnold Schwarzenegger...Why won't he eat pork? Because cops are called pigs? The logic just doesn't work. This has bothered me since 1992.
Here is what my desktop looked like at 9pm on a Wednesday night at work. I run two 19" CRT monitors each at 1600 x 1200 resolution and I wish I had more.The beauty of having this much space is that I keep certain things in fixed positions always visible. On the second monitor, the one on the right, you'll see that Winamp - it never moves. Outlook tasks and calendar are open as separate windows (did you know you could do that?) and I leave them in exactly the same place all the time. I spend a whole lot less...
One of the great things about my college experience in Boston (BU) was the nearly 24 hour International House of Pancakes located in Kenmore Square - a short walk from my apartment. A stack of steaming pancakes at 2:30 AM is a wonderful wonderful thing. For all that NYC offers, there is no IHOP presence. Sure there are diners that technically serve pancakes too, but it isn't the same. Where are the five syrup flavors? Where's the country omlette or the Rooty-tooty-fresh-n-fruity? Or that chocolate one with the face made from whip cream and whatnot? Today I found this via...
[via BoingBoing, but from Mad Magazine]
Planet Dan is the man behind the senior photos posted earlier today. I found a couple more gems via his RSS feed. Quoted directly: Get ready to want to barf: Praying for peace. Turns out this ad for KY Jelly is not real. But Johnson & Johnson should hire whomever fabricated it, because I think it gets the point across quite nicely. Photo link [sfw]E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone. MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.comMikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.comMike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.comAAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.comOne1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.comSo maybe the dour economic and employment statistics we've been seeing for the last few years are due to all these full-time eBayers? Perhaps...
This is an animated gif of the "forged" memo overlayed with the original. I’m not convinced. Here are my arguments against forgery. Times New Roman was undoubtedly created from a standard font that existed from way back in typewriter days. MS didn't invent it, they just made it look exactly like the standard. Not convincing. The proportionality is probably a similar thing. Microsoft wanted to engineer word to work like real docs people were used to, not the other way around. Note the horizontal alignment of the characters on the original, they hit the page at slightly different heights. The MS word version hits exactly.I...
A great collection of found senior photos on the web. Their identities have been protected. Planet Dan's Senior Photo Collection Volume 1. [via MetaFilter] ..
I ran in the Susan Korman breast cancer race this morning.
My initial goal of being the quickest finisher from my company was pretty well dashed when I showed up to find a lean, 6'2" employee from Africa who insisted on being at the extreme front of the start and when asked replied "oh yes, I'm fast."
5k isn't that far. There is so much going on you really don't have a lot of time to settle into a pace or allow nagging pains to slow you too much. Around 400 meters from the finish I spotted the ringer ahead. Throwing...
Worth 1000 photoshop contest.
Celebs visit Worth's hairstylists -- with disastrous results.
[via MetaFilter]
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Even though I am teased for having a fancy phone that has trouble making calls and staying connected, the functionality is still quite nice.
Witness - No Limit Texas Hold 'em for SmartPhone.
I've got it installed and have been playing. The players are randomly assigned playing styles, loose, tight, etc. There isn't nearly as much psychological play as in real poker, but it definitely helps hone the statistical aspect of the game.
I kindof wish you could see the other player's faces. As it stands I can't remember which ones are playing tight or loose.
[via Mpx200.org]
Hey this reminds...
Handy website tool to figure out which of the 100s of Linux distributions you might want to try. I've mentioned before that I toy around with Gentoo, but based on the chooser I should be on Mandrake. I downloaded and installed it today. The installer is obviously far far far better than Gentoo's, but I managed to have kde crash on me several times in various ways within the first few minutes. The auto-updater package thing choked badly as well. Linux Distribution Chooser v0.2[via OSNews]
There are advantages in working for an apparel retailer.
Here is the desktop image they asked us to place on our computers.
With the corp ad slogan photoshop-smudged out.
Todd Barry - the comedian - CD tapingSunday, September 19 Tuesday, September 21 8PM Pianos 158 Ludlow (at Stanton) NYCTickets $7 They're selling fast. Get yours at: www.ticketweb.com www.toddbarry.com
File this under 'stuff people used to send around via email, but is now slightly less annoying because it is on a blog, and it is ok because it is kindof funny'. All that follows is ripped directly from the source. Some Wal-Mart customers will soon be able to sample a new discount item: Wal-Mart's own brand of wine. The world's largest retail chain is teaming up with E&J Gallo Winery of Modesto, California, to produce the spirits at an affordable price, in the $2-5 range.While wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to throw a bottle of Wal-Mart brand wine...
If you found yourself wondering "gee, I wonder how all this Chechnya stuff comes from" after reading about the school-terror-standoff, the editors of Slate have prepared this handy one-page recap of the whole history.
So, what does al-Qaida and international Islamic terrorism have to do with any of this? Probably very little. Chechens have plenty of reason to do what they do without outside inspiration. In addition, their tactics are very different from al-Qaida's. Osama Bin Laden's group generally aims for maximum casualties; the Chechens, at least when they have staged hostage-takings, have not seemed to have that goal. Al-Qaida...
Desktop search... so hot right now... Desktop search [Quoted from]I started out with Lookout. Moved up to X1 (@ $99). Now comes Copernic Desktop Search. I've installed it and it looks very nice I have to say. X1's search is incredibly fast, but the user interface is awkward and slow. Now I'm torn yet again. Of course Google is feverishly working on their product. [rumor]This is why MS needs to step up and deliver something soon. I really dislike having all these competing choices where they all do stuff I like, but nobody does everything I want. I would rather Microsoft come up...
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My fantasy football draft was last night. My first.
Of course half my team is either on their way to jail or injured. I had no idea what I was doing. Thank god for my cheat sheet. Thanks TJ!
I now present the starting lineup for the 2004 Justin Timberlakes.
Brady, Tom QB NE McNabb, Donovan QB PHI Alexander, Shaun RB SEA Griffin, Quentin RB DEN Lewis, Jamal RB BAL Smith, Jimmy WR JAC Smith, Rod WR DENSmith, Steve WR CAR Gates, Antonio TE SD Shockey, Jeremy TE NYG Akers, David K PHI Nedney, Joe K TEN Panthers, D D CAR...