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A few funny things. One tragic.
CNN is running a story about a virtual reality cocoon. Basically this machine you can climb in, and run around a virtual environment. I thought the article was interesting, but then they asked the designer about the possibilities. “Imagine Amazon.com being fully 3D. We could walk through a 3D space where you have all the […]
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September 19, 2008
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Is there anything more sobering?
…than a picture of yourself at this age? This poor kid, he just really had no idea, did he? It might be strange to look at myself this objectively, but at the end of the day I don’t feel like I’m the person in this picture. I feel like I’m the person that kid eventually […]
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September 19, 2008
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Why so serious?
I was recently at a dinner party with the source and target of my adoration. I say source, because the feelings more or less spring from her presence existence. I say target, because I never know what do with the feelings other than aim them right back at her. I don’t say object, because …well, […]
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September 19, 2008
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Absolutely vs Relatively Impressive.
There’s some stuff, when you see it, that you know it’s cool. Someone sends you a youtube video: In it, you see an old woman, cleaning her house. She suddenly gets short of breath, collapses to the ground, unmoving. Out of nowhere, her pet cat pounces onto her and, hard to believe, starts breathing into […]
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August 14, 2008
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Fashion (part I)
Fashion: n. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behaviorFashion: v. To adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.—- A couple of months ago, while shopping in the garment district of LA: –that sentence makes it sound like I’m a jetsetter. Like last week I was in LA, next week I’ll […]
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August 11, 2008
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Fashion (part II)
Now, don’t make the mistake of thinking I was completely ignorant of style. I wasn’t, and am not. I don’t read GQ like my friend Jules, but I’m pretty good at pattern recognition, and when every XY or XX that walks past me on the street is wearing something that looks a lot like the […]
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August 11, 2008
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The World is Ending. The Sky is Falling. Kittens.
It’s rare that I give you any piece of real valuable information, so today I’ll fix it. You can thank me later (but not much later). The world is ending, in like 4 days. Okay, that’s a bit on the dramatic side, let me dial it down a bit: “The world is potentially ending, in […]
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August 3, 2008
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LA: The Garment District (III). Spanish 101.
The week before, Lauren and I stopped at a -nice- Sunglass place at the Hollywood/Highland shopping center, and did the obligatory ‘imitate the picture’ thing, so we decided to get some sunglasses here. We stop at a sunglass …booth? store? Shanty. The proprietor informs us that they are $5 each. I engage in a real […]
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June 18, 2008