Urbanape

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Fri, Dec 25th, 2009 | Comments (View)

“godzilla and an alien wish everyone a merry christmas!”

I hope the ZB is for me, and not for that nogoodnik, Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Mon, Dec 21st, 2009 | Comments (View)

Techno-puritanism that wars with the body must also resist the weight of paper. I remember that weight. It was the weight of the world, carried by boys.

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Blissful writing

I, too, remember that weight. As does everyone who ever strapped a canvas bag on their bike or back, and delivered the world to every doorstep on their route.

Fri, Dec 11th, 2009 | Comments (View)

Cognitive Dissonance

Wed, Dec 9th, 2009 | Comments (View)

Is That an Unspeakable Horror in Your Pocket?

Amazon has 93 H. P. Lovecraft stories in four volumes for Kindle, for $0.99 each:

Tue, Dec 8th, 2009 in /ob-lovecraft/ /kindle/ /iphone/ | Comments (View)

H. P. Lovecraft

I mean, Jesus. Emo much? The Beats and the Goths and Hamlet all gathered in a black room together couldn’t have out-moped this cosmic-scaled portrait of gloom if they’d tried. That is some epic creative pouting right there.

Love(craft) it.

Fri, Dec 4th, 2009 in /ob-lovecraft/ /cthulhu-loathes-you/ | Comments (View)

A Modicum of Focus

Today I ditched fuckyeahhelvetica and Slate in Brief in Briefs. I haven’t bothered linking them since I was the only member, and now they’re dissolved.

I just can’t be bothered to participate in the snarkfest. Beyond Twitter, of course.

Thu, Dec 3rd, 2009 in /self-important/ /ooh-look-at-me/ /focus/ /yeah-right/ | Comments (View)

Amber wanted me to decorate these bins we got at IKEA.

Thu, Dec 3rd, 2009 in /reduce/ /reuse/ /recycle/ /granola/ /hippie/ /helvetica/ /hand-drawn/ | Comments (View)

I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

— Cormac McCarthy (via gruber)

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Comments (View)

You Won't Miss It

marco:

Do you really need to subscribe to that collection of RSS feeds that cumulatively publish hundreds of items per day? If you currently do (I’ve been there), do you really need to read every headline? Exercise: Don’t open your feed reader for a week. Did you miss anything?

Finder tells me that I last launched NetNewsWire (judging by the relevant files in ~/Library/Application Support/NetNewsWire/) on the 10th of September. Only two months, but it feels a lot longer. I still get most of what I need through Twitter (and here in Tumbland). Brent Simmons was right: “If it’s cool or interesting, you won’t miss it.”

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Comments (View)

Dallas

Heading to Dallas for two weeks for back-to-back work events: FIrst, a sprint to tidy up and standardize the javascript libraries that various Canonical properties use, and then the Ubuntu Developer Summit.

I asked Amber if I could get some cowboy boots and a Stetson. She said no. Might need to put some longhorns on Anna.

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009 | Comments (View)

There aren’t enough hearts for this photo.

Wed, Sep 23rd, 2009 | Comments (View)

Off to London for a Week

I’m heading to London to visit Canonical headquarters. We’ll be sprinting on the Web UI for Ubuntu One.

Amber and Lex are going to fly out to join me on Wednesday, and we’ll spend the weekend celebrating my 36th birthday.

Sat, Sep 19th, 2009 | Comments (View)

That was the last time Vic the Velociraptor fell asleep on the beach surrounded by kids.

Sun, Aug 30th, 2009 | Comments (View)

Marc Lavallee:

Thank you for your recent email to the FEC’s Public Records Office. 1982- 1994 Federal Election Results can be sent to you free of charge in paper form. Please provide a mailing address if you are interested in obtaining these publications.

Marc Lavallee: FAIL

Zachery Bir:

“Thank you for your prompt reply. My mailing address is as follows:
Mr. Marc Lavallee
Washington, D.C.
Late-18th Century
Kindly hand-deliver, and my serving-man will give you a shiny tuppence.”

Fri, Aug 21st, 2009 | Comments (View)