Entries from April 2002

Art and the Technical

Date April 22, 2002

I’ve been taking an art class at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. It’s a lot of fun, and I’m learning a lot, but I think there’s something many traditional artists could learn from me. Computers are hard to use.
We were discussing perspective in class and my teacher was talking about drawing boxes. “In the rennasaince,” [...] Read more »

Obsessed!

Date April 22, 2002

It’s been awhile. See, I’ve recently aquired a lot of nifty toys and gadgets which have distracted me from my normal routine. I’ve also had a lot of programming at work, so that opportunity to work on my web site has pretty much disappeared for the time being!
It’s not as though I haven’t had things [...] Read more »

Buckley

Date April 16, 2002

Mike sends me a link to a William F. Buckley column. Buckley has some harsh words for Sharon.
My vote is that General Sharon’s offensive is the stupidest campaign in recent memory. Defined here as a campaign that has: solved nothing, increased Israel’s problems, intensified Palestinian hatred of Israel, estranged many Europeans and Americans, and [...] Read more »

Someday.

Date April 15, 2002

OK, here’s a really funny email I just got in response to a request to cancel my account with MovieFlix, a company that sells streaming video over the web.
Dear MovieFlix Plus Member,
Your membership to MovieFlix Plus has now been cancelled. It will
officially expire on May 10, 2002.
MovieFlix Plus Member Support
MovieFlix.com
Someday We’ll All Watch Movies [...] Read more »

New reviewer

Date April 15, 2002

Quietly and without fanfare my brother has posted two movie reviews in Thud on DVD. He’s added reviews for The Big Kahuna and Blood: The Last Vampire. He’s posting under the pseudonym “Autolycus.”
This should be interesting. Glen’s taste run a lot more towards the artistic than mine do, so we’ll probably be seeing a wider [...] Read more »