Archive for December, 2002

Too Stupid For Words

If you ask me, this hurts poetry more than it helps. "Randomness and uncertainty is at the centre of how the universe is put together, and is quite difficult for us as humans who rely on order." Good Grammar = Grant Money

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Hello World Without Credit Card Debt

*blinks* The… the world looks clearer. Sharper somehow. Has the sky always been this blue? This constant chipring and singing? Is that the birds? Are they always this happy? This is my last payment to my credit card company. I mailed this sucker earlier today, around lunchtime. All paid off! FREE! I AM DEBT FREE! FREE I TELL YOU! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

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Gallery

A long while ago, jverbal shared with me his code for his image gallery. Great stuff, using a combination of ASP, XML and Flash MX. After digging through it for a long while, today I put together my own variation. It’s not as slick as his (I’m not using ASP here, and the Gallery doesn’t allow for multiple directory listings),…

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Indicators

You know you’re having a good convesation with a good friend when you spend an hour plus talking about dreams. Try out that formula – it holds true everytime. Juliet and I talked for a good while, me getting drunk on whiskey, her a bit silly from sleep deprivation. Good talks. Can’t wait to get back to Columbus.

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Invitation

Alex just called me up, to go to InterTown Pub and have drinks. I declined, saying that I wanted to stay home and work. I keep talking about being more social, but when it comes down to it… I find myself staying at home. I’m wondering if I’m being overly analytical, measuring out my future plans against some social-to-alone ratio….

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Steam and Snow

Crossing the Chicago River, I noticed that the water was throwing up a certain amount of steam. I decided to take some video of it, to see if I could capture it somehow. Amazingly, it seems to show up fairly well. Chicago River, Steam and Snow In case you can’t view it, It’s saved as an avi file using the…

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Snow, Part 2

This is what I saw, standing on my front porch. You can’t really see the snowflakes all that well, but the snow on the bannister should give you some idea of how much is on the ground. This is right outside my apartment/yard. That small black gate that’s open leads to my building. Apparently, when using the "zoom" feature on…

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Monkeys. ‘Nuff Said.

The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite This memo describes a protocol suite which supports an infinite number of monkeys that sit at an infinite number of typewriters in order to determine when they have either produced the entire works of William Shakespeare or a good television show. The suite includes communications and control protocols for monkeys and the organizations that interact…

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Google x 2

Googlefight.com Portnoy (62,100) vs.Complaint (3,960,000) Googlism.com portnoy is a shower portnoy is scheduled to appear on the following dates portnoy is the author of two travel guides for women portnoy is being updated portnoy is tremendously effective on moody pieces like the stark portnoy is the most expressive blues harp player around today portnoy is a natural portnoy is not…

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Wow – Fast Day

Work was amazingly quick. Next thing I knew, it was time to go home. Productive day, with me spending most of my time working on a new skin for the New Music Player that Ben and I made, for another station. I made a trip to the bank, but wasn’t able to take any good photos. It was snowing like…

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And So, We Enter December

Matthew: I’m terrified of doing it. Portnoy: :D Portnoy: Alright. Portnoy: Here’s what it is then. Matthew: lol Matthew: I’m ready to smell… Portnoy: One Nonfiction draft, due before the turn of the new year. Matthew: k Portnoy: More than one draft is cool, but at least one by Dec 31. Matthew: sounds appropriate. Portnoy: Poem form will be six…

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So I’ve Decided

I’m not going to mention my family. I went home. It was nice. I’m back. I’m not sure why I hesitate here, and why I’m unwilling to talk about my family. I guess that, by starting this blog, I made an agreement with myself that I’d make a lot of my own thoughts/ideas/experiences public. But I never asked my family,…

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