Archive for February, 2007
Caturday!
Pandora was looking especially regal on her favorite star-shaped pillow tonight. It helped that I put some catnip on it earlier today, so she really doesn’t want to move from there. Which means I get to keep my spot on the bed, which she seems to have taken a liking to in recent days.
links for 2007-02-23
LibraryThing UnSuggester | Don’t read THIS. Give it a book you *don’t* like, and UnSuggester will tell you what you *might* like based on your burning hatred. (tags: books library) Obsidian Wings: Vilsack Out. “He might have been a serious contender if Obama hadn’t entered the race….But Obama did enter the race, which altered that [...]
Trader Joe’s Linguine
Conventional supermarket pasta comes in long rods of hardened wheat which necessitate a stressful and messy break-in-half procedure before they will fit in my 4-quart pot of boiling water. Not so with these packs of Trader Joe’s linguine; they are gently prefolded before drying so that they can be dropped straight into the pot with [...]
links for 2007-02-22
Wisdump: Why Blog Networks Failed. “You can build 100s of sites, but what does that change? It just means you have 100s of sites to micro-manage now which takes away your resources.” (tags: weblogs business community net) macapinlac.com – What I learned from being CTO. Ritchie on what he’s learned at Rouxbe. (tags: business work) [...]
links for 2007-02-21
YouTube – Ann-Margret goes Mod for Canada Dry – 1968. Overly long semi-psychedelic 1960s song-and-dance commercial for ginger ale with Ann Margret. Via vintage ads. (tags: advertising drink retro video) Vista security overview: too little too late | The Register. IE7: now slightly less dangerous! (tags: microsoft windows ie security) Single Bullet, Single Gunman – [...]
Phish Snooping for Beginners
So I get a phishing message telling me “Your Bank of America account has been closed, click here to reactivate it.” Nothing new. I don’t even have a BoA account, and even if I did, I know enough to avoid phishes. But before clicking on the “Report phishing” link, I try a click on the [...]
Ducks and Swans on Ice
Ducks and swans hanging around on the ice in the Pond, Central Park. Most of the ducks were sleeping with a leg up, puffed to insulate against cold, while the swans munched on hay off to one side. As we watched them, Amy mentioned this reference from Catcher in the Rye: I live in New [...]
Within NYAA
These are from various locations within the New York Academy of Art, where Amy got her Master’s Degree in painting. The middle floors of the old building are open and partitioned into studio spaces, many with windows that look out onto alleyways and fire escapes, creating a quintessentially “Tribecan” ambience. Student and faculty work can [...]
Stroller Wheel
Somewhere out there, a broken stroller is missing its wheel, which sits here forlorn on a dowtown crosswalk outside the Franklin Street subway station.
Long Weekend in NJ/NYC
Amy and I spent the long weekend up in New Jersey, with a trip to NYC on Saturday to sell a drawing and view the art of Odd Nerdrum at Forum Gallery. We also checked out the Apple Cube, and dropped by the frozen Pond in Central Park to check on the wintering-over ducks (for [...]