Entries from February 2007

What have I consumed in the last week?

Post 1

Trina and I had beers and fries at the Elysian then saw Camera Obscura at Neumo’s on Monday night. The show was simply fantastic. We were particularly amused by and endeared to Carey Lander (piano, organ, vocals) who made the cutest faces while playing—she seemed almost embarrassed to be performing on stage.

I had lunch at [...]


The Knack

Post 2

This Dilbert cartoon clip is hilarious. Wait for the last line…


Levitation!

Post 3

Actually, dancers. But this is fantastic photography nonetheless.


When did I become a Mac Zealot?

Post 4

Given the five years necessary to get Vista out the door, is 2009 realistic for Vienna? (alerted via FakeSteve) Compare to the release history for Mac OSX.

I am indescribably happy to have left the HMC Engineering Department on the eve of the Vista launch. Departmental lab and clinic machines will be replaced this summer: what headaches [...]


Incoming!

Post 5

Run—don’t walk—to Brooke’s Webmonk Blog where he will be issuing updates on the imminent birth of Micah. Sarah’s water broke sometime after 6 PM PST today, nearly a month early but auspicious all the same.

I cannot wait to greet Micah and I can only imagine how he will amaze all of us. Micah is truly [...]


$525 Airfare for the Win

Post 6

I committed last night to two weeks in Europe. I am flying into Munich, meeting Claire and Whit in Zurich, and heading down to Rimini, Italy for Paganello. This calm tone belies the excitement currently bouncing around in my gut and the jitters in my fingers. Wait, maybe that’s the coffee I downed to start [...]


“I drew the Citibank logo… …on a napkin”

Post 7

I was reading answers on LinkedIn regarding logo and identity design when I happened upon this fantastic short documentary on Paula Sher. If you are a design geek at all, I recommend it highly. I will have to look into these Hillman Curtis folks a bit more.