Archive 2003
Mr. American Pie
The deed has been done, and I've got the pictures (and video) to prove it. Yep. The salon was all out of hot pink, so I decided to go with a more patriotic theme. My skin is white, so I went with blue sides (and bottom) and red tips. You can't tell it's blue in [...]
The Rise of RSS
I think I'm coming down with something; my throat is kinda itchy and I'm losing my sense of taste. Must be the thing that Jason had the other day. Either that, or my allergies are kicking in. Anyway, consider this a full-on request to any MT hackers out there. When someone leaves comments for one [...]
Google Party Pictures
They're up – and they're pretty much guaranteed to offend. Pictures from tonight's Google / Blogger party. If you just met me tonight, please understand that my sense of humor is warped. Just ask any lurker around here. But don't expect much of a response (after all, lurkers never post comments). Anyway, please “sign in” [...]
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Gretchen and I are about to head over to the Google / Blogger Party. We received a box of Raging Cow today, and I'll be bringing it with us to capture the reactions of daring bloggers as they absorb the moo juice. Robert just turned me on to SNARF! (a nice little news aggregator that [...]
Gnomedex 3.0
Fellowship of the Geeks. July 25th & 26th, 2003. Pass it on.
Crap You Shouldn't Watch
I'm a nice guy; I love helping people. So, I thought I'd help you watch our show tomorrow. “But Chris,” you say. “I already know how to turn on my television!” Therein lies the rub. You've got more than one station at your fingertips. Let me narrow down the selection for you. You've got the [...]
Love Bytes
“Dear Chris – Is it tacky to send my girlfriend and e-card for her birthday?” This action is only tacky when your e-card has a MIDI file playing in the background. That's just wrong. I would actually encourage you to move your love life entirely online. Physical sensations are so twentieth century! Instead of talking [...]
If I Were Noah Webster
These aren't Sniglets; they're new definitions for a new world. PINOCHLE: the finger that inadvertently gets drenched in urine as you zip up when you think you're finished at the urinal; CAMPAIGN: cheap bubbly; STUPID: a sysadmin's dinner process identification; GENERATED: the act of dating oneself through an obscure pop culture reference that's at least [...]
Droolmachine
My new favorite blog is Inconceivably beautiful. And I have Erik Barzeski to thank for the pointer. And Simon Fell for BlogToaster to thank for telling me about Erik's post minutes after it was uploaded to the 'Net. If you'd like to import my list of links for BT, here (again) is the link to [...]
Warwalking Market
After getting fit for my teeth-whitening mouthpiece, I thought I'd do something I've never done before: Warwalking with my 2.9 pound laptop and a Proxim WiFi card. I couldn't get Netstumbler to work, so I fell back on the Wireless Configuration Utility that came bundled with the driver. I'm sitting down on the corner of [...]
Ode to Dave Winer
In a darkened apartment / cool dip on the chair / warm smell of fajitas / rising up through the air. Over there in the loveseat / I saw a bearded ol' sight / The chips were greasy as he reached for them / He tried to stop for the night. Then he pointed right [...]
Abort Retry Fail
So, with everybody and their dog creating specialized search engines and indexes for bloggers and their blogs, why doesn't someone develop one that doesn't include any political links? Not that I don't mind the occasional 'war' story, but I prefer my portals to be tech-centric. Perhaps a filter would suffice. Blogdex, Daypop, Popdex, Technorati – [...]
Colour My World
Robyn just blasted me a note: “What color are you dying your hair?” Oh, that's right. I almost forgot. I promised that I'd do something to my head if I walked away a winner. Does that make me a loser? All I need to do now is choose a color. Suggestions?
It Was An Honor
Just to be nominated. I was up against some heavy hitters… Boing Boing, Slashdot, Gizmodo, As the Apple Turns. Guess what? I won! I officially 0wn the 'Best Computers or Technology Weblog' Bloggies category. I'd like to thank the academy; my parents; each and every one of you. Oh, I promised myself I wasn't going [...]
What the hell?!
“The INTERROBANG was created to fill a gap in our punctuation system where writers often used typographically cumbersome and unattractive combinations of the question mark and exclamation mark to punctuate rhetorical statements where neither the question nor an exclamation alone exactly served the writer. You can find an interrobang in Microsoft Word's Fonts. Go to [...]
