Monthly Archives: January 2007

Not too enthusiastic.

Ran in to my old VP yesterday while I was here in Lotus Land. Asked me how were things. Found myself replacing sentences like “best thing that ever happened to my career” with platitudes like “oh, things, are going well”, … Continue reading

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Déjà vu.

On the road on a business trip. First stop, the capital of Lotus Land, Vancouver. Weird sense of déjà vu. Kind of like a bad episode of MacGyver or a scene out of Romeo Must Die. But that couldn’t be. … Continue reading

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Helvetica.

A film about a font. Where do I sign?

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Steve Buscemi Gets Shot.

That was the name of a domain name and web site I wanted to register in honour of one of my supporting actors, Steve Buscemi, the “indie god among video-store clerks” who has a tendencies to meet an awful end … Continue reading

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Morning routine.

Aside from checking my standings in the company hockey pool, the first thing I do when I get up is to check the CNN, NY Times and BBC sites for the latest violence, the latest depths of the human soul. … Continue reading

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Cool previews.

As part of the ongoing rebuild out of HHD, I added a snippet of code that points to Snap.com for all of the links on the home page. Just put your mouse over a link and a pop-up menu will … Continue reading

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Typography heaven.

I looked for it and it exists. The 100 Best Fonts site offers many of the onfts I love best along with interesting articles on the fonts themselves or their creators. Ufnortunately, the whole thing is in German. Oh well, … Continue reading

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Last good one.

Home after my afternoon class. Had supper around 9:15 PM. A nice omelette with HCW™. Sat down at my computer and fired up the telly. On tap tonight, “Payback” with Mel Gibson, which in my mind was the last good … Continue reading

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Bullet dodged.

Got my school marks back today for last term. Wow. Before I got them, I wrote down what I needed for each course in order to hit my overall GPA. Guess what! I got exactly the grades I needed. This … Continue reading

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Making progress. Of sorts.

Think I have the basic layout back in place though there are still some rough edges. I also imported some Blogger entries from earlier this month, though it is ling and painful. No luck using the conversation tricks available on … Continue reading

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