So this week got a bit better. What was originally a Friday deadline got bumped back (per our request) to Monday. This buys us the weekend which, all told, is a nice buffer. While it may mean a working weekend, it also potentially spares us an all-nighter tomorrow night. Around 7 PM, I began packing…
I know it’s been a slow week. But the AWP conference is in town. Starting tomorrow, there’ll be a good number of Columbus folk attending, good friends from graduate school. Buncha writers, and professional boozers every one. I’m not clear on how the work week will shake out, but it looks like I’m going to…
I played around some more with that Flash IM idea. Started in on the XML, and I’ve got the bare bones down. Right now, I’m thinking of making each line its own node, identifying primary or secondary speaker. In the event that the text wraps… I’m being lazy and identifying that as, I dunno… indent?…
8-bit D&D. Nerdy, funny goodness.
I happened across this thread on twelvestone, and found myself at an MIT page offering Video Lectures by Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman. It caught my interest and (holy download), I managed to get the first video pulled down. Haven’t gotten more than a minute into the thing, but it looks cool. We’ll see…
I was originally going to do work work tonight, but two friends (Justin and Matt) convinced me otherwise. Justin stressed the separation of work and personal space, and Matt emphasized that work done on personal time should bring about two elements: recognition and reward. So what did I do? I ended up working on my…
Instead of me generating content today, I’m being lazy and letting someone else do the work for me. Check out some Chicago pics from Satan’s Laundromat, a Brooklyn-based photoblog: Is Chicago, Is Not ChicagoChicago, City of MeatChicago SignagePimpin’Chicago, City of “Protection”Train to ChicagoDes Plaines, City of DestinyChicago Chinatown
Today was a slow cleaning day. Got some laundry done, and my apartment is now much, much cleaner (with the exception of my wreck of an office). I’ve still got a few piles here and there of things, but they’re grouped piles that I need to sort out further (books, CD’s, letters). I’ve turned my…
If I’ve been drinking, and I’m working away on the computer… I really, really like listening to Múm. It makes my toes curl.
This blog was something joyful to stumble across. The name of it stems from the fact tha the author lives above a laundromat in New York, whose address is actually 666. There are some incredible photographs here, and a lot of great links. Check out Satan’s Laundromat!
I was trying to dig around online, and find out who was responsible for the “Chicago is for Loners” sign I saw, a few days back. I had some prior luck with this sort of thing, when I dug around for who might be responsible for those You Are Beautiful stickers. I looked up keywords,…
Today, I ended up cleaning the apartment a bit. I’m not very fast when it comes to cleaning (I don’t like it, and avoid it at almost every turn in the process). I’m also easily distracted. So cleaning just one room for me can take an eternity. I made some headway into the kitchen area,…
I happened to see eccesignum’s blog today, and noticed his entry on how he saw an entry on my blog, which led him to Signs of Life, which led him to submit a photo he took, which then got accepted, which he then posted about, which led me to post this entry and which… *EXPLODES*
Lately, I’m a bit worn down. Worked a little late this evening pitching in on some stuff for New York (although not as late as they’re going to be working tonight). By the time I got home tonight, I lost a lot of steam. I’ve got bunches of pictures to update yet. Apologies for not…
Abe came in for two days, helping out by doing a lot of scanning/cropping work for us. This is him, posing next to a photograph of one of the early Indy 500 drivers. Abe’s looking around for design work currently and, as soon as I get a link from him, I’ll post his site up…