SF Skyline shown with permission by photographer Lane Hartwell 

Archive for November, 2006


I Had Been Wondering ….

I had been wondering if the significant increase in media creators and distribution channels was meaning that the supply of entertainment was outstripping demand. I was wondering, for example, if the presence of more bands being able to be heard through more mediums means that there were fewer fans to enjoy any given band.
A recent [...]

SMS RSS Loveliness

Chris Messina made a wonderfully simple interface to view the most recently posted six word memoir in the Twitter/SmithMag open-to-all memoir-in-a-text-message exercise.
The end result is a completely static display but it gives gravitas and bookish weight to the most recent six word memoir.
Here’s a screen shot. Click thru for the real thing.

Geeks should defintiely [...]

Time to Shralp

Snow riders, check it. Shralp is a superdope German vlog dedicated to snowboarding and skiing. They’ve got a worldwide perspective and a confident yet modest take on all things snow.
Watch their intro trailer or a recent episode. Each one’s different. Beginner, backcountry, soulriding, big air, womens, european, north america, movie clips, new product makers, you [...]

A Female Drag Queen is a Faux Queen …

… and my friend Fauxnique is one of the best.
The Tuesday night Trannyshack shows at The Stud are legendary. They start at midnight so they are only for the truly wicked. Performers lip-sync outrageous songs in outrageous outfits. This ain’t no Mrs Doubtfire. It’s twenty-first century vaudeville at it’s best.
I always ask the [...]

Memoirs in a Text Message

Here’s something nifty in a new direction. You can get a personal memoir text messaged to you every day for free. The memoirs come from reader contributions to Smithmag.net. The text messages are delivered via Twitter, a one-to-many texting platform.
It may seem ridiculous, but I’ve come to look forward to the tiny little udpates. [...]

More Firefox2 Spellcheck Goodness

The Firefox2 browser has a built-in spellchecker. It rules. I especially love that ignore HTML except for sentence-oriented fields like ALT text.
* I just realized you can right-click to see a list of suggestion spellings or add it to the dictionary.
* I also learned you can add your own dictionary if you want to edit [...]

Tell Karl Rove ….

…. to tell George Bush to veto the atrocious “Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act.”

This highly unethical act passed the Senate in September and the House on Monday via a snuck-in voice vote on Monday. It is so far reaching it would make it illegal make you a terrorist to peacefully protest companies that churn out pets [...]

And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall … bitches

Ken Mehlman, outgoing RNC Chairman has been publicly outted for having a non-approved sexuality.
The righteous Right has been proclaiming to be the party of the pure but they are no different than any other part of society. Lies are swell to say and a bitch to eat, bitches The thing is, in this day and [...]