June 29, 2004
Stuff I want for my birthday
And now a list of crap I want for my birthday (July 3rd)! (in no particular order)
1. Lucky Brand Gift Certificate (because everyone needs more jeans)
2. Blue Marlin Hong Kong Screen Ringer Tee
3. Demo Patch (Brian Wood also just posted on his blog that he'll have a Demo t-shirt out soon...that would also be nice)
4. Airport Express (so I can finally get rid of the cable running through the living room)
5. Various DVDs
Lost in La Mancha | Brazil | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
Bowling for Columbine | Batman: The Animated Series | The Simpsons - The Complete Third Season |
June 25, 2004
Stop using this thing! Please!
Users are being told to avoid using Internet Explorer until Microsoft patches a serious security hole in it.
May I recommend using this instead? It's got a pretty logo and everything!
June 24, 2004
Contribute to John Kerry's Campaign
It's Thursday...again!
Contribute to John Kerry's campaign here.
June 23, 2004
Joel on Software's bionic office
Blog entry about Fog Creek's move into a new office space, and how they made the office a much more enjoyable place to work and play.
June 22, 2004
A Page from Rose from the Ashes
Some of Steve Pugh's beautiful pencils & inks paired with Jason Engle's amazing colors.
I'm a lucky man to be working alongside such talent.
Photo Essay of NYC Commute
Beautifully photographed photo essay of morning commutes in New York City.
(Link courtesy of BoingBoing)
Magic of RSS!
Whoo hoo! I got a php RSS reader working on Christine's site!
Now whenever she does a new eBay auction or when one expires it will be auto-magically reflected on her site.
I'm such a computer dork.
Signing at Wizard's Wall on July 3rd (Free Comic Book Day) - Repost
Another reminder:
I'll be signing copies of my book, Touch of Death as well as showing off more artwork for Rose from the Ashes at the Wizard's Wall comic book shop in Melbourne, FL on July 3rd. July 3rd is good for two reasons this year, my 27th birthday and Free Comic Book Day! So stop by if you're in the area.
When: July 3rd, 11AM - ?
Where: Wizard's Wall
233 W. Hibiscus Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32901
For Additional Info: Contact Travis Gibb at the store, (321) 727-2599
June 20, 2004
Couple of Magic Kingdom Pictures
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Interesting picture, there was this gator just floating in the river in the middle of the Magic Kingdom, I know this is Florida, but the thing could just walk onto Tom Sawyer's island if it wanted to....with all the tourists....which would be pretty damn funny. Unless I was one of the tourists...then...not so much.
Hitting the Magic Kingdom
Went over to the Magic Kingdom yesterday, but before we got over there we hit the Polynesian Resort. If you ever get a chance hit the bar over at Ohana in the Polynesian, they've got some of the best bar food on Disney property.
Then it was off to the Magic Kingdom!
You know someday we will have to stop doing this so I can work on my new comic book project, oh well eat, drink and be merry and tomorrow...yada yada yada.
My parents look for (and buy!) a new house
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My parents came up to look for a new house for their impending retirement. The first picture is my brother Jon fooling around in one of the fancy-ass houses in Baldwin Park, the other pic is my brother Marc in Macaroni Grill. (Christine took the picture of Jon, thanks dear!)
They ended up buying a new place (to be built), sadly not in fancy-ass Baldwin Park.
June 17, 2004
Photo Essay on Disneyland's Tomorrowland
Wonderful photo essay on Disneyland's Tomorrowland and the changes the place has gone through.
I visited Disneyland in July of 2003, it was our second time (we had visited in 2001) and it wasn't the magical place we used to see on the TV. It was a bit run down, in need of some serious love and care.
(Link courtesy of Screamscape)
June 15, 2004
Oval's Annual Photography Show
Some of Christine's photography has been accepted over at Oval's Annual Photography Show in downtown Orlando! The exhibit starts on June 17th and runs for a month.
There's a reception on Thursday (the 17th) from 5PM - 10PM, Oval is located at:
29 South Orange Ave. (corner of Orange and Pine) in downtown Orlando, so stop on by if you're in the area.
June 14, 2004
British website aims to preserve accents
"The Collect Britain site includes one of the largest oral history collections in Europe with archives of stories from BBC local radio stations."
19th Century news going online
"More than a million pages from 19th Century British newspapers are to be put online by the British Library."
June 11, 2004
June 10, 2004
Ray Charles dead at 73
"'His sound was stunning -- it was the blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing -- it was all the stuff I was listening to before that but rolled into one amazing, soulful thing,' singer Van Morrison told Rolling Stone magazine in April."
Make your Windows XP look like a Mac
Sweet how-to on giving your Windows PC the look and feel of Mac OSX.
(Link courtesy of BoingBoing)
Contribute to John Kerry's Campaign
It's Thursday yet again!
Why don't you contribute to John Kerry's campaign here?
June 09, 2004
Interesting Web Analysis software
Wired article about some website analysis software that renders your site traffic in a "SimCity"-like environment.
"Buildings grow and shrink in real time proportionate to the number of visitors on your site"
(Link courtesy of Slashdot)
June 08, 2004
June 06, 2004
Manga added to Epcot
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Both Tokyopop and Viz books have showed up at the shop in Japan in Epcot center.
Brilliant!
(Updated with thumbnails, thank you etco!)
Ichiban and Pizza...
Iciban and Pizza...snack of champions over at Wolfgang Puck's Express at Downdown Disney.
Saratoga Springs
We stopped to visit the newly opened Saratoga Springs over by Downtown Disney, it's another resort that we'll be adding to our "must stay" list.
My brother comes up to Orlando
My brother Marc came up yesterday with his car club, got to see him for a bit.
June 04, 2004
June 03, 2004
Web File Browser
"Web File Browser is a simple open-source file browser written in PHP (1 single file) that allows users to create, delete, edit, copy, rename, move and upload files and directories thru a light, full-text, web-based interface"
Signing at Wizard's Wall on July 3rd (Free Comic Book Day)
I'll be signing copies of my book, Touch of Death as well as showing off more artwork for Rose from the Ashes at the Wizard's Wall comic book shop in Melbourne, FL on July 3rd. July 3rd is good for two reasons this year, my 27th birthday and Free Comic Book Day! So stop by if you're in the area.
When: July 3rd, 11AM - ?
Where: Wizard's Wall
233 W. Hibiscus Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32901
For Additional Info: Contact Travis Gibb at the store, (321) 727-2599
Horse Research
"Built in the 1820s, the Royal Mews is one of the finest working stables in the world. It is also home to the Cleveland Bay and Windsor Grey horses which pull the coaches on ceremonial occasions; and houses the royal collection of historic carriages and coaches."
(Links courtesy of my lovely wife)
Local Soldier in trouble over requesting extra armor for humvee's.
I know I heard about this before, but I didn't get all the details. I didn't realize that the soldier was from Florida.
(Link courtesy of Daily Kos)
June 02, 2004
TV show clears murder suspect
While filming in Dodger Stadium, HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" recorded murder suspect Juan Catalan with his 6 year old daughter clearing him of the murder of Martha Puebla. Although Catalan had ticket stubs from the game and family testimony, police had a witness that placed Catalan at the scene of the murder. Catalan spent over 5 month in jail until his lawyer, Todd Melnik, learned that HBO had been filming the night Catalan claimed to be watching the baseball game.
.."I got to one of the scenes, and there is my client sitting in a corner of the frame eating a hot dog with his daughter," Melnik said. "I nearly jumped out of my chair and said, 'There he is!"'..
Halfway through Demo
Newsarama has an interview with Brian Wood about Demo reaching it's halfway point, his thoughts on the previous six issues as well as information and art on the next 6.
I have repeated this time and time again, check this series out! Demo is great stuff!
(Link courtesy of Thought Balloons)