I really miss my cat. It’s incredible how a pet will get under your skin. You get totally accustomed to them. On a basic level, my brain still can’t accept that I can walk into the kitchen and _open the fridge_ without causing Elvis to materialise with his…
For those of you reading this who know me (or Annette) well enough to have visited, you’ll all be familiar with Elvis (Aka: Kitty, Aka: Mr Kitty, Aka: Kittykins) our much beloved cat. I am sorry to announce that Elvis passed away about 30 minutes ago, at the emergency…
This from Wil Wheatons blog: Today, I get my wish. (Which is a good thing, because all those frozen weasels were getting expensive.)Walt Disney Television Animation came to my voice over agent last week, and requested me for a new show they’re doing called — get this — Super Robot…
So, this: http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/ipod_killing.html Someone bludgeoned someone else to death .. with an _iPod_? I mean … really? The iPod is sleek. The iPod is stylish. The iPod is easy to use. The iPod is in truth an excellent piece of industrial design, much like most…
I haven’t updated in, like, ages. So this is a multi-part one: WORK: Has been keeping me really busy. Sales dept keep dropping work on me, and some of the network stuff is surprisingly complex at that. PESKY! Wearing my R&D hat, the new wireless rooftop public…
I was reading this interesting article on some journalists testing the state of Florida’s Open Government laws, by having volunteers ask for certain documents under the law. All the documents were perfectly eligable to be viewed by anyone under their state laws. Further, anonymity is guaranteed, you don’t…
“Music Industry Piracy Investigations this morning raided the offices of P2P companies Sharman Networks and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, along with the homes of key executives and several ISPs.” “MIPI general manager Michael Speck told ZDNet Australia the order was specifically targeted at the operators of the Kazaa network. “This is…
I thought I was being hardcore when I bought the complete farside collection, but this offering from Fantagraphics is considerably more impressive: http://www.fantagraphics.com/peanuts/peanuts.html Yep, it’s EVERY PEANUTS STRIP .. EVER. Starting with Volume 1 (1950 to 1952), and from then on you get two…