semi-coherent ramblings from the man behind the curtain http://smog.net/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:17:02 -0600 BUDDY version 1.7 - content management system for dogs http://smog.net/whatsnew/images/smogRSSlogo.gif http://smog.net/ smog.net feed logo 88 31 When I was 6 years old I wanted to be in the Beatles. But I didn't have a guitar, and it seemed awfully difficult to actually be in the Beatles, and, maybe most importantly, I was only six years old... http://smog.net/index.php/158 Let me list out some of the great features of the Holga for you. You can buy one of these Chinese made masterpieces for $25 - $40, it leaks light, there is vignetting and spotty focus as far as the plastic lens is concerned, the flash goes off twice if it is in the mood to do so, and sometimes the back falls off while you're using it... http://smog.net/index.php/157 Everyone steals from everyone on the internet, design-wise. I didn't invent tables or green and yellow. The design (such as it was) was simple, but I think that was its strength. It isn't easy to be simple. If you don't believe me, go try to do something simple. .. http://smog.net/index.php/156 It's been almost four years since there has been any Frida Kahlo content on smog.net, but far and away the most commonly searched term on the blog is still her name... http://smog.net/index.php/155 Unless this is your very first time here (in which case, hello), you should have noticed a change in flavor. Or as the kids say, layout and site design... http://smog.net/index.php/154 I stuck the knife deep into the heart of datapimp.com on Sunday, and killed off my little 8 year old project. 8 years and three months to be exact, but who's counting. That's a long time to run an unsuccessful web business. I think we may have set some kind of record... http://smog.net/index.php/153 Daniel Smith, or Danielson, is an odd, creative guy. He is also a devout Christian. But because he doesn't beat the listener over the head with continual references to his lord and savior (or his lord and savior's blood, or rugged cross), his art is accessible to everyone. At least everyone who enjoys weird stuff. For the first half of the movie I was asking myself, "Is this guy ever going to crack the goofy facade and show us who he really is? This has to be some kind of ironic, post modern pose..." but it isn't. He is what he is, and it's really something to watch and hear. Inspirational even. .. http://smog.net/index.php/152 Long time no see, bitches! I have been caught up in a never ending nightmare of moving. First the company I work for relocated. Planning that move, top to bottom, was my job. Imagine what it's like when you move to a new house or apartment -- it was kind of like that, if there were 25 people in your family, and you had three months of construction to do the place you were moving into... http://smog.net/index.php/150 Hey, where you been? Me, I've been working on an office move for the company I work for. It's been kind of a massive project and it's not finished yet, even though we actually moved all our shit over almost two weeks ago. Still a lot of loose ends to tie up, and it's been taking every second of every day to deal with it... http://smog.net/index.php/148 We started a blog at datapimp. http://blog.datapimp.com Why? Ahhh, well, if I had a good answer for that I would have 10 minutes of spare time, wouldn't I?.. http://smog.net/index.php/147