Aug 15, 2008, 10:40 am
Jeremy and I are going to Ireland for our honeymoon! We'll be driving from Dublin to Shannon over 7 days and staying in B&Bs along the way! Yay! Finally get to use my passport again!

Jul 22, 2008, 11:52 am
Amazing.

Jul 5, 2008, 9:56 pm
We're moved in! Still lots of unpacking to do, but I cooked my first meal in our awesome kitchen tonight and we enjoyed the pool again today! We even had fireworks that we could see right from our porch!

Jul 2, 2008, 4:55 pm
We're homeowners!!! We closed Monday and can't wait to start living there!

May 28, 2008, 1:02 pm
We sign our purchase and sale tomorrow!

May 19, 2008, 7:33 pm
Jeremy and I are going to be homeowners! Our offer was accepted today! What a beautiful house. I can't believe it's going to be ours.:)

Mar 17, 2008, 8:57 am
We have a wedding location and date! Jeremy and I are getting married Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at The Harrington Farm in Princeton MA!

Mar 11, 2008, 9:08 am
I am fascinated. The Really Terrible Orchestra is dedicated to giving poor musicians a chance to enjoy public ensemble playing with no shame.

Mar 5, 2008, 11:00 pm
I designed our wedding web site today! It will be updated as we have more info.

Feb 12, 2008, 9:28 am
Jeremy and I got engaged Sunday, Feb. 10!

Oct 23, 2007, 10:56 pm
Just got PHP enabled in my Mac OS X Apache web server, but my old blog files won't seem to work. They're throwing a permissions error. It's times like these I wished I was more of a developer and understood the back end of this stuff.

Oct 14, 2007, 1:52 pm
I just bought and downloaded the new Radiohead album online from Radiohead.com. They're trying this new thing where they release their album themselves without a label so they take all the profits. You pay whatever you think the album is worth. I'd rather pay $10 straight to a band I like than $10 to iTunes or a record label and better support a band I love.

Sep 19, 2007, 11:24 pm
First MWS rehearsal of the year. My god it was fun. This is going to be a fantastic year!

Jul 23, 2007, 9:46 pm
Moo Cards make great business cards for very little money. I saw them and had to have a set.

Jul 19, 2007, 12:10 am
This was the best birthday ever! I had the best surprise party Sunday and I spent today with Jeremy camera shopping and hanging out in Portsmouth. It's HP night Friday and I have 2 more parties this weekend! I'm so excited I could pee.

Jul 15, 2007, 6:15 pm
I don't know why, but I really love The Kitty Cat Song on YouTube. I think I've found my new ringtone.

Jul 11, 2007, 7:52 pm
I got myself a pro Flickr account. Please sign up and be one of my contacts if I know you.

Jun 23, 2007, 8:53 pm
I can't believe it. I sneezed in the car on the way to my recital today and pulled a muscle in my back. I haven't been able to stand up straight since. It sucks.

Apr 30, 2007, 9:02 pm
Hiked to Tuckerman Ravine this weekend and then had a lazy Sunday. Enjoying life these days!

Apr 1, 2007, 6:44 pm
Another incredible weekend! It's only been 1 month (today!) since I met Jeremy and things are fantastic. :) I've never been so happy.

Mar 22, 2007, 8:28 pm
I took another snowboarding lesson the week after the first one and I am much improved! I bought equipment and I'm loving it! Here's the video of my fourth day of snowboarding.

Mar 6, 2007, 7:19 pm
I learned to snowboard yesterday up at Loon. I'm glad I did it, but it's definitely harder than I expected. Being a long-time skiier doesn't guarantee that you'll pick up snowboarding quickly. I got a little cocky after lunch and tried some of the more difficult terrain. Bad idea.Mar 22, 2007, 8:28 pm

Feb 12, 2007, 9:17 am
Excellent news! Cousins from Sweden are visiting Boston in June or July! I can't wait to give the tour!!!!!

Feb 1, 2007, 1:42 pm
Eeeeeh! Harry Potter book 7 comes out July 21st! That makes the ultimate birthday month for me because the 5th movie comes out on July 13 as well!

Jan 25, 2007, 1:57 pm
I would love to get one of these Holga Bitch tshirts.

Jan 21, 2007, 6:01 pm
Perfect end to the weekend. Excellent trios with good musicians!

Jan 18, 2007, 2:56 pm
The day has finally arrived! I get my very own office!!!!! I thought this would never happen. It's quite spacious with a wrap around desk area and lots of shelves for storage. I'm already thinking about getting some large IKEA frames and hanging some photos to really make it my own.

Jan 14, 2007, 10:18 pm
I can't believe our country ever put this fucktard into office. It's not our war. It's all his. He has never been a representative of the American people and it angers me to no end.

Jan 13, 2007, 10:18 am
I thought they were kidding about the existence of Tickle Me Elmo Extreme on NPR. It's actually kind of freaky when he turns over and starts slapping the floor.

Jan 9, 2007, 3:48 pm
Now my pink Motorola Razr doesn't seem nearly so cool. Apple came out with the most beautiful cell phone/PDA yet. Behold the iPhone.

Jan 7, 2007, 10:48 pm
Had a fantastic recital today! First time in 5 years I think! On another musical note, a couple of girls I know from college launched the web site for their new string shop in Westford: Bridges and Bows

Jan 1, 2007, 11:19 pm
I am the biggest loser for having watched a large percentage of The Biggest Loser marathon on Bravo today.

Dec 23, 2006, 6:05 pm
I don't know what happened to me this year. I like purses and babies. I got myself a little present today....a purse, not a baby. :)

Dec 15, 2006, 9:33 am
Ever remember being scared to sit in Santa's lap when you were a kid? Here's a great gallery of photos.

Dec 6, 2006, 2:49 am
Mark Day has a podcast called For Parody Purposes Only. I don't know if it's funny because of what he has to say (all the Bush and Britney Spears bashing) or the fact that he says it all with a thick Scottish accent.

Dec 4, 2006, 11:00 am
Microsoft's Zune crashes and burns. Why am I not surprised? Apple iPod is still the best!

Nov 27, 2006, 10:24 am
Ugg. Monday morning post-Thanksgiving migraine. Nice. I thought I caught it in time, but I guess not.

Nov 20, 2006, 3:07 pm
Awesome concert yesterday! I can't remember the last time I had that much fun preparing for and playing a concert. We've come a long way in 9 weeks. I'm so proud of us!

Nov 13, 2006, 3:26 pm
You have to be kidding me. Naked man arrested for concealed weapon. This reads like an Onion article, but it's actually true.

Nov 9, 2006, 8:57 am
I'm really excited about my November 19th Metropolitan Wind Symphony concert! Rehearsal was awesome last night. We're starting to sound really good.

Nov 3, 2006, 11:11 am
Stephanie and I are starting to plan our Iceland/Norway trip (now next Thanksgiving) and I'm even more pysched looking at all the Iceland photos I'm finding. I would love to do a jeep tour!

Nov 3, 2006, 8:41 am
The web site for Johnson String Instruments has an audio interview with this mostly self-taught 9 year old violinist. He loves Celtic and Cape Breton style playing and makes up most of his tunes on the spot. Amazing.

Nov 2, 2006, 11:21 am
I have more critters running around in my attic. I woke up at 3AM to hear something scratching above my head. It sounded like it was trying to claw its way right through the ceiling. I can't sleep with that shit going on, but I hate the thought of going up in the attic to set traps. God knows what I'm going to find.

Oct 31, 2006, 3:13 pm
I bought LocoRoco for my PSP and I'm obsessed with its whimsy and yummy graphics. I am pleasantly surprised by how cool it is. I don't think I've ever played a game quite like it on any console.

Oct 23, 2006, 9:47 am
It makes my blood boil just reading this article from a lawyer who is so anti-Mac it's disgusting. Most of his claims are completely false and uneducated. You can't always dumb down stuff enough for the dumbest of the dumb.

Oct 20, 2006, 9:49 am
Mom - if you're reading this, you need to sign up for Monkey On Your Back. It's an online reminder service. Now you can stop leaving lists of chores in Dad's wallet.

Oct 19, 2006, 1:44 pm
Last week Phil suggested we spice up the weekly Media Services meetings. Phil found pesticide safety bingo and we're going to play. This of course led to a discussion about making our own J&B trivia bingo. Lots of laughs. The possibilities are endless.

Oct 18, 2006, 1:57 pm
I thought this day would never come. I have passed on the responsibility of making door signs. I will miss those highest priority emails from the front desk. :)

Oct 13, 2006, 10:44 am
Does it bother anyone else that Callie on Grey's Anatomy kind of looks like a man? She's so.....manly. What is she doing hooking up with McSteamy? She's too much man for him. :)

Oct 9, 2006, 3:21 pm
I attended the open studios at ArtSpace Maynard with a friend yesterday. Some of the stuff was quite good while some of it was just plain weird. It's been awhile since I've toured studios and seen things "in progress." My favorite was the woman who painted large-scale baby portraits. The coloring was so weird that all of the babies looked dead. One was so white, I titled it, "Baby left in the freezer overnight." Morbid.

Oct 8, 2006, 9:55 am
I've always liked Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, but I like him even more after seeing the clip where he insults a crowd of Star Wars fans.

Oct 1, 2006, 10:25 pm
Went bowling tonight and learned how to play pool afterwards. I had a fabulous teacher. :)

Oct 1, 2006, 11:25 am
Visited the New England Aquarium yesterday with Steve, Kristina, and Guinevere. I captured some interesting commentary by a young child.

Sep 22, 2006, 15:37 pm
Looking forward to a weekend of live music, possible bow shopping, brunch, and relaxation after a very long and stressful week.

Sep 21, 2006, 9:40 pm
I really missed The Office and Grey's Anatomy. They hit the spot today.

Sep 19, 2006, 11:16 am
Hahaha! This man was mistakenly arrested for issuing a bomb threat to airport security when really he was trying to conceal a marital aid (from his mother in line with him). "Pump" and "bomb" sort of sound the same when said with a thick Arabic accent. :)

Sep 15, 2006, 12:34 pm
I heard a rumor that one of my favorite flutist/composers may be visiting my music school this fall and giving a recital and masterclass. How odd, since I just walked into my first lesson not knowing that and wanting to work on some of her pieces. How long has it been since I did a masterclass? Looking forward to the challenge.

Aug 31, 2006, 10:01 am
Vacation has been productive so far. I wish I could say I've been sitting on my ass doing nothing. Why does it seem like my house is never totally clean there are always phone calls to make and errands to run? Looking forward to my big party Sunday. I'll be forced to relax then.

Aug 22, 2006, 9:33 am
I have finally reached the point of online dating. Trying to give fate a push.

Aug 18, 2006, 9:28 am
I always ignore those red flags and hope this one is the exception to the rule. I see the good and ignore the bad. Then I pay for it. When will I learn? How do I find a balance?

Aug 11, 2006, 8:55 am
Going to Disney World for a week in Feb! It's officially booked! Very excited!

Jul 28, 2006, 9:33 pm
I thought I ruined my brand new 2GB memory card for my PSP but luckily found an online article saying to reset the PSP system so it would recognize the memory stick once again. It worked!

Jul 13, 2006, 5:11 pm
Can't wait to get my new pink Motorola Razr V3 phone! This site has documentation on how to set up your Mac to transfer files from your computer to your phone and vice versa.

Jul 11, 2006, 4:28 pm
Had a fun extra long weekend camping at Hickory Run in PA. Highlights included the very large boulder field potentially full of rattlesnakes, 2 screaming little girls at a nearby camp site, walking for 10 miles to see ALL the sites, kicking ass at scrabble, and almost losing my bathing suit bottom at the pool at Central Oak Heights Sunday. Note to self: NEVER wear a 2-piece when diving.

Jun 30, 2006, 9:24 am
I am completely set on skydiving this summer. I've always wanted to. This place gets pretty good reviews.

Jun 28, 2006, 10:38 am
Matt Silas has some cool short films.

Jun 20, 2006, 2:09 pm
I thought one of the speakers on my practically brand new iBook was dead, but I figured out it's due to an OSX software glitch thanks to this post.

Jun 16, 2006, 9:16 am
Todd sent me a link to the Dr. Tran short film and it was shockingly funny at times. You have to watch the whole thing.

Jun 14, 2006, 4:36 pm
A great video site: Break.com. Much like YouTube.com but I actually have the patience to skim through it.

Jun 9, 2006, 5:11 pm
So much news today. My friend Steve from UML has his video game releasing next week!

Jun 9, 2006, 1:49 pm
Dirty dinnerware by James Victore and Pierre Charpin.

Jun 9, 2006, 1:04 pm
If you found a cell phone in a taxi, would you return it to the owner? This stupid 16 year old didn't return the Sidekick she found and now she and her family are being pubicly humiliated until it is returned.

Jun 8, 2006, 4:44 pm
The interesting home page of Chris Glass found via Coudal.com.

Jun 8, 2006, 1:17 pm
I love this new Sony Bravia commercial and the song in the background.

May 29, 2006, 7:04 pm
This guy could have been our guest soloist for the William Tell Overture at the last MWS concert.

May 25, 2006, 4:21 pm
And here I thought hacky sack..ahem Foot Bag...was for those grunge kids in high school during lunch period. If you're good enough, you can compete at worlds. This is some crazy shit.

May 23, 2006, 3:22 pm
I found a cool site today via the RocketBoom daily vlog: artist Lilly McElroy has some great performance videos and photography. I especially liked I Throw Myself at Men, Pushing Cowboys, and Hugs.

May 22, 2006, 12:10 pm
Leave it Apple to be the first computer protected by anti-theft software. I especially love the part where it can automatically take a picture of the thief with the built-in iSight and collect it for evidence.

May 17, 2006, 10:49 am
This guy (and his friend in the background) put Elaine from Seinfeld's dance moves to shame.

May 6, 2006, 9:43 am
Every Saturday when it's nice out and school is in session, I wake up to teenagers screaming outside my window starting at 9:30 AM on the dot. Kill me now.

May 1, 2006, 10:23 pm
When trying to get Virtual PC 6 running Windows 98 on Tiger to connect AND load web pages in IE, this is the one and only support article that actually worked for me. I hope others find this helpful.

Apr 25, 2006, 4:38 pm
I am going to be getting cozy with Adobe InDesign as I learn all about using an XML content workflow. If this doesn't get me to break up with Quark, I don't know what will.

Apr 24, 2006, 11:49 am
Tees with hidden messages (and nice designs) at edoclaundry.com

Apr 21, 2006, 11:54 am
Zefrank has always had some great content on his site. Now he's doing video blogging. It's hilarious.

Apr 20, 2006, 10:39 am
Spring cleaning is a funny thing. I'm finding stuff I completely forgot about like these goals I wrote last year at a really bad time. I've actually accomplished some of them now.

Apr 17, 2006, 9:10 am
Details like accurate dimensions escape some people. I should have seen this coming. Can I go home now?

Apr 13, 2006, 3:11 pm
Thank you Bret for the Overheard in Boston link. "He was wondering why I broke up with him. And I was like...because you didn't come visit me in the hospital after I got hit by a car."

Apr 7, 2006, 9:01 am
On WBCN this morning, they were talking about PostSecret.com. My favorite was the Starbucks employee who sent his secret on a Starbucks cup that said, "I give decaf to customers who are rude to me."

Apr 4, 2006, 11:53 am
After a very long wait, my Eric Whitacre CD of a capella works has finally arrived. It's divine as expected.

Apr 1, 2006, 10:21 pm
I got an incredible experience at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship today by volunteering with my friend Steph. My 2 favorites were USA and of course Sweden. Now that someone has explained to me exactly how the game works, I really enjoy watching it.

Mar 29, 2006, 12:19 pm
Handbrake is such a great program. When I think about all the time I used to spend with an entire suite of applications trying to rip video from DVDs, I want to cry. I just ripped a 2 hour movie in its original aspect ratio and size into a 487 MB file that plays in Quicktime.

Mar 28, 2006, 12:56 pm
Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors, is being sued by the real "Dr. Finch" of Western, MA in his memoir. Article from Boston.com

Mar 15, 2006, 6:16 pm
I saw a mother in Target tonight who would make an ideal candidate for an episode of Super Nanny. The kid is ordering her at the top of her lungs to leave the store and she's very calmly saying, "I just need one more thing. We're almost done." I will never be that kind of parent.

Mar 13, 2006, 8:04 pm
Camping could be a lot more fun if I had a Selk'bag.

Mar 8, 2006, 12:04 am
Listen to Crazy Samantha displace her anger about her failed engagement on some radio talk show hosts.

Feb 22, 2006, 8:56 am
Good news! One of my book designs, Exam Prep: Fire Officer I & II, is going to be used as a prop on the Fox TV show Rescue Me in an episode filming this week!

Feb 16, 2006, 14:26 am
This entire month blows so far. I am beside myself.

Jan 24, 2006, 10:03 am
This British Honda commercial really appeals to the music geek in me.

Jan 12, 2006, 10:15 am
Finally! The trailer for Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors is available! Looks like a great cast.

Jan 6, 2006, 9:18 am
I heart Craigslist. It's going to become my new hobby. What a great way to get rid of things I don't want anymore.

Dec 8, 2005, 15:55 pm
McSweeney's has a collection of letters to the president. I really like the ones from an eighth grade class in North Carolina. "Why do terrorists want to kill you so much? -Apr Tew, who flirts."

Dec 1, 2005, 11:45 am
Fun link for the day: extremeironing.com

Nov 30, 2005, 4:46 pm
Anda's dog got his own blog.

Nov 17, 2005, 2:45 am
I decided that since my new chipmunk has a zip code, he might as well have a blog, so you can read about our recent escapades at http://catchingporky.blogspot.com

Nov 15, 2005, 5:02 pm
My inspiration for this year's online Christmas shopping extravaganza (in order to avoid all malls and other crowded places with aggressive shoppers): coolhunting.com

Nov 14, 2005, 8:46 pm
I need an iPod Video now. I just figured out that by using Handbrake, I can rip my DVDs into small mp4 movies that are playable in iTunes and on the iPod. I need I need.

Nov 3, 2005, 1:30 am
Why won't Quark let me permanantly set my measurement units preference to inches rather than picas? That's so annoying. Who uses picas when all the printer templates come in inches?

Oct 3, 2005, 10:52 am
Re-enactments of your favorite retro video games at mega64.com

Sep 21, 2005, 8:57 am
Cool. Post-it note wall art - large-scale! I think we're going to take a crack at something like this at work in the glass conference room.

Sep 8, 2005, 11:21 am
The folks at lomography.com rock! I lost my set of colored flash filters for my lomo while I was in Sweden, and they're sending me a replacement set free of charge. That is so cool. :)

Aug 26, 2005, 10:44 pm
I learned that I must use a flash with my lomo even outdoors when the sun is out. What a difference it makes - at least for Fuji Provia film. Otherwise, it's ALL GREEN!

Aug 23, 2005, 9:47 pm
Cool. Keir O'Donnell is making it big in the movies now with a part in Wedding Crashers among others.

Aug 17, 2005, 10:21 am
I very much liked the Lars Englund exhibit at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. This museum has its entire collection online. Some other interesting links I found when shopping in Sweden were: Granit and Ordning-Reda

Aug 16, 2005, 5:02 pm
I was reminded of the site Strindberg and Helium after visiting Aug Strindberg's apartment in Stockholm last week.

Aug 5, 2005, 12:53 pm
Not long now. I can almost taste the airline food. :) I'm going to see beautiful things and not think about work for a week. What could be better?

Aug 1, 2005, 10:20 am
Beautiful weekend for hiking up in the White Mountains! Walked out to Franconia Falls and went down a natural waterslide in the rocks.

Jul 18, 2005, 10:00 am
Another year older. Since the treadmills at the gym go incrementally by fives when you input your age, it would now be more efficient for me to choose "30" and go down 2, than choose "25" and go up 3. That's depressing.

Jul 16, 2005, 7:11 pm
Harry Potter book 6! Need I say more. I'll be unavailable for awhile.

Jul 11, 2005, 10:38 am
It is official. Sweden tickets are purchased! I'm so excited I could pee.

Jun 30, 2005, 3:25 pm
Matt Gamber's photography - nice large format, great color.

Jun 27, 2005, 8:52 am
Oh Microsoft Word, why dost thou suck so much? You take 10 minutes to start up every morning with your font optimization. I hate you.

Jun 16, 2005, 9:24 am
I hate Powerpoint. It breaks the laws of good design and usability and I would never touch it if I didn't have to for work. What is the point (someone please explain this to me) in saving a "design template" when it doesn't save the background image or my choice of font? WTF?

Jun 15, 2005, 3:39 pm
Daily events this week have left me disenchanted with certain aspects of my job. It could be a lot worse. I know because of the comfort I find in this web site: Clientcopia

Jun 14, 2005, 2:52 pm
Oh my god people! There is actually a difference between 8.5" x 10.875" and 8.5" x 11" especially when it comes to trim size and sending files to a printer!!!!! Is today over yet? I'm having heart palpitations.

Jun 9, 2005, 10:21 am
Chris Strong has some beautiful photos. Interesting site navigation. Not sure how I feel about everything popping up and scrolling so much.

Jun 6, 2005, 10:06 am
I miss playing frisbee. Iced coffee, a sunny day, massive spreads of freshly cut grass, and a 175 gram frisbee.

May 22, 2005, 9:13 pm
I love this: Avenue Q - a Broadway musical with muppets. "The Internet is for Porn" is the best song.

May 12, 2005, 3:26 pm
Nice article about the Nashua Flute Choir in the Nashua Telegraph this week. It features our upcoming concert on Sunday.

May 5, 2005, 4:24 pm
A few short films at Coudal.com:
How to BBQ a Man
238 Miles
An Imperfect Ten
6 colors, 1,800 pulls, 2 dogs

May 5, 2005, 4:13 pm
Artist Witold Riedel brings his toy bear abroad to Paris. Here is the photo gallery.

May 4, 2005, 11:24 pm
The new Nine Inch Nails album, "With Teeth" is so kickass! I can't wait to let it rattle my walls.

Apr 22, 2005, 5:05 pm
Importing tagged text into Quark for automatic styling. Is there an easier way? Will it do character level stylesheets that don't use strictly type styles? Grrr.

Apr 18, 2005, 4:35 pm
I knew there was a reason I like Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor just released the new single for his upcoming album in GarageBand format to Apple users so they can make their own remixes.

Apr 14, 2005, 2:26 pm
Scrolling LED belt buckle. What will they think of next?

Apr 6, 2005, 3:30 pm
Homestarrunner.com has released a 3 DVD set of the Strong Bad emails!

Apr 4, 2005, 4:54 pm
It's that time of year again! I get Red Sox tickets from work!

Mar 25, 2005, 11:13 pm
Thank you Todd! My Airport Express is now working beautifully and streaming music to my living room stereo!

Mar 23, 2005, 11:30 pm
Very helpful info when trying to join a new Airport Express with an existing Linksys wireless router network via an ethernet cable. Couldn't seem to get the express to show up more than once in the admin panel. Hard reset worked wonders: Restore to factory defaults: switch off Airport Express. Press the reset button. Turn on the Airport Express while keeping the reset button pressed. After about 10 seconds, the LED on the Airport Express will blink four times. Release the reset button and wait for 90 seconds.

Mar 23, 2005, 7:27 am
MWS CD printer: http://www.worldmediagroup.com/

Mar 14, 2005, 10:31 am
Note to self: never use spray mount to create a display and then leave that display in your car overnight. That's bad news bears.

Mar 7, 2005, 10:59 pm
I might be a little drunk.

Mar 2, 2005, 1:11 pm
One of my covers: Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning just won best cover in the category "Covers: College" in this year's Bookbuilders of Boston New England Book Show and will be displayed at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston on Mar 30th.

Feb 10, 2005, 4:28 pm
I want to forget that today ever happened.

Feb 8, 2005, 1:43 pm
Cheap cheap printing at GangRunDirect.com". It makes me want to get my own business cards.

Feb 6, 2005, 11:52 pm
I guess I should be flattered that a web design company loves my design so much they stole it for themselves. Look familiar?

Jan 26, 2005, 1:00 pm
That crazy Danny guy with the guitar on this season of The Apprentice is from Boston and he has a blog.

Jan 12, 2005, 11:55 am
Cool Site: foundmagazine.com

Jan 7, 2005, 10:07 am
Today is a heavy metal day. I have found a new love for angry screaming music. It puts me in a good mood after fixing other people's retarded file preparation mistakes.

Jan 5, 2005, 12:09 am
Simpleviewer is a cool (and free!) flash-based image viewer.

Dec 28, 2004, 4:13 pm
Someday the children of this focus group will have bad things to say about our XBox and PS2 games of today. "And because people were stupid and like addictive games. People were like, "Wow-such good graphics! I mean, they got a dot with a key. Woooh!" In 15 years it, will be "People were easily amused, and liked to blow up gangs with tanks that fall out of the sky. I mean, they got a flame-thrower and a chainsaw. Whoo-hoo!"

Dec 28, 2004, 11:09 am
Napoleon Dynamite is my new favorite film. I had a grey and pink pair of those moon boots when I was growing up. Sad but true. You can buy them here: flippingsweettees.com

Dec 8, 2004, 2:56 pm
zefrank has a new video out about how to respond to constructive design criticism. Very good.

Dec 1, 2004, 3:40 pm
Some nice sites I found while doing my Christmas shopping:
cb2.com
wickedcoolstuff.com
urbanpeel.com
gardenerseden.com
plumparty.com

Nov 29, 2004, 11:21 am
I had the weirdest dream last night that I had a pet turtle I forgot to feed. I went looking for it wondering if I'd find it dead or alive because I couldn't remember the last time I fed it. I found it alive, put it in a big rubbermaid container with some fruit and vegetables, left it overnight, and came back to find it floating happily in its own urine. Yeah. What does that mean?

Nov 2, 2004, 7:55 am
I am proud to say I exercised my right to vote for the first time today. It was so exciting I almost cried when it was over....almost.

Oct 23, 2004, 6:07 pm
Saw Robert Parkeharrison's photographs at Decordova today. I don't think there was a single one I didn't absolutely love!

Oct 21, 2004, 12:02 am
I never thought I'd say this, but I love baseball! Fuck yeah! Red Sox are going to the world series!!!!! That was an amazing game! An amazing 4 games in a row actually!!!!!

Oct 19, 2004, 1:21 pm
Now maybe I can get that "I Hate MediaBank" tshirt I've been wanting. Neighborhoodies.com

Oct 12, 2004, 4:38 pm
Fun long weekend! Camping at Shawme-Crowell on the Cape with Jen. I might add that I kicked ass at Scrabble: 314-265!

Oct 5, 2004, 3:51 pm
The Apple Newton just won't die! That's because Apple is clearly the best.

Sep 9, 2004, 3:26 pm
The newest Augusten Burroughs book releases on Oct 5th! It's titled Magical Thinking: True Stories.

Sep 3, 2004, 6:20 pm
Antonio Carusone has some beautiful medium format cross-processed photography.

Aug 28, 2004, 5:10 pm
Had a "brilliant" time in England! Managed to see most of the major tourist spots in London including Hampton Court Palace just outside of the city, many of the gorgeous colleges and museums in Cambridge, The White Horse of Uffington, Stonehenge, Bath, and Oxford. What an amazing week!

Aug 5, 2004, 4:24 pm
Favorite collections of handmade prints:
Aesthetic Apparatus
Heads of State
Nokturnal Studio
Asterik Studio

Aug 3, 2004, 9:40 pm
Ha! A rep from Apple called me at work today to see how I like my G5. I told her I love it and will buy one for home when Tiger is released. I'll bet Dell doesn't call all of their users and ask how they like their new PCs.

Aug 1, 2004, 11:58 pm
I guess Apple doesn't let you engrave just anything on the back of your iPod. Here's a list of rejected iPod engravings.

Jul 31, 2004, 12:22 pm
Vermont Color is the best! I will now use them exclusively for all of my film processing. I sent in my first roll of slide film to be cross-processed last Tuesday and got it back Saturday. $7.95 baby! And postage is paid by them.

Jul 28, 2004, 1:55 pm
Cool! My concert Friday night is listed in the public events calendar of the Democratic National Convention site.

Jul 21, 2004, 3:51 pm
I need new art. I'm going to make it a priority. http://www.flatstock.com/

Jul 21, 2004, 1:27 pm
Another outlet for Apple! Duke University will be distributing iPods to all freshmen this semester and they come preloaded with educational materials from the university "to encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life".

Jul 21, 2004, 10:21 am
This is the funniest political movie yet! It takes forever to load, but is well worth the wait. Howard Dean even gets a little cameo.

Jul 18, 2004, 7:14 pm
George Bush Action Figure: He lies and says stupid things. He also comes with 4 outfits.

Jul 13, 2004, 12:29 pm
I guess it would be a good idea to leave the iPod at home when I go to London this summer. Now it's a security risk?

Jul 9, 2004, 10:40 am
I am now wireless on my old wallstreet powerbook! Thank you IOExperts.com for the excellent drivers.

Jul 8, 2004, 4:54 pm
In a follow-up to a previous post regarding The Exorcist in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies, a friend forwarded the newest installment of bunny animations titled, Titanic in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies.

Jul 3, 2004, 12:54 pm
Being at the office on a beautiful Saturday such as today really bites the big one.

Jun 30, 2004, 10:34 am
If you go to PlayerAppreciate.com, you can get your own personal pimp name. If you don't like the one it gives you, you can get another. Mine are: Trick Magnet K. Squeeze, Sweet Chocolate K. Joker, and Pimp Daddy K. Sneed.

Jun 28, 2004, 6:31 pm
Sweeet! I've got high-speed internet now!

Jun 25, 2004, 12:15 pm
I will be a proud DSL user at home very soon. I finally broke down and got it from Verizon for $30/month. Dial up was $13/month and all I ever used it for was email because it was so slow. Thinking about going wireless for my laptop downstairs.

Jun 11, 2004, 10:01 am
Porn Star or My Little Pony? Take the quiz here.

Jun 8, 2004, 1:19 pm
I want: pixelblocks.com

May 28, 2004, 12:44 pm
UN_FOLD: Challenging designers to create a chair that fits into a FedEx box.

May 26, 2004, 9:17 am
I really need to make a new portfolio. subdisc.com is an excellent example.

May 25, 2004, 1:39 pm
On Slashdot: "Two guys in Germany have worked to create a Macintosh System 7 simulation in Flash." I have the real deal sitting in my attic. I guess it's trendy again?

May 25, 2004, 9:32 am
My flute choir might have an opportunity to play the national anthem at a Patriots game. WTF????!!!!!

May 19, 2004, 1:55 pm
I stumbled onto playgroundblues.com from k10k.org, and was appreciating the layout when I noticed that this guy also has a lomography section to his site.

May 13, 2004, 10:23 am
Michael Moore's newest film (Fahrenheit Nine-Eleven) might make it into the hands of the public afterall. The heads of Miramax Films plan to buy it back and distribute it themselves.

May 12, 2004, 3:50 pm
Finally - an article with some insight into my recent Microsoft Entourage problems. Maybe if I just type my password more slowly every morning when I log into email, I won't get locked out of my network account. ?!

May 12, 2004, 11:53 am
Today is not going very well.

May 10, 2004, 9:43 am
thebirdmachine.com has exactly the type of prints I'm looking for to replace the boring Georgia O'Keeffe in my living room.

May 10, 2004, 9:11 am
Turning the Pages - The British Library's digitized collection of some of the world's oldest books.

May 1, 2004, 2:45 pm
I should have paid attention to this info on Holga light leaks before my trip to Montreal.

Apr 30, 2004, 9:22 am
$150 for stuffed bear tits? Jennifer Lew was highlighted in Print Magazine for her stuffed creations such as the one above. "Stuffed ca-ca", "Stuffed Bunny Toast", and "Stuffed Cocaine" are among her other creations.

Apr 27, 2004, 2:22 pm
Who prepares case cover design templates in Microsoft Excel? Who DOES THAT?????!!!!! I think it's almost worse than the time that rep from the UK tried to prepare an ad for print in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Apr 15, 2004, 3:50 pm
Shift-Option-Apple-k when in Quark makes a little alien dance across your document and fill in your selected box with a yucky rainbow gradient. Yay!

Apr 9, 2004, 2:43 pm
SecondStory.com has a really nice layout.

Apr 9, 2004, 2:39 pm
MediumControl.com has some nice silk screened shirts. I like the "I see London. I see France" one. Their online store opens soon!

Apr 6, 2004, 1:18 pm
My new vacuum kicks ass.

Apr 2, 2004, 10:44 am
I own a violin! I'm dropping it off at a local music store this evening to have some new strings put on and to pick up all the other supplies I will need. I'm looking for beginning method books and trying to find info on the internet. One good site that has an interesting fingering chart and sample etudes is ViolinOnline.com

Mar 29, 2004, 11:12 am
Exposur3.com: A very nice photo site (lomo and digital)

Mar 28, 2004, 2:54 pm
Orange Apple "Camp" T-Shirts: Finally for sale to the general public.

Mar 26, 2004, 1:13 pm
Another good Montreal tourism site. We've decided to go for 3 days and I've been collecting recommendations for restaurants, shopping, sight seeing, and hotels. On an entirely different note, I found a violin teacher in Lexington! I start in Jun! I can hardly wait. Over are the days of competing for chairs on flute when I could just practice my ass off and maybe sit somewhere in the 2nd violin section!

Mar 24, 2004, 2:46 pm
If you input my site into The Dialectizer and choose Jive as the language, apparently, I say things like "Slap mah fro!"

Mar 16, 2004, 11:01 am
This is out of control: The Exorcist in 30 Seconds with Bunnies

Mar 11, 2004, 11:43 am
I have preordered my copy of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim: Essays by David Sedaris. Jun 1! Yay!

Mar 8, 2004, 3:38 pm
It is a joyous moment here at my desk. I just finished draft one of the Gateway to Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills! I can sleep well tonight.

Mar 5, 2004, 10:50 am
Oh my.....Wearable Animal Heads. Are they for real?

Mar 4, 2004, 11:14 am
I need this: Flute Power T-Shirt from Urban Outfitters!

Mar 1, 2004, 11:37 am
Running out of patience today.

Feb 27, 2004, 8:59 am
I had completely forgotten that I had applied to be part of the Compact Disc Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation last year sometime. If you purchased CDs anytime between 1995 and 2000 (and who hasn't?), then you were entitled to add your name to the settlement group. I got a check in the mail yesterday for my portion of the settlement! A grand total of $13.86! Nice.

Feb 18, 2004, 9:37 am
My 23" Apple Cinema Display arrived at work this morning. It's insanely huge. It's like looking out an actual window at the landscape before me (I set my desktop background to a photo of a marsh in Concord, MA). So crisp, so bright.....I love it so much I would marry it!

Feb 13, 2004, 8:14 pm
Lomography

Feb 13, 2004, 2:22 pm
Today's brain dump of interesting links: HoldEverything.com as seen on (I'm sorry to say this) Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Also Russell and Hazel office supplies.

Feb 4, 2004, 1:31 pm
AAAHHHHHH! And that's all I have to say about that.

Feb 4, 2004, 11:22 am
My patience is wearing thin today. I hate people.

Jan 29, 2004, 4:20 pm
Cool! The author of How to Keep from Breaking Your Heart: What Every Woman needs to Know About Cardiovascular Disease, the cover of which I designed, is taking her book to the White House and is presenting it to Laura Bush!

Jan 28, 2004, 11:22 am
Today is a good day! My dual 2 GHz G5 has arrived at work!

Jan 26, 2004, 9:59 am
I can tell today is going to completely suck.

Jan 16, 2004, 8:52 am
This guy tin foiled his friend's apartment and everything in it. Amazing.

Jan 7, 2004, 1:19 pm
Fun and useful tip: if you have a metal capped bottle that won't open and you're at work with no rubber kitchen thingies to help, rub the sticky part of a Post It note around the bottle cap to provide some traction.

Jan 3, 2004, 5:54 pm
A helpful lomo site I'd like to spend some more time reading: dailylomograph.com

Jan 3, 2004, 5:53 pm
I'm going to try cross-processing some lomo film. Note: E-6 in C-41 processing. See if Harvard Camera will do that. Possibly Vermont Color?

Dec 30, 2003, 6:36 pm
I am having a great time with my Lomo. I've been working on my lomohome and I've uploaded pictures from 4 rolls of film so far (including one from my Holga). It's cool to see what other people use their cameras for as well.

Dec 16, 2003, 10:54 am
I built my own lomohome today. I only scanned in a few photos from my first roll so I'll fill in the blanks later.

Dec 12, 2003, 5:11 pm
End of the World: A cool little flash animation with some good humor.

Dec 12, 2003, 3:37 pm
Nice infographics weblog: NixLog.com

Dec 12, 2003, 10:48 am
I want!: Blik Wall Art

Dec 12, 2003, 9:00 am
We got permission to use Sandy Skoglund's "Cats in Paris" photo for the cover of a book called "Software Project Management". I am very excited!

Dec 11, 2003, 2:49 pm
I am completely freaking out. There are too many things to do and they just keep coming in so I can't get to the things on my list. It will be a miracle if I make it through Jan.

Dec 9, 2003, 3:37 pm
Note to self: must change my approach to dealing with the stresses of work. Communication with others about deadline concerns could be more positive and proactive. Started to wonder today when observing, "Do I do that too?"

Dec 2, 2003, 9:28 am
My Lomo LC-A arrived yesterday along with my color flash! I'm about 1/3 of the way through my first roll of film and I can't wait to see how the pictures turn out. I wasn't sure at first if the film was winding properly inside the camera. It seemed a bit slack after I closed the door. I had already advanced it several frames to make sure it was catching the teeth. Seems fine now.

Nov 26, 2003, 2:13 pm
Free pixel fonts

Nov 26, 2003, 9:08 am
chicagouncommon.com: Some very nice photos including several taken with the Lomo LC-A. I'm in love with it! I ordered the camera and the color flash today.

Nov 22, 2003, 3:36 pm
I think I've decided I want a Lomo camera for x-mas. My Holga is cool, this one will take 35mm film and has an auto exposure mode. I can get a color flash for it too. Another cool lomo page.

Nov 21, 2003, 2:20 pm
Really cool lomography site: lomography.com

Nov 21, 2003, 1:19 pm
istockpro.com has a feature that lets you browse images by color scheme. Nice. It would be perfect for those times when an entire cover has been designed, and then right before it goes to press, someone decides they want a different image.

Nov 19, 2003, 12:45 pm
ProudAndPrejudiced.com: The fight for best book. A funny little flash animation that puts up a fight between Aragorn from LOTR and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice.

Nov 14, 2003, 15:28 pm
Kite aerial photography

Nov 7, 2003, 11:57 am
We are getting some new G5s this winter!!!!! G5 for me? I'm also requesting a cinema display, but it's a long shot.

Nov 7, 2003, 9:43 am
And to follow up, here's the web site for the gallery of the photographer mentioned as using a Holga in the previous entry's article.

Nov 7, 2003, 9:41 am
Professionals use Holgas too! See article.

Nov 7, 2003, 9:00 am
Free fonts: fountain.nu: under Pro Bono

Nov 7, 2003, 8:55 am
adwwwentskalender.de/ I'm not even going to try to pronounce it or explain what it is. Free fonts, recipes, crafts and sounds for x-mas.....and it's cute. :)

Nov 4, 2003, 4:28 pm
Where are the freaking indexed colors hiding? I HATE making PDFs of documents that include other people's Illustrator EPS files. You never know what kinds of surprises are left in them.

Nov 4, 2003, 1:23 pm
I hate preflight errors I can't explain.

Nov 3, 2003, 3:34 pm
It's pretty bad when you do a search for yourself on Google and the name and title of one of your sites comes up, but it's not your site. This freak took my graphics and HTML, but never took my name out of the title tag. His resume talks about how he was reponsible for creating original content for MTV web sites and here he can't even create anything original on his own home page.

Oct 31, 2003, 5:49 pm
I'm scanning my first roll of Holga film as I type! Another good resource: holgacentral.com

Oct 31, 2003, 9:53 am
I got my first roll of Holga film back yesterday. I only had a light leak on 1 photo (I'm actually kind of disappointed there weren't more) and overlap on the first 2 frames since I wasn't sure where the film began. I guess the cardboard under the spool works well for tension. Some people recommend putting cardboard under both spools, so maybe I'll try that next time. I'm hoping to shoot this weekend without the 4.5 x 6 insert.

Oct 30, 2003, 3:17 pm
I hate illustrator! I create these great complicated info graphics in 2 colors for 2 different cover designs and I have no idea that using transparency with spot colors doesn't work when you go to render out EPS files to import into Quark. It converts all the colors to CMYK instead of 100% values and blends of the 2 spot colors. I could spend all day copying and pasting paths into photoshop and making complicated DCS files. Uggg. Starting over now.

Oct 29, 2003, 11:19 am
I want this t-shirt. Corey Feldman Center of the Arts. This kid should have stopped after appearing in The Lost Boys.

Oct 29, 2003, 11:18 am
The Onion Headline: Non-Crime-Fighting Dog Takes Bite Out Of Couch

Oct 28, 2003, 1:17 pm
This person has a plethora of different types of photography: lowresolution.com I like!

Oct 28, 2003, 10:22 am
Nice use of flash: liquidprotocol.com

Oct 28, 2003, 10:15 am
UrbanDictionary.com:Salty - pissed, upset

Oct 21, 2003, 15:57 pm
Some nice Holga photos

Oct 8, 2003, 2:21 pm
Having the shitiest day ever. Want to crawl into a hole and die.

Oct 1, 2003, 2:33 pm
My Holga arrived today along with my film! It has some basic instructions (actually in English) which I hadn't expected. Very excited to start taking pictures!

Sep 24, 2003, 11:40 am
Want want want: Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo (if it's not completely retarded), Jak II (10/14), and Silent Hill 3.

Sep 22, 2003, 10:35 am
stopdesign.com - Someday.....

Sep 19, 2003, 3:28 pm
Very cool office supplies and furniture!

Sep 16, 2003, 2:14 pm
This guy prank called the RIAA.

Sep 15, 2003, 9:09 am
Audition results are in! I get to keep my chair in MWS! Very happy. :)

Sep 11, 2003, 1:44 pm
I wish all of the news sources would stop posting photos of the planes crashing into the WTC. I'm glad I'm not home to be watching TV, because I don't think I could stand to see the video footage again. CNN has a particularly chilling interactive timeline on their web site. They shouldn't call it "America Remembers" because the things they talk about are things I and probably the rest of America would rather forget. The quotes at the beginning of each animation are actually sickening. I can understand now why there's a news article today claiming that New Yorkers are taking more antidepressants.

Sep 11, 2003, 12:08 pm
Cool! One of my older homepage designs is listed at thebestdesigns.com

Sep 11, 2003, 9:07 am
German police nab motorist playing flute. What a dumbass.

Sep 10, 2003, 10:22 am
The new Apple G5 is a thing of beauty.

Sep 3, 2003, 9:47 am
FlockSmart.com - People find a plan in their area, gather at a predetermined time and location, do something random and then disperse confusing everyone around them. And people give me weird looks about geocaching....

Sep 2, 2003, 4:11 pm
Hmmm. Film speed settings on a digital camera make a difference in image quality. IS0 50 is better than ISO 400. No wonder my photos have been so grainy!

Aug 30, 2003, 10:57 pm
We went to New York City on Thursday! We went to The Guggenheim but it was closed, so we walked through Central Park and went to The Met instead. We also saw the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Times Square. Near the end of our day, we walked through the crowd waiting outside the MTV Video Music Awards and I caught a glimpse of the infamous red carpet!

Aug 20, 2003, 9:16 am
I have an iPod - In my Mind from theonion.

Aug 18, 2003, 10:12 am
So I have settled for the Canon Powershot G3 instead of spending way too much on the Nikon 5700. I'm very happy! Now to figure out how to use it. :)

Aug 6, 2003, 3:04 pm
Finally! Office X Entourage supports Exchange! Getting rid of Classic one app at a time.

Aug 6, 2003, 9:43 am
Onion headline today: "Sex Fantasy Becomes Action-Adventure Without Warning"

Aug 1, 2003, 9:18 am
http://y.20q.net:8095/ Scary! It knows what you're thinking!

Jul 30, 2003, 3:34 pm
Excellent! Here's what theonion has to say about the displaying of Uday and Qusay's bodies. I like the the first one: "I can think of no better way to win opposing Iraqi hearts and minds than by showing them some opposing Iraqis' actual hearts and minds."

Jul 28, 2003, 10:54 am
New Charles Baxter book coming out in Sep.

Jul 25, 2003, 2:17 pm
Here's a cool site: McSweeney's, which is affiliated with Dave Eggers's books. There are some great reads on there including one I stumbled upon that is written by a girl I used to sing with in high school chorus. Small world.

Jul 23, 2003, 1:28 pm
Company softball day! And what was I doing? Reading on the sidelines. :)

Jul 23, 2003, 8:58 am
I had one of the most satisfying rehearsals ever last night. It's nice to feel as though I actually accomplished something, played well, and had a good time. This is what music is supposed to be about and I had almost forgotten that. I'm so excited for the Aug 1 concert!

Jul 22, 2003, 13:58 am
People are always trying to copy Apple and with no success.

Jul 11, 2003, 2:49 pm
YES! Slowly but surely figuring out how to import XML into FlashMX for my online garden journal.

Jul 9, 2003, 11:48 am
As I was looking for PDF origami instructions today for a cover I'm working on, I came across this excellent site. I ended up using a set of downloaded instructions from the site in the digital photo for my cover.

Jul 8, 2003, 10:42 am
Here's what my new Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera can do! Hopefully it will arrive by the end of the month! Happy birthday to me!

Jul 1, 2003, 11:59 am
Cool. Here's an aerial view of my old apartment in Dracut!

Jun 27, 2003, 1:04 pm
Found a new cache today with a few people from work. Easy find. I can't wait to hide my own. I'm thinking I might put one in Harvard and then check it every time I go home.

Jun 26, 2003, 3:56 pm
Found this cool little application (free if you only use it for yourself and $15 if you want more interactivity) called Moodstats made by the cool Cuban Council folks.

Jun 23, 2003, 11:26 am
Had a very exciting weekend! Jen and I camped out at Barnes and Noble Friday night to get our copies of Harry Potter 5 at midnight. There were hundreds of people there and Channel 5 was taping. Jen was so excited to start reading that she let me drive her car back to Stoughton - yes, my first time driving stick on the road and I did beautifully! No stalls but a couple of scary hill starts.

Jun 20, 2003, 11:31 am
Ahhhhh! The sun is actually out today! There's the promise of G5s being released mid-summer! And Harry Potter 5 is coming out tonight! It doesn't get much better than that!

Jun 19, 2003, 1:01 pm
I shouldn't worry about being a worrier because it could be genetic! Bill Bryson stumbles upon this fact in one of his stories from "I'm a Stranger Here Myself."

Jun 19, 2003, 11:37 am
Yes! The Cremaster Cycle will be released on DVD Sep 16! Article >>

Jun 19, 2003, 11:15 am
I found a really cool little freeware app today that lets you create multiple music loops and then pile them on top of each other. Musik for OSX.

Jun 16, 2003, 1:35 pm
Haha! Bush can't ride his segway!

Jun 12, 2003
Feeling like a total bitch today. www.engrish.com

Jun 11, 2003
Cool! Konfabulator widget for geocaching!

Jun 10, 2003
Our new Metropolitan Wind Symphony CD is finally for sale!