April 24, 2009
I Miss Running
I used to run all the time in Dallas and have been really missing it.
It's Nice That : Article : James Jarvis and Richard Kenworthy.
April 24, 2009
Defenestrate Your Résumé!
Use more buzzwords in your résumé.
Fluent in ASP, SQL, C++, HTML, MCSE, MCP+I, TCP/IP, CCA, CCNA, token ring and PCMCIA network interface cards for LAN connectivity. Assisted CEO, VP, and CSS with HPPD-related PKs and assorted AFM-oriented tasks. Frequented T.G.I.Fridays. Was all like OMG STFU.
via The Non-Expert: Defenestrate Your Résumé! by Matthew Baldwin - The Morning News.
April 17, 2009
Paul Coates -- Confidential File, April 17, 1959 | The Daily Mirror | Los Angeles Times
I get earthquakes on my mind every so often. Didn't know that's what caused the SF fire. I figured, like Chicago, it was a cow or something... Moo, moo.
Paul Coates -- Confidential File, April 17, 1959 | The Daily Mirror | Los Angeles Times.
April 17, 2009
Jay Leno: The Hardest-Working Square in Show Business
Interesting Jay Leno exit interview. He's a pretty humble, hard-working guy, if a little self-effacing. Whenever I read about successful comics I'm always astonished at how hard they worked in pursuing their passion. Very inspiring.
What do you remember most about your first days in L.A., when you came out here to do stand-up?
I got arrested for vagrancy on Hollywood Boulevard. The same spot, two nights in a row. I had no place to sleep, so I would walk all night. When they gave me my star on Hollywood Boulevard, I told them to put it on the spot where I got arrested.
April 14, 2009
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice - ChronicleReview.com.
I've only recently heard of Strunk and White but a lot of their lessons sound very familiar. Of course, I rarely paid attention to grammar, and writing in general, when I was in school. Writing a paper was like getting a root canal without anesthesia. Not because it was just a lot of work, I just had such a hard time holding focus on an idea through pages of writing.
Using a computer to compose my writing has made things much easier. Each sentence feels less cemented in its position (in my head, at least). They feel more like building blocks that I can easily rearrange in whatever order needed to build my prose.
After pages and pages of handwriting I would lose my direction and end up scrapping the whole thing. Every wrong turn only compounded the problems with the only solution being starting over from the beginning.
Outlines were just posturing as far as I was concerned. Thinking about now, I would have had a much easier time with all of this if I'd taken a class that was solely dedicated to building outlines.
April 11, 2009
Kids in the hall - These are the Daves I Know
Kids in the hall - These are the Daves I Know.
"They all have their own hands but they come from different mums"
Haven't seen these guys in forever.
April 10, 2009
Davenport Responds to Jagers
Bill Davenport responds to Chris Jagers' Questions for what Davenport describes as "long-running tide that has tried to integrate the visual arts into language-based academic discourse". Both posts are worth more dialog.
April 10, 2009
Camera Obscura - The Morning News
Camera Obscura - The Morning News.
Some students did this to the art building gallery once while I was in grad school. The sharpness and detail was beyond what the above linked images show. If I remember correctly, they used a copper plate for the hole so they could get it razor sharp. I think I'm going to give this try at work.
April 4, 2009
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone.
"MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com"
Just too funny...
March 19, 2009
Daito Manabe - Face Visualizer
Amusing: "Face Visualizer" is a device that converts music into electronic impulses to stimulate the facial muscles. "Face Visualizer" , "Face Instrument" - Daito Manabe.