ArtLung: I am Joe Crawford. Welcome to my website circa July 2008. I am a web developer. I live in Moorpark, California, USA. I work in Los Angeles, and have lived elsewhere and done many surprising things. I put up the first ArtLung website 12 years ago, moved it to artlung.com 10 years ago, nd I've been blogging for 7 years. I'm still learning, every day. Welcome.

July 31, 2008 Four posts

31-Jul-2008

William Gibson In 1988 I, along with my pal Chris Greazel, saw William Gibson read at a bookstore in La Jolla, above La Jolla Cove. It was intimate, maybe two dozen people in the audience. We had a great time, and it felt like we’d had an audience with the pope. I’m not sure why it was...
31-Jul-2008

On The Money Front A few observations: Payments to the IRS seem to be processed very fast. Like faster than any other payment we make. Our stimulus payment from the IRS was credited to our outstanding balance too (nice!) and they sent us a nice letter to that effect. Budgets are not as bad as the ten-years-ago me would...
31-Jul-2008

Leah Reads It’s awfully pretty here. In the distance that island is Molokai. She’s been a voracious reader for the past 2 weeks or so. Almost a book a day.
31-Jul-2008

WebSanDiego Movie Night, 2001 Way back when, as a group, WebSanDiego, or at least parts of it, went to see Startup.com at the Ken Cinemar. That was fun. I think that was the first time I met Pinguino in person! I made this graphic as part of a promotional page for the event. I think it still looks pretty...