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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for January 29th, 2004

Slacktivist:

January 29th, 2004


Slacktivist: Cheetohs
of Mass Destruction
. A nice analogy. (I’ve always thought that
“pasteurized cheese food” is actually the stuff they feed to
cheese,
personally.)

From The Hollywood Reporter via the Big Green ‘Dot:

January 29th, 2004


From The Hollywood Reporter via the Big Green
‘Dot
: Martin Freeman (Tim, from “The Office”) and Zooey Deschanel
(from secretly-hilarious Will Ferrell vehicle “Elf”) cast in the new
Hitchhiker’s Guide film.

Oh, also from Flak, a nice little obit for Lorenzo Music.

January 29th, 2004


Oh, also from Flak, a nice little obit for Lorenzo
Music
. You know, I had forgotten that he voiced the cartoon version
of Dr. Peter Venkman. So it’s fitting that Bill Murray should voice the
CGI animated “Garfield”; there’s a cosmic balance to it—something
about the Conservation of Voiceover Momentum or something.

Fascinating, probing, frustrating, wonderful:

January 29th, 2004


Fascinating, probing, frustrating, wonderful: Flak
magazine takes on “Lost in Translation”
.

Absolutely brilliant.

January 29th, 2004


Absolutely brilliant. “Addressing guests at
a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser, George W. Bush pledged Monday that, if
re-elected in November, he and running mate Dick Cheney will ‘restore
honor and dignity to the White House.’”

This month’s Wired mag has a story on The Minibosses.

January 29th, 2004

This month’s Wired mag has a
story
on The Minibosses.

Aside 1:
Matt Smith has done some
great posters and cover art for them. My fave:
Samus,
Simon, and a pudgy Mega Man
(must be all those Koopa Wings he eats).

Aside 2: from last October: “I can
quit concealing that I listen to mix CDs of video game music from Mega Man and
the Legend of Zelda in my car!”

Wired News looks at science fiction at Sundance this year.

January 29th, 2004


Wired News looks at science
fiction at Sundance
this year.

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