Archives for September, 2004
2004.09.30 (Thu)
If you’re wondering why your comment hasn’t appeared yet, it’s simply because I’m a bleary-eyed idiot.
King of the World #3
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When I’m King of the World — hosannah in the highest — Starbucks will give you a double shot of the whisky of your choice when you go in there in the middle of the afternoon looking like crap.
2004.09.29 (Wed)
iPod light sabre
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For twenty bucks, Griffin can turn your iPod into a light sabre (OK, laser pointer).
2004.09.26 (Sun)
MoCo Tokyo
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A guide to contemporary design in Tokyo.
Japanese Fanta commercial that never made it to air
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Not exactly a ‘high concept’ piece, but the execution is faultless. This ad’s a scream.
Banzuke.com bills itself as “Your Sumo Information Archive” — a phrase which hardly does it justice.
The disappearance of printed manuals
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Software developers – printed manuals please!
2004.09.25 (Sat)
Another calligraphic screen
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More calligraphy on a screen, albeit in a very different style to the previous example.
MpP’s favicon gallery
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Michael Pierce is compiling a neat-o favicon gallery.
2004.09.24 (Fri)
A world of firsts
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Airport, new PB, and moblogging…
2004.09.22 (Wed)
BBAutoComplete 1.3
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BBEdit afficiandos will be pleased to hear that Michael Tsai’s BBAutoComplete is now at version 1.3 — congratulations!
Macintosh considered dangerous!
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Help needed! Looking for serious and authoritative rebuttals to demolish the argument that Macs are “dangerous” in large corporations.
The Japan Photography list lives on
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When people implode in public like that, it’s always embarrassing. But when they do it so destructively, well, you have to feel for them.
2004.09.19 (Sun)
Man claims domestic abuse
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Reuters is reporting that a Spanish man has tried to have his wife charged with domestic abuse because she refused to have sex with him for 5 consecutive days.
The vanished: breaking the extinction taboo
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Alex Steffen proposes a strange and beautiful idea to raise awareness of the number and variety of species that have become, or are about to become, extinct.
2004.09.18 (Sat)
Chairs in the lobby at the office
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I get a kick out of glimpsing various chair-scapes throughout the day.
New PowerBook on its way
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My first new computer in years. I won’t be retiring the beloved Pismo any time soon, though.
2004.09.13 (Mon)
Your iPod’s little secrets
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We may regret this, but let’s all ‘fess up about our iPods’ most embarrassing tracks.
2004.09.12 (Sun)
Calligraphic screen
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Calligraphy on a decorative screen, Takayama.
2004.09.11 (Sat)
An insult to prefixes
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Roger Ebert’s review of The Village is pretty funny. Looks like a real stinker.
Diary writing bad for health
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Beware the ruminative cycle…
2004.09.10 (Fri)
But these are just rationalisations. I really just wanted to be cool.
A waist is a terrible thing to mind
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Even today I’m pretty much hobbled. I can’t really bend at the waist, which for a biped is something of a hassle. If you were designing a humanoid robot, the first thing you’d do is give them a waist (otherwise they wouldn’t even be able to tie their own shoelaces).
2004.09.08 (Wed)
Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004
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Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, Ken Lay — all the names you’d expect are there.
We now resume our irregularly-scheduled programme
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Hello there and welcome back. Where were you all? ;-)
2004.09.04 (Sat)
Anna Amalia Library in Weimar burned
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Many of the books and manuscripts were unique
Just upgraded to MT 3.11. I don’t think anything went wrong, but be on the lookout nonetheless….
Takayama window
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Window in an old house in Takayama.
Bush by numbers
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Bush by numbers: Four years of double standards, by Graydon Carter
2004.09.03 (Fri)
The Water Cube
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An incredibly beautiful rendering of the aquatic centre intended for the Beijing Olympics.
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