Could’ve been worse, I suppose, if it weren’t so amusing. According to this article on Bend.com, Jodie Lynn Ackerman was released from jail last Wednesday (the 8th) due to overcrowding. By Saturday night (three days later), she “was booked back into the jail on charges of second-degree theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, first-degree… Continue reading Local Loser
Month: October 2003
Navel Gazing
I’ve been reviewing the web server logs for my site, and decided to self-indulge and post some interesting stats here online to bore you all. Read on if you’re interested. The 10 most popular pages, in order: Free Palm Reader eBooks Home page What’s Your Matrix Name? rss.xml (syndicated XML feed) HTML to Text Converter… Continue reading Navel Gazing
The Scottish Play
I just uploaded the Palm Reader file for Macbeth to the ebooks page, and holy crap, I forgot how messed up that play is until I was converting it. Shakespeare must have been in a very, very dark mood when he was writing it. Enjoy.
Where’s George? In Bend, OR
For the second time this year I got a dollar bill stamped with the “official” Where’s George stamp. The first was at the Portland Zoo back in July, the second yesterday here in town, from the Factory Outlets. For the uninitiated, Where’s George is a bill tracker, where users can enter the serial numbers from… Continue reading Where’s George? In Bend, OR
Arnold is Governor
So the freak show in California is over and Arnold Schwarzenegger is the new governor. Lovely. Reminds me of an old California joke: California’s like a bowl of cereal; once you get rid of the fruits and nuts, all you have left are the flakes.
The Return of the King
The trailer for The Return of the King is online. December 17th; just over two months.
Pirates of the Caribbean
We (finally) went and saw “Pirates of the Caribbean” tonight. It was a lot of fun, I liked it. Johnny Depp was, frankly, amazing. Go see it, if it’s still in theaters where you’re at.
Broken email prognostication
I’ve been reading a lot about how email is broken these days—articles here, here and here are examples—and interestingly, I came across the following passage in Cryptonomicon (published in 1999) that I thought was apropos: “I hate e-mail,” John says. Harvard Li stares him in the eye for a while. “What do you mean?” “The… Continue reading Broken email prognostication
Article on blogging
Interesting story on weblogs here. Good introductory overview on blogging, worth reading if you’re new to it and are curious, and even if you’re not.