Category Archives: Asides

Apologies if you notice a ton of crap in …

Apologies if you notice a ton of crap in the Fivepics feed lately; I’ve added my FriendFeed RSS feed to update the site while I work on my top-secret new project. Better some content than nothing at all, right? Thanks for sticking around, and if you want to find out more about the project, it’s [...]

It’s a new post! Yay! It’s Friday, and …

It’s a new post! Yay! It’s Friday, and apart from the test of a post from NetNewsWire and a new site design (which I’m still tweaking), I have much to say and no time to say it. I’m in full-tilt Twangfest Mode, and too scattered to compose anything coherent. It won’t be long, though; I’ll [...]

E-Fuel’s Micro Fueler creates Ethanol from sugar in your backyard

E-Fuel’s Micro Fueler creates Ethanol from sugar in your backyard.
Hmm. Not sure I’d care to spend TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS after paying a premium for a hybrid (though it’ll pay for the difference soon enough), but I’d like the days of my life back that I’ve spent sitting in line waiting to fill up at the [...]

No Depression

No Depression is ceasing publication.
To have produced a publication that serves a miniscule niche market, preserving a bit of musical history and culture that deserves preservation, recruiting and maintaining a staff of knowledgeable and eloquent contributors, and having done so with even a modicum of success for 13 years is nothing short of remarkable.
I, for [...]

Hey, <insert name here>…

Personalized MasterCard PepTalks from Peyton Manning here.

Is it that difficult to spell?

I read two different blogs today — one commercial, one personal — in which both authors misspelled “vague” as “vauge”. Weird coincidence, no?

Last show of the year…

So I’m going to see Scissor Sisters tonight, and it’s likely the last show I’ll see in 2004.