I just fiished Michael Cunningham’s A Home at the End of the World. It wasn’t the best book I’ve read in recent memory, but it was quite good. I have been reading it religiously since I’ve been home, catching a few pages here and there: in bed, on the john, et cetera. [...]
Archive for December, 2005
Thanksgiving Toast
21Dec05On Thanksgiving day I was driving my grandmother to my aunt’s house for the big dinner. In the car she said “I hope somebody mentions Grosspapi today.” Grosspapi is my grandfather who died this spring.
Right as dinner was starting, my Aunt asked who was going to say grace. She always [...]
What’s unsaid
20Dec05I’m sitting in a dusty room in my bed reading Michael Cunningham. There are suitcases at the foot of the bed and a chair, awkwardly positioned. Stacked on the chair are an upturned ottoman, some coats and a laundry basket.
It’s amazing all of the things good writers can cram into [...]
Grunge Design
18Dec05Many web sites, print ads and other graphic artifacts (not to mention clothes) are using a kind of worn-out graphic style that is sometimes called grunge design. Here’s a random example. Today I came across a tutorial for generating that wicked worn look in Photoshop. Here’s what I was able to do [...]
Just realized
18Dec05There are a lot of things in this world that make me feel attractive.
This shirt is not one of them.
New Portfolio
18Dec05Since I am applying to Ph.D. programs I have been working on updating my portfolio to be nicer, more current and more informative. So far I’ve created a mockup of a new visual style and layout, and wrote up some of the work I have been doing with Yvonne:
Portfolio mockup
Now I just have to [...]
More Adventurous
18Dec05If anyone out there is still stressing about life, love, or work, listen here. It’s that song I mentioned. Still hitting the spot.
Code Monkey At Work
17Dec05I just happened across a mention of some work I did a long time ago. What a blast from the past…
In 2002, Nat Friedman, a free software hacker who co-founded Ximian (now owned by Novell) and someone I admire, posted on his blog how much he liked the movie Amelie. I had recently [...]
Revelations 24:7
17Dec05My salad has been tasting funny all week.
I washed my lettuce really thoroughly today.
I think it was pesticide.
