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Crimes Against the Internets: The Re-Imagineering Blog
The internet is full-to-bursting with self-important nerds who are simultaneously obsessed beyond reason with the minutiae of their chosen hobby and convinced that they could do a better job than the people currently in charge of that hobby. This isn’t breaking news. It happens with movies, comic books, television series (somehow, Joss Whedon remains exempt),…
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Intel Aside
As it turns out, I’m weak. The lure of a faster Mac and a laptop that runs Windows was too much for me to resist. I ended up getting a MacBook Pro. What finally sent me over the edge was realizing that I wasn’t just making some rationalization — it really is a legitimate business…
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See ya!
Everybody should take a minute to watch this, the greatest fight scene in movie history. I haven’t seen the movie it’s from (and thank goodness the IMDB is there to provide the all-important Chinese title for this action classic), but I’m hoping it answers the questions this clip raises: How come it sounds like our…
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I Heart Hydrocodone
I’m sure there are worse things than being alone in a nice hotel in the LA suburbs and getting a severe case of gastroenteritis. I think I still deserve some sympathy, though. It started Thursday night, while my imagination was still filled with the promise of new dual-booting Apple computers. I’d thought it was food…
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Anybody want a used PowerBook?
I was thinking I was showing considerable self-control. Apple’s been releasing all kinds of new iPods and new, slightly different alternate-universe Macs that were just like the ones I have but slightly better and shinier. Still, no desire to buy one. “I’ll wait until they come up with something that’s significantly better,” I thought. “No…
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Crimes Against the Internets: Valleywag
When you’re a procrastinator, like I am, and you work from home on a computer, like I do, you end up seeing a lot of stupid on the internets. Stupidity on such a level that it’s not enough to just sit back and say, “man, is that stupid;” you’ve got to go evangelical and spread…
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Frugal
I’m staying here alone in a hotel on a business trip, and I’ve finally had one more of those life experiences that I’d never tried before. Don’t worry, it’s nothing gross or anything; I just ordered room service. Holy crap, that shit’s expensive! It’s one thing when you’re stuck in Glendale and facing the prospect…
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A Brief Layover
Disney magic has transformed a week-long business trip into a two-week-long business trip, since I’ve got to leave Monday morning for a week down in LA. On the plus side, I’m… well, saving on groceries, I guess. Of course, it’s hard to feel too sorry for myself when last week ended up being as nice…