Archives for November, 2002
2002.11.30 (Sat)
XHTML vs. RSS
16:58 | Comments (19)
From somebodydial911:
If you’ve gone through the effort of marking up your site in XHTML, you’ve gotta be asking yourself when some of the payoff is supposed to occur.
Blood: The Last Vampire
16:58 | Comments (11)
Saw “Blood: The Last Vampire” last night on tape. Fans of Japanese animation won’t be disappointed. It’s a technically stunning film even if the script gets a little turgid after a promising start.
Spam Poetry #6
16:58 | Comments (0)
How poignant:
Arab Americans…
You CAN revive a stale relationship
Climax easily before he does
2002.11.29 (Fri)
Giant Penises of the Frozen North
16:58 | Comments (6)
Prayerful yearning takes some curious forms in Japan.
Kanedaaaaa!
16:58 | Comments (8)
I thought I was in with a chance at meeting Otomo Katsuhiro of “Akira” fame but it turns out it’s not going to happen. Bummer.
Check out Shashin from PixelKitty: a growing collection of wonderful photography.
2002.11.28 (Thu)
Kissinger is Doing What!?
16:58 | Comments (2)
The Bush administration places itself firmly beyond the reach of parody with its appointment of Henry Kissinger to lead an investigation into the September 11 attacks. Story from the BBC.
Face Transplants
16:58 | Comments (11)
According to Peter Butler of the Royal Free Hospital in London the ability to perform transplants is less than a year away. He thinks this may be the only way to improve the quality of life for some severely disfigured patients.
2002.11.27 (Wed)
The “Finder”
16:58 | Comments (3)
From DaringFireball.net, an excellent summary of what’s wrong with the Finder in OS X.
The neighbours’ mikan tree bears fruit.
2002.11.25 (Mon)
Human Nature
16:58 | Comments (3)
The second film from “Being John Malkovich” writer Charlie Kaufman is… not “Being John Malkovich.”
2002.11.24 (Sun)
Search Requests
16:58 | Comments (8)
People search for funny things, and your site can inadvertantly become a Google favourite based on casual mentions of the most banal things. But really, strap-ons?
SnipSnap (http://snipsnap.org) is using the RSS syndication buttons I gave away here a while back. This makes me feel good.
2002.11.23 (Sat)
Childhood’s Necessary Things
16:58 | Comments (5)
An inhexaustive list of things that no childhood should be without.
As House Week morphs into an occasional series, here’s something recent which seems to work where others fail.
2002.11.22 (Fri)
Evolving Back Into the Water
16:58 | Comments (0)
I guess I should make it official and say that I’m now more comfortable in water than I am on…
Whoa, dude!
16:58 | Comments (7)
A confusing, uninformative and ultimately worrisome piece in New Scientist on supposed “links” between pot and mental illness. Caveat lector!
Save Us From Ben Affleck
16:58 | Comments (3)
Save us from the “criminally lucky” Ben Affleck, the epitome of blandness.
Fats Waller: Auditory Prozac
16:58 | Comments (0)
Just a few bars of Fats Waller can change your mood right around. Here’s the intro to “Let’s Break the Good News.”
2002.11.21 (Thu)
BMA Calls for GM Crop Ban
16:58 | Comments (2)
The British Medical Association calls for a moratorium of field tests of gentically modified crops.
2002.11.20 (Wed)
No-go for the Leos
16:58 | Comments (7)
I guess it was too much to ask after last year’s lucky break (when I even managed to snap a…
2002.11.18 (Mon)
Starry Night Arrives
16:58 | Comments (0)
Just in time for the Leonids, my copy of Starry Night arrived today. The biggest changes are to the…
Permission Granted
16:58 | Comments (1)
It’s all Franz Kafka’s fault.
2002.11.17 (Sun)
B&O: Bonkers & Out-of-touch
16:58 | Comments (25)
How is it possible that the Bang and Olufsen web site admits only viewers using Internet Explorer? What cretin designed this site? And what moron at B&O gave it the green light?
2002.11.15 (Fri)
Buttons and Boxes and Forms
16:58 | Comments (43)
Join in won’t you as we enter the maelstrom of form design and usability.
2002.11.14 (Thu)
Smart Quotes Wizardry
16:58 | Comments (4)
John Gruber releases SmartyPants 1.0, a free and wonderful MT plug-in that brings a semblance of typographic sanity to your entries.
2002.11.12 (Tue)
Greeting from 10.2.2
16:58 | Comments (3)
Mac OS 10.2.2 is out. Links to the standalone updaters included.
2002.11.11 (Mon)
Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz
16:58 | Comments (10)
Bought a CD of Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz today. Weird and wonderful.
Wheely Excited
16:58 | Comments (4)
Off to buy a pair of wheeled sneakers.
Starry Night 4
16:58 | Comments (4)
Starry Night (fantastic desktop astronomy software) bumped to OS X-native version 4.
2002.11.10 (Sun)
Superglue Weirdo
16:58 | Comments (0)
A serial supergluer is ruining the hair of women in Fukuoka.
House Week #7: Textures & Fabric
16:58 | Comments (4)
Fabric and textures: a look at various surfaces.
RSS Debaucheries
16:58 | Comments (2)
RSS feed changes: if you’re subscribed to index_short.rdf, I need to ask you to change over to index.xml. Sorry for the hassle. If you’re subscribed to index.xml, you don’t need to do anything. You can also subscribe to a comments feed now, if you want to keep up with what’s going on in more detail.
2002.11.09 (Sat)
Agatsuma Hiromitsu
16:58 | Comments (28)
Speaking of good music, something I’ve been playing a lot lately is a CD from a young guy called Agatsuma…
The Okinawan Music Project
16:58 | Comments (11)
The Okinawan Music Project: Good source of artist and discographic info for Okinawan music.
House Week #6
16:58 | Comments (3)
There are few right-thinking people who didn’t develop a morbid fear of concrete and pastels colours during the 1980s.
Transmit and BBEdit: Together Again!
16:58 | Comments (3)
Transmit and BBEdit: Two great apps that go great together.
A link to Antipixel’s credits page.
2002.11.08 (Fri)
There’s a Lot Of It Going Around
16:58 | Comments (9)
Jerry Kindall describes a recent rip-off experience of his own.
Ripped Off!
16:58 | Comments (8)
If you’re going to rip someone off, at least have some imagination. Sheesh!
2002.11.07 (Thu)
House Week #5
16:58 | Comments (5)
House Week #5: how extremely rich people with good taste live.
A Couple of Changes
16:58 | Comments (18)
Antipixel: now with logo-clickin’ font-sizin’ fun.
The Value of Design
16:58 | Comments (4)
James Spahr of DesignWeenie posts a succinct observation on an extremely annoying trend: the decreasing value of ‘design,’ specifically Blogger’s…
2002.11.05 (Tue)
A Small Milestone
16:58 | Comments (18)
Comments now outnumber posts here, which is a good thing.
And Speaking of Browsers…
16:58 | Comments (7)
Could IE6 be obeying some standards better than anything else? A bizarre hypothesis awaits proof.
Chimera 0.6
16:58 | Comments (0)
Chimera 0.6 is out. The download link seems to be busted, however. I happened to download the latest nightly build…
IE666: The Browser of the Beast
16:58 | Comments (9)
I spent the afternoon huddled in a café drinking terrible coffee (hey, it was highly caffeinated and the refills were…
2002.11.03 (Sun)
Greedy Photoshop
16:58 | Comments (5)
Anyone know why Photoshop 7 gets greedy with CPU usage when idle under OS X?
2002.11.02 (Sat)
House Week #4
16:58 | Comments (4)
A few random shots from the neighbourhood. A kura, a falling down house, and the amber fields of rice in suburban Tokyo.
Personal Best
16:58 | Comments (4)
Sometimes we surprise ourselves.
Today’s the day I make my Master’s swimming debut in the 1500m freestyle. Yoicks!
2002.11.01 (Fri)
House Week #3
16:58 | Comments (4)
The blue house.
Naqoyqatsi
16:58 | Comments (0)
“Naqoyqatsi” – the third part of Godfrey Reggio’s trilogy – has been released.
Happy Birthday to Antipixel
16:58 | Comments (9)
One year old today.
• • •
