By me:
"You never know when you'll need to pull out that Dylan Thomas imitation."
This was, of course, shortly after I imitated Dylan Thomas working at McDonalds. Christy knows what I'm talkin' 'bout.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Cheeseburger
Friday, May 07, 2004
Brilliant!
Buy a cable channel based on technology with a decent following and available on many cable and satellite offerigns and then fire the staff and relocate everything to a crappy tech network that no one watches.
Good idea. Even better idea, piss of techies and hackers. You know how well geeks handle rejections.
I don't know the business model or revenue for either station, but Tech TV isn't exactly the Style Channel. People watch the channel. I watch the channel.
And move it to LA, the blackhole of technology. The city that takes every good idea and turns it into bottled water. Brilliant!
G4. Heh. Idiots.
Oh well. More time to watch Alton Brown and his Julia Childs meets Mr. Wizard, geeky cooking show.
Discuss
Good idea. Even better idea, piss of techies and hackers. You know how well geeks handle rejections.
I don't know the business model or revenue for either station, but Tech TV isn't exactly the Style Channel. People watch the channel. I watch the channel.
And move it to LA, the blackhole of technology. The city that takes every good idea and turns it into bottled water. Brilliant!
G4. Heh. Idiots.
Oh well. More time to watch Alton Brown and his Julia Childs meets Mr. Wizard, geeky cooking show.
Discuss
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Posting?
Yeah. Well . . . Busy. Tired. Burned out on somethings. Trying to work extra hours to pay for the laptop. Ironically, not working from the laptop because I have to work on some wood pulp thing.
I'll get back to it soon, promise.
So, anyway . . . Reading a good John Varley book that's been out of print for many years. Shh. Don't tell anyone. Found it for a buck at a book fair last weekend.
I also picked up Boys From Brazil. Never read it. Kinda curious.
Found some examples of my snarkier comments for StreamSearch on The Wayback Machine. This was during a period where I was writing the entire site, after they laid off all my friends. Admittedly, I had some fun . . . (WARNING: These pages are sloooooooooow.)
This is where we started.
Notice, only one strange comment. Only a simple statement below the titles. That would change, since we were bankrupt and I had nothing to lose. Too bad I couldn't find the day when I featured XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton" and compared the titular character to my company's CEO.
Example 1:
This one has a ton of French jokes. And this was long before it was patriotic to hate the French. Huh. I don't hate the French. I just think they are funny. All the film comments in the blue and gold section are pretty strange. Enjoy.
Example 2:
In this one, make sure to read the bits on The Forsaken, Amelie and Atlantis, about which I was very, very, very wrong. I'm a sucker for Steam Punk.
Example 3:
Notice the music comment. The French again. And a monkey. Heh. All the movie ones are pretty snarky. Tomb Raider and FOTR.
Example 4:
More snarky comments. A plug for The Green and Yellow TV.
Example 5:
Snarky movie comment about Jurassic Park III. But, then, notice how I took over the music section. Adventures of Jet, Elvis, Linus of Hollywood (I was always proud of that description) . . .
Okay. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
Discuss Stuff and Things and, Well, Stuff
I'll get back to it soon, promise.
So, anyway . . . Reading a good John Varley book that's been out of print for many years. Shh. Don't tell anyone. Found it for a buck at a book fair last weekend.
I also picked up Boys From Brazil. Never read it. Kinda curious.
Found some examples of my snarkier comments for StreamSearch on The Wayback Machine. This was during a period where I was writing the entire site, after they laid off all my friends. Admittedly, I had some fun . . . (WARNING: These pages are sloooooooooow.)
This is where we started.
Notice, only one strange comment. Only a simple statement below the titles. That would change, since we were bankrupt and I had nothing to lose. Too bad I couldn't find the day when I featured XTC's "Mayor of Simpleton" and compared the titular character to my company's CEO.
Example 1:
This one has a ton of French jokes. And this was long before it was patriotic to hate the French. Huh. I don't hate the French. I just think they are funny. All the film comments in the blue and gold section are pretty strange. Enjoy.
Example 2:
In this one, make sure to read the bits on The Forsaken, Amelie and Atlantis, about which I was very, very, very wrong. I'm a sucker for Steam Punk.
Example 3:
Notice the music comment. The French again. And a monkey. Heh. All the movie ones are pretty snarky. Tomb Raider and FOTR.
Example 4:
More snarky comments. A plug for The Green and Yellow TV.
Example 5:
Snarky movie comment about Jurassic Park III. But, then, notice how I took over the music section. Adventures of Jet, Elvis, Linus of Hollywood (I was always proud of that description) . . .
Okay. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
Discuss Stuff and Things and, Well, Stuff
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
The Project That Never Ends
And I'm in the middle of it. I've turned it over twice and had to go back to it. Now I have to add something to every chapter. And yet, they complain that they don't have the money to spend on it.
Here's a clue: Don't send it back to the freelancer for four drafts. Especially for things you can do yourself.
But I have another week with it.
I think I'm going to have Gertrude punch me in the groin again. That was more fun.
Complain About Your Job Here.
Here's a clue: Don't send it back to the freelancer for four drafts. Especially for things you can do yourself.
But I have another week with it.
I think I'm going to have Gertrude punch me in the groin again. That was more fun.
Complain About Your Job Here.
Monday, May 03, 2004
Seeking Theories
Gertrude just walked up to me, punched me in the groin and said, "Honk Honk." That it happened in the middle of Walgreens just makes the humiliation greater. I couldn't tell if she was laughing at what she did, or the way my eyes were watering and I was turning purple.
Now, the question is why did she do it? To make sure she always stays the baby? Possible. But that seems too easy.
What's your theory?
Respond many times. I doubt my groin will ever have another discussion dedicated to it ever again. Let it enjoy its time in the spotlight.
Now, the question is why did she do it? To make sure she always stays the baby? Possible. But that seems too easy.
What's your theory?
Respond many times. I doubt my groin will ever have another discussion dedicated to it ever again. Let it enjoy its time in the spotlight.
Network
Yeah. I got me a new wireless network. All set up, figured out what music folders to open to the network . . .
Laptop arrives tomorrow. My ability to follow Matilda to all of her summer activities and classes while still being able to work is nearly complete.
Let the brain tumor from the wireless signal begin!
Complaints to stop surfing the Internet in bed a midnight also start tomorrow.
Construction on the Death Star halted due to a labor dispute.
Laptop arrives tomorrow. My ability to follow Matilda to all of her summer activities and classes while still being able to work is nearly complete.
Let the brain tumor from the wireless signal begin!
Complaints to stop surfing the Internet in bed a midnight also start tomorrow.
Construction on the Death Star halted due to a labor dispute.
Saturday, May 01, 2004
Magnetic Fields Tickets . . .
Purchased.
Wonder if I bring my ukulele if they'll let me sit in on "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" . . .
Wonder if I bring my ukulele if they'll let me sit in on "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing" . . .
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