Archive for March, 2006

About Last Night

Monday, March 20th, 2006

What a fun show that was. Thanks to everyone who came out and laughed loudly at all the right times - you were a great audience. One of these days I really have to start making one of these “mailing lists” that everyone’s talking about. And thanks to Paul and Storm for booking the gig, [...]

Thing a Week 25 - Stroller Town

Friday, March 17th, 2006

On a sunny day in my neighborhood, you can’t throw a rock without hitting a stroller (believe me). I’m not complaining, in fact I freely admit that I am part of the problem. So this is kind of about that, though it’s also about a baby who likes to drag race. And before you point [...]

A Lobster of One’s Own

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Some crazy person has created a plush toy of our new friend kiwa hirsuta (the furry lobster of recent fame) and made the pattern and instructions available under a Creative Commons license. Everybody wins - except for the disgusting furry lobsters themselves, who unfortunately are disgusting.

It was described to me as “optional”

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Scott Bateman is seven times better than I am, because he’s doing a flash animation EVERY DAY in something he’s calling Bateman365. Day 212 happens to be an animation done to the John Hodgman attack ad about me not taking care of his cat. Apparently everyone in the world is eventually going to hear Hodgman [...]

MySpace

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Is it just me, or does MySpace really suck? The interface is disorganized and full of holes, lots of stuff doesn’t even work, and every page takes three hours to load all the ads. I know they’ve been growing like crazy, trying to keep up with the demand, but come on guys get it together. [...]