I read Jim’s post about the foxes denning near Snow King Ave – it’s about 3 blocks from my house so I decided to ride my bike over yesterday afternoon.
There’s something that escapes description when you’re watching something so natural and so close. I took some video while I was standing there. It’s un-edited and I’m not sure that the feeling will translate. You’ll hear the road noise (though it sounds much louder in the video), and one video pans around to let you see where these foxes actually are—it’s amazing that they seem so unfazed by the crowds and the traffic noises.
Ran across some good articles by interesting people supporting Obama. Like lots of the interesting stuff I run across, I found these via Waxy.org. Thought I’d share.
I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day. I asked if he thought there would ever be another Great Band: The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin we mostly agreed on. We talked about lots: Nirvana? U2? Maybe we just count everyone who has a box set. It didn’t matter: I couldn’t really imagine any of the bands I listen to being remembered.
After upgrading to Leopard I noticed that the new Terminal.app has tabs!
... And a cleaner look. Also, key combos for switching between open tabs make more sense in Terminal than they do in iTerm.
Didn’t know how I was going to get a faceplate made for the monome (the kit version doesn’t come with one).
But, I managed to dig up a cad drawing of a faceplate and send it to a machining shop in town (GH20 Machining right here in Jackson) and I had this aluminum part the next day. It’s pretty sweet. And, awesome and surprising that I could get it done in town and so quickly.
... until i got a new teakettle. I haven’t been making much coffee lately—mostly because I like using my tea kettle so much. The handle is perfect and never gets hot. It’s sexy and red in the morning when I’m squint-eyed and shuffling. The whistle sounds like a train that’s far away.
I remember a fairly anonymous band doing this a few months ago, but I think this might be the first time a band as big as radiohead has let fans decide the price of their album. I decided to pay $12. It’s my lucky number.
