I was going to blog about my failed hard drive, but that’s sort of a nonstory, except that Murphy’s Law was in effect as much as possible when it came to backups and the failure itself. It’s surprising that I lost as little data as I did. So instead I’ll ramble about why [...] » Read more

Late evening, while lugging the cello through an otherwise deserted residential street in the Greenwood neighbourhood, through a light Seattle drizzle: a young man in a hoodie, walking in a dog in the other direction, in passing, holds out a card and a pen, and asks me: “Hey, want to sign a get well [...] » Read more

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Only two hours to translate the latest missive from Mom, at which rate it’ll only take me a few decades to plow through the Tao Te Ching. I find it ironic that I also happen to be reading Simon Singh’s The Code Book at the moment, which has a great chapter about [...] » Read more

The apocalypse can’t be far off, since my mom just sent me her first ever piece of e-mail. (I can already picture her saying “Bad son!” if she ever reads the previous sentence.) Anyways, here it is: This is a screen shot because I’m lame and can’t figure out how to [...] » Read more

I’m not sure what I hate more - business presentations, or business presentation software. Threw out part of my wardrobe and went on a clothes shopping expedition today - decided I should look more hip than rumpled at SIGGRAPH. Found some nice Gramicci duds at REI and a pair of Ecco shoes [...] » Read more

July 4 was fun - spent the morning making a pumpkin cheesecake which was then taken to a barbecue party on Jamie’s houseboat. Food was good, the cheesecake was very well received, someone fell into the lake, and the fireworks over Gasworks Park were spectacular - there were even happy face explosions that I’d [...] » Read more

On Sunday, Rosalind and I ended up watching “World’s Most Dangerous Police Videos” on TLC. The last segment featured the 11 hour standoff which took place in April 1997 between a katana wielding nutcase, and a bunch of police right in the heart of downtown Seattle - in fact, just a couple of [...] » Read more

I woke up Sunday with a splitting headache which lasted all morning. This was unusual: I never get headaches. Since then I’ve had a couple episodes of throbbing temples, and brief spells of dizziness - and I’ve decided to blame work-related stress. Despite what I said in the last entry, the reality is we’re still [...] » Read more

My first ever auction on eBay - I’m selling my PlayStation. The Mystery of Britney Spears’ Breasts. Don’t try denying that you’ve wondered. Two Fridays ago, Tom and I took pictures of the elevator to nowhere. Seattle blurb tomorrow. [...] » Read more