Posts from 2004
2004
December
Headed back to Jesusland | December 1
| Tagged: travelogue
Mixture of blog elements | December 2
| Tagged: travelogue
Much like LL Cool J | December 7
| Tagged: austin, travelogue
Thinking about relationships... | December 8
| Tagged: personal
Yikes... | December 8
| Tagged: culture
If you consider how popular Jon Stewart is... | December 8
| Tagged: entertainment
Someday there will be a German word for this | December 10
| Tagged: critique, culture
The Past... | December 12
| Tagged: art_and_design
The League of Melbotis adds his wisdom | December 14
| Tagged: kickinitwitdaleague, personal
Dedman drives across Jesusland? | December 14
| Tagged: personal
Melbotis speaks | December 15
| Tagged: culture, personal
The Apprentice | December 16
| Tagged: entertainment
Happy Birthday James Dedman | December 19
| Tagged: personal
Desperate Houswife Mania | December 20
| Tagged: entertainment
Perl coding in the enterprise considered Harmful | December 20
| Tagged: perl
More on the depravity of Hollywood’s Creativity | December 23
| Tagged: culture, movies
Happy Christmas Eve | December 24
| Tagged: personal
Cool video: Blood Red Summer | December 24
| Tagged: music
Passing on the GTD germ | December 24
| Tagged: productivity
A Christmas Day Entry | December 25
| Tagged: culture
Christmas Advice | December 25
| Tagged: culture
Someone really should have thought this through a little better... | December 26
| Tagged: culture
I figured out why I like the Gilmore Girls | December 27
| Tagged: entertainment
New signature iPods | December 29
| Tagged: apple
43 Folders Meetup in SF | December 29
| Tagged: design, productivity, san_francisco
We all knew the Jewish-reggae kid in college | December 29
| Tagged: entertainment
For those of you not yet done with Mom Tech support season for the year | December 29
| Tagged: tech_support, internet_culture
November
Weddings during wartime... | November 2
| Tagged: culture, politics
Trying not to look at exit polls | November 2
| Tagged: politics
What to say.... | November 3
| Tagged: critique, culture
Republicanism explored : What is the virtue of self-interest? | November 3
| Tagged: personal
A show that scared the bejesus out of me | November 5
| Tagged: entertainment, scifi, books, recollections
Reset the MT-blacklist | November 7
| Tagged: blogging
Tender and beautiful: Hopkin Green Frog | November 9
| Tagged: culture
Do you often forward URLs? | November 9
| Tagged: javascript
Advertisement in email | November 10
| Tagged: travelogue
The "oh well" attitude of life and death | November 11
| Tagged: culture
It’s so obvious... | November 11
| Tagged: programming
Curse you del.icio.us! | November 11
| Tagged: web
Occasionally, I think Republicans are decent folks | November 11
| Tagged: politics
O the irony | November 11
| Tagged: politics
Computer Scientists versus Everyone Else | November 11
| Tagged: education, programming, internet_culture
A great set o’ music on KFJC | November 13
| Tagged: music
More on good musics... | November 13
| Tagged: music
Are you trying to get something done? | November 13
| Tagged: arete
If you want to have a successful tech company in the future.. | November 13
| Tagged: politics, internet_culture
News of the week | November 17
| Tagged: personal
Tivo 30 second skip | November 18
| Tagged: tivo
Why you should not commit suicide | November 19
| Tagged: personal
Why don’t Americans use A4 paper | November 22
| Tagged: culture
A blasé entry | November 22
| Tagged: entertainment
New words in Italian | November 23
| Tagged: linguistics
How bad ass are Detectives Fontana and Green? | November 23
| Tagged: entertainment
Daily Texan Associate Editor Jim’s Movie | November 28
| Tagged: entertainment, movies
Postmodernism in the OC | November 29
| Tagged: entertainment
October
Sanctimony, thy name is Public Broadcast membership | October 1
| Tagged: culture, kqed
I watched Dirty Harry a few weeks back | October 1
| Tagged: movies
Ladytron is an excellent band... | October 1
| Tagged: books, music
I didn’t understand the premise of "The Girl Next Door" | October 1
| Tagged: entertainment
Virginia Madsen | October 1
| Tagged: entertainment
Terrorists | October 1
| Tagged: politics
Lot of new content from the archives | October 1
| Tagged: personal
I always know I’m back in the South Bay when... | October 2
| Tagged: culture, fast_food, carls_jr, south_bay
Rumour is that Jim Dedman has bought a Mac | October 2
| Tagged: art_and_design, apple
I always know I’m back in the South Bay when...(Part II) | October 2
| Tagged: cooking, culture, mountain_view
Media Consumption Weekend Part 1: New music... | October 3
| Tagged: books, music
Media Consumption Weekend Part 2: Books read in Hawaii | October 3
| Tagged: books
Hawai'i Pictures | October 3
| Tagged: personal
More Ads I hate | October 3
| Tagged: critique, culture
Soros has a blog | October 3
| Tagged: politics
Yet even more ads I hate | October 3
| Tagged: critique, culture
Beautiful tattoo work...and video game reveries | October 4
| Tagged: video_games
Was Bush getting fed lines during 1st debate? | October 8
| Tagged: politics
Maui wrap up | October 8
| Tagged: travelogue
Helpful Microsoft Word.... | October 8
| Tagged: culture
Enoch: Seventh of Adam; Grandfather of Noah, Taken by God | October 8
| Tagged: culture
Finished my first sizable Cocoa application | October 8
| Tagged: cocoa
VH1’s History of Hip Hop show | October 10
| Tagged: culture
My Life with Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fandom | October 10
| Tagged: entertainment
The Time Traveler’s Wife | October 10
| Tagged: books
Dedman’s Complaint | October 12
| Tagged: books, entertainment
iPod seredipity | October 12
| Tagged: apple
Jacques Derrida died on the 8th | October 13
| Tagged: philosophy_proper
Damocles and The Time Traveler’s Wife | October 16
| Tagged: books
On Programming...why I love it | October 18
| Tagged: programming, productivity
The smell of.. | October 20
| Tagged: culture
Signs you’re in Silicon Valley | October 21
| Tagged: culture, entertainment
A summertime snack | October 25
| Tagged: personal
Dirty Rhetorical Tricks | October 25
| Tagged: philosophy_proper
Some links! | October 25
| Tagged: culture, entertainment
Pulp fiction art work | October 25
| Tagged: entertainment
Ashlee Simpson, outed as lip-syncist | October 25
| Tagged: critique, culture, entertainment
Dvorak history... | October 26
| Tagged: dvorak
John F. Kerry for President | October 26
| Tagged: personal, politics
Arch conservative Buchanan’s magazine endorses Kerry | October 27
| Tagged: politics
Let’s make it two Massachusetts victories in a week | October 27
| Tagged: politics
September
Finished a book | September 1
| Tagged: books
Going to Maui in a few weeks | September 3
| Tagged: personal, travelogue
Scenes from Bayarea, California | September 9
| Tagged: cooking, personal
George W. Bush’s Magic Glasses | September 16
| Tagged: humor, politics
Break your heart in Glam | September 18
| Tagged: music, glam, t_rex, bowie
You can’t win, but there are alternatives to fighting | September 22
| Tagged: movies, capitalism, sears, nostalgia
Hawaii on my mind..."Hawaii" too... | September 22
| Tagged: culture, entertainment
Ad I hate | September 22
| Tagged: critique, culture, commercials
Law and Order Premiere | September 23
| Tagged: entertainment
Still not really packing... | September 23
| Tagged: entertainment
Gone To Maui | September 24
| Tagged: personal, travelogue
August
My favourite animal at the moment | August 1
| Tagged: animals
Some funny stuff...and some interesting stuff | August 2
| Tagged: personal
Time to change... | August 2
| Tagged: blog
Cameraphone warning to kids | August 3
| Tagged: personal
Palo Alto Sunday | August 3
| Tagged: personal
The Holy Spirit | August 4
| Tagged: religion, spirituality
I love my cell phone for its ringers... | August 4
| Tagged: personal, music, mozart
Don’t like The Hives — still | August 6
| Tagged: critique, culture, music
Today is my birthday, and by blog’s too | August 9
| Tagged: personal
In Memoriam: Harold Harms | August 12
| Tagged: personal
Only in Texas... | August 19
| Tagged: culture
Closer to Fine, not Curly Fine | August 19
| Tagged: networking
If you need to XML, Learn Perl | August 19
| Tagged: productivity, perl, xml
On Programming.... | August 20
| Tagged: personal
Asian People Love Me, and they Love my Shirt | August 21
| Tagged: books
Just watched "Pacific Heights" | August 21
| Tagged: entertainment, movies, san_francisco
I saw "Collateral" the other day. | August 21
| Tagged: entertainment, movies, michael_mann
Dave Matthews band in trouble for dumping crap? | August 24
| Tagged: entertainment, music, dave_matthews_band
How long are the days.... | August 25
| Tagged: general
I caught "Hero" last night | August 27
| Tagged: movies
North Carolina is different | August 30
| Tagged: culture
Let me just say. | August 31
| Tagged: critique, culture
July
Is that Dido in the Faithless vide | July 2
| Tagged: music
British people are pretty funny.. | July 2
| Tagged: psychedelics
OK Two Hours of sleep - aaaarggghhh | July 3
| Tagged: insomnia, personal, health
Massage day | July 5
| Tagged: general
How badass is GENE HACKMAN | July 7
| Tagged: movies
The Cardigans’ new record is great | July 10
| Tagged: entertainment, music
Dennis Miller’s Show on CNBC | July 11
| Tagged: television, politics
Robert Smith hates Queen — | July 11
| Tagged: music
More from the Cardigans record | July 11
| Tagged: music, the_cardigans, sweden, lyrics
The Right Kind of Girl | July 12
| Tagged: media, television
Jealousy | July 13
| Tagged: music, scandinavianism
Sometimes only Dead Horse can help you make an intelligible response | July 13
| Tagged: media
Over ten years with PJ Harvey | July 16
| Tagged: music, pj_harvey
Loot a-purchasin’ | July 18
| Tagged: general
Monday | July 20
| Tagged: personal, work, education, teaching
A very funny Craigslist forum discussion | July 23
| Tagged: san_francisco
The True Reason the Young look Young | July 24
| Tagged: general
When the internet depends too much on one technology | July 26
| Tagged: internet_culture
In Memoriam: Francis Crick | July 29
| Tagged: rip, science
June
Je suis | June 1
| Tagged: personal, self_discovery, meyers_briggs, mbti
Powerbook is Sick... | June 2
| Tagged: apple, personal
Stealing ideas from "Just Laura" blog | June 2
| Tagged: blog
Mac-less | June 4
| Tagged: windows, apple, personal
Les jeux electroniques | June 4
| Tagged: video_games, ico
More Ico - inspired whimsy | June 4
| Tagged: entertainment
Clutter, even clean clutter, is clutter | June 5
| Tagged: personal, travel, culture
Daniel Lanois is a brilliant songwriter | June 5
| Tagged: music, art, songwriting
Must break through demotivation | June 6
| Tagged: personal
The PowerBook is back en route | June 6
| Tagged: apple, productivity
If you need to fix your keyboard on windows | June 6
| Tagged: dvorak, productivity
In case you forget... | June 6
| Tagged: video_games
Not even rockstars party like this.. | June 7
| Tagged: funny
Realtors in Dallas must be desperate | June 8
| Tagged: culture
Seattle’s new library | June 10
| Tagged: urbanism, seattle, design, architecture
If your Powerbook needs some more CONTROL | June 11
| Tagged: apple, productivity
I love the band Interpol | June 11
| Tagged: music, interpol, nostalgia, music, sf
I may have a blog fest tonight | June 11
| Tagged: personal
OK, what i’m working on | June 11
| Tagged: recollections, music, nostalgia, janes_addiction
Scrapped Jane's Addiction - on to Satriani | June 11
| Tagged: music
On to Ladytron | June 11
| Tagged: music
75 minutes to go | June 11
| Tagged: work, personal
Finished the review.. | June 11
| Tagged: work, personal, joseph_campbell
Reading the morning sites and... | June 12
| Tagged: captialism, media
Best Saturday morning show | June 12
| Tagged: television
Watching "Triumph of the Will" | June 12
| Tagged: movies, politics
More thoughts on "Triumph of the Will"... | June 12
| Tagged: politics, movies
Happy Engrish message from Chinatown | June 13
| Tagged: mountain_view, friends
Scenes from 1987 | June 13
| Tagged: entertainment
Back to yoga | June 15
| Tagged: personal, yoga, mountain_view, music, david_sedaris
Something inspiring | June 15
| Tagged: education, internet_culture
I love pulpy sci-fi books in used bookstores | June 17
| Tagged: books
Some people feel self-conscious at the check-out stand | June 21
| Tagged: modern_times, media, anxiety
That’s right, you’re not from Texas... | June 24
| Tagged: friends
I had an out of body experience | June 24
| Tagged: mysticism, personal
I love Scandinavian Rock Bands — still | June 27
| Tagged: music, scandinavianism
Speaking of Scandinavian bands | June 27
| Tagged: music, scandinavianism
Great New Track: "Mass Destruction" by Faithless | June 27
| Tagged: entertainment
Entry for the Mellies | June 27
| Tagged: modern_times, media
May
Busy Week(s) | May 2
| Tagged: personal, mountain_view
Good movies set in SF; recent Netflix movies | May 2
| Tagged: movies, san_francisco, monica_bellucci, almodovar, malena
The spiritual center of the South Bay: Mountain View | May 2
| Tagged: general
Eep! I missed national poetry month | May 3
| Tagged: personal
Propz to Branson | May 4
| Tagged: media, television
Off to Londinium tomorrow | May 6
| Tagged: travelogue
Evil women and eros | May 6
| Tagged: politics, bush
Coming back from the UK today | May 12
| Tagged: travel, work, london
Living the cyber.chic life | May 12
| Tagged: internet_culture, travel, london
Mice is displaying my art... | May 14
| Tagged: personal, recollections
Just watched Laurel Canyon | May 15
| Tagged: movies, cholodenko
Something I forgot about "Blue Crush" | May 15
| Tagged: movies
The mysterious lore of Linux Chicks | May 15
| Tagged: internet_culture
British Museum | May 15
| Tagged: london, travelogue
Watched Step into Liquid; Hawaiian dictionary | May 16
| Tagged: movies, surfing
Something special happened last Sunday | May 19
| Tagged: personal
Cell Phone Woes | May 19
| Tagged: bay_area
Going back to Houston | May 19
| Tagged: travelogue, personal, weddings
BayAreans: Are we snobs? | May 23
| Tagged: san_francisco, bay_area, society
Blog backload...and the couple Newsom | May 31
| Tagged: culture
Stop wasting time | May 31
| Tagged: personal
People who love "Law and Order" | May 31
| Tagged: television, art_and_design, law_and_order
April
¡Hola! | April 7
| Tagged: travelogue
Last night in Catalunya | April 11
| Tagged: travelogue, catalunya, barcelona, figueres, dali
Slouched back to SJ... | April 13
| Tagged: travelogue
Got a bit o’ shut eye, existential dread and e-mail (I like mutt! Woof!) | April 14
| Tagged: personal, mutt, programming
Vivement des vacances | April 14
| Tagged: travel, personal, work
Worthy of note! Pixies perform ensemble! | April 14
| Tagged: music
Who is Steven Harms? | April 15
| Tagged: personal
I saw Kill Bill 2 last night | April 17
| Tagged: movies, personal, mountain_view, p_dizzle
No more, please | April 18
| Tagged: music
Magazine Tearing Boy on the Plane | April 19
| Tagged: personal
Condescension done right | April 20
| Tagged: personal
The best way to get around Barcelona on a Sunny Day | April 21
| Tagged: travel, spain, bicycle
Classes | April 21
| Tagged: personal, yoga, mountain_view, flamenco
The myth of wunderwaffen | April 24
| Tagged: politics, anthony_swofford
New word | April 26
| Tagged: movies, science
Christianity and Virtue | April 26
| Tagged: religion, philosophy, essay
I will not be seeing the Passion | April 27
| Tagged: religion, christianity
Occasionally you find great sites by accident | April 29
| Tagged: pesronal, web_culture, webcomics, movies
I hate only a few things | April 30
| Tagged: personal, animals
March
Prana | March 3
| Tagged: general
Movie evening | March 4
| Tagged: general
Dinosaurs and This American Life | March 6
| Tagged: personal, media
My parents, the time travelers | March 8
| Tagged: personal, recollections
YOU are a LUCKY Person | March 8
| Tagged: personal, motivation
Yoga Class Number 3... | March 9
| Tagged: personal, yoga
Madrid attacked | March 11
| Tagged: geopolitics, terrorism
"Cutting" - a horrid sickness | March 11
| Tagged: ruminations
Something’s not right in the universe | March 12
| Tagged: personal
Important News | March 16
| Tagged: bay_area, fast_food, quiznos
An Apology | March 16
| Tagged: general
Discovering things about one’s body | March 16
| Tagged: personal
Great links from boingboing.net | March 17
| Tagged: internet, amusement
James Dedman | March 17
| Tagged: friends
Rock and Roll needs black-haired girls with shag haircuts.... | March 19
| Tagged: entertainment
Camille Paglia on Blogs and Blogging | March 19
| Tagged: blogging
An example of the mendacity of the Bush Administration | March 19
| Tagged: politics, bush
March 20, 2004 - a good day to live in Northern California | March 20
| Tagged: personal
If Xeni Jardin were to inteview me.. | March 21
| Tagged: internet_culture
Finished moving in... | March 21
| Tagged: personal, movies, mountain_view
Running low on bathroom supplies? | March 22
| Tagged: modern_times, politics
Sometimes your prayers get answered ... | March 25
| Tagged: personal
Quick thought.. | March 25
| Tagged: internet_culture
Scientific progress... | March 25
| Tagged: religion, government, bush
Last Friday... | March 29
| Tagged: personal, shooting
Europe... | March 29
| Tagged: general
If you’re active on Sunday morning | March 29
| Tagged: culture
Diets...and le vin | March 29
| Tagged: personal, travel, alcohol
Going on vacation tomorrow | March 30
| Tagged: general
February
Back in San Jose | February 1
| Tagged: personal
Blog Silent | February 9
| Tagged: personal
The Social Bobcat is one of the funniest humans ever | February 12
| Tagged: personal
Continued validation of the Steve Martin Smirk Theory | February 12
| Tagged: movies, steve_martin
Did the band Incubus take an angry pill? | February 18
| Tagged: entertainment, music, anti_bush
The Republican Schizophrenic: Captialism versus Christianity | February 18
| Tagged: culture
Religion and Innovation | February 18
| Tagged: religion, geopolitics, economics
Watching some movies while unpacking... | February 22
| Tagged: entertainment
Finished setting up my bedroom | February 22
| Tagged: personal, mountain_view
Steven on Same-Sex Marriage | February 25
| Tagged: politics
What we should really be worried about... | February 26
| Tagged: geopolitics, bush
Is conservatism incompatible with capitalism? | February 27
| Tagged: politics
The Decline of the American Empire: When "The Apprentice" MBA became standard issue, and our moral compass was overwritten | February 28
| Tagged: culture
Thinking about Lebanon still has me thinking about my homeland | February 28
| Tagged: general
Blog-insanity | February 28
| Tagged: personal, quotes
Drugs aren’t funny, but Dave Navarro is | February 29
| Tagged: entertainment
Lieutenant Cmdr. Data is the perfect Existential Dilemma in a box | February 29
| Tagged: entertainment, start_trek_tng
January
New Photographs...and thinking about movies | January 1
| Tagged: travelogue, movies, michael_keaton, will_smith, scifi
Lunch should be this...and 03 music thoughts | January 4
| Tagged: personal, music, general, outkast, prince, coldplay
The Slider | January 12
| Tagged: music, personal, travel, australia
Onion-esque | January 15
| Tagged: space, science
Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes | January 15
| Tagged: personal, recollections, ladytron, travel
I can surf | January 19
| Tagged: travelogue, surfing, bondi, trivia, slang, australia
His Dark Materials | January 21
| Tagged: entertainment
Hesse’s Inspiration for those of us who wander | January 22
| Tagged: personal, hesse, rootlessness
I could never fall from grace, I’m far too clever | January 26
| Tagged: personal, australia, travelogue