Posts from 2004
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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