HH (of Stardot and a billion other things) has been
published. No, really, a real book, of his poetry: The Book Of Motion.
Archive for October, 2003
I’ve been watching Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, from episode one, and it’s weirdly fascinating. It is not because, as other media outlets have suggested, Jessica Simpson is a moron and watching her makes everyone else feel brilliant by comparison. It is because I have always wondered what my cats would say if they had the ability to speak, and in watching this show I feel like I have the answer.
Darryl notes this brilliant essay about the subtle, exquisite schadenfreude that is Newlyweds. It moves on from cutesy mockery of Jessica Simpson’s short-circuit from hindbrain to mouth (”I have to pee!”) to serious analysis of their bizarre predicament: “If Jessica and Nick are supposed to be the case for premarital chastity, they’re doing a wonderful job of sending people screaming in precisely the opposite direction.”
Expletive
deleted. “Swearing is, it would seem, at a peculiar
crossroads.”
23 Oct
2003
The 10 Geekiest Hobbies, scientifically analyzed and presented for your revulsion (and very secret pride).
≡ 9:37 am
The
10 Geekiest Hobbies, scientifically analyzed and presented for your
revulsion (and very secret pride).
ComputerWorld: Free hot spots pay dividends. Ron Shaich, CEO of Panera Bread Co, on the return-on-investment of 802.11 service in Panera restauraunts: “What is the ROI on a bathroom?”
Chris pines for wetter times:
❝Water dripping from the leaves, the rustle of branches, and the occasional susurration of tyres as a car rolls softly past are the dominant sounds … In truth, alas, I am sitting in a box with fluorescent lighting and cathode-ray tubes. Nowhere in this building are there windows that open. It is also sunny outside, and a little dry. Not the empty brass sunshine of June, fortunately, but the rainy season is late this year.❞
Sadly, it is late in coming to Houston, too. (We had a brief flirtation with it a few weeks ago, but since then the temperatures have held fast to 80°, and threaten to go higher.)
Hey, I found my old cologne. “Sherman, set the olfactory time
machine for the year 1999.”
Typography geeks: A
Face Lift for The Times. Specifically, they’re standardizing on
members of the Cheltenham family for all heads and subheads. Be sure to
look at the before
and after pictures. I will miss News Gothic, but I see that they’re
shooting for a more consistent (yet slightly more fin-de-siècle) look.
Photo: Michael Stipe after the Houston concert, applying more of that homeopathic ointment.
20 Oct
2003
Jeremy points out that the most recent addition to GameSpot’s Greatest Games Of All Time feature is a write-up of the original Quake.
≡ 9:35 am
Jeremy points out that the most recent addition to GameSpot’s Greatest Games Of All Time feature is a write-up of the original Quake. Helps explain why I still play the deathmatch mode, to this day.
Other notable writeups: Ocarina of Time (”GameSpot’s First Perfect 10″);Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (”It Ushered in a New Era in Video Arcades”); Tetris (”They’ll Keep Playing It Long After All of Us Are Dead”).
Dangerous is
his moniker. (mp3 link) It’s obvious to me, even after so many
years, that it’s actually Dave
speaking, underneath all those Frampton filters. (Actually, it might
also be James Woods. But I think it’s Dave.)
Cough, cough. I seem to be weirdly resistant to the antitussant
effects of dextromethorphan (well, at least, DXM HBr, the salt
dissolved in cough syrup). Either that, or I’m really bad at eyeballing
teaspoons when dosing.
I am so tired of coughing.
