Category Archives: Personal

Nuckin’ Futs ...

11Aug2009 Leave a comment

Bal­lard Street This is my fear most days liv­ing in Atlanta. The dri­vers here are nuckin’ futs.

A musical life ...

16Jun2009 2 Comments

This might be the biggest rea­son I love work­ing from home.

Merlin Mann on Priorities ...

28Apr2009 Leave a comment

Mud Rooms, Red Let­ters, and Real Pri­or­i­ties | 43 Fold­ers Mak­ing some­thing a BIG RED TOP TOP BIG HIGHEST #1 PRIORITY changes noth­ing but text styling. If it were really impor­tant, it’d already be done. Period. Think about it. Exam­ple. When my daugh­ter falls down and screams, I don’t ask her to wait while I grab […]

St. Donatus on Good Friday ...

24Apr2009 2 Comments

Not the best pic­ture, but this is where we’re get­ting mar­ried. It’s a nice view, and it will be even nicer by July!

Together ...

24Apr2009 Leave a comment

xkcd: Together 4÷24÷2009: Cur­rently sketch­ing frame 4.

Well, it’s official ...

10Mar2009 6 Comments

…Deanna and I are mov­ing to Atlanta. Why? Graco, Deanna’s com­pany, is relo­cat­ing there. Newell Rub­ber­maid, the par­ent cor­po­ra­tion, is con­sol­i­dat­ing some of their com­pa­nies in one cor­po­rate cen­ter. When? Mid-June. But you’re get­ting mar­ried in July! / Are you crazy? Yes. / You could say that.1 Have you found a place? / Have you found […]

Cooper Journal: One free interaction ...

11Feb2009 1 Comment

Cooper Jour­nal: One free inter­ac­tion I noticed two friends who use their mouse to repeat­edly select and des­e­lect text in web browsers as they read pages online. This is absolutely crazy­mak­ing for onlook­ers, but really sat­is­fy­ing for them. De-Re-Selecting from Chris No on Vimeo. I do this all the time (my favorite way is to triple-click […]

What’s this? ...

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I’m tired of my old theme (not the col­ors) and would like to dress this one up, but have lit­tle time for the lat­ter and the for­mer has reached a crit­i­cal point. I’m prob­a­bly going with the same color scheme I had before  —  and may make some minor changes to the lay­out  —  but feel free to sug­gest ideas […]

The ecstasy of influence ...

29Jan2009 Leave a comment

The ecstasy of influ­ence: A pla­gia­rism, By Jonathan Lethem Harper’s Mag­a­zine In nearly one breath, [Muddy] Waters offers five accounts [of the ori­gin of his song]: his own active author­ship: he “made it” on a spe­cific date. Then the “pas­sive” expla­na­tion: “it come to me just like that.” After Lomax raises the ques­tion of influence, […]

Last Exit ...

12Jan2009 Leave a comment

A music meme: how apro­pos. I (too) don’t nor­mally pass these on, but this one is quite funny/poignant and, well, musi­cal. (Via Ken) [Dis­claimer: I skipped clas­si­cal. “Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Alle­gro vivace” is hard to divine by name and it was quite lit­er­ally every other song.] WHAT DO YOU […]

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