posts from March 2004

festivals schmestivals (bah humbug)

South by Soutwest film and interactive festivals kick off today. Music gets started next Wednesday. I’m sad to say I barely even know what’s on the schedule this year; either I’m working too hard or my hipness quotient took a sudden, steep dive when I hit thirty.
I’m also, for the first time since we moved [...]

8 minutes in the life of a total dweeb

Here’s how I’ve spent (some of) my time this evening:

8:49 pm
Going through a pile of stuff on my desk, notice a note that I jotted down in the Portland airport last Monday. It was the title and author of a book I spotted in the airport bookstore that I knew I had to read someday: [...]

why things break

I’ve contributed a guest post on Bunker Mulligan. It’s a book report. [update: link removed; destination has vanished]