Archive for January, 2006

After all these years I’ve still got it!

Hmmm, I was going to start out saying: “when I was a kid…” but I seem to do that alot. I can recall when I was a young lad on the occasions that my mom had me set the table that it could be vexing for me. We had these cool plates, cups […]

Bruce Lee is Back!

I can recall owning a good ol’ Atari 800 when I was a kid and playing many video games on it. Although I don’t really play games anymore (I especially don’t find the increase in violence entertaining) I still enjoy the more simple games of the early 80’s. Commodore 64 was of course […]

Almond Butter & Dates

I believe that I have a sugar addiction. While my metabolism is fast enough that it doesn’t effect my weight I’ve been doing a study of my person over the past month and the effect sugar has on it. I was disheartened to see how negatively sugar effects me. I’ve also noticed how […]

Lightbox

I saw this over on digg. I wonder if anyone has tried integrating it with Gallery. Could be pretty cool used that way.

Silly Putty ™

I completely missed the news that the patent held on what is commonly called Silly Putty ™ expired. I’m not a chemist so I don’t know that I’ll start making my own anytime soon. However, there is a small industry of places that you can purchase it from. There is a fella […]

Mark Levine Gig

I will be playing with Mark Levine (piano) and Damien Bard (drums) on January 17, 2006 at the Rivendell Music Academy. The show starts at 7:30 PM. The cost of the show is at your discretion (free or a donation). If you’ve never heard of Mark, I highly advise checking out his […]

Balm for your RFID Paranoia

For some reason the concept of RFID tags scares me. Maybe it is something that came from finding aspects of George Orwell’s 1984 possible. It seems that it isn’t coming about through government but through businesses trying to extract as much capital from their “customers” as possible. I was glad to see […]