July 2001

Generator - Foo Fighters

… from There Is Nothing Left to Lose … one of the best albums released in the 90s (1999) … every track on this CD blows me away … catch them at the Troubadour in LA on Saturday, August 5 … wish I could be there ….

There are a ton of killer themes, wallpapers, and WinAMP skins at foofighters.com.

I added some new items to my store.

I am the only one who has ever purchased anything from my store. Heh.

Wired.com reports:

“A new drug being developed would eliminate menstruation altogether, while still allowing women to get pregnant. Another drug would eliminate both periods and pregnancy.”

[link via Swallowing Tacks]

I am sad to report that the ‘new’ Planet of the Apes is possibly one of the top five worst movies I’ve ever seen.

The special effects were mind-blowing. The acting was honestly ‘not that bad’. The audience was phenomenal. The theater sound system and projection was state-of-the-art. The trailers were enthralling. The costumes were neat-o. The token, gorgeous, scantily-clad, buxom blonde was token, gorgeous, scantily-clad, buxom, and blonde.

The plot and the writing … well … the plot and the writing were … well … they stunk in a manner very, very similar to how I expect ape feces would if you hurled a few chunks of it at a movie screen.

Hey! I got my first two (free) issues of Shift magazine last week. I read them on the plane to and from Miami.

The ‘corporate’ web site is pretty busy - far too many bells and whistles for my taste. It betrays the ultimate hep-ness-osity of the magazine. The print version is excellent though. I highly recommend it. Grab a copy if you see it at the bookstore. (Or subscribe at the site!)

MIT’s Media lab is experimenting with a new tool that tracks the links that are posted in online weblogs/diaries. If successful, Blogdex could provide a very valuable resource for the average information seeker as Blogs are flat out where it’s at.

University of Florida freshman fullback Eraste Autin died on Wednesday, July 25, after collapsing from heat stroke on his way back to the locker room after practice.

And a football player on the Minnesota Vikings, too?

Blue Monday - Orgy

Yeah, I know: This is a cover of an awesome, classic New Order song. I really like this version, too, though. I’m a sucker for covers. My favorite part of a live concert is getting to hear a band cover something.

I just have to do this:

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn’t get to bed last night …

Actually it was National Airlines, but it’s still great to be back in LA.

Grrr … and, even though I can access GreyMatter to post, for some reason the folks at AT&T have determined that davidgagne.net is a porn site or something. The Public Phone 2000i won’t let me view my own page. So. I guess I’ll go read Rolling Stone. The paper, handheld, old-fashioned version. In a chair. At the airport. Bah.

I am standing at an AT&T Public Phone 2000i in the Miami International Airport. I’ve got several hours to kill here and I thought I’d check my eMail. Unfortunately, although I love the redesign at Hotmail.com, I can’t figure out how to retrieve my POP mail. It’s very frustrating. I doubt I have any interesting eMail to read, but it would have been a cool way to spend $.25/min for a while.

Otherwise … not much to say about Miami. It’s swelteringly, oppressively humid outside - even at 6:45 am. To me it’s only 3:45 am and I’m cranky, tired, and low on fluids. Heh. And of course the first person that tried to talk to me here was annoyed that I don’t speak Spanish. Bah.

Riddle Me This: How Fresh Is This Guy?

I think that this proposal is just crazy. The one on the left is far superior, both aesthetically and ergonomically. Let’s just hope she’s never made Queen. Who would want to live in a totalitarian tp state?