April 7, 2004
Congrats, Chris! Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for nonsmart reasons. — Michael Shermer, “Smart People Believe Weird Things” And now, more of the VR story. He waved it off and massaged his temples for a moment before asking, “Who hired you?” She shook her head. “Whoever it was didn’t want me to say anything about […]
April 6, 2004
…and I just noticed that The Brunching Shuttlecocks have put up the absolutely perfect Geek Hierarchy Chart. As Neil Gaiman puts it, it’s “almost too accurate to be funny. But it’s still funny.” 5:13 p.m. There’s a new blog, called Worthwhile, which posts entries from a handful of highly-respected business writers. It’s sort of a cross between a blog and a magazine (mlog?); it’s nicely laid-out and offers posts from […]
Monday, April 5, 2004
Well. This has been a bad week, really. Mainly, I’ve felt lonely, which was exacerbated by my requests to have my friends contact me. But they haven’t. Not a single phone call or e-mail. :sigh: Also, my eyes are frustrating. I have to put in a lot of drops, and I was told at my last eye doctor appointment that it’ll be months before my eyes are fully healed. So I’m staring down […]
April 2, 2004
OMFG FIRST POST AHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAA ROFLOL!!!!11!1 …Ahem. Sorry. No post today. I was kidnapped by evil wombat-like aliens and had all memories of the last twenty-four hours removed in a highly painful operation. Luckily, I was able to find one of their many escape pod mecha and blasted off for earth. Of course, I then had to save the universe in between moments of hilarious romantic comedy and deep personal angst. But I eventually got back […]
April 1, 2004
Congrats, Saalon! Everyone, go read Daemonsong. Does anyone else find that the amount of verification required on most banking sites is rather too much to deal with? Why does the bank insist that I enter the city I live in when registering? Isn’t that in their records? And, really, if I’m spoofing somebody else’s identity and already have their street address, I probably have their city name […]
March 31, 2004
Wow. Neil Gaiman links to Ghost Town, a photo journey through modern Chernobyl. To quote Gaiman, “Without the photographs it would be like reading a piece of post-apocalyptic 60s or 70s SF. With the photos, it manages to become a journey into hell that I wanted to go on too.” [sic] All my regular journals haven’t seen an update today (except for Lileks, of course, but even his update is a shockingly brief […]
March 30, 2004
The Exorcist in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies. 3:08 p.m. Just updated my links page with links to various weblogs and Mac-related sites I visit, among other sites. I also updated a number of URLs on my anime art links page. 2:39 p.m. Hmm. Telltale Weekly is sort of an audiobook version of Project Gutenberg . Recordings are available in MP3 and Ogg Vorbis formats, with one-minute previews. You have to pay a small […]
Monday, March 29, 2004
what if we look at everything we ever thought we knew about God, and take out everything that was told or taught to us that we didn’t get directly from God, how much would be left? — Richard Dennee
March 26, 2004
Good luck on Wednesday, Chris! It’s a beautiful day. It’s the sort of day you expect for the benevolent return of Christ — the first day of the year when pants are just too hot, really. I’m only working half of today, since I put in quite a few hours earlier in the week. And, no, I won’t exult that it was worth it; those times stuck in the office, blearily banging on the keyboard, sucked. […]
Thursday, March 25, 2004
OK, lots to talk about today. First up, The Passion. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m amazed at its ability to create soapboxes. Every review and article I’ve read about The Passion is a commentary about some aspect of the movie; I have yet to find a straight review of the film as a film, comparing it to Mel Gibson’s intentions. People seem intent on seeing it exclusively through one particular lens. Case […]