April 30, 2003
I figured I wouldn't type that much tonight, so I snapped some pictures on the walk back to the parking lot. Here ya go.... (read more)
April 2003 Archives
Work today was pretty nonstop. I had nothing but coffee. Let's see... a double shot of espresso. A large coffee. A redeye (large coffee with a double-shot dropped in). And... another redeye. I'm still feeling pretty beat up. Last night I kept switching from computer to couch, napping for a... (read more)
April 29, 2003
Needless to say, I wasn't the only one shooting pictures this past weekend. Check out what others have done: Photos by a3dmofo Photos by arigato Photos by chelle2008 Photos by derrickito Photos by Tha.Riddla... (read more)
I found O'Callaghan's (where we were drinking on Sunday night) after work, and stopped in. When I signed for the bill, I didn't leave enough of a tip - a small fact that only dawned on me as I was going over receipts, Monday evening. So... I stopped in tonight... (read more)
Well, it was bound to happen. I walked in to work, got some coffee with Ben and Justin, and as I started to set up for the day... I realized I left my portable drive at home. Doh! I ended up having to walk back to the parking lot, drive... (read more)
Earlier this morning, Justin and I both pulled into the parking lot at roughly the same time. We walked to the Mart together, and he was telling me a few of the ideas/projects he's been kicking around lately. We passed by a few thrown-together objects that caught my eye, and... (read more)
April 27, 2003
Finally, we meet Jeff (persist)! He's another one of the forum mods, and does some wicked, god-like stuff with ActionScript. We hadn't heard from him all weekend, but as it turns out, he had sent me a PM on twelvestone. But what happened a bit earlier in the weekend... (read more)
April 26, 2003
Good morning Starshine! Tim, derrick (curled into a ball), Sherie and Dustin (a3dmofo) on the bed. Amazingly, everyone was up and about at around 9:00 AM. I still don't understand that. And for the record, Melissa defiled my bathroom. Again. :D A few stayed in to sleep, but most... (read more)
April 25, 2003
The evening begins - derrick, Dana (mrs. StinkFist), Tim and Scotty (StinkFist) Someone offers derrick money to eat a tampon. The tone for the rest of the weekend is set. The birthday girl herself: Melissa (MoonDragon) arrives! Ian (arigato) had this with him, and I recognized the smell immediately.... (read more)
April 24, 2003
Earlier tonight, arigato, audrey and mr. audrey arrived in Chicago. We all went out to Irazu for a bite to eat (got the oatmeal shake again) and walked around a bit. We ventured into the Flatiron building, tried to find the occult bookstore (closed) and ari got grease on... (read more)
April 23, 2003
Alex called me back. This after me calling him earlier in the evening. I've felt bad that I haven't been out and about much, especially since I've been prepping to go out and about with a ton of folks this weekend. So, I called Alex to see how things have... (read more)
April 22, 2003
You don't want to know how messy this place was, before I started cleaning up. :| Ran to Target after work, picked up a bunch of stuff - new lamp, extra paper towels, TP, extra shampoo and conditioner. Let's see... I also got a ton of junk food, in anticipation... (read more)
April 21, 2003
Wow. My apartment is really starting to shape up. There's still a fair amount of work to be done, but I'm getting things put away and cleaned and... man. Looking at some of the rooms now, I'm amazed how messy my place was. Nothing like a big group of Internet... (read more)
You want to know what my legs felt like, on the ride home? Not five minutes into my ride at the end of the day... I realized why I thought the morning trek was so pleasant. It's mainly downhill. Doh! Sadly, I am in terrible shape. My legs started to... (read more)
I woke up late this morning and, after debating it with myself for longer than I thought possible... I decided to hop on my bike and ride the thing to work. Today was the first time I took any sort of major street, and all in all it wasn't too... (read more)
Unfortunately, little of interest happened today. I've got nothing. I've been cleaning most of the day. Going through boxes of crap that I've let sit in a corner for longer than I'd like to admit. For some reason, I like to keep every scrap of paper just in case it... (read more)
April 19, 2003
Thu Apr 17 13:39:21 2003 juliet: If you can get past level 8, I will call you superfelix [Offline Message (Thu Apr 17 02:16:49 2003)] juliet: http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/pp.html [Offline Message (Thu Apr 17 02:16:57 2003)]... (read more)
It's always fun when the world decides to talk to you, and throw a little advice your way. Mornings like this, it feels like the universe walked by and ever so slightly tipped its hat in your direction.... (read more)
My dad showed me (and gave me) this the night I got home. While he and my mother were in San Fransisco, they got me a "chop." Technically, it's a signature piece. In olden times, a "chop" was used to sign a document - sort of like a stamp,... (read more)
I didn't bike into work today. Still getting my bike legs, I guess. Not feeling so strong on that thing just yet. I did, however, ride on over to Justin's this evening. This has to be the first time in years (decades?) that I've been on a bicycle in the... (read more)
April 14, 2003
I'm back. After a lot of tweaking and trial and error, I finally got XP installed. I never formatted a drive before, so this was really good experience. One thing I learned fairly quickly... you can't format the C: drive while running windows. See yesterday's picture. Heh. Sorry for... (read more)
April 12, 2003
This is not my first time digging around for old heavy metal videos. :|... (read more)
This will make more sense to you tomorrow, but... I am currently surfing around on Yahoo's Launch site, looking up old heavy metal videos. :|... (read more)
April 11, 2003
Back in Indy tonight. A lot of relatives have flown in this week, to visit my grandmother. I'm heading back for a quick visit today, after work. I'll be back tomorrow evening, most likely. No entries today, unfortunately. But so you don't feel cheated and empty, here ya go: MrWong's... (read more)
April 10, 2003
Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island. Separated from the anxieties of urban life, dogs on Dog Island live a natural, healthy and happy life. Portnoy: Still not convinced that dogisland deal is real... Mr. Grumpy: lol Mr. Grumpy: hmmm yeah, i wonder.... Mr.... (read more)
I need to properly acknowledge Stmoo! for mentioning the DVD angle. Thanks, man. Woo-hoo! I am Stmoo! :)... (read more)
From: hondacontactcentre.co.uk To: portnoy Subject: FW: www.honda.co.uk: Multimedia Dear Mr Jung Thank you for your recent e-mail. The Cog Movie is really for real, the whole thing is genuine (no camera tricks)! From start to finish the movie took about 6 months to produce. If you forward your address... (read more)
Is your name... JASON? If the answer is yes, and you were at Subterranean the evening of Saturday, April 5th, and remember running into a bachelorette party and a girl named Janeen... I lost your phone number (long story), but would like to contact you... SO, if you are the... (read more)
April 9, 2003
Check out the second trailer. Much better than the first.... (read more)
Actually, each cup is a quadruple espresso. Where we work, Ben, Justin and I found an alternative to Starbucks at The Artisan Gallery (the link is a cached version of an old page at Google). They serve Illy coffee there, and it's super cheap: a dollar for a double shot... (read more)
Get ready world. Mr. Grumpy and TS7 have a little somethin' somethin' in the works. When the two of them get together and join forces, some of the most amazing shit happens. There's a lot of folks I admire and respect involved in this project, and I'm excited to be... (read more)
Went to work early. So that I could leave work early. So that I could meet with Ken at The Poetry Center. I pitched the idea of creating an "audio archive," based in Flash, that would let them make all their recordings available to the public. They've been around for... (read more)
April 7, 2003
Alright. When you get to the end of it, you can yell at me for passing this along. But I still think this is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long while.... (read more)
I plopped down the money and did it. Got me a Lacie 40GB pocket drive. I'm planning on having most of my important work files on that thing, and it'll come in handy when I install XP on this machine. I've been yapping about upgrading my home computer for ages...... (read more)
Alex and I were going to hang out tonight, and watch a movie. Before he arrives, I get a call from Kent and find out he's free for the evening. We talk about Nola's, and next thing I know he's over at my place and we're both waiting for Alex.... (read more)
My parents sent me a copy of Hero, but with English subtitles. I first heard about this film when I went home for my birthday, in March. I was pretty blown away by it, although I had to rely on them to translate the parts I couldn't figure out... (read more)
Nicole, having also heard my tale of being "snubbed" on Saturday, went so far as to get me another turtle from Caesar's. Rock! This guy is now sitting on my speaker, at work. Thanks to the exhaust fan, its head bobs constantly.... (read more)
Another one of those things you don't normally see unless you keep an eye out.... (read more)
April 5, 2003
I got up this morning at around 7:30 AM. I had in mind a list of errands to run, stores to visit... I was going to get a wedding gift for Phil and Charity, and made it a point to check their registered gifts online. I show up at Target... (read more)
April 4, 2003
Earlier tonight, rasta made an appearance on twelvestone. He's one of the early members/moderators of WH, and one hell of a writer to boot. Before I found his site, the idea of blogs and online journals struck me as vanity pieces. And true, they are that to some extent. But... (read more)
I made a CD of some random songs I've got, with the intention that I'd listen to them while I sat on my porch. In my mind, the night is warm and quiet, my radio is pressed against the screen window and the cold beer feels good against my hand.... (read more)
April 3, 2003
So, lazy bones that I am, I wanted to order food this evening. I've been trying to not eat as much crap during the work day, and I've been sticking to just soup for lunch so far this week. Being good about not eating candy or snacking on things. But... (read more)
So it's come up at work that we've got a ton of "brochureware" sites to do. Most likely, it'll be me and Ben, making some fancy schmancy, snazzy looking Flash sites for a variety of concerts for all of our radio stations. One of the main ones that's coming up... (read more)
At lunch, a bunch of us noticed that the bowl of Hershey's kisses had depleted almost to nothing. When we had our big webmaster meeting, last February, everyone got a ton of food as a "welcome" gift. Ever since, our office has been flooded with candy, kisses, and general not-good-for-you... (read more)
I glanced at my site traffic yesterday (and it's not like I'm getting TONS of hits here), but holy crapola! I got more hits on April Fool's Day, on that one day than I got in all of last month. Ooh, wait. I guess in terms of a daily average,... (read more)
April 2, 2003
So I got a call back from Laura. We talked a lot about the Poetry Center, and I didn't gather anything from our conversation that she was interested in anything beyond our shared, common interest. Ah well, silly for me to suppose there was anything there. But I'm happy I... (read more)
I've been working downtown since last October. Each day, I cross the Chicago River and walk across a bridge that shakes whenever a train goes by. Even now, after months of doing this, I still get a little nervous when the ground starts to shake. Based on the seams in... (read more)
Stumbled across Microsoft's XBox Live site today. Holy crap, this had me laughing out loud all afternoon! Yes yes, I'm feeding the corporate giant by promoting it. But this is so good... hahahaha!... (read more)
You never know what you might find, if you keep an eye out. I caught this as I was climbing the stairs to the train platform yesterday morning. Pretty tucked away, and incredibly easy to overlook. Smart bird.... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: so....we're talking here with rypunked, from Portland, Oregon Mr. Grumpy: word is you have a new site about ready to launch Mr. Grumpy: care to tell us about that? rypunked: That is correct, Mr. Grumpy. I am launching www.rypunked.com in the near future. rypunked: It is basically a... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: Where'd the name a3dmofo come from? a3dmofo: I've been asked this before and it seems everyone is always disappointed by the answer. a3dmofo: Basically it's just something that stuck around based off a joke. Several years ago, my friend Joe and I were joking about a3dmofo as a... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: how's oz tonight? Mr. Grumpy: let's talk about vegemite Mr. Grumpy: what is it about this stuff that turns ppl against each other? Mr. Grumpy: there's really no middle of the road with vegemite, is there? seventh: nope, no middle, only those who hate it and those who... (read more)
One whole Saturday night out with the camera and of the 20 or so pictures taken, this was the only one that even came close to resembling a real photograph. On a brighter note, we discovered a caffeinated alcohol drink called Sparkle (or something) that tasted remarkably like Dimetapp... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: What do you like best about the area you live in? Templeton: I live in Brooklyn, NY and I love being in the heart of it all. I can have access to everything that New York has to offer (art,entertainment, industry) but I still live in a neighborhood,... (read more)
CHICAGO by Mr. Grumpy On the bus at 2 am, here I am ambition's run away darkness holds no mystery in all honesty, I'm looking for a friend but the wind blows cold and I'm all alone here in a place I've never been, just holding on to both my... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: well, let's get started....are you comfortable? Mrs. Dean: yeah let me grab my lunch real quick... 1 minute Mr. Grumpy: np, take your time....let's take a break here for a word from our sponsor Mr. Grumpy: THIS INTERVIEW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JIFFY-LUBE! Mr. Grumpy: JIFFY-LUBE! FOR... (read more)
Mr. Grumpy: that's awesome, i had a job sort of like that for 5 years at this 76 station.....all we did was invent stupid games and ways to pass the time Mr. Grumpy: lit stuff on fire Mr. Grumpy: one day....this was pretty funny..... TS7: hahaha Mr. Grumpy: there was... (read more)
Rob: TS7, it's good to talk to you. TS7: thanks dukey dukes! it's a pleasure to finally get a chance to talk to you as well! Rob: Well, let's talk about someone who's on all of our minds. Portnoy. TS7: Ah yes, the sanguine Portnoy, truly a face that captures... (read more)
Ok, this would probably look the same to anyone taking this photo. But criminy, I'm still really short.... (read more)
Though I've complained for months, the owners of this building have steadfastly refused to installed short-enabling door handles for the vertically-challenged employees here. It's time to contact my lawyer.... (read more)
Well, everyone split. They even turned out the lights, leaving me in the dark! Damn it, I'm short, but not invisible! I installed the series of convex mirrors over my desk for that very purpose! Sigh... Once again, I had to pull out the venerable Robotic Claw Hand to... (read more)
Every so often my lack of stature really irritates me. Today I had to install a program, and I had to put a CD-Rom into my computer. I left my step ladder at home, and no one at the office would give me a boost. To them I say..."eat... (read more)
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