NASA Fakes Moon Landing!
I always suspected. Finally, conclusive proof.
Month: August 2001 (Page 4 of 8)
Summer vines
I love how the light shines through the screen and vines that cover some of my patio windows. This photo really needs higher resolution to do it justice, so you can click on the image for a 800 x 600 version.
I have an idea.
Start a weblog directory where anyone can add their own site. The emphasis will be on writing your own description of your weblog. You can also include a link to a small image (sort of like Miguel’s shoe project). People can post comments about your site for others to read. There might be an occasional “review” of a particularly good site by guest reviewers, but the main thing would be readers and writers talking about weblogs. There would be lots of database fields you could fill in about your weblog, so people could sort by topic, location, etc.
I love what Amazon does on their book pages. You get all the pertinent details, along with commentary by the author, traditional reviewers, and all different kinds of readers. The idea is to do that for weblogs.
What do you think? I could really use some feedback on this.
Now that Blogger is starting to open up development through their new API, some interesting stuff is starting to happen. I like the idea of BlogBuddy, a Windows app that allows you to post without going to the Blogger site. But does that direct communication mean things are faster and less congested? I have no idea.
Regardless, next week is slated for heavy development on my personal blog system. I did a basic weblog system for my old employer, so I can use that as a starting point. I think it’ll be fun to do.
The Washington Post has an fascinating story about how fancy housing development planners are disguising the required “affordable housing” into townhouses, so they look more like the nearby mansions. (Good commentary on Plastic about it, too.) The small picture gives you an idea of the kind of monstrosities people are building now. Yuck.
“People don’t want to live near a $120,000 town house,” said one planner.
Boo hoo.
Reminds me of my condo building, where you can rent a boat slip on the lake for a nominal fee, but only if you own a unit and live there. Renters and absentee owners aren’t even eligible. The board is deathly worried about the “flip-flop factor,” with lots of “low-class” people coming down to use the dock. Horrors! I figure if we rented out the slips to all comers, we could reduce or even eliminate our condo fee. Snobbery has its price.
hungry children movie (noun)
A movie where, when you first see the preview or even just hear the premise, say to yourself, “Hungry children could have been fed with the millions of dollars it took to make that trash.” (see Bubble Boy)
The mother of a real bubble boy is protesting the movie “Bubble Boy.” Have we really lost control to that degree? (Of course, as usual, she hasn’t seen the movie she’s protesting.) I’m sure someone who superglued his hand to his naughty bits is just about ready to come forward and vehemently protest how his predicament was mishandled in “American Pie 2.”
A columnist for the New York Press wrote a better commentary on this than I could. But trust me, I have the gut feeling that there are a lot more valid reasons to picket “Bubble Boy” than its depiction of the immune suppressed.
So they tore down a stupid ugly billboard holder on the side of one of the old storefronts in my neighborhood recently, revealing this urban art gem. I hope they don’t put up another stupid billboard.
Top Ten Blog! is a Blog of Note on Blogger today. Wow. I’m honored to be even peripherally involved with a Blog of Note. Thanks to Haidi for this great idea.
Looking through some files prompted by the previous post, I found I did take a rather nice Arthur-esque shot at a benefit event I was shooting for a friend:
I like it, anyway.