Dave Hyatt, the guy behind Safari and WebKit, clarifies various possible components of a Dashboard widget.
On an unrelated note I was wondering if Dave could also shed more light as to what Safari can do with RSS feeds: Steve's keynote seemed to imply Safari RSS Search would "scour the internet" for feeds relevant to terms you specify, which struck me as odd. I assumed Steve meant would "scour feeds you have subscribed to", which makes more sense and is what's written on the tiger safari page. I might have misunderstood the keynote, but it did really seem Steve was confusing himself there, maybe I was the only one confused. The distinction is important though: from what I understand Safari can only give you matching results for feeds you have already made the conscious decision to subscribe to. It won't show you information from everything that's on the Internet. Those searches are essentially "local": 1) feeds are periodically retrieved to your hard drive, 2) RSS Search scours what's on your hard drive.
It might be interesting to look at services such as PubSub.com, which already indexes bazillions of blogs and RSS feeds. Also, yahoo search exposes an RSS Link for sites that offer an RSS feed. Why's Google not doing that. hmph! Were any of these guys able and willing to offer some sort of XML API, Safari could plug into it to scour the web for any topic covered via RSS feeds, in more-or-less real-time, well at least in PubSub's case.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
GeekStuff: Steve Jobs Keynote
If you have not watched Steve Jobs' Keynote at WWDC, you oughta see it.
To me, it's all about SpotLight. Somewhere in the middle of that feed, he goes over the Spotlight demo, see if u can skip to it. Everything else is very interesting but to your average audience, the Spotlight demo is the thing that'll floor you.
As a web applications developer, Apple has done a few things to make my life easier:
Just watch the keynote, you'll understand.
To me, it's all about SpotLight. Somewhere in the middle of that feed, he goes over the Spotlight demo, see if u can skip to it. Everything else is very interesting but to your average audience, the Spotlight demo is the thing that'll floor you.
As a web applications developer, Apple has done a few things to make my life easier:
- a unix operating system that plays very nicely with java
- Exposé lets me find any window I need. I'm very-much a multi-tasker. It's really cool.
- And now, Spotlight. Forget folders, find anything about anything on your computer, instantly, dynamically. This is why you should watch the keynote, the demo of this feature is very impressive and will literally revolutionize the way you compute.
Just watch the keynote, you'll understand.
a wee time off - w00t
Yeeess. Tonight i'm starting an extended 4th of july weekend that'll keep me away from work until the morning of Wednesday July 7th. I'm'a catch-up on blogging, chill out by the beach a bit, but I also have a lotta things to do to prepare for family visiting on Friday :o
Friday, June 25, 2004
Lindy Groove: Birthday Fun!
When you've been in a local swing dancing scene for enough time, and provided you're not hated by everybody, chances are there'll be this one time of the year when Girls will mutually agree to pity the pathetic life form that you are and grant you a "Birthday Dance".
June 24th 2004 was my lucky day.
Many thanks to my Girl, Brandy, for being such a sweetie 24/7/365, to her roommate Joe who forwent dancing with all the nice birthday Chicks so he could capture my scrawny behind on video, and ... Lisa, Abby, Mighty Mo', Mishy, Gidget, Lindy Pie, Jackie, Alison, Katy!
June 24th 2004 was my lucky day.
Many thanks to my Girl, Brandy, for being such a sweetie 24/7/365, to her roommate Joe who forwent dancing with all the nice birthday Chicks so he could capture my scrawny behind on video, and ... Lisa, Abby, Mighty Mo', Mishy, Gidget, Lindy Pie, Jackie, Alison, Katy!
Low-Speed Chase, Carson, Southern California
Google News Rules.
For so many reasons, Southern California rules.
We have police chases. Could you have police chases in New York? No way. There's traffic 24/7 there, clearly no place for a villain hungry for a motorized thrill ride. Plus, in New York, everybody's angry and out to kick your @ss. It wouldn't be long before our hapless villain would run into a mob of angry New Yorkers out to seek revenge on the perp who's raining on their daily commute, thereby spoiling Local News Station Fun.
Here, Local News Stations really do have fun. They'll cover a police chase live until the very end. It's quite comical to see the news anchors bouncing back and forth at one-another while coming-up with "filler" commentary during the entirety of the chase. They apparently covered this for one frickin' hour. "So Bob, did you have anything to add from your point of view over there in the chopper?". "Well Lisa, as you said ... [5 minutes rambling saying the exact same thing]". "Oh do I see a flat tire? *excitement* No, those are low-profile wheels *nevermind*".
So this guy drives around the same residential neighborhood, in circles, at whopping speeds of 15mph - 40mph, stops at many times, at some point tells a camera crew: "Mom I'm sorry, but I love You!".
A villain with class, taste, and flair would have taken us onto a joy ride along Highway 1 and driven off into the sunset. What did this guy do? Ran-off to Mommy before surrendering to a swarm of 20 cops politely hand-cuffing him, after having driven on his noble steed's rims for 10 minutes.
For so many reasons, Southern California rules.
We have police chases. Could you have police chases in New York? No way. There's traffic 24/7 there, clearly no place for a villain hungry for a motorized thrill ride. Plus, in New York, everybody's angry and out to kick your @ss. It wouldn't be long before our hapless villain would run into a mob of angry New Yorkers out to seek revenge on the perp who's raining on their daily commute, thereby spoiling Local News Station Fun.
Here, Local News Stations really do have fun. They'll cover a police chase live until the very end. It's quite comical to see the news anchors bouncing back and forth at one-another while coming-up with "filler" commentary during the entirety of the chase. They apparently covered this for one frickin' hour. "So Bob, did you have anything to add from your point of view over there in the chopper?". "Well Lisa, as you said ... [5 minutes rambling saying the exact same thing]". "Oh do I see a flat tire? *excitement* No, those are low-profile wheels *nevermind*".
So this guy drives around the same residential neighborhood, in circles, at whopping speeds of 15mph - 40mph, stops at many times, at some point tells a camera crew: "Mom I'm sorry, but I love You!".
A villain with class, taste, and flair would have taken us onto a joy ride along Highway 1 and driven off into the sunset. What did this guy do? Ran-off to Mommy before surrendering to a swarm of 20 cops politely hand-cuffing him, after having driven on his noble steed's rims for 10 minutes.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Married Men
So last night I subjected myself to the usual aggregation of irrelevant factoids that are local news.
One such factoid caught my attention as Hal Fishman and his co-anchor "reported" about surveys involving Married Men, in which the following was found:
I'll indulge my cynical side here and wonder (as "She Bangs" by William Hung is playing on iTunes, not sure why I'm mentioning this, but i felt compelled to) how many of the men surveyed answered the first question with their wife standing right beside them, painstakingly drew an "X" in the "Happier" box while discretely pouring a tear over the "Please, OH DEAR GOD PLEASE SHOOT ME" box. As far as the second question goes, I must have misheard it, but I'm pretty-sure they did say single. Well yeah, I guess, those warm and soft female creatures we also know as Women sure beat the rough, rugged, callous, extremities our faithful "Rosie and her Five Little Friends" are made of. There's hope though.
*notices Brandy reaching for her gun*.
*runs* ...
One such factoid caught my attention as Hal Fishman and his co-anchor "reported" about surveys involving Married Men, in which the following was found:
- 70% are happier while being married.
- 94% are more satisfied with their intimate life than they were when they were single
I'll indulge my cynical side here and wonder (as "She Bangs" by William Hung is playing on iTunes, not sure why I'm mentioning this, but i felt compelled to) how many of the men surveyed answered the first question with their wife standing right beside them, painstakingly drew an "X" in the "Happier" box while discretely pouring a tear over the "Please, OH DEAR GOD PLEASE SHOOT ME" box. As far as the second question goes, I must have misheard it, but I'm pretty-sure they did say single. Well yeah, I guess, those warm and soft female creatures we also know as Women sure beat the rough, rugged, callous, extremities our faithful "Rosie and her Five Little Friends" are made of. There's hope though.
*notices Brandy reaching for her gun*.
*runs* ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Random OS X Software Plugs
Here are some random pieces of software I have used, am using, might use, or will be too lazy to evaluate but did catch my eye:
I might add more later.
I might add more later.
Cartoon Fun
e1n has drawn this really cool cartoon involving a cat and flies. I'm still trying to get him to throw fleas in the mix :o Drop a line here or on his blog if you think he should have fleas too. In fact, if you do that, I'll give you a GMail invite. Just kidding. I'm shameless. Or not.
Dude. You could start a comic involving the tribulations of a cat :o. Oh wait. *note to self: kill garfield*.
Dude. You could start a comic involving the tribulations of a cat :o. Oh wait. *note to self: kill garfield*.
GMail: Invites: I still have'em !
Check out the comment queue at the URL referenced in this blog entry.
I tend to post updates in those comments.
Add your requests to it.
enjoy :]
I tend to post updates in those comments.
Add your requests to it.
enjoy :]
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Fry's Sucks
I happen to be lucky enough to have a Fry's store near where I live. That's very convenient. Yesterday I set myself on a mission to find two things: an AC Power Adapter for the Powerbook and a hands-free Kit for the Sony Ericsson t610.
One thing I try to remind myself of every time I go there, is that they don't take American Express. It usually only dawns on me when I arrive at check-out. But this time I remembered, was willing to accept this as a price for convenience, if and only if I managed to get the two items I was looking for in one shot.
First, the power adapter. Their computer staff did seem to have a clue and quickly directed me to the correct accessories section and painlessly dug out the first item on my list, YAY. Go Fry's!
As I was walking about the aisles, I was pondering getting a new iPod against my better judgment and maybe an airport express, but quickly reminded myself that they don't take American Express, which helped me stay focused.
I walked over to their cell phone accessories section. As I was quickly looking around I was not seeing a wired headset for the t610, and the bluetooth alternatives were more than I was willing to spend. They're nice gadgets but I don't really need'em at the moment. A lady was busy stocking some shelves. After a few minutes I asked her for guidance. Clearly she did not want to be there, was very short and dry with her answers, it turned out they didn't have the head set. Then another customer comes-by looking for a power adapter for her Motorolla phone. Our lady quickly asks her who her carrier is, to which the customer rightfully points out this shouldn't really matter for a power adapter provided you know the phone's make and model. From where I stood it looked like one of the StarTac flip-phones. Instead of looking for a matching adapter, our lady kept throwing attitude at the hapless customer and making her remove the battery to check out the serial number, only to finally point her to some adapter which clearly would not fit the bill while saying "i can't guarantee it would work ... you can always try it and take it back (blah blah x5)". I was baffled, the StarTac uses a wide, narrow port. There's no way the narrow, stubby extremity of the adapter she was pointing to was ever going to work. The customer was clearly realizing that too, she seemed like a Business Woman who had a clue or two about basic gadgetry. Our retail representative had no clue and an attitude.
I went back to the computer accessories aisle, placed the power adapter exactly where I found it, and walked out of Fry's having not bought a thing. I bought the t610 hands-free from a nearby mall's t-mobile store. T-Mobile retail and service peeps have always been very helpful. One of the guys showed me how to mute the t610: while in a conversation, hold the "c" (clear) key down, which will result in the other party not hearing anything that comes from your phone while you can hear them. Hold "c" again to un-mute. I did somewhat RTFM but couldn't find the feature. To my credit, it did take the guy a few minutes to figure this out.
I'll get the power adapter later.
One thing I try to remind myself of every time I go there, is that they don't take American Express. It usually only dawns on me when I arrive at check-out. But this time I remembered, was willing to accept this as a price for convenience, if and only if I managed to get the two items I was looking for in one shot.
First, the power adapter. Their computer staff did seem to have a clue and quickly directed me to the correct accessories section and painlessly dug out the first item on my list, YAY. Go Fry's!
As I was walking about the aisles, I was pondering getting a new iPod against my better judgment and maybe an airport express, but quickly reminded myself that they don't take American Express, which helped me stay focused.
I walked over to their cell phone accessories section. As I was quickly looking around I was not seeing a wired headset for the t610, and the bluetooth alternatives were more than I was willing to spend. They're nice gadgets but I don't really need'em at the moment. A lady was busy stocking some shelves. After a few minutes I asked her for guidance. Clearly she did not want to be there, was very short and dry with her answers, it turned out they didn't have the head set. Then another customer comes-by looking for a power adapter for her Motorolla phone. Our lady quickly asks her who her carrier is, to which the customer rightfully points out this shouldn't really matter for a power adapter provided you know the phone's make and model. From where I stood it looked like one of the StarTac flip-phones. Instead of looking for a matching adapter, our lady kept throwing attitude at the hapless customer and making her remove the battery to check out the serial number, only to finally point her to some adapter which clearly would not fit the bill while saying "i can't guarantee it would work ... you can always try it and take it back (blah blah x5)". I was baffled, the StarTac uses a wide, narrow port. There's no way the narrow, stubby extremity of the adapter she was pointing to was ever going to work. The customer was clearly realizing that too, she seemed like a Business Woman who had a clue or two about basic gadgetry. Our retail representative had no clue and an attitude.
I went back to the computer accessories aisle, placed the power adapter exactly where I found it, and walked out of Fry's having not bought a thing. I bought the t610 hands-free from a nearby mall's t-mobile store. T-Mobile retail and service peeps have always been very helpful. One of the guys showed me how to mute the t610: while in a conversation, hold the "c" (clear) key down, which will result in the other party not hearing anything that comes from your phone while you can hear them. Hold "c" again to un-mute. I did somewhat RTFM but couldn't find the feature. To my credit, it did take the guy a few minutes to figure this out.
I'll get the power adapter later.
BMW and iPod, seamless integration!
The previous rumor outlined in this post has come true! I haven't figured out what the price is, but hey if hardware + installation remains under $300 I'll prolly do it. The only snag is that this set-up won't support my current iPod model ... DOH! So now i'd also need to buy a new iPod. Ergh. Between plumbing work, landscaping work, misc. other things i'm doing around the house, the flat tire i've had to replace along with some alignment/wheel-balancing work, my cash is dwindling rapidly. So iPod + BMW will prolly have to wait.
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Movies: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Reminder: When reading one of my movie reviews, the usual caveat applies.
I really enjoyed the writing in this movie. Insanely witty. I know writing is witty when some jokes fly above my head while my Girlfriend laughs uncontrollably. Some very funny cameos. A very good cast, featuring Milton, Lumberg, Mathilde, and Derek. We had a great time!
I really enjoyed the writing in this movie. Insanely witty. I know writing is witty when some jokes fly above my head while my Girlfriend laughs uncontrollably. Some very funny cameos. A very good cast, featuring Milton, Lumberg, Mathilde, and Derek. We had a great time!
Random Thought - Cats and Fleas
Brandy and I were talking about ways to fight fleas for her cat. She's been using this "drip" lotion she puts on Simon's neck, it seems to be doing an effective job at keeping flees away. Joe, her roommate tends to disagree, and would argue a collar would work better.
Then I started thinking about ... a "Fly-Paper Suit" for cats. When visuals of hapless fleas flocking to the cat's body creating a most artistic "meta-fur" started hitting me, uncontrollable laughter ensued.
Then Brandy asked:
Then I started thinking about ... a "Fly-Paper Suit" for cats. When visuals of hapless fleas flocking to the cat's body creating a most artistic "meta-fur" started hitting me, uncontrollable laughter ensued.
Then Brandy asked:
What happens when the cat starts licking himself?
Saturday, June 19, 2004
GMail: Kevin Cupp Rules!
HAHAHAHA. OMFG. HAHAHA *tear* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
oh the cruelty! :)
*Tips Hat Off to Kevin*.
oh the cruelty! :)
*Tips Hat Off to Kevin*.
Flat
Flat tires are like, uncool. Good thing BMW designs their cars around usability with easily-accessible tools embedded in the Trunk hatch. What took the longest was to get rid of all the crap in my trunk to dig out the spare wheel. I've been meaning to clean-up this trunk, it's become its own ecosystem. We left the burlesque club around midnight, noticed the *thunk thunk thunk* of the flat tire almost a few minutes into our way back home, drove until we could find a dark side street off of santa monica blvd before the 405 freeway, were back on the road before 0:30.
I had gloves and 2 flashlights. Batteries ran out on the first one. Second one kept me going. Actually, all beemers come with a rechargeable flashlight embedded in the glove box, I haven't had to use it just yet, it's kinda small, but it works very well. The next things i wanna add and keep at all times, are knee-pads and crappy tennis shoes. It may seem funny, and actually, it truly is, but it really sucks to be crawling around your car in suit pants and nice shoes.
Oh and I'm also glad I've been keeping a leather jacket in the trunk. Brandy could stay warm that way, poor thing has been up since 6 this morning. She is *passed out* right now and i'm about to join in.
I had gloves and 2 flashlights. Batteries ran out on the first one. Second one kept me going. Actually, all beemers come with a rechargeable flashlight embedded in the glove box, I haven't had to use it just yet, it's kinda small, but it works very well. The next things i wanna add and keep at all times, are knee-pads and crappy tennis shoes. It may seem funny, and actually, it truly is, but it really sucks to be crawling around your car in suit pants and nice shoes.
Oh and I'm also glad I've been keeping a leather jacket in the trunk. Brandy could stay warm that way, poor thing has been up since 6 this morning. She is *passed out* right now and i'm about to join in.
Burlesque Fun
Tonight was our friend Daryll Strauss's Birthday celebration at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Beverly Hills.
Don't let the Hustler/Flynt stigmas fool you, this club features a top-notch, classy, quaint atmosphere and sophisticated cuisine, with a high-quality Burlesque show featuring 4 beautiful ladies dressed in provocative, yet tasteful and PG-13 attires, performing numbers every 15 minutes from home-brewed and well-known musical skits, including Chicago and Moulin Rouge.
At a most climactic moment of the evening, Daryll got called to the stage along with a Bachelorette and another 82-year-old Birthday Boy, so they could frolic around with the dancers. Guess who else got called to the stage? Yours truly! Yup, i'll be an old man on July 1st, so Linda and Daryll totally surprised me with this one. There we all were gettin' jiggy with it on the stage with the beautiful Ladies of the Burlesque show. Daryll totally impressed me with his moves, and sure showed Bachelorette Chick and some other women in the audience a very good time, Linda was so proud, heh. I was a total Dork, but hey, I totally enjoyed it.
I highly recommend this club to anyone who enjoys high-class fun, beautiful women, drinking and dining.
Don't let the Hustler/Flynt stigmas fool you, this club features a top-notch, classy, quaint atmosphere and sophisticated cuisine, with a high-quality Burlesque show featuring 4 beautiful ladies dressed in provocative, yet tasteful and PG-13 attires, performing numbers every 15 minutes from home-brewed and well-known musical skits, including Chicago and Moulin Rouge.
At a most climactic moment of the evening, Daryll got called to the stage along with a Bachelorette and another 82-year-old Birthday Boy, so they could frolic around with the dancers. Guess who else got called to the stage? Yours truly! Yup, i'll be an old man on July 1st, so Linda and Daryll totally surprised me with this one. There we all were gettin' jiggy with it on the stage with the beautiful Ladies of the Burlesque show. Daryll totally impressed me with his moves, and sure showed Bachelorette Chick and some other women in the audience a very good time, Linda was so proud, heh. I was a total Dork, but hey, I totally enjoyed it.
I highly recommend this club to anyone who enjoys high-class fun, beautiful women, drinking and dining.
GMail Invites
i've got a few to hand out. post a comment to meh blog, I'll add ye to my queue :) i still refuse to ebay'em.
whew: update 6/19/2004 @ 6pm:.
so i post this /. entry last night around 2-3am after coming back from the club, i wake up on tis fine saturday morning and i'm like HOLY FSCKING SH*T. Thanks to generous invite donations from some other bloggers and an additional batch of 6 invites i just got this morning, i was able to hook-up almost everyone in the comments. If you were left out, don't despair, i should be getting more invites soon, heh :)
update: K, emailing invites is getting to be tiring. How about you guys help yourselves? :) A few requests:
whew: update 6/19/2004 @ 6pm:.
update: K, emailing invites is getting to be tiring. How about you guys help yourselves? :) A few requests:
- Be a sport, and post a comment to this entry indicating the number of the URL you've used.
- Send an email to frenchy@gmail.com from your newly created gmail account, saying HEY, WASSUP.
- If you have a blog, and feel like saying "thank you", please link to me somewhere. If you don't have a blog, I highly recommend "blogger"
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
iPod your BMW Secrets Revealed
Apparently Gizmodo got some inside scoop about a BMW package that would allow a tight integration of an iPod inside a post-2002 beemer. I tend to disagree with the reviewer's take on the limited user interface exposed via the steering wheel. While the iPod was designed to have a lot of cool functionality accessible thru a very simple user interface, this functionality was built with one key goal in mind: A portable music player. When holding a device in your hands while walking, standing, dancing, you have a certain agility you probably should do without while driving. Switching tracks on pre-defined playlists, controlling sound, should be sufficient activities. A while ago i bought one of those little FM broadcasters in which I can dock the iPod. It's convenient as I can arbitrarily navigate thru the entire array of menus available to me. I have however often found myself repeatedly squinting at the LCD trying to read track names and not paying enough attention to the road, which became a bit worrisome in one particular instance where I approached a curve. Most car stereo systems strive to limit the amount of interaction required. I think BMW has the right idea. Keep those eyes OFF the iPod and ON the road.
More coverage from MacMinute.com
Egh. I hope my iPod model will be supported :| It's the second revision of the non-docked version, with the firewire at the top, and a wheel that doesn't actually turn. meh! Anybody knows which iPod models will be supported?
More coverage from MacMinute.com
Egh. I hope my iPod model will be supported :| It's the second revision of the non-docked version, with the firewire at the top, and a wheel that doesn't actually turn. meh! Anybody knows which iPod models will be supported?
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Ladies: Daniel is Cute and Single
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Sunburned
I got a chance to put the GS120 to good use over the week-end, as I attended on Sunday the UCSB Commencement ceremony for a good friend of my Sister's who's finishing-up her Ph.d in mechanical engineering. Shoot me an email (profile) if you have a job for Annie.
As we all arrived early, I had managed to find me a spot, off to the left side, almost way up-front. Annie was lost in the crowd, nowhere to be found, as I could feel the sun viciously starting to work at my scalp, through my all-too-thin layer of hair. Indeed, I could have not been a total retard and brought a cap, and used sun lotion, but how much fun would that have been, huh?
After long hours (okay, 'twas just one hour) of just standing/sitting/lurking, the grad students make way for the Ph.d students. Amidst sun glares frying my eyeballs, I manage to spot Annie way off in the distance! Boy do i start shooting .... determined to justify my existence and that of all the high-tech gadgetry clumsily dangling from various parts of my putrid-sweat-riddled, aching body.
As far as I was concerned, the fate of humanity depended on my accurately, thoroughly, broadly covering those precious minutes of ultimate narcissism as Annie was exultingly giving the camera some serious love. As much as I had locked-on to her, boy did she ever lock-on to me, or more accurately, my precious Panasonic PV-GS120. I was in her sights. Within seconds, I saw the amazing transformation from a scared wittle wabbit to this self-confidence-emanating, soap opera hollywood drama queen, smiling, looking right at the camera and striking poses.
And then, came that one true, awe-inspiring, Jerry Bruckheimer Hollywood moment: As Annie is walking away from the podium, I suddenly see her face glow as she reaches her arms forward, and her good friend Eva runs toward her and places her beautiful Baby Girl Claire into her arms, as Annie's professor looks onto the both of them with a big, joyous, approving smile.
Most decent human beings would have simply, innocently enjoyed this moment for what it was, at face value.
Not me, no Sir. As I'm realizing there's no way anybody else could have covered this one magic moment in time as well as I did, my mind was racing in all directions, the most prominent one being:
I'm going to hell.
Seriously though, her Prof is a really nice Man, kudos to UCSB for having such a nice Faculty Member. He really took time to chat with our group and stand around for pictures.
I'll soon be having more fun with iMovie and iDVD.
As we all arrived early, I had managed to find me a spot, off to the left side, almost way up-front. Annie was lost in the crowd, nowhere to be found, as I could feel the sun viciously starting to work at my scalp, through my all-too-thin layer of hair. Indeed, I could have not been a total retard and brought a cap, and used sun lotion, but how much fun would that have been, huh?
After long hours (okay, 'twas just one hour) of just standing/sitting/lurking, the grad students make way for the Ph.d students. Amidst sun glares frying my eyeballs, I manage to spot Annie way off in the distance! Boy do i start shooting .... determined to justify my existence and that of all the high-tech gadgetry clumsily dangling from various parts of my putrid-sweat-riddled, aching body.
As far as I was concerned, the fate of humanity depended on my accurately, thoroughly, broadly covering those precious minutes of ultimate narcissism as Annie was exultingly giving the camera some serious love. As much as I had locked-on to her, boy did she ever lock-on to me, or more accurately, my precious Panasonic PV-GS120. I was in her sights. Within seconds, I saw the amazing transformation from a scared wittle wabbit to this self-confidence-emanating, soap opera hollywood drama queen, smiling, looking right at the camera and striking poses.
And then, came that one true, awe-inspiring, Jerry Bruckheimer Hollywood moment: As Annie is walking away from the podium, I suddenly see her face glow as she reaches her arms forward, and her good friend Eva runs toward her and places her beautiful Baby Girl Claire into her arms, as Annie's professor looks onto the both of them with a big, joyous, approving smile.
Most decent human beings would have simply, innocently enjoyed this moment for what it was, at face value.
Not me, no Sir. As I'm realizing there's no way anybody else could have covered this one magic moment in time as well as I did, my mind was racing in all directions, the most prominent one being:
... i can sell this sh*t ...
I'm going to hell.
Seriously though, her Prof is a really nice Man, kudos to UCSB for having such a nice Faculty Member. He really took time to chat with our group and stand around for pictures.
I'll soon be having more fun with iMovie and iDVD.
Saturday, June 12, 2004
the precious has arrived: Panasonic GS120
As expected, I had lots of fun at Lindy Groove Thursday night.
Today my Mini DV Camcorder arrived! It's a 3-CCD Panasonic GS120.
Our good friend Denise was having a birthday party at the Holiday Inn. Burbank's Karaoke bar. Got to hang out with friends I hadn't seen in a while. I brought the cam and took some good shots, I really put to the test the camera's ability to shoot under very low lighting. I'll be doing some editing on the PowerBook with iMovie tomorrow and use iDVD to make a DVD out of it for Gary and Denise. During the editing process I'll be able to more accurately gage the camera's video image quality.
Today my Mini DV Camcorder arrived! It's a 3-CCD Panasonic GS120.
Our good friend Denise was having a birthday party at the Holiday Inn. Burbank's Karaoke bar. Got to hang out with friends I hadn't seen in a while. I brought the cam and took some good shots, I really put to the test the camera's ability to shoot under very low lighting. I'll be doing some editing on the PowerBook with iMovie tomorrow and use iDVD to make a DVD out of it for Gary and Denise. During the editing process I'll be able to more accurately gage the camera's video image quality.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Off to Lindy Groove!
I'm about to go out and get me some teriyaki chicken and rice before heading over to Lindy Groove, in Pasadena, CA. I'm looking forward to 3 hours of pure, unabated bliss.
On June 15th, this coming Tuesday, Paladino's is re-opening its doors with Kim and David as our faithful hosts. I gotta say one thing: David is the absolute best damn DJ I have ever heard. I am looking forward to every Tuesday from now on.
On June 15th, this coming Tuesday, Paladino's is re-opening its doors with Kim and David as our faithful hosts. I gotta say one thing: David is the absolute best damn DJ I have ever heard. I am looking forward to every Tuesday from now on.
Daryll and Linda join the GMail family!
Thanks to the generosity of fellow bloggers, I've managed to hook-up my friends Daryll and Linda with gmail accounts :) welcome ye guys :)
Those of you out there with spare gmail invites, feel free to send'em my way ... frenchy at gmail :) I've still got plenty of very deserving and google enthusiast coworkers and friends to hook-up :)
Those of you out there with spare gmail invites, feel free to send'em my way ... frenchy at gmail :) I've still got plenty of very deserving and google enthusiast coworkers and friends to hook-up :)
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Janet Reno - Piss Poor Tipper
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
GMail Privacy Issues: My $0.02
'Cuz i'm lazy and am not feeling like being redundant, check out my reply on Bull and Snake's web log regarding those privacy concerns.
New Gmail Accounts
Props to Allen Hutchinson for allowing me to hook-up a friend with a GMail account :)
Jonas is also giving away gmail accounts and writes:
Woohoo!
Tonight around 6pm Pacific Time, my gmail account has offered me a link to invite 3 more people! I've invited 2 coworkers, really cool dudes. I also stumbled upon this blogger. I hooked him up too, I hate to see people go broke.
If anybody has gmail invites to spare, feel free to send'em over to frenchy@gmail.com I know a lot of very deserving people :)
Jonas is also giving away gmail accounts and writes:
It's not free, however. If you're interested in one, comment here and let me know what you're willing to do for it. Not to me (though I am more than ready to trade for a few good massages), but to someone else. A random act of kindness, maybe? Work in a soup kitchen? Help out at a needle exchange? Or maybe you're doing that already - you'd be the ideal recipient. link
Woohoo!
Tonight around 6pm Pacific Time, my gmail account has offered me a link to invite 3 more people! I've invited 2 coworkers, really cool dudes. I also stumbled upon this blogger. I hooked him up too, I hate to see people go broke.
If anybody has gmail invites to spare, feel free to send'em over to frenchy@gmail.com I know a lot of very deserving people :)
Monday, June 07, 2004
Personal: Dancing, Week-End round-up
I had fun dancing with my swing-dancing friends in Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade yesterday. Brandy had to finish some work through the evening so she couldn't join me :(. Our good friend Abby is going to have another baby!
I had a quick dinner at Fred 62's bar before going for the 2nd round of wild dancing at The Derby. It's all about Juicy Lucy.
The Derby in Hollywood recently redid their hardwood floors in the back room. Campus-Five was playing yesterday, they were pretty fun. What was less fun was the fact that the back room was closed-off to dancers: What I hear is that from now-on, they don't want dancers messing-up their brand new floor, so no more dancing in the back room. I can understand that ... I guess ... it's just that now we're packed dancing on-top of one-another on the front floor. Which does suck pretty thoroughly. Are we looking at the end of an era? *sigh*.
update: from what i've heard recently, there's far more to this issue than the floors, which makes sense: For about a decade the Derby has graced us with a second-to-none atmosphere for swing music and dancing. The problem is dancers are not the most lucrative customers (to say the least) to a club for which most of the cover money goes to whichever band is playing that night. They must sell drinks to stay in business. With the dwindling of the swing dancing craze over the past 5 years, I can definitely imagine The Derby having faced a sizable challenge.
If you're ever looking for a classy place to take a date on a friday or saturday night, look for a good band on either of those nights, and go there for dinner, courtesy of Louise's Trattoria, and drinks.
I had a quick dinner at Fred 62's bar before going for the 2nd round of wild dancing at The Derby. It's all about Juicy Lucy.
The Derby in Hollywood recently redid their hardwood floors in the back room. Campus-Five was playing yesterday, they were pretty fun. What was less fun was the fact that the back room was closed-off to dancers: What I hear is that from now-on, they don't want dancers messing-up their brand new floor, so no more dancing in the back room. I can understand that ... I guess ... it's just that now we're packed dancing on-top of one-another on the front floor. Which does suck pretty thoroughly. Are we looking at the end of an era? *sigh*.
update: from what i've heard recently, there's far more to this issue than the floors, which makes sense: For about a decade the Derby has graced us with a second-to-none atmosphere for swing music and dancing. The problem is dancers are not the most lucrative customers (to say the least) to a club for which most of the cover money goes to whichever band is playing that night. They must sell drinks to stay in business. With the dwindling of the swing dancing craze over the past 5 years, I can definitely imagine The Derby having faced a sizable challenge.
If you're ever looking for a classy place to take a date on a friday or saturday night, look for a good band on either of those nights, and go there for dinner, courtesy of Louise's Trattoria, and drinks.
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