Private Moments, Soviet Russia: Photo Collection
Some pretty great candid/private photos of Life in Soviet Russia. The images are captivating, and looking at them… it’s almost like you’re transported back in time. [via]
Archive for May, 2008
Home Page Experiment – Audio Jingle Added
For anyone who’s viewed the site today, I’ve added in a bit of audio to the main page. It’s a small tune/jingle that’s been knocking around in my head for the past 5 years or so… and a few weeks back, I played around in Garage Band and made a 3-second audio clip of it….
Chris’ Birthday Dinner @ Ethiopian Diamond
To celebrate Chris’ birthday, Leslie got a bunch of his friends together for a big group dinner over at Ethiopian Diamond. I’ve only had it once (ages ago, back when I was a grad student in Columbus, OH) but really liked the experience. It was a very communal thing, with everyone eating together even more…
Monster Camp: Documentary about Live-Action Role Players
Monster Camp is a documentary about a group of Live-Action Role Playing enthusiasts. Looks to be a pretty fun glimpse at a subculture that sort of baffles me. As I said before, I like the RPG games, but I don’t know that I’d don a suit of armor and chase around folks with a fake…
Cassette From My Ex – Listen to Other People’s Mix Tapes
While surfing around on MetaFilter, I found a link to Cassette From My Ex, a site that gathers up the mix-tapes from ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends that we simply haven’t been able to toss into the trash. In addition to stories from each contributor, the tapes themselves have been digitized and are available for you to…
Monsters’ Den: Fun RPG Flash Game (and Timesink)
House for Sale: 100 Dollars, 500 Words
James Mathias purchased a home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Its current market value is around $180,000 – $190,000, and is less than what he paid for it originally. So… rather than sell it out on the open market, he’s decided to create a contest, and to give the house away. If you want a chance…
Late Early Morning
Usually, I get up pretty early in the mornings and do the blog thing. Typically, I make my entries a day in the past… using the morning to process photos, and recap the stuff that went on the day prior. On a good day, I’m up at 5:30 AM. I browse some sites, read up…
South Beach Diet, Revisited
Liz and I started South Beach again, last Wednesday. She’s been sick all weekend, and so the grocery list, menu prep and shopping duties fell to me today. All in all, the South Beach Diet isn’t too hard to adhere to… but it just takes a lot of time in terms of preparing menus, cooking,…
From Liz: You’re Getting A Surprise Today, at 11:30
A few days ago, Liz told me I was to expect a “surprise” on Saturday. Specifically, to expect it at 11:15 AM Saturday morning. I kept asking, but she refused to tell me much of anything. Nothing more than it was “going to be delivered” Saturday morning. Well, at about quarter to 11, Liz finally…
TED Talks, on DVD – Free Download
It’s been a busy week, so not a ton of personal stuff to post about. I’m continuing the linkfest for the time being. A semi-recent post to MetaFilter Projects: TED talks on DVD. MeFi user Adrian McEwen compiled several presentations from TED.com, burned them to DVD, and has made the files available via BitTorrent. There…
Abbott and Costello – Who’s On First?
Browsing around YouTube with Justin recently, we both happened across the classic Abbott and Costello skit – “Who’s on First?” It’s been a long while since I’ve seen this bit, and it’s amazing how much this still makes me laugh. The timing the two of them had was really something to behold.
The System – Article about ZT Online, a Money-Centric, Chinese MMORPG
By day, 27-year-old Lu Yang is a sonogram technician at a hospital in Chengdu. At night, she was a monarch, the ruler of the “kingdom of Chu”–game players like to respectfully put “queen” before the name of her character. In this virtual kingdom, the “queen” commanded several thousand subjects, her fervent warriors. In the less…
On the Way Home: Red Line/Blue Line at Jackson
Walking from the Red Line to the Blue Line at Jackson. I left work a bit late and was pleasantly surprised to find myself alone on the typically-busy walkway, between the Red and Blue line stops at Jackson. After missing out earlier on photos, I felt the need to grab any opportunities that presented themselves.
Ice Cream, Dry Ice, and Customer/Product Interaction
Today at work, one of our vendors sent us a ton of ice cream as a nice gesture. It was a sort of “Congratulations, you’re an official company” kind of thing. Which was very nice of them. However, in addition to the ice cream was the fact that it got shipped with dry ice. Next…