Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Unexpectedly, I’m very very busy. I went to my parents’ house Monday evening, had writing group tonight, will be at a church function Wednesday evening, and will be doing server maintenance and upgrade stuff with Saalon on Thursday. All good things, but time-consuming. Meanwhile, a fascinating link that I would like to investigate further at some later date: the mentat wiki, “a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker.”
Sunday, April 17, 2005
FastCompany has an interesting article this month titled, “Change Or Die,” which includes this quote: “If you look at people after coronary-artery bypass grafting two years later, 90% of them have not changed their lifestyle [to avoid repeat surgery, which is probable], says Dr. Edward Miller, dean and CEO at Johns Hopkins. “And that’s been studied over and over and over again….Even though they know […]
Saturday, April 16, 2005
I had an instructive dream last week. I dreamt I managed a large dollar store in a strip mall. It was near Christmas; snow was falling outside. Business was good, the employees were busy but happy, and the customers seemed to be in good spirits. Then I heard the buzz of the alarm. I swiveled my head to see a middle-aged woman hurrying out the doors, clutching something to her chest. Everyone carried on with their business; it […]
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Well, we got hacked, which explains my absence over the past few days. Things seem mostly back to normal now. More later, when I get the time to actually upload something.
Friday, April 8, 2005
Woah! Where have I been lately? Been busy with little things, just generaly life upkeep. I’ve been reading pretty much every night, and baking cookies, and practicing Japanese a bit. Spent an hour on Wednesday checking fluids in my truck and cleaning it thoroughly. Nothing major. I’ve been a bit sick lately, too, which doesn’t help me get things done. That’s why I’m home from […]
Monday, April 4, 2005
Atom is an extremely complicated blog feed format. They’ve just published a draft RFC that’s supposed to explain the Atom format. I’ve written an Atom feed generator, and I know even less about Atom after reading that RFC. How could they write an RFC that’s that difficult to comprehend? And why am I writing about blog feed formats? Because I used to think that visiting each blog had […]
Sunday, April 3, 2005
The Otherspace meeting today went well. Almost the entire company showed up, and we had a good time chatting and generally working. Monica’s made great strides on Summer Storm and the others are doing well on final touches to Matrix Experiments Lain. It’s interesting to observe how we’ve changed over the past ten months or so. What started as a nervous group just trying to figure out how to animate has turned […]
Saturday, April 2, 2005
Well, I’ve had a busy couple of days. I’m afraid I have nothing interesting to say, so if you’re not interested in a litany of my recent activities, feel free to move on to the next blog. I spent Thusday evening tutoring, which seemed to go well. The goal of my tutoring is to improve my student’s ability to write essays for the SAT, and now that he’s becoming more used to writing essays, I think I need to concentrate more on the types […]
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
As I type this, I’m sitting in my back yard, digesting a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of lemonade (all home-made, no less), looking out at the jumbled mulch that now hides the fifty or so daffodil bulbs I planted earlier this afternoon. I feel almost ashamed that I’m ever sorry for myself. Now that I’ve had some time to think about last night’s incredible dinner with T, I can […]
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
I don’t normally like CGI. It looks too stiff and too generated; surfaces feel harsh and hyper-real. Indeed, it’s all about the feel of it. I don’t like how CGI feels. But Andrew Hickinbottom‘s work gives me hope that there’s a good future in CGI. He’s created CGI that looks like animations of clay figurines. Very pretty, and it has a style that feels more natural […]