Optica8

It must be fun...

2008-10-05T23:50:44Z

...to work for a client that is willing to take some big risks and work on the edge.

Where else could you get paid to do something like this? Advertising. Gotta love it!

Simply brilliant...

2008-09-25T18:26:38Z

Ok, ok. I know it's just more youtube love, but this is pretty awesome.

Oh crap. It's come to this...

2008-09-25T03:29:04Z

Yes, it's true. I'm posting a video of a cat...

...gawd help me.

If only he was wearing a Fez...

2008-09-02T07:50:35Z

Found this on the Interwebz. Can't remember who posted it, but WTF. It's a monkey washing a cat. What's not to like?

Had I been drinking a coke...

2008-09-01T05:28:11Z

...some of it might have come out of my nose when I laughed at this. It almost looks like Anthony Kiedis.

A plethora...

2008-08-28T17:12:05Z

Jefe: I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little suprises.
El Guapo: Many pinatas?
Jefe: Oh yes, many!
El Guapo: Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe: A what?
El Guapo: A *plethora*.
Jefe: Oh yes, you have a plethora.
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?
Jefe: Why, El Guapo?
El Guapo: Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
Jefe: Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?

Totally awesome if you are a Star Wars fan

2008-08-19T07:34:12Z

New blog format

2008-07-30T00:25:27Z

I recently updated my Movable Type install 4.x and like the new features, but am not super enthused with the selections of styles and templates. So I'll g'head and add that to the list of things I want to do but will probably never get around to doing.

Still here, still chugging along

2008-07-30T00:13:00Z

I promised myself that I would be better about maintaining my blog, but then again I've been saying that since 2003 when I had my first iteration. Hmmm... let's see... well, I finally anted up for paid hosting. I was starting to get concerned that my own server was going to poop out and I'd lose everything (no big loss, but still). I've been using what was my old desktop computer (with a few new parts here and there) from MountainZone.com days. Um, I left that place in 2001. I think it's a freakin' miracle that computer lasted as long as it did, considering it was on 24/7 for so many years. Anyway, I wound up using A2Hosting.com, which so far has been pretty sweet. I got 250gigs of storage and transfer a month, which I'm sure I'll never get close to touching, and some very nice web utilites to upload and manage the several sites I'm hosting.

Hmmmm.... what else.

Well, I've been enjoying the summer so far. I bought a pretty sweet bike a few weeks back and have been taking it for rides along Alki beach. I finally realized that while I like riding a bike, I'm not a big fan of riding in the city nor am I much of a hill climber. So, I caved and bought an old school beach cruiser. No gears, big cushy seat and a kick brake, just like I had for my paper route when I was a kid growing up in Arizona.

Monday Night Poker - 5/5/08

2008-07-04T11:03:24Z

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I love this video

2008-06-19T04:07:47Z

Very cool mix/mashup of Alice in Wonderland.

Lazy Saturday

2008-06-08T07:37:26Z

Had a pretty lazy Saturday today, mostly just chilled at the house reading, listening to music and playing a video game. I recently read something about how long Starcraft has been around and that it's a bit of a cultural phenomenon in Korea so I thought I would check it out. The game originally came out in 1998, but is still really fun. Anyway, blew through too many hours to mention hoping the sun would come out. Well I guess fun is fun.

Tomorrow I think Josy and I are going to go to the nursery to get some plants for the back yard. We've taken some stuff out that I didn't like and now need to fill in some of the bare spots before the weeds take over. In Seattle, one man's weed in another's flower.

Next week I'll need to kick back into a higher gear while I get ready for the IA Summit that I co-teach with Mike and Samantha. It's the 3rd year we've taught it so I expect it to go fairly smoothly. After the IA course is done I'll be getting ready to teach a 549 section on web development in the fall. It's a special topic class so it'll all be new. Lot's of course prep needs to get done toot-sweet.

Week 2 of the new job

2008-06-03T18:18:11Z

Well I left Avenue A | Razorfish for what I hope will be a better and new challenge. I started last week at Publicis in the West as a Digital Strategy Director. I'm not entirely sure what all that entails, but I'm getting a lot closer to my ultimate goal of being an idea generating machine. I really love what I do and the space in which I work, there are always tons of new things to see and do, and it fits well with my overly digital life. It's really great to get paid to do something that you both enjoy and would probably be doing anyway.

In *hopefully* short order I'll be starting some sort of professional blog. I'm not sure if I'll be the sole author or a contributor, but when it gets going I'll post some info here. I think I still want to keep this blog/URL for my personal communications (primarily with family and friends).

Fred and Krista reel it in

2008-06-02T07:02:06Z

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Big ol' lingcod

2008-06-02T06:42:08Z

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