October 2004 Ten posts

• 22-Oct-2004
  Joe’s natural enemy: Broken $30 DVD Player I just spent 45 minutes tearing apart a broken $30 Wal-Mart DVD player. It stubbornly stopped working. Stopped playing. Stopped ejecting. Stopped even letting the tiny green LED light when plugged in. It just got broke. So I was going to, you know, throw it away. But I couldn’t remember if I had left a...
• 21-Oct-2004
  Born Under Punches Another week is whizzing by at a frantic and learn-a-rific rate. Some new LAMP Host clients upcoming. New changes over at WebSanDiego.org coming up. Doing great in Spanish Class, C++ tambien. Printing a group project for Technical Writing as we speak. My xhtml + css chops are improving daily. The p/t gig is just fine....
• 20-Oct-2004
  Catastrophisizing “Catastrophisizing” is the word I learned today. It’s a habit, and not much of a real word, but the meaning is clear enough. And it’s a habit I inflict on others, and more, myself. It’s not my job to fix you or teach you a lesson.
• 18-Oct-2004
  No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There’s nothing to be afraid of. My favorite quote from this weekend is from Roger Ebert’s review of Team America: World Police: If I were asked to extract a political position from the movie, I’d be baffled. It is neither for nor against the war on terrorism, just dedicated to ridiculing those who wage it and those who oppose it. The...
• 18-Oct-2004
  My Favorite Kind Of Feedback A correspondent named Imelda writes: Thank you for helping us solve the flash mind reader puzzle – my two children were starting to believe in the “magic” – and I wanted to let them know it was a scientific/mathmatic solution. No need to contact back. Just a big thanks. It was a delight to write...
• 18-Oct-2004
  Bruce Sterling to teach design at Art Center Pasadena My hero, Bruce Sterling (his blog) says in his latest Viridian Note: The going is getting weird. The weird are turning pro. I have been asked to take a year-long guest residency, teaching design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. This school is in the Los Angeles basin, the epicenter of...
• 16-Oct-2004
  Octubre Surprise No, no estoy muerto. Estoy estudiando. I’m chilling out. Thanks for the concern. Man, I had such a week. Monday I kicked ass on a Spanish test. I studied, and did well. A little client work, but not a whole bunch, actually. A bit of friction at the part-time gig. Communication is hard man. I...
• 07-Oct-2004
  Lyrics of the Week The Cars … Don’t cha stop right here I’d like to melt inside of you right here your kiss is totally new right here your hands are soft and creamy right here your mouth is wet and dreamy and it’s just what I like so dim down the light (don’t cha stop don’t cha stop)...
• 01-Oct-2004
  Clarity Clarity is a gift you can sometimes give yourself. But more often it’s a gift you receive by the grace of others. Thank you Leah. Thank you Mom. Onward
• 01-Oct-2004
  What about Poland? Quote of the day: They deceived us about the weapons of mass destruction, that’s true. We were taken for a ride. – ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI (translated) Mr. Kwasniewski is the President of Poland. (via ABC Australia)