BurningbirdThe time, 5:15 pm, August 19th. The place, St. Louis, Missouri…. “Good afternoon campers, and welcome to GeekCamp 2005!” Happy Camper One: “Yeah, yeah, hi, hi, where’s the air conditioning?” Happy Camper Two: “It is so hot, my fucking TiBook is melting.” Happy Camper Three: “Hey, don’t stand so close! You’re sweating on my iPod!” […]
I’m off tomorrow into the wilds of the Ozarks, into that part of the state new to me. There will, of course, be photos when I return, but maybe code, too, as I like to work on code when I’m in a hotel room — gives me something familiar. Today, though, I went to the […]
A two day trip to the Ozarks can seem like a week, and I mean that in a good way. Sunday I drove down I44 to 63 and then eventually to a series of back country roads where the only company I had was the ubiquitous white pickups and motorcycle riders. The recent rains have […]
The New York Times has an interesting story on the absolutely horrible movies that the Sci-Fi channel has been putting out every week. While I won’t say that these are the only reason I’m quitting cable, the are a reason to quit cable. Especially when I found out that Sci-Fi is marketing these movies at a specific demographic: women, […]
This is for Maria, a fellow hunter of giant squid. One day, not so long ago, I visited Los Angeles for whatever reason and since I’d never been there before I decided to do some sightseeing. I rode a bus out to Hollywood to look around and when I stepped off, I found myself in a […]