http://rotomonkey.org/ flinging poo with pictures en-us cburrows@pixar.com Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:51:25 -0800 http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000371.html So today marks the completion of a twenty year radical turn towards a judicial theocracy. I don't know what makes me more upset: that soon scared teenage women will be turning to back alley abortions again or that smug, white... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000370.html In one of the more unusual developments I've seen in a little while, a friend of mine from work has quit his job to become a professional poker player. He's pretty good, if a little crazy - he used to... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000369.html OK, so a mailing list I'm on started getting into a thread war about who had the biggest geek cred. Inevitably, the topic drifted to Howard Chaykin Star Wars one sheets, Blade Runner issues of Cinefex and signed copies of... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000368.html So this winter I was going to join my wife and some friends in the snowboarding nation. We've all pitched in and rented a cabin in Tahoe City for the winter. Last weekend we got a foot of snow on... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000367.html In all fairness, Todd's not the only famous one these days. Our boy KP has been getting his gym on. Nice ball, Kevin.... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000366.html Michael Golembewski has taken a large format camera and mounted a flatbed scanner where the film plate should be. Since the scanner records light across the frame over time instead of the relatively instantaneous click of a shutter, the results... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000365.html My musical world has been metaphorically rocked this morning. A friend put me on to Pandora, which, in a nutshell, is a tivo-like rating interface for streaming internet radio. Created by the "Music Genorme Project", you start a radio station... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000364.html First the New York Times and now Gothamist? She's everywhere. I suppose it's cool that her daddy is getting all this attention, but really. Her ego is going to get totally out of control. Next thing you know she'll be... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000363.html How interesting that on the day Apple launches its first Intel-based Mac, its stock closes at $80.86. Tell me why that's cool and I'll buy you a cookie.... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000362.html An update? Can it be? A rather odd souvenir shop in Klamath, CA. View more pics of California and Oregon at flickr.... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000360.html A coworker organizes the annual Motorama, a car show where employees and their families bring in their hot rides and everybody eats a lot of bbq. This art car was pretty sweet. More pictures at my flickr page.... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000359.html On Friday, the missus and I went to The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival, a presentation of several artists who work with fire and electricity. Aside from the usual Burning Man fire-dancing ravers junk, there was some incredibly cool stuff.... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000358.html My pal Seņor Taco has just passed an outstanding milestone: he recently lost his 75th pound. In addition to just being really happy for him, he's been an inspiration - seeing how happy he's been recently is one of the... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000357.html I've been griping for years about the relative insanity of eating a fancy dinner to end world hunger or getting your teeth whitened to cure breast cancer or even (no offense) colored bracelets. I mean, supporting good foundations are incredibly... http://rotomonkey.org/archives/000356.html ....sometimes. I do love getting depth of field back with the digital SLR....