shake it
like a polaroid picture
3.30.2002
Do you think I'm cute, do you think I'm funny? (via Wattlist)
3.29.2002
My uniques count has been steadily declining for a while now. And ya know what? I couldn't care less. I'm sorta glad, actually. I'm not sure why, but that's the way it is. I prefer a few regulars that I kind of know to a horde of unfamiliars.
Although it is nice to be popular... But then again, that's something I've never been used to anyway. In any case, for a while I felt compelled to blog. I felt like it was a job. So I've cut back, way back, intentionally. I've intentionally *not* blogged. And now, I like doing it again. Which is the important thing, I think.
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Also from Geoff:
My friend from Fullerton, Randy Carr, passed away today[yesterday]. You might know him from drumming for Social D. Dude was only 43 or thereabouts. Cushing's disease. Weird, because I can't find anything on the ailment that exists in non-canine form.
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Happy Easter! Watch your ass, ladies. (thanks Geoff!)
You know those innovative disposable cell phones {grumble grumble disposable society grumble me reusing ziplock baggies grumble grumble bike everywhere and what's it for grumble grumble} Well, they aren't so innovative after all. All sorts of other bad, mojo too. But hey, thanks for putting the idea of disposable cellphones out there in the public realm. Lord knows, if there's one thing we need, it's more cheap disposable plastic crap. Assholes. Go eat a lunchable.
Check it out, it's Jeff and Katharine Saunders' Homepage
Do you know about the CBDTA? you should. You really, really should. It's pitting the entertainment industry against the technology industry, and, more importantly, your digital devices against you. Write your congressional representative (especially if you live in California).
3.28.2002
Miltie, Dudley, and now Billy? what the hell is going on?
I just redesigned Jeff's site for him. Peep it, yo. (note it validates!)
Congrats to KBK, who has been a nonsmoker for one month as of today.
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Now I wanna be your dog (feat: watt/asheton/asheton/mascis moore/homme/gordon/vedder via Wattlist)
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Hey kids, look for a personal tech column by yours truly in the new new new New York daily, The New York Sun
(more on the Sun here)
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See #7
Overheard last night at la casa de Honan:
"Baby, think about all the old houses in San Francisco. Have you ever heard of anyone being killed by a toilet falling through the ceiling?"
Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak pop-pop-pop-POP
"Okay, if you put some sheets on the couch I'll move out there."
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3.27.2002
Vegas, baby, vegas
Las Vegas -- At the Pharoh's Pheast buffet, in the bowels of the Luxor Hotel and Casino, you'll find America, in all its fattened splendor. Allyoucaneat - Allyoucaneat - Allyoucaneat! VIPs waddle in via their own special line, oblivious to their utter insignificance, to the fact that this particular bone--no matter how elegantly thrown--is devoid of marrow.
Everyone's a winner in Las Vegas. I've never known a soul who has gone to Las Vegas and lost money, and I know a lot of people. Everyone wins. Not me. I lose. I'm a loser. Everyone you talk to; they win. They return from Vegas flush with winnings. Nothing life-changing, mind you. But a couple of hundred bucks here and there. Enough to pay for the trip, maybe. I don't see how the place stays in business. Everyone wins.
Everyone wins because they have to. Everyone wins because it's a moral failure to admit that you sat your American ass down to the table and forked over $500 for the privilege of watching cards turn over. To admit that all the casino sold you for your week's pay was a fleeting feeling of hope that lasted just long enough to ante up again.
So, instead, you win. Everyone wins.
Not me. I lose. I always lose, and I'm the only one. I keep the town afloat, apparently. But on this particular trip, I only lost $10. everyone else won. Everywon.
Postscript: At the Las Vegas airport, within an hour of writing the above, I inserted a ten dollar bill into a video poker machine and walked away with $30 worth of quarters. I put $20 in my bag and fed the remaining ten back to The Beast. I don't see how the place stays in business. Everyone wins.
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I'm back. Hello. How are you? I am fine.
Now, peep the cutest baby ever. Nice work Jim. Good thing he takes after Kris.
3.22.2002
John Scalzi on freelance writing. Scalzi was another writer for the late great Green magazine.
Happy Friday
I hate your politics.
3.21.2002
213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the US Army
Berkeley
Save California's Ancient Trees
Wow. I just realized I've been doing this for a over a year already.
Today's tune is just for you KBK, Steve & Andy. Well, you three and 24.9 million other people.
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I guess I've carped enough already for a lifetime about turning 30, as you can see below and to the left. But I just found Bill Keaggy's Age: 30 project. Now that's obsession. (via mathowie)
Good for me. Time to break out the tent.
"You know, it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob? What is the matter with them? I suppose it is because most of them are psychiatrists."
Northern California, he says, has gotten so "faggy" that "I won't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco."
Quotes courtesy of Richard Millhouse Nixon. (Thanks Hampton)
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Guns For Kids - Store
3.20.2002
I was on the receiving end of one of the weirdest spam ploys today.
greatest.dubyaflash.ever (thanks Tim & Wendy)
I jst downloaded Moveable Type V 2.0. Note the shoutout to my friend and old coworker Andrew Baio at the bottom.
Lonely Planet is laying off 15% of its workforce. It's sad news, to me, for several reasons, not the least of which is that they publish out of the Bay Area. But have you seen how many guidebooks they publish these days? Furthermore, far from being the excellent publication of days past, I've found LP to be highly inaccurate lately. You hate to see anyone lose their job, particularly at such a storied company. But the book that launched a billion backpackers needs to refocus, refine and recommit to useful and accurate information.
Item number three (on the rock critic link below) reminds me of why I got into the Velvet Underground in the first place. The time, seventh grade. The place, a record store in Birmingham, Ala. The album, 1969: Velvet Underground Live, Vol. 1. The format, vinyl. The reason, panties. Sure, it was a dumb reason. But hey, at least it introduced me to the Velvets. Did I get it? Probably not. I thought Lou Reed was a ladies man...
I just finished laughing my way through 'Yes, you are a groupie' And 35 more things every rock critic should know. It's hillarious, foo. Among my favorites: 4. Using rap slang only makes you come off more like a white kid from the suburbs.
Peep it, yo.
I've been listening to The Dirty Three all day. Now I need to kill.
Crazy-ass cat lady rides again.
Watt's touring again. (and again, and again, and again...)
Today's tune is a part of a variation on a theme.
3.19.2002
Please see my post/comment on
Ezra's site Is rock dead? Sure. But no moreso than it ever has been.
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So it's been all around the WEb, and I really don't have much to add here, and you've probably already seen it, so maybe I shouldn't bother. But I just have to say, dude, the antarctic ice shelf collapse is some scary shit. Especially if, like me you live by the ocean.
No tip for you
I don't usually drink Starbucks coffee. I like to support my local merchants. But every once in a while, I do. At one block away, it's the closest coffee shop to my house (beating out three others, One World, Fruitful Grounds, and Central Coffee, by half a block). And today, Harper had a coupon for $3 off, the coffee pot was dirty, I was in a foul mood, and to off to Franken bucks I went.
Now, I utterly refuse to use any of Starbucks ridiculous names. It's a medium, dammit. Grande my ass. But that's neither here nor there, and I'm fairly sure this is something I've bitched about before too. Whatever.
But, here's the thing. I always leave counter tips. Always. But not at starbucks. When I see a counter tip jar at some local joint, I drop in a quarter or two. It helps the worker make a living. It helps the local business compete. It's the right thing to do. But Starbucks? No way. Starbucks has plenty of money, it can certainly afford to pay its workers a decent wage. I'd encourage you not to leave counter tips at chains either. And perhaps, if you're feeling really saucy, you can even tell the worker/manager why.
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Hey, it's good to know Georgia doesn't have a lock on improper disposal of the dead.
Despite 9/11, a national recession, the war on terrorism and massive local layoffs, recent real estate surveys show that the industry is not falling apart. According to real estate research company Dataquick, after a 16-month slowdown, January home sales jumped and prices, on average, remained relatively flat.
3.18.2002
Did the CIA have something to do with the Anthrax attacks? Good Lord you'd hope not. It boggles the mind.
Shift has a nice article on the transient nature of cool. It's a problem I'm all too familiar with :::wink-wink-nudge-nudge:::
Today's Tune is, I think, quite a good one.
Authorities were trying to determine whether an 80-year-old man died on an America West Express flight or was already dead when he was wheeled on board. Creepy.
Thinking of starting a blog of your own? Here's a review of several popular publishing tools.
Welcome home Jezra.
Pitchfork has a new interview with Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel. This is the first interview that I can remember seeing with Jeff in... gosh... A long time. Mangum has been missing for too long from the music scene. He's become the Dick Cheney of pop music. In light of that, this is an interesting interview with an enigmatic figure. Dreams. Visions. Nightmares. Field Recordings and more. New Songs too. But no word on a new album.
3.16.2002
Just added to the store: Hamotam mugs
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Dude, where's my Mac?
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Happy St.Patrick's Day!
And a tip of the hat to my grandfather Mathew Honan, who came over here from Dublin so that I might live in this glorious country.
I'm keeping a new Bike Blog now. Comments very much appreciated.
"There are a lot of people who don't think there's a hell of a lot of difference these days between news and comedy." Thanks Rob.
3.15.2002
I just got the oddest Comment on Frozen Dead Guy. Lt. Gov. candidate Pat "the Single Issue isn't ferrets - it's freedom" White also stopped by to comment after finding the link from my site, I'm feeling pretty, um... Commenty? Commented? Something. Discuss amongst yourselves.
The Frankenfish rocks.
An unrepentant James Beal will spend 18 months in federal prison for throwing three 5-gallon buckets filled with porcupine feces, worms and parasites at workers in the Empire Post Office. Awesome. Thanks Geoff.
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Good MorningVietnamColombia
Good night, the auto and oil industries will be te death of us all.
oh-bla-dee-bla-da
Pick your nose?
3.14.2002
Pop queen Britney Spears fled for cover after having urine thrown at her as she filmed a TV ad.
My week has just been made.
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Goopymart's bitter folks are really cool.
Happy 30th birthday, Steve
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I've done a little updating. There are new items (featuring Kool Bobby and Radannie) in the store, peep the Star MF baseball T. It's got that 80's cheesemetal goodness that's all the rage with the hepcats these days. Also, I updated the music section with a live fIREHOSE track.
It's another great Fiore cartoon. The only thing is, I'm not sure whether to laugh, or invest in land in the Australian outback.
I just started reading Genius : The Life and Science of Richard Feynman. (I read Feynman's book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman a long time ago, when I was in junior high, I think. I've been meaning to read more about him ever since, but am only now getting around to it.) I found a passage in the prologue very disturbing in light of the administration's recent nuclear saber-rattling.
"[Feynman] felt he possessed a knowledge that set him alone and apart. It gnawed at him that ordinary people were living their ordinary lives oblivious to the nuclear doom that science had prepared for them. Why build roads and bridges meant to last a century? If only they knew what he knew, they surely would not bother."
I (along with many others my age who grew up reading Alas, Babylon
and On the Beach , and watching The Day After on their television sets) grew up terrified of nuclear war. When the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union during my freshman year at college, I felt like I had won a reprieve of some sort. I remember Emory University college president James Laney addressing my freshman class, and telling us how fortunate we were to be the first class in two generations to enter college without the specter of nuclear war hanging over our heads. It made me feel exuberant.
But Laney was wrong.
What did those men imagine? Those geniuses of the desert. What did they dream of, in the pitch black night after The A-Bomb fell upon Hiroshima? Did they dream of the end of the world? Did they dream of the everlasting winter in the years and decades that followed the explosion. The men are dead, but their gift lives on. And we take it for granted now. We've lived with it for fifty-plus years, since the time before the dawn of suburbs and Proctor and Gamble Television advertisements. After the Cold War ended, I think too many of us began to take The Threat for granted. It has passed, we thought. It was a relic. Our nuclear arsenal a quaint reminder of another era.
Not so. Not so.
Nuclear weapons can yet destroy our planet and everything that lives upon it. If we encourage their proliferation, if we take cavalier attitudes towards their development and deployment, we risk everything and gain nothing.
Good God. My wife and I, we're so young. We've got this whole world, this whole giant spinning green and blue ball, laid out ahead of us. We've got so much to do, so much to see. When I was a young man, I always wanted to die before I got old. But not now. Not now that I know love. I just want to live a full, long natural life. And that grey-suited men, who have already had the opportunity to do just that, would deprive us of our chance, infuriates me.
Why I Am Running For Lieutenant Governor
"At that trial I was found guilty of brandishing a knife at a police officer and possession of wild animals without a permit."
Dude. I so know who I'm voting for in November.
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Dave Kerns, one of the most extrraordinary people I've ever met, is building something new. It's still in beta, or testing, or whatever.
3.13.2002
From Jimmy: Rumors that your favorite event specific rock group, the Holiday Band, has broken up over non-creative differences are untrue!
To prove it we will take the name Paddy O'Furniture and stir up our pot o' musical gold this Saturday, March 16 in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Once again, we will be playing the best , the dumbest and some of the more irritating songs that the land of neck braces and cheesy track suits has to offer...and 100% U2-free! We guarantee it!
Now if that wasn't sweet enough, check this out. Joining us in this evening of musical tribute will be the muscular shenanigans of
Thunderbleed! Some of you might know them as the equally kick assedly named Blind Vengeance but any way you want it they'll be givin'
it...HARD! The best hard-rock/metal tribute band this side of Cupertino.
Just to make sure this night will be way more deliciouser than sterno warmed corned-beef, also performing, straight outta the Mission...the
Chantigs! Rumor has it they'll be busting out there own musical salute to, you guessed it, The Meat Puppets!?
So here's the suss:
Saturday, March 16th, 10:00 @ El Rio admission $5
Thunderbleed aka Blind Vengeance
Paddy O' Furniture aka the Holiday Band
The Chantigs aka the Chantigs doing Meat Puppets, I think
Irish you all would come.
"Calvin and Hobbes was poetry." Indeed.
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Harp discovered a neat google trick. But something she didn't mention was that link to the ondcp is a sponsored link. In other words, the ONDCP has paid Google to link hemp to terrorism. It has paid to make sure that anyone who searches for hemp butter (or hemp nut, hemp rope, hemp energy bar, hemp oil, or just about hemp anything (other than hemp food for some reason, which the DEA is in the process of banning) will see first and foremost Hemp's dangerous link to terrorism.
Now, let's for a moment play along with the ONDCP, and pretend that hemp products could in some way conceivably intoxicate you. Pretend that you're going to get high off a piece of hemp rope by, I don't know, soaking it in gasoline and huffing it, or something. Sure, it's ridiculous. But just bear with me.
So you've got this mean bad nasty hemp stuff that gets the kids all fucked up and going out and throwing toilet paper in the trees and listening to the Doors and generally acting dumb. You, the ONDCP, want to discourage them from using this stuff. But since you know you can't prove that it's bad for them, or convince them that they shouldn't hurt themselves, you tell them how it hurts other people. you explain how Hemp finances terrorism. You show the link between hemp fiber and those despicable, villanous, hideous terrorists: Canadian farmers.
Because you see, hemp fiber, seed, and oil doesn't come from some far flug Central Asian nation or Sout American shithole. It comes from the great frozen northland, where Canadians on small family farms grow it to finance their terrorist ways. Assuming, of course, that by "terrorist ways" you mean feeding their families and buying new skates for the kids' big hockey game.
Those terrorists with their "eh" ing ways.
All of which leads us to another problem with the ads the ONDCP is running on Google: hemp is legal. It comes across the border from Canada perfectly legitimately. There are no payoffs (unless you count tariffs). Your tax dollars are being spent on a product that not only has no intoxicating effect whatsoever (nevermind addicting... ever heard of anyone getting addicted to fiber?), but is also perfectly legal. Perfectly.
So remember kids, if you use rope; you're supporting terrorism.
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3.12.2002
Thurston Moore and Jim O Rourke, on the eve of All Tomorrow's Parties, playing free. Sometimes I almost wished I lived in LA. Almost. Wait, it's passing..... There. Gone.
Whew. Okay, I'm alright. Back to dissing SoCal now.
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I admit it, I was a dupe. To me, smoking was always James Dean cool. It was rebelious, and risky, and irresponsible. At the same time, it was an adult activity. One of the attractions, for me, of buying cigarettes was that it was illegal to do so. It seems to me that limiting cigarette smoking to R-rated movies will just make smoking all the sexier.
I'm a seven month nonsmoker, now. I'm so happy that I don't smoke anymore. I miss it every day.
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From Kool Bobby's report on the SAG awards: 5. russell crowe and adam goldberg smokin cigs with jennifer connolly. russell was very touchy touchy with her. I became jealous of his aussie star power in flirting with her. it's cool, though, my band is better than his.
Another L.A. Photoshop.
'Frozen Dead Guy Days' Tries To Lure Tourists.
Nuff said
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Bush administration officials have offered to scrap fish habitat protections in four Western states to settle developers' lawsuits.
Why does Bush hate the earth so much?
Blame the media.
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This weekend, we drove down to Pasadena for Steve's 30th birthday party. It was a surprise party. I've never been to one before, much less played an integral part. Steve's wife, Kari, snuck us (me.jeff.harp) down there and his parents in from Houston. This is a picture of Steve just after he came in the gate and saw everyone. It was really cool.
Later in the weekend, we went to Hollywood, where I saw my old friend Rob and newish friends Annie, Kalen, and Michael.
I also saw Little Richard, who peeped out of a window of a limosine driving past Mann's Chinese Theater (we did the tourist thing this time around). It was incredibly creepy. He was an old vampire feeding off our attention. One guy ran up to the limo and shook his hand. LR's eyes, sunken in his head, plastered behind centemeters-thick makeup, were desperate looking. They were in constant tracking mode, looking for a reaction from the crowd. The sun beat down, postweather. The air was dirty, and horns blew. I thought I heard the world ending. It was entirely creepy.
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3.11.2002
Politics are pathetic.
Um. Sometimes Google has a quirk or two.
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing opening up 140,000 roadless acres of Los Padres National Forest land to oil and gas leasing.
The SF Weekly responds to the Guardian's article and suit. Despite Matt Smith's serious unfunniness and general lousy writing, and the Weekly/New Times chain mentality, I've got respect for Mecklin. He rips Redmond's piece a new one in this rebuttal. I don't know who is to be believed, because their claims flatly contradict each other.
But I do think that Mecklin, in the latter part of his piece, is being disingenuous or naive. Sure, the SFBG is an agenda-oriented paper. But to make the claim that the Weekly is not openly political, or that the Guardian is in trouble due to its agenda rather than the Weekly's enviable financial position due to its status as a chain, is laughable. When I see the SFBG's "vote-this-way" cover schtick, I get a little riled up too. But then I poen the paper, and see the completele list of endorsements inside, and I realize what a valuable service that issue is. Nobody else, NOBODY, does that. The SFBG lists endorsements from just about every political affiliation you can think of. That rocks. The Weekly, on the other hand, can't be bothered. Probably because they're part of a chain based out of Phoenix, Arizona, rather than a local paper.
Be honest, John. Those syndicated columnists that help keep your costs down, and all that chain money help you a lot more than Brugmann's decades old rantings and ravings.
3.7.2002
From "strawberry fire": i just wanted to pass along the word that the OTC folks are doing a little spring cleaning. they've unearthed a box of OTC and E6 t-shirts which they're selling on eBay. their Ebay user ID is "oliviayardsale". there will be more shirts available over the next few weeks until they're gone.
A new name for Enron? (thanks Geoff!)
If you haven't seen this on Letterman, Ashcroft sings (thanks Bart!)
Does abstinence make the church grow fondlers?
3.6.2002
I always thought clones would appear more evil
No Queremos Taco Bell: The sight of a Taco Bell in the Mission District with its doors padlocked is poetic justice to Eduardo Sosa, the owner of the New Sound Car Stereo shop located right next door. "Do not open a Taco Bell in the Mission District," said Sosa. "It makes no sense. There's too many taquerias that I'd rather go to."
Word.
SkateboardingUnionizing is not a crime!
There's a spectacular story in the Villiage Voice on skateboarding, unionizing, and the corporate media entertainment complex. Somebody needs to call Tommy Glavine...
From Jimmy: Can you believe that it's only been one month since you've had the opportunity to sing that REO Speedwagon song with the Amazing Embarrassonic?
I know. It seems like forever, huh?
Well the wait is over and we want to see your name scribbled on our littledry erase board.
Saturday 3/9, El Rio, 9:30 - 5bux
One of our favorite lead singers sent us this link to a story about another live karaoke band. Check it out and be thankful that you don't have to settle for some half assed live karaoke band with a 30 song list. Sure, they have a dude from Warrant in the band, but you guys get to sing with a half assed live karaoke rock band with 425 songs and a guy from Motherlode!
Hope to see you saturday,
AEHKM
Damn.... I'm going to be on the road.
Don't feel like doing anymore work for the next few days? Click here.
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The Bay Guardian is suing the SF Weekly. I was just talking about the Weekly/ New Times predatory practices with Ezra, Jeff, and Harper two nights ago. Of course, I had no idea that there were illegal shenanigans going on. I just meant the corporate chain's practice of moving into cities with established alternative weeklies, and killing those locally owned pubs off. And I don't just say this because I write for the Guardian. My main beef is that local papers, particularly A&E papers, should be of by and for the local scene. I don't want the same paper they get in LA and Phoenix (which is what you get with the SF Weekly). I want local writers, not nationally syndicated content. I want politics that reflect my community, not what passes for popular in Phoenix. I want... I want.... The Bay Guardian.
And in any case, there's been no reason to read the Weekly at all since Laurel Wellman left and that gawdawful Matt Smith started writing Dog Bites. Do they even call it Dog Bites anymore? I hope not. It really should be called "Seriously Unfunny Bad Writing By A Libertarian Crankypants."
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Oh. And. Some Point Reyes video, while I'm at it.
The new Clinic album came out yesterday. If it's half as good as the last one it's phenominal.
I'm going to start ratating various mp3s at this address: http://www.honan.net/music/todaystune.mp3
I won't change it every day, but I'll try to keep it switched up regularly
Since it appears that the attack on your computers came from the closed proprietary FastTrack-Kazaa software, we have opted not to continue with this p2p kernel. We believe it to have the ability to access your computer at will and change registry settings.
Aces!
We are pleased to migrate to an open Protocol product with the release of Morpheus Preview Edition, which is based on the very large network of Gnutella users. The new software will provide you with the ability for faster searches, the display of more search results, and many more new and exciting features. KEEP IN MIND that this is only our preview edition. Any time change occurs, many object and think the old version was better. Our objective is to create a new and exciting software product. Since our company and your p2p network are being attacked, we would appreciate your constructive comments for improvement, not simply criticisms.
I know you are, but what am I?
We are still attempting to discover who would want to eliminate the community of millions of consumers who are using the Morpheus software product to connect with other users around the world.
Perhaps Michael Greene.
The Enron Voice Mail System (thanks Eric!)
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Wow, Ikea number two? I have yet to visit the first location.
3.5.2002
Pictures of Point Reyes from today.
AAAHHHHH! (Part IV)
Ahhh those wacky Raelians. I was just reading about these cats in The Atlantic. You gotta love 'em. Know what Rael was when touched by an angel? An automotive journalist. Yeah. That's who the enlightened ones chose. (via rob)
On my way, that's where.
And the answer is... Point Reyes National Seashore
Don't forget to vote today
3.4.2002
Where to go tomorrow?
Disclose the Documents, Dick.
Ecolocost denier and former Bay Area resident Bjorn Lomborg has been getting more and more attention. I've got a knee-jerk reaction to disagree with Lomborg. I have ever since I first heard about him. But I'm going to read his book all the same. It makes you hope he's not an opportunist. You hope he's more Hitchens than Horowitz.
Insane
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This is what Rob has been working on for the last several months. Not just the Exorcist, but all kinds of movies. Enjoy. (PS: This is still, apparantly, in beta, and all the bugs may not be worked out.)
Fellow snorers, today brings us news, both bad, and worse.
Dumb Ass (V. 2.0)
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Dumb ass
I'm glad to see that City Car Share (which I wrote about for the Bay Guardian) is still doing well. Seems to be doing great, in fact. Car sharing is an idea whose time has come. Now that the cars have bike racks (and station wagons instead of just the bugs) they make even more sense. I don't understand why car sharing isn't more prevelant...
Friday night I went to Fly for Michelle's birthday, where I saw Ezra, Jeff, Jim, and the inimitable Heather Moylan. Heather put up pictures.
3.2.2002
Remember my Grammy complaint? I was quoted in E! Online. Last graf. Also in the Toronto Star. And it's being discussed on MetaTalk.
I hope Greene read what I wrote about him. But whether or not that happened, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy about the electronet. You know. I saw something on the teevee that riled me up. I logged onto a discussion forum and made a comment about it. That comment was randomly picked up in the news, and perhaps even made its way to Greene. (who you assume is looking to see what kind of reaction his tirade received. you hope that at least one of his PR flunkies came across it.) In the forum where the reporter found it, it was irrelevant that I write about the Internet professionally. I was just somebody presenting an opinion via an (easily traceable) screenname. It could have been *any one* of MeFi's posters. Or *any* community discussion board.
"You went too far with your arrogance and greed tonight, Mr. Man. So say I, an angry little citizen in the bush below. Hear my keyboard clatter."
The idea that everyday people can use the Internet to make corporate weasels hear their voices is a pretty empowering realization.
Not that I didn't know that already. But it's good to get reminders.
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3.1.2002
April Fools?
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I want to hear how Kool Bobby reacts to solid foods today.
Like this is iPod-specific. What a dumb article. What, you can't do the same thing with any portable storage device? Kahney admits as much on page 2, but even so... Is there really going to be an epidemic of people physically walking into stores and stealing software? Gosh, one thing I've heard about this here electronet thingie is that if you know where to look, you can find a piece of software or two on it. Free.
What a moronic piece based on one anecdotal account.
New Record High Temperatures Set Today, although it's colder than it was yesterday
Chris has updated Tools. If you haven't seen it before, it's a great search interface.
Finally!
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