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December 2008 Sixteen posts
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New Dayjob in Hollywood
Yesterday was the first day at a new dayjob. It went great, about as great as one could have a right to expect–maybe better! I’m playing in HTML and JavaScript and jQuery and PhotoShop and PHP, and soon also Flash, XML, Apache–my usual stuff. It’s highly enjoyable and right across the street from Amoeba Records. I dig it, and I’m glad I found it. The agreement we have is for an 8-week commitment. Not sure what happens after that. Whatever it is, it should be great. I love the group I’m working with — great designers and Flash programmers and I hope there’s a lot of mutual learning along with it.
I have some more serious topics to talk about, but I guess I’m saving them, or I’m not sure what to say, most notably about this scan. Blogging has been not too deep for the past 2 months. I hope to change that before the end of the year.
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Kimba and Me
As the first grandkid, Kimba was jealous of me. I appear pretty happy in that photo, despite the fact that Kimba might be barking. My Grandpa actually had a “mad dog act” he and Kimba would do. Basically my grandfather would get down on all fours and encourage Kimba to lean over the side of him. Then my grandpa would sort of scream as though he were being attacked, and Kimba would bark. It was meant to be funny and scary. And I think it worked pretty well that way. A bit like something out of a David Lynch movie.
I showed another photo featuring Kimba the other day.
Kimba was jealous of me for being about his size and taking attention away from him. We lived in Los Angeles at the time, and my grandparents in San Diego, so anytime we returned for family stuff, like Christmastime, there Kimba would be. I remember being afraid of him, but really liking him. I used to lay on him like a pillow. He was actually a very friendly dog, despite the fact that initially he’d always growl at me.
Anyway, it was fun to scan a pile of photos for my grandfather’s birthday. I did a slideshow and it all turned out well. A nice family-fealty type-task.
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Quote of the Day: Jason Zweig
What A Bear Market Might Teach Us is well worth reading.
So I know what it means to scrimp and save, to do more with less, even to do without. The most important lesson that I learned, I believe, is that money is not wealth. Benjamin Graham once wrote that the secret to happiness is learning to live well within your means. Did he mean to “live well” within your means, or to live “well within” your means? I think he intentionally left the sentence ambiguous.
via kottke
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Rocketry is the key to receiving The Holy Spirit?
I love this album cover, found via LP Cover Lover:
i wonder where that places Wernher von Braun or Goddard?
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Ex-Cat Photos Unearthed
Leahpeah has been doing a great job putting up photos around the new place. Yesterday we found a pile of old photos, including this gem of my ex-cat:
More in the Ché gallery.