I can’t wait. Tomorrow, at long last, I get to see Michael Penn in concert. I’ve been enamored with MP’s music since 1992, when I saw his excellent “Long Way Down” video on MTV. The video was cool, but the song was enthralling. Who was this guy? Michael Penn? Wait a second… he did that song about Romeo in black [...]

Which “Get Fuzzy” character are you? Rob Wilco The stressed-out “guardian” of Bucky and Satchel, he works in an ad agency to support his unconventional family unit. He’s a sincere, likable guy who can’t seem to catch a break. Click Here to Take This QuizBrought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

Which Website are You? I can live with that.

Thanks to Tom “Dizzle-Hizzle” Crawford, I’m back online and no longer a victim of Comcast’s DNS issues. Don’t ask me how, though.

Via Slashdot: renai42 writes “A new survey has revealed that Americans overwhelmingly support strong censorship for blogs, even though a substantial amount have never actually been to one. Eighty percent of the 2,500 respondents did not believe that bloggers should be allowed to publish home addresses and other personal information about private citizens. However, more than one-third of respondents had [...]

Tom and I were iChatting about the origins of our department’s gaming names. Me: I was always Rhino, for obvious reasons. Me: Joe was Bulldog, because he looks like a bulldog. Me: Mike was HowlinMadd, A-Team reference. H. M. Williams, H. M. Murdoch. Tom: ahhh–thats’ where the howlinmadd came from Me: Remember that show? Tom: yes, i remember the A-Team [...]

REAL World was, once again, a great time. It was fantastic to get to talk with the folks who make the development environment that enables me to do things like Tangelo, Frequency, and Kodiak. Geoff Perlmann, CEO of REAL Software is such a down to earth and approachable guy. He doesn’t just fly in, give his keynote, and leave; he’s [...]

Well, there’s nothing quite like being on the 15th floor of a hotel in a strange city when they’re calling for possible tornados in the vicinity. The wind’s starting to howl like crazy. The lightning looks like kinda cool from up here, but the novelty is really starting to wear off now. A weather alert just went across the TV [...]

Well, I think somebody had the wrong idea about what’s really going on here this week. Somebody’s going to be mighty disappointed. See, MTV’s Real World isn’t here. It’s REAL Software’s REAL World 2005 conference. A fun time, to be sure, but not quite the thrill ride that some may have imagined.

From The Guardian: Easter is one of those occasions on which human beings entertain a number of contradictory ideas. Christians celebrate a pagan fertility cult, while non-believers make their biannual journey to church. People whose lives are dominated by godless consumption give something up for Lent. A society governed by science engages in the ritual sacrifice and homeopathic magic – [...]