Archive for the ‘Babble’ Category

creating at the junction

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

There’s a place near Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz called Java Junction. Currently I’m camped here while writing, and waiting for Melissa, my former boss, to stop by so we can catch up.

Kind of a homey place, likable staff, colorful Santa Cruzians shuffling in and out with their hipster wear and crunchy hair (well, some of them). A couple of old men are huddled at a nearby table trying with all their might to work out a crossword puzzle. Even the flies get in on the action every now and then.

I miss doing this. I like coming to coffee shops and writing, but I so rarely get the chance. I should make the time to do it more often, really. This place is a little out of the way compared to wear we live, but I’m sure I can find a place just as good in Aptos for weekends when I just don’t feel like being cooped up in my office.

I want to keep ordering coffees, but I feel a little like peeing, and I don’t want to pack up and lose my seat by going up to the bathroom. I’m set up at a sweet table and I don’t really want to lose it. Dilemma!

The first images from Mars….

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Images are now being beamed to us directly from the surface of Mars… and I think you’ll agree they are fascinating.

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Glyde

Saturday, May 24th, 2008
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You know, screw this thing. It’s TINY. If LG tries to top this with a new version of the Voyager that’s smaller and more compact (thereby ruining the perfect form factor and functionality of it’s QWERTY keypad inside) I will seriously cry… even though it won’t really impact me until around December of next year (new every two, don’t you know).

I’ve never understood this whole fetish with smaller, smaller, smaller phones. Pretty soon we’re going to start seeing bug-eyed, tiny-thumbed mutant children evolved specifically to see tiny micro-phone text and bang out long txt messages on keypads normal people can barely even see.

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Seriously… what’s the catch? POS?

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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Because I’m pretty heavily involved with direct/email advertising campaigns at my day job, I have a gmail account set up specifically to receive various emails from retailers, companies, etc.

I just happened to get this from Costco…

Philips 42″ 1080p LCD HDTV
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Dynamic screen contrast: 29000:1
Brightness: 500 cd/m²

$999.99

What’s the catch here? The specs look fine. I’m not completely sold on Philips as a brand over, say, Sony, Sharp, Samsung or even LG… but at under a grand for a 42″ LCD? Fuck it, that’s like a perfect second set for the bedroom or something if you had room.

Tya and I were just talking about how nice it would be to have a TV in the bedroom now that we have a nice huge bed to be lazy in… :P

Fires!

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

So they say the fires may be as much as 15% contained, but the planes are about to stop their flyovers due to darkness The winds have been steadily decreasing for a while now, which is definitely good, but nerves persist.

Tya and I are making mental lists of stuff we want to rush-pack and take with us if we get evacuated.

Needless to say, this is not altogether the best feeling I’ve ever felt.

I’m about to see spots

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I finally bit the bullet and ordered OS X Leopard for two of my Macs. I’m thinking the Mini isn’t really a good candidate for it, since it’s first gen and I didn’t really get it tricked out with anything special even at the time, so it’ll have to be an iMac and PowerBook exclusive deal. Excitement!

In other news, I’m all about getting the Wacom Cintiq whenever i have a spare grand floating around to drop. It’ll probably have to wait (more…)

mobile blog, take one

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

this is my first ever blog update from my mobile phone. i love the 21st century.

Tales of Verizon

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Normally I can’t stand making small talk at a store. I like a nice, brief in/out retail experience, and always have. Last night when I went to the Verizon store to get my phone upgrade to the LG Voyager I found myself shanghaied into conversation.

I probably should have seen the writing on the wall ahead of time, though, because T was with me, which typically means conversation will ensue. She’ll talk to anyone as if they’ve been friends for years while standing on line. It’s this whole big thing.

Much to my surprise, however, I found myself actually engaged because of probably the best retail chit-chat story I’ve ever heard. (more…)

Lousy, rotten Monday

Monday, March 10th, 2008

As far as I’m concerned this is the worst day to start a week on.

This particular Monday, as you no doubt realize, had the terrible misfortune of being the one after that filthy bitch Daylight Savings Time reared her fantastically ugly head, stuck out her tongue and blew a wet, germ-spraying raspberry at us all. (more…)