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Summer is Here

Posted on: Thursday, June 26th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

…and I have proof. Tamar, my neighbor across Ellis St., knowing that I am a particular fan of the sweet pea for its color and fragrance, cut the first two sweet pea blooms of the year and gifted me with them. They are sitting in a small water glass next to me now […]

Exercise the Youtube

Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Okay, I generally frown on content-less (that is, rant-free) posts. Nevertheless, here follow three videos I have greatly enjoyed recently. My musical tastes are expanding again after a long period of contraction (must be spring).
The Class of 73 Bells
Prefuse 73 with School of 7 Bells

It’s Showtime
Electric Six

Gotye
Heart’s a Mess

I must add — I […]

Friday Haiku

Posted on: Saturday, June 21st, 2008 in: Uncategorized

winter hit kitsap
but summer came to whatcom
cured the destroyer
The (pseudo)haiku is a lousy form of poetry. This is just a codification of events — the death of Barry and Heather Bryant’s youngest back in my home town, under tragic circumstances, the balmy air that has finally found us in late June, and the overwhelmingly […]

Platform Iconography

Posted on: Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Most reasonably computer literate folks will recall the brilliant visual rhetoric of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ad campaign (which has continued expanding since the last time I looked, and which trashes incisively on Vista’s lamentable stability and usability concerns).
Some bright young person extended the iconography to include Unix and Windows Vista (thanks […]