Ubiquity
8/27/2008 – 8:41 pmInstalled Ubiquity today. Its actually pretty sweet to be able to call up, in browser, without opening a new window, or a new tab, any reference info you might need. If only I could remember to use Firefox all the time.
Installed Ubiquity today. Its actually pretty sweet to be able to call up, in browser, without opening a new window, or a new tab, any reference info you might need. If only I could remember to use Firefox all the time.
Australia, What Fresh Hell is This?
8/27/2008 – 8:16 pmRevisted The Proposition on TIVO recently. Its an understatement to call this film brutal and harsh film. But it is mesmerizing. The original score was done by Nick Cave(also wrote the screenplay) and Warren Ellis(of the Dirty Three). It perfectly sets the tone of the film. The director, John Hillcoat, is currently adapting Cormac Macarthy's The Road. It occurs to me that this text, translated by this director, well...wear a helmet.
Nockamixon Century Part III
8/25/2008 – 7:32 pmThis year marks the third year in a row I've done the Nockamixon Century. I wrote about 2006 and I have Garmin data from 2007. I've said of those two days that they were the single most difficult days of riding in those years. This year I didn't feel that bad, the whole way through. Probably for a few different reasons: #1)I paid alot of attention to hydration and food. I kept eating the whole way thru. #2)I had someone in my group that I promised, no matter what, that I would not leave behind. More then once, I pulled off of the groups pace to slow down, grab this guy and pace him back to the group. Until the end, when he was completely cooked. There was nothing to be done but block the wind for him and bring him home. In reality, this was probably not completely altruistic. If I had stayed with ...
Good News/Bad News About G’s Recently Reached Milestone
8/24/2008 – 7:41 pmThe good news is that G hit a very important milestone this weekend. That bad news is that he hit said milestone with his face. G somehow climbed out the crib on Saturday. I found him sitting on the floor next to it. Extremely freaked out.
Notes from the Home Buying Front
8/17/2008 – 10:19 pmI could probably do a blog exclusively about nothing but homes that the boy, the wife and I go to look at. There is just not enough time to wade thru all the material. And believe me there is alot of it. That said, looking at homes, staged to buy, is alot like working for a moving company. You see inside peoples lives, you get a sense of who they are, or in some cases were, based on what they show you or how they've left their former homes behind. Ever read The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon? There is a description in there of what its like to look at the trade ins folks bring in on the used car lot. Sometimes house shopping can be like that. (it starts on page 13. Bottom Paragraph.) Various incidents from today's travels, in no particular order to the above mentioned effect: Converted Cape Cod house: ...
Its got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technic, you know.
8/17/2008 – 8:40 pmParkLife by Blur. Another classic video. Simple concept, Damon Driving around with that guy from Quadrophenia, A bunch of Benny Hill speed ups, and mugging for the camera.Funny Lyrics. Side note: vorsprung durch technic: translation: Progress through technology. Audi slogan. FYI.
Mitchell and Webb Tie into Infinite Jest
8/13/2008 – 9:29 pmI don't have the patience to type out the 3 page passage in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest about Fond du Lac's No Coat tongue scrapers. The short version is that the commercials made for this product(something to clean your tongue.) are so effective and so powerful that they destroy the entire television industry. It starts on the last paragraph of page 413. Go! Read! Schnell!