April, 2004

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Friday, April 30th, 2004

Best. IPO announcement. Ever. (I bought Netscape at IPO back in 1995…)

Yahoo! News – Google to Go Public in $2.7 Bln Offering

Thursday, April 29th, 2004

Ripple, we miss ye.

Bum Wines

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

From the menu at Los Andes Restaurant in Houston, Texas. The dish was created by my father, a regular there. Having something on a menu named after me… now that goes on the “to do before I die” list!

(The irony here is that my dad is now on a low-carb diet and no longer eats pasta.)

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

this is only a test

star trek wars doctor who buffy outer limits twilight zone lexx

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

god bless the children of iraq

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

We saw some prom kids the other day… memo to high school guys: Don’t get a red vest, and if you do (god help ya), don’t take off your jacket. It makes you look like the valet.

St. Petersburg Times: Photo gallery

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

Using Blogger? You can start using Google’s already infamous Gmail service today. Sign in on the right side of the page.

BLOGGER

Sunday, April 25th, 2004

Pipes! Pipes! Pipes!

Peeps! Peeps! Peeps!

This is Josh Peeps. I mean Pipes.

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

Ripping off the Office Space poster for fun and profit.

Damon’s Office

Saturday, April 17th, 2004

Managed to get three copies of Half Mast back from the distributor… first editions, all signed… get ‘em while they’re hot — these are probably it, forever!

SUTRO PRESS

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Here’s to good friends, tonight is kind of special.

Beer Commercial Jingles

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Okay, okay… Here it is, by popular demand. I did not take this video (1.4MB), and no, I don’t know her.

cell_phone.wmv

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

I guess these guys are trying to win a trivia contest… if you can help them out (or just want an obscure trivia challenge), dig in.

What do you know about these pictures?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

Don’t spend $300 on a rare copy of Ricky Jay’s Cards as Weapons; here’s the important stuff here.

Card Throwing Technique

Monday, April 12th, 2004

Is it just me, or is the idea of low-rise sweatpants a contradiction in terms? I saw a girl in these at the grocery store yesterday and there is no look less flattering than ratty gray cotton pants clinging low beneath a poochy belly.

WIDE WAIST LOW-RISE SWEATPANTS < Active < Pants & Capris < Shop < Alloy

Sunday, April 11th, 2004

MODELLER A : BLACKRIBBON ||| MONO*CRAFTS 3.0

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

I hesitate in linking this story, because in so doing I may never get a table without bribing someone again. It’s old, though, just now being discovered on the Web it seems.

EPICURIOUS: GOURMET: JAMES BEARD: POCKET FULL OF DOUGH

Saturday, April 10th, 2004