It’s my Hunter Avenue house but my parents own it for some reason. A. & I just live here. I’ve been at the stove making some kind of sauce heavy on black pepper and butter (it keeps getting reduced & clarified) and A. is talking to me about something when a rabbit appears at the […]
Updating the Blacklist to include Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders blog. I’ve been an occassional visitor over there but this series on “Modest Changes and Fresh Starts” has me intrigued and smiling and feeling just generally pretty good. Check it out: Fresh Start: Replace One Project Modest Change: Learning the Qualified “Yes” Modest Change: Cancel Something […]
I’m in a city. The area reminds me of Woodley Park in D.C. except that the streets are wider – – 4 lanes in each direction. It’s fall; the air is chilly and brisk and folks are wearing light jackets. I’m desperately in need of some coffee. I’ve become separated from my friends somehow but […]
The Ars Technica review of the new Core Duo iMac, boiled down: “Instead of being able to remove the back of the computer to get to all the good stuff, users are left with a door in the bottom to add or remove RAM. Unfortunately, that has remained the case with the Core Duo iMac.” […]
Narration but no narrative. A voice in the background in a low drone, calling the shots but it’s tough to make out the words. Cleaning out the cat’s box; fluffy green turds. The cat can speak. The rabbit can speak. Crushed gravel driveway that goes on infinitely. Re-writing a paper from years ago. Writing the […]
More/less via MeFi: Famous last meals from Dead Man Eating: charles daniel thacker texas november 9, 2005 two double cheeseburgers, French fries with ketchup, onion rings, fajitas, two Mountain Dews, two Coca-Colas, two Dr. Peppers, guacamole dip with tortilla chips, four slices of pepperoni pizza, one chocolate chip, two slices of double chocolate cake and […]
A. says: Friskies? Isn’t that like Twinkies for your cat?
While everyone else seems to be harping on the “mini-store-as-spyware” angle of the 6.0.2 update to iTunes, I’ve noticed something else that seems to have gotten NO MENTION throughout this flurry: 6.0.2 BREAKS THE “MY RATING” OPTIONS WHEN CREATING SMART PLAYLISTS In the spirit of Hofstadter: “Try it!” Click to create a new Smart Playlist. […]
Previously on found_drama: we got inside a 3G iPod and then speculated on Frankensteining it into a so-called iPod Super – – and now… Command-Tab’s iPod Junior?
“Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow is great. And a quick read, too. And Nature has kindly given him permission to re-publish it on his own site. Which is funny. Funnier if you’re familiar with Doctorow. And funnier still after you read the short.