escapist

AMAZING PARROT SHOW

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:59:22 -0700

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Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:58:14 -0700

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visionary

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:51:41 -0800

monkey

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:51:38 -0800

Hello Kirshner

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:51:35 -0800

Buenos Aries

Keeping him down

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:50:14 -0800

Matt's hand. Buenos Aries.

G is for...

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:48:58 -0800

Phrase Book

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:46:59 -0800

Wassat?

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:44:46 -0800

Ben, Katie, Dana, boobie lady

jason_carlin

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:38:22 -0800

Piebald Still Rules

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:26:44 -0700

PS -- MC Chris also rules, but that's not what this post is about.

Hard Reboot

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:55:43 -0700

I've done all the requisite bullshit: meds, steroids, physical therapy, chiropractor, second opinions, etc. And I'm finally getting surgery, almost 11 months after the problem surfaces. I go under the knife on Tuesday, March 20th. Finally. My main problem now is that I have to stay on the anti-inflammatories until then, and they're the only thing that's kept it bearable for the last few months. MY doctor gave my vicodin to keep me comfortable in the meantime. I'm not sure when I last had a vicodin, but I do know I'm les of a fan of being loopy than some, so I avoided taking it for a couple days. Last night, the pain was too much and I dropped one. Within 20 minutes I was feeling uncomfortably weird, and not 30 seconds after IMing exactly that to my girlfriend, I fainted in my living room. I woke up sweaty, in pain, and with no idea where I was, which is pretty typical for a real fainting spell. If you've never tried it, you simply must. Waking up is like a white light in your eyes, an ice cream headache in your brain, and an exploding guitar amp in your ears. Maybe it was the booze. I had had two beers earlier that night, but that was at least an hour before, and with a huge pile of Korean BBQ. I also just got back from hard charging in Austin for SXSWi. I'm sure there was still some awesome stuff in my system. Whatever the cause, I'm a little freaked out about taking the vicodin again, and I'm just starting to get nervous about the surgery. How do I cope with the fear and the pain and the stress? Well, today I ran out the door and came home with an XBOX 360.

But I Don't WANT Another Blog!

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:50:31 -0800

I like Virb. I like Vox. I even have a bit of a soft spot for MySpace. I just don't want them all to expect me to blog at their sites. These guys should do a better job integrating a user's existing blog (and photo service, and music service, and video service, and contacts service, and events service, and...). Not just barebones RSS either, something that really tie it in well. Maybe even leverage a couple smart blog CMS APIs and JavaScript text-editing libraries, and create an author tool that can interact with an existing blog. I should mention that Vox actually does this reeeally well, already, but there's always room for improvement. I guess it comes down to the same thing I think about a lot of these social services. Don't seek to replace existing site that specialize in one service or facet of social interaction. Seek to work with them. Although I dig on Virb and will try to hang out here a bit, I expect that I (and most users) will still be keeping Flickr for photos, Revver for video, Wordpress for blogging, and iLike (or last.FM) for music, and Sonic Living (or Upcoming) for events. Can't be everything to everyone!