Here’s something I’ve been looking for for a while now: Blogarama, a directory of weblogs. I’m not sure how good it is yet, but it’s a start. And it appears to be developed in PHP, which is always a good thing. Their categorizations could use some work, but I imagine it’s rather hard to nail… Continue reading Blogarama
Month: January 2004
We got some work to do now
Watching the old “Scooby Doo, Where are You?” show, I’d always kind of wondered just where all these adventures are supposed to be taking place. For a long time my best guess was somewhere in the Midwest, but recently we caught an episode in which the gang was on their way to a rock festival,… Continue reading We got some work to do now
Social networking backlash
The topic du jour this week in the weblogs I read seems to be backlash against social networking services, particularly Orkut, the new one from Google. Interesting, but it’s not like you couldn’t see it coming. I’ll have more to say on this soon.
Fontifier
Here’s a cool site I found today: Fontifier. They will create a TrueType font based on your handwriting for free. I’ve printed out the template, but haven’t tried it out yet, so I can’t report on the quality of the service. But it sounds sweet.
Blocked
One of those nights where I want to write something here, but I can’t think of anything meaningful to say. Plus, it’s getting late and I don’t want to get wrapped up in writing a long post, so what to do? What to do? How about this? It’s a bit esoteric, but any literary-types out… Continue reading Blocked
Shakespeare
Over on Peter David‘s weblog is this post about Shakespeare. Since I like Shakespeare, I thought I’d link to it, it’s a good post. It’s one of those topics where there seems to be little or no middle ground: either you dig Shakespeare, or you don’t. Those who don’t can be converted, but I ain’t… Continue reading Shakespeare
Bend WinterFest
The Bend WinterFest is coming up in a little over a week, from February 5th through the 8th. Just thought I’d give it a mention for anyone looking for something to do in Bend next weekend. Me? No, I probably won’t attend. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, I know. I think Bend now has festivals… Continue reading Bend WinterFest
Fixing Faucets
I tackled the plumbing project today, after all. Yeech. It took awhile to loosen the bolts (and working in a cramped space under the bathroom sink didn’t help much), but when I finally got the faucet apart, I was able to determine pretty quickly that something in the central valve assembly was messed up. So,… Continue reading Fixing Faucets
The Return of the King
Just got back from seeing The Return of the King. One word. Amazing.
The Two Towers DVD
I just finished watching the DVD extended edition of The Two Towers. Some three and a half hours long. Totally worth it, though, especially for the deleted scenes—most of which cover the additional backstory and events in the books that they couldn’t cover in the theatrical release. Good stuff. All of which is preparation for… Continue reading The Two Towers DVD