Macrolog
Macrolog entries posted in February 2003
Friday Five #46 Permalink Fri 28 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)? I don't really have a particular favourite. I would indulge in every type listed here except for poetry, but that's only because I've...
View from the 29a, 27/02/03 Permalink Thu 27 Feb 2003
A roadsign, near corner of Howth Rd. & Brookwood Ave.
The Spire, O'Connell Street, 04/02/03 Permalink Wed 26 Feb 2003 | 5 Comments
==== I finally got my hands on a full version of Photoshop Elements this morning, and spent the afternoon retouching some photos I've been meaning to post here for a while, one of which you can see above. I know...
You Shall Know Our Velocity (Abridged) Permalink Sat 22 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
Don't have the time to read Dave Eggers' latest book, or simply can't (or can't be bothered to) get your hands on a copy? Not to worry - read the digest version instead (from today's Guardian)....
Friday Five #45 Permalink Fri 21 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your most prized material possession? This is a tough one. It might be better to think in terms of, say, if there was a fire in my house and I was given a short window of...
On Social Etiquette Permalink Thu 20 Feb 2003
(or, "Say It, Don't Spray It") I pay a visit to my former place of employment, the large music store, ostensibly to purchase an order of mine that arrived over the weekend (the eponymous debut album by The Locust --...
Alterations Permalink Wed 19 Feb 2003
If you're a regular visitor you may have noticed a few subtle alterations to the appearance of this site. Nothing big, mind you, just some minor improvements, as I like to think of them: Now that I've upgraded to Movable...
Who Could You Take in a Fight? Permalink Tue 18 Feb 2003 | 3 Comments
The Onion asked a veritable cornucopia of celebrities for their responses to one of life's unanswerable questions. Here are their responses. As for me, well, I could take Todd Solondz. I'd give him the beating he deserves for all the...
A Scene from My Life As A Movie Permalink Tue 18 Feb 2003
Take one: I awake this freezing cold morning at 7:30am and promptly fall back asleep for two more hours. I just had to stay up last night to see Mallrats, didn't I? Take two: I force myself out of bed...
Long Distance Blues Permalink Mon 17 Feb 2003
This is going to be somewhat of a personal piece, but I need to get this off my chest so please, indulge me this once. I am involved in what is generally termed a long distance relationship. And it's great....
Crenshaw's Last Stand Permalink Mon 17 Feb 2003 | 4 Comments
Last night was spent at the Olympia for--according to what I've read--the final live performance of Otis Lee Crenshaw. The show was supposed to be a double-bill with Crenshaw's more widely known alter-ego, Rich Hall, but I guess if it's...
Tabula Rasa Permalink Sun 16 Feb 2003
Another Sunday, another afternoon spent ever-so-slightly tweaking the engine that keeps this website running. I've become far too much of a perfectionist, to the detriment of my writing; rather than sit down to sketch out a story idea or plan...
Friday Five #44 Permalink Fri 14 Feb 2003 | 1 Comments
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Explain why you started to journal/blog. I'm not sure exactly why I started. I initially happened upon the concept of blogging sometime towards the end of 2000, and around that time I sort-of started a weblog that didn't...
Déjà Vu All Over Again Permalink Tue 11 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
I don't know about most people, but déjà vu is a regular occurance for me. That's not to say that I have any significant premonitionary abilities like knowing what the Lotto numbers are going to be; rather, it's subtle things......
Mr. Perfect is Dead Permalink Mon 10 Feb 2003
Curt Hennig, better known to wrestling fans as Mr. Perfect, was found dead earlier today....
Adaptation Permalink Mon 10 Feb 2003 | 3 Comments
I had the good fortune last week to attend not one, but two free media screenings. Tuesday morning was spent watching Analyse That (the sequel to Analyse This, natch); it was nothing to write home about. Wednesday's screening of Adaptation...
Thirst for the Obscure Permalink Sun 09 Feb 2003
I came across the following quote last week in a review on the Pitchfork website: Rock critic Michael Goldberg recently speculated that what makes music fanatics thirst for the obscure is the desire to discover music that is “uncontaminated by...
Mystery Injuries Permalink Sat 08 Feb 2003 | 2 Comments
I have two fairly obvious scratches on my right arm, and I have no idea how they were inflicted. The first, approximately one inch long, appeared earlier this week on the side of my right forearm, close to the elbow....
Friday Five #43 Permalink Fri 07 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not? I didn't have breakfast because I didn't wake up until 10:30am, didn't get out of bed until some time around 11am, and decided...
A Catalogue of Errors Permalink Mon 03 Feb 2003
There's a piece in today's Media Guardian praising the success of Argos's e-commerce operation. Apparently, they have "a long term commitment to the medium". It's a shame that this commitment doesn't extend to developing a user-friendly experience, let alone the...
Deconstruction Revisited Permalink Sun 02 Feb 2003
I may have mentioned this before but one of the many great qualities the Web, for me, is the possibility of finding things that are far and away from what I was originally looking for; sometimes I might not even...
A New Beginning... Permalink Sun 02 Feb 2003
This is my first post using Movable Type. It took me a good couple of hours to install, what with the setting of server permissions and such, but everything seems to be running smoothly. (Thanks to Michal for the assistance,...
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