january

01.29.02

i have all the early elvis costello albums on vinyl. i'm such a sucker for the nerdy look, the quirky voice and woes of unrequited love. in tribute to rhino record's re-release of all of elvis costello's albums, terry gross plays old interviews from declan macmanus himself.

finally! everything you wanted to know about ninjas!!! (link via isbister)

of all the things i could possibly buy at amazon... i still can't quite figure out why i would want this. (steve's link)

current meme: get your enr on. (link via wayneco)

"you say tomato, i say fuck you." - seen on a t-shirt

01.27.02

one downside to not reading the comics regularly anymore is that i haven't kept up on doonesbury. it's good to know the trudeau is still on top of it. in today's episode, the sin lobby gins up for another year.

deady bears. need i say more?

how incredibly exciting! dave wilson, curator of culver city's absolutely wonderful museum of jurassic technology, has won a macarthur genius grant!! hooray!

01.26.02

one day, i will have to tell you the story about when i bought my rifle. it was very... taxi driver. meanwhile, check out all the cute ladies weapons for you and the rest of charlie's angels. my favorite are the grenades. (link via the summer)

it's minifig madness with everybody's latest obsession: lord of the rings! (link via memepool)

i've eaten some strange things in my time, but it's good to be reminded that there's weird food wherever you go. ray has a list. although i agree that balut is pretty disgusting (the fetal chick is just a little too crunchy for my taste), i have to disagree that bagong is disgusting. bagong is great. bagong is good. my only question is... is spotted dick what i think it is?

google always seems to come up with a reason for me to be in love with it. here's the latest google zeitgeist for you to ponder...

i just bought tickets for the new laurie anderson show that's premiering in los angeles this weekend. something tells me this one will be good.

take a bunch of elementary school students from the late 70's, make 'em sing contemporary rock songs and you've got the weird wonderment known as the langley schools music project: innocence and despair. if space oddity doesn't make you laugh, then you need a fresh batch of comedy supply in your system. (link via zack)

01.23.02

this parody site is so good, you won't believe it's not butter. answer the questions on the american patriot registration form and turn yourself in immediately. (link via tinker)

i saw this link and couldn't help but laugh. next time you're playing sloshball, ask yourself, 'what would jesus do?' (via dirty)

yo, homeboy. don't be messin' wit my shit. i know gangsta haiku!

01.20.02

ebay has everything you've ever wanted. how could you possibly resist this? it's high quality!

taking a picture on a leaf is a pretty neat experiment using pinhole photography and... leaves. (link via steve)

01.17.02

in honor of the 20th anniversary of its theatrical release, i would like to present to you... tronkillerapp! (link via steve)

steve's been avoiding work a lot lately, i can tell. otherwise, he wouldn't have sent me this other frightening link about snaxpo, the snack food association's 2001 convention. i think my next vacation is going to be spent in lima, ohio. mmmm... pork rinds...

fellow filmmaker jason wishnow survived a week at sundance last year with $31 in his pocket and lived to tell the tale. i told him i'd make a care package for him the next time he goes...

01.14.02

i usually look forward to buying the newest issue of colors, which is an impressive photojournalism magazine made up surprisingly by benneton photographers. unfortunatey, when i saw the latest issue on madness at the newsstands, it was a little too disturbing for me to buy.

i love dominoes. i love the image of old cuban men playing dominoes in hot tropical climes. i loved making an entire set of giant 4'x3' dominoes to play a game that would last hours. get your pips in order, because here's everything you ever wanted to know about dominoes and more...

wow! just what every space nerd needs... a solar system simulator! (link via memepool)

01.13.02

another kodak moment brought to you buy the surveillance camera players! (link via wayneco)

luckily, my 256mb compactflash card will be arriving in the mail via fedex. unfortunately, any compactflash cards being sent through regular mail may be destroyed due to the u.s. postal service's latest battle against anthrax.

having worked with computer graphics for the past six years, i'm a little distressed that i only got 9 out of 10 of these correct. on the other hand, i shouldn't really complain. fake or foto is an interesting site that tests your ability to determine what is a photographic image and what was generated by pixels. (link via milton)

01.09.02

just so you know... the page cannot be fucking displayed.

despite the fact that i turned a job down at pixar, i'm still a big fan of all their work. it's great that the los angeles county museum of art will be holding a tribute for pixar this thursday.

01.08.02

google has been delving into their usenet archives and are mapping out significant events in usenet's history (first mention of microsoft, early references to emoticons, first mention of the simpsons, etc.) deep down inside, you know the nerd in you wants to see it.

this latest development in biotech makes me think of roy's conversation with chu in blade runner. "if you could see the things that i have seen with your eyes."

here's more interesting news on ways of seeing. hmmm.. i'm almost tempted to justify any chemical intake i do as a step forward in the advancement of visual science. almost.

buy ad guy! collect the whole agency!

and now, ladies and gentlemen, for your random collection of statistics of the day, the san francisco transportation fact sheet!

01.07.02

the sound samples available at the uk national sound archive are way cool. right now i'm listening to bumblebees. just a second ago, i was listening to steelworkers. as my friend from australia would say every now and then, "give it a go!"

i, like most everyone else, hate carnivore. or at least, i did until i found out about the carnivore art project. you have to admit that art based on streaming data is pretty neat.

despite the fact that the bankruptcy of polaroid usa makes me terribly sad, i think it's great that their photography collection will be sold to museums worldwide. or at least, one can only hope that it goes to museums rather than primarily private collectors.

animation by my favorite kid. how much more surreal can you get than with a three year old?

while talking to my co-worker about the incredibly creepy movie phase iv, a story about super-intelligent ants that terrorize a bunch of scientists, i discovered the wonderful wonderment of saul bass, probably one of the best title designers ever to grace the screens of hollywood. his credit list is absolutely amazing. he's definitely a heavy influence for the opening credit sequence for monsters, inc.

01.02.02

i just spent the last hellish holiday week in lost angeles, visiting my family. even though i grew up there, i always seem to forget how much media there is about media until i look up and see all the billboards and full page ads for television, movies and music. fortunately, it gave me the opportunity to watch robert altman's latest film, gosford park, which is good... if you like altman films. fortunately, i like altman, so i was entertained.

i also caught lantana, a murder mystery from australia. i wasn't super enthused about it, but there are apparently good reviews about this film, so you don't necessarily have to take my word on it.

unfortunately, i was unable to see happenstance, starring audrey tatou (amelie). i'm anxiously waiting for this to arrive in san francisco, which will hopefully be soon. i think i might secretly have a crush on audrey. don't tell anyone, though.

if you happen to find yourself in los angeles and have a hankering for some meat, you might want to check out barrio fiesta, a new filipino restaraunt reviewed by the l.a. times. i haven't had a chance to check it out though, so you'll have to tell me if you like it or not.

01.01.02

happy new year! i hope that this year will be a better one than last for most of us, because last year seemed particularly sucky for pretty much everyone i know. a toast to temporal transitionary phases!

one of the first things i used to have a hard time adapting to in january was writing the new year on my checks. it occurred to me today that with debit cards and on-line billing, there really aren't very many checks left for me to write anymore. it's good to get rid of another neurosis.

for all intents and purposes, the islais creek neighborhood was a place that i called home for several years. i usually don't link to petitions or anything, but this one is pretty dear to my heart. if you're at all concerned about arts in san francisco, please include your thoughts and name on the illinois street bridge petition to stop construction which would essentially raze the arts community that thrives there. the arts have been battered enough in this city. we don't deserve another blow.

the gunnery sgt. r. lee ermey action figure isn't a toy i'd buy for any kid i know, but some of the sound bites are pretty funny.

a friend of mine brought some folks over from berlin's chaos computer club to a party at my house a little while ago. lately, i've been delighted to see their latest project make the memes: blinkenlights!

i think i might pop from anticipation while waiting for gigantic: a tale of two johns to come out! ahhhh... more they might be giants propaganda for me to fetishize over.

do you really want windows 2000 running your military? be afraid. be very, very afraid.

fortunately, i'm finding more and more shorts that i've seen at film festivals pop up for repeated viewing here on this ol' internet. anarchy monkey played at the short attention span film festival 2000 and was a hit with the kids.

when advertising executives and divorce lawyers get together, the results are most certainly going to be evil.