MOSE v2

Saturday May 5, 2007 12:30 PM

This week I've been working on the new version of the website for Adam Cohen's awesome webcomic MOSE. I launched it yesterday to coincide with the opening of the Low Pop gallery show at designbox, which features several of Adam's pieces.

About a year ago, I built the original site around a custom CMS and email subscription engine. The new version uses the same system, and includes some upgrades for selling prints via PayPal, a random comic display, and some other tidbits.

The site design was produced by Adam's company Distill.

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Context: www, Projects, IRL

MacBook Pro 17 Battery Swelling

Wednesday May 2, 2007 4:59 PM

Add me to the list of victims.

A couple of days ago, I noticed that my trackpad button was unresponsive in the middle, but OK on the sides. I figured some cruft had gotten under it and would work it's way out eventually. Today, I noticed a little bit of a wobble, like there was something on my desk under the machine. So I took a look...

"Well there's your problem..."

Apple Support was very responsive, and they're sending me a new battery free of charge (provided I send back this one). Great service, but I'm homebound until the big yellow van comes to visit.

[update: 5/3]
My replacement arrived this afternoon, less than 24 hours after my call. Awesome customer service, but I'd rather have had a good battery to begin with. If I had been on the road, I would've been screwed.

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Context: Tech, IRL

Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84

Thursday April 12, 2007 9:15 AM

When I was in my early teens, I had an acute case of appendicitis. I spent two weeks in hospital, during which I read Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, and Sirens of Titan. Vonnegut's writing radically changed my world view, and I sought out more of his books over the following years. Other than my parents, Kurt Vonnegut has had the biggest influence on me as a person.

If you've never read Vonnegut, stop what you're doing, go get a copy of Cat's Cradle, and read it cover to cover.

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Context: Morbidity

Snoozer

Saturday April 7, 2007 9:00 PM

Alex takes a nap

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Shamrock Open Results

Friday March 30, 2007 3:43 PM

Well, I didn't win any ribbons at the CARBOY Shamrock Open, but my Amarillo APA did get a score of 40! This was my first competition, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I got some great feedback, definitely a learning experience.

They didn't like my Sorachi Ace IPA though - gave it a 20. I think it's just misunderstood.

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Context: IRL, Zymurgy

Music Roamer

Friday March 30, 2007 3:19 PM

Check out tanyacash21's Music Roamer. You can explore last.fm related artists through a groovy Flash interface. Discover new music, find out how many degrees of separation there are between your favorite artists. I could click around in there for hours.

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Context: Music, Tech, www

Life in The Red States

Wednesday March 28, 2007 10:56 AM

One thing I love about living in NC is that every time you see something in the national news that sounds like it was pulled straight out of Deliverance, you can bet it's happening here.

For Example...

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Context: WTF?

Zen Radar Service Launched

Wednesday March 21, 2007 11:04 AM

Jeff & I have been working on a service built around the last.fm & audioscrobbler album correlation science I've been talking about. It's now ready for semi-public use.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present Zen Radar.

The project is still in active development, but is fairly stable. We'll be adding new feeds and features over time.

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Context: Music, Tech, Projects, www

This post is a continuation of: Scrobble Zen Radar and is continued in: Zen Radar on build.last.fm