Float
September 30, 2005
Archives for September 2005
Waiting Patiently
September 28, 2005
Waiting Patiently. I found this photo while I was waiting patiently for something and I just love it. Such a great face, and the extra umbrella just makes the whole thing.
Scott Stapp Chasing Tail
September 21, 2005
A completely immature and completely satisfying story of a group of people getting Scott Stapp to chase some tail across the United States. Godspeed, you dorks.
Recording and Releasing an Independent Record, Part One
September 20, 2005
Joseph Hathaway imparts some lessons learned from recording and releasing an independent record. This is called “Part One”. I hope there will be a “Part Two”.
Google's So-Called Simplicity
September 19, 2005
The truth about Google’s so-called “simplicity” from Don Norman happens to expand on this post very nicely.
Temple Burn
September 13, 2005
I didn’t stay at Burning Man for the burning of the temple on Sunday. Next time I certainly will. A friend who did stay for it described it thusly: “it was fucking amazing. quiet and very slow”. I just bet it was. Look at the bigger sizes to get a better idea of what’s going on. There isn’t really a reference for the size of the temple comlex, but on the left hand side of the picture as you’re looking at it, the smallest temple all the way out had a roofline that was probably eight to ten feet high.
Simplicity: Google vs Yahoo!
September 13, 2005
John Maeda has a series of screenshots comparing the evolution of Google and Yahoo! from 1996 to now. It’s an interesting comparison, and he says up front that it’s not an exhaustive study, but one thing that isn’t mentioned is that from the beginning, Yahoo! was a categorized index first, then a search engine.
dig a hole
September 13, 2005
If I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop? – more Google Maps madness.
Vacation is over
September 10, 2005
I’m back from Burning Man and having a harder time reassimilating than I usually do after a vacation.
