by Billy Collins The other day I was ricocheting slowlyoff the blue walls of this room,moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano,from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,when I found myself in the L section of the dictionarywhere my eyes fell upon the word lanyard. No cookie nibbled by a French novelistcould send one into the past…
Out of all the poetry readings I’ve ever attended, I’ve laughed the most while listening to Billy Collins. There’s one poem in particular that I’ve been meaning to share with you, and the other day… I was reminded of it. I was watching an episode of the West Wing, and one of the characters complained about what he was asked…
So, my problem with the EXIF info on some of my photos? It’s looking like I need to create my own script/solution to take care of things. Tonight, I made a cup of tea and settled down with a Mac OS X book Justin loaned me. I was able to dig around some and scrape together a rather basic AppleScript….
Talking with Gretchen tonight on IM, she gave me a link to Sam Brown, who draws images based on titles people send in. This one is Gretchen’s favorite, and I have to admit I’m quite fond of it as well.
Some jaw-dropping images here, by photographer Michael Wolf. I remember seeing this link a while ago, but was reminded again of it by my friend Jesseca. And she was right in her thought that I’d go all apeshit for the repetition/symmetry. These are some amazing photographs of Hong Kong highrises.
“A seemingly random smattering of elements that, viewed from a specific point in space, coalesce into a tangible planar element.” This is the most recent entry on a blog called gravestmor. I’ve only had a brief bit to look around, but this one just made it to my bookmarks. Definitely check this site out. Thanks, Alex!
With lyrics like “angels sang out in immaculate chorus / down from the heavens descended Chuck Norris,” how can you possibly go wrong? The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. Thanks goes to Chris.
Wow. Well, I didn’t take any photos today, but I got a ton of fun links from people. And to think that I was kind of worried I’d have nothing to post tonight. Lots of fun stuff here. If you like anything here, keep in mind it’s because my friends rock.
My friend Matt (aka Tha.Riddla) has done it once again. Last year, I told you about how he got into the U.S. Barista Championship after placing at the Great Lakes Regional competition. Well, recently he was at the Great Lakes Regional, and placed first! This means he gets an automatic in, and will be in the Semi-Finals at the Nation…
Looks like my friend Will (aka The Jerkstore and one of the authors of The Shotgun Rules) has updated his site. Stop on by and post a question, or just say hi!
This… This is what the Internet was created for. Thanks to FlamingoJeff for the link. The first act has a super long intro to it, so give it a chance. Once it actually gets going, it’s pretty darn silly. Some of my favorite moments: Pirate Captain: Ninjas like to hide in rafters. So as you enter a room, fire your…
It’s been a while since we moved in to this office. And during these months, two paintings that used to hang above Ben desk have sort of been sitting around. Well, today Ben and Jane took hammer in hand, and put thought to action. They hung up these two pictures on a column near my desk, and I have to…
Bryan brought in this cool camera today – a Nishika N8000, some sort of 3D camera. I guess this thing spits out a stereogram – two versions of the same image side by side, from slightly different perspectives. The thing you would then do is to cross your eyes, and then you’d see a three-dimensional version of the image you…
Matt brought in not one, but two bags of quarters today. You may remember that he purchased a house a while back, and is the landlord man. In the basement of the place he’s got two coin-operated washing machines, and from time to time… he empties out the quarters. And here are our guesses. Note the sad smiley next to…
I’ve spent the evening, doing some slight blog stuff and prepping some financial documents for my company’s website. There was a VPN issue tonight, which ate up a bit of time. I blew an hour or so trying to figure out if it was a local issue, or something bigger that Corporate had to handle (turns out it was the…