…napalm in the morning
June 15, 2004
It’s another wonderful day on the ‘net!
Unless, of course, your DNS is at Akamai or your blog is at weblogs.com
But hey, at least your phone doesn’t have a virus
Yet.
What about Juan Valdez?
April 2, 2004
Juan Valdez is a most popular figure in the advertising world and the symbol of the Columbian ‘cafetelero’ since 1959.
Juan Valdez is a fictious character created in 1959 to represent the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Columbia (founded 1926).
His appearance is one of the steadiest in the advertising world, including allmost mythical moustace, sombrero, poncho and a mule-companion called Lana.
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Life on Fast Forward
January 10, 2004
I can’t believe it’s already 2004, and ten days into it to boot… The past few weeks have been mostly a blur—of getting ready for the holidays, dealing with creaky winter infrastructure around the homested, and making a mad dash through “hightened security” airports and holiday crowds to the sub-zero north to visit my mother, who recently suffered a stroke.
Plus, of course, getting over the cold from hell that I acquired on the trip.
So anyway, time to take a breather, and take a little stock of the new year…
Ah. Looks good.
On the whole, despite a few trials and tribulations, 2003 was a good year for me and mine, and I’m firmly confident that 2004 will be a better one.
I wouldn’t have it any other way…
Dinosaur Drift
July 30, 2003
The local domain controller I use runs on a box that is a virtual dinosaur. Which is fine, since it doesn’t really have to do much except help with the local security model.
A new problem that’s cropped up lately, however is that its clock has developed a serious amount of drift (about five minutes over the last week).
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
May 27, 2003
There are some core concepts about how minds work that are reasonably important, whether you’re developing an interface, writing, or just trying to work more effectively with yourself or others.
I first ran into The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two quite some time ago, and it’s influenced my approach to many things over time. I just happened to run across the above link to an online version, so I figured I’d include it here.
you had my hope up 
