ArtLung, blog of Joe Crawford [January 2008]

2008 Two hundred and ninety-two posts

I posted 292 times in 2008 using WordPress. Total word count for 2008 was 55,632 words with approximately 192 images and approximately 90 external links I was not yet tagging swimming posts in 2008 I made 5 headers that year

31-Dec-2008

Steampunk Exoskeleton (Actually, it appears to be a hundred (give or take a few decades) year-old diving suit. Via rcs)
30-Dec-2008

A Wand’ring Minstrel I One of the my habits, when I work in a place with a walkable, entertaining area around it, is to wander around at lunch. Sometimes such wanderings turn into blog posts. This is another. I have had the opportunity to wander about in Downtown San Diego (near the Gaslamp Quarter, and near Santa Fe Station),...
30-Dec-2008

Amoeba in the Morning I think if you had told me in 1991 that in 2008 I’d be working right next door to a major record (read: music and movies) store I’d have been delighted. Heck, I’m delighted now. It’s where I pulled off the major coup of getting Leah a copy of Savannah Smiles for our Anniversary last...
29-Dec-2008

A very few milestones here at the end of 2008. We (Leah, the kids, and I) went to Utah for Christmas. We were terrified to return because of 5 inches of snow on the ground. We were happy that the roads were okay, and we didn’t have to use the ill-fitting chains we borrowed from my father-in-law. I shoveled snow once and enjoyed it. I...
27-Dec-2008

Zappa in Rehearsal, 1973 Wonderful footage, beautiful sound: 1973-06-26 Sydney Frank Zappa, Rehearsel (sic): https://youtube.com/watch?v=mvN_7QLsCMs
22-Dec-2008

Snowman by Ty and Tony They made this before they wrestled in the snow.
22-Dec-2008

Snowing Here in UT Yesterday we hit the road to spend Christmas with Leah’s folks. The drive yesterday was fine, save for some heavy wind as we left Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. The van was loaded for Christmas–excellent job loading the top by Tyler and Devon. Here’s Tyler checking the load as we get some breakfast at 6:20am...
19-Dec-2008

“Them Bats is Smart, They Use Radar” So I bought a video encoder, pretty nice one, and this is my first capture. I need to tweak settings, and it would probably help if everything I wanted to capture was not 19 year old videotapes that have been stored in garages with poor climate control. Hah! Enjoy.
16-Dec-2008

Cold This Morning Cold enough for me to have to defrost for five minutes before getting going this morning. The average high and low for Moorpark are 41 and 69 degrees Fahrenheit, so freezing temperatures are unusual.
13-Dec-2008

Dayjob View One of the perks of the current dayjob is a lovely view facing north toward the Hollywood Sign. I dug my week there. Though I worked long hours, and worked pretty darn hard, I enjoyed myself and feel I contributed substantively. There were things that frustrated me, sure, but it was actually a fun deployment...