Just finished the Chronicles of Narnia last night. Wow. The second reading filled me with a sense of joy and warmth that I cannot recall experiencing when I read the books as a child. “The Magician’s Nephew” and “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” are easily my favorites, and “The Last Battle” is an … …
Bush stated in his press conference, We, of course, are consulting with our allies at the United Nations. But I meant what I said, this is the last phase of diplomacy. Diplomacy is defined as “the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations,” but I am certainly having a hard time seeing any negotiating … …
The attention to detail in Grand Theft Auto 3 is simply incredible. Last night, I knocked a woman onto the tracks, watched her get crushed by a train as she scrambled to get off the tracks, and laughed hysterically as I witnessed my handiwork through the gap between the car and the platform. “You’re a … …
I was just recalling the Gibson book signing last week. The reading from Pattern Recognition was not particularly inspiring, but the Q&A session which followed was quite entertaining. At one point, a member of the audience asked the writer’s opinion regarding the extent to which terrorism might affect the Internet. Gibson said he was not … …
William Gibson is scheduled to make an appearance at the Barnes & Noble at Union Square this Thursday. Sweet. Converted my sports news pager from C to Perl today. My bizarre idea of fun… I came up with a better way of dealing with the parser, which makes me very happy. The GnuCash conversion may … …
Unintended Consequences: Four Years under the DMCA. This ill-conceived piece of legislation needs to be rewritten or scrapped. Slave lyrics. The other lyrics I’ve found online don’t seem to match the version I’m listening to so here is another shot at it.
Just finished Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation this morning. A fascinating and also disturbing read, it certainly changed the way I look at our fast food culture. Hacking Las Vegas. A very entertaining card-counter article which I forgot to archive earlier and rediscovered recently. I’m looking forward to picking up the book.
A first attempt to decipher some Revenge lyrics which I can’t seem to find anywhere online. Antelope squirrels at the Hoover Dam (photo taken 12/22/02).
Cannot believe I forgot today was a holiday. :p I’m liking Philly’s chances to win it all. DUUUUCE…
Amazingly I pulled out a victory this week in Sandbox to win the league with a 14-3 record. Looks like Sandbox will be moving to a subscription model next year so no more free Full Contact. Vegas was pretty cold last week, and I am proud to say I did not gamble at all. I … …