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Technology

It’s, Like, Biblical, or Whatever

In Aldous, Technology on 9 October 2008 with no comments

Home ownership is “most stable financial investment”
→ everyone wants to buy a home, independent of his debt/income ratio
→ opportunistic (Capitalistic) lenders create loan packages so anyone, independent of his debt/income ratio, can buy a home
→ increased default rate affects solubility of large players in commercial paper markets
→ Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and other [...]

The End of the Summer is the Start of Another

In Family, Technology on 17 September 2008 with no comments

Harkening
Once upon a time, the TV season started in the fall, ended in the spring, and then the summer was nothing but reruns. These days, there are an increasing number of “seasons” each year, and the summer is a playground of lackluster content that couldn’t measure up to the main lackluster content the “regular” [...]

A Lost Comment

In Technology on 12 September 2008 with 1 comment

I accidentally deleted a comment by A. Nonymous Coward. I realized this yesterday. Apologies.

A New Look

In Technology on 12 September 2008 with no comments

Yes, Again
Update: Switching back for a bit.
Update #2: Then not. Isn’t this fascinating?
Update #3: I’m really writing this last update for my own future embarrassment. I am weak for an insatiable technosocial fetish. But, this is it. Done.
I’m trying another look and layout. I’m indulging a little (more than the [...]

A Requiem for $random(crap);

In Aldous, Family, Muse, Technology, Uncategorized on 12 August 2008 with no comments

The Other Time Bandits
I whore my attention out to any enterprise no matter how dull its flash or shallow its mapping to what I consider my core interests. I have considered this at excruciating and ironically protracted length, and hypothesized enough ways that I suck to fill, like, a big thing where you’d all, [...]

Redundancy

In Foolishness, Technology on 12 July 2008 with 3 comments

As if we need more URL-shortening services, a la TinyURL or (the defunct) URL Tea, there is yet another: ZombieURL. I mention it because I have a soft spot for shambling flesh eaters…and zombies, too.

Seriously

In Muse, Technology, Threnody on 8 July 2008 with no comments

This is why designers are craftspeople, are artisans, are necessary (despite this being weak evidence).
I have been sitting at my computer for roughly six hours trying to work through, in parallel:

an Inkscape comp of a site design, including creating a vaguely floral centerpiece;
looking for this one particular vector file from iStockphoto that I bought, but [...]