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New article: Four Times
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litlnemo
Wednesday, Apr 29 2015
Recently there have been some shootings in my neighborhood. I felt the need to write about it a bit. So I did. You can read the article on Medium.
Random Pinterest pins: pink cats
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litlnemo
Wednesday, Jan 8 2014
For some reason there are a lot of pink cats on Pinterest. Well, more than I would have expected. Like this: Or this: Or these: I think some of these may be the same cat. The breeder who can breed actual pink kittens would probably make a fortune. You know it’s true.
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine
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admin
Tuesday, Aug 9 2011
What were you reading 24 years ago this week? If you were in Seattle at the time, it might have been this: Or this: YEAH! Magazine was published off and on in 1987-88. I founded the magazine during the summer of 1987, after a long conversation with friends at the Hall of Fame club in…
All roads led to the Dog House
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admin
Monday, May 17 2010
It’s been a while now, but I remember quite a few late night meals at the Dog House before it closed. It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years! So when I saw this matchbook cover on Flickr, it made me smile.
Fashion for your ORCA card
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admin
Wednesday, Aug 5 2009
I haven’t been posting much lately — been busy working on the Beacon Hill Blog and other stuff, but one thing I have done a bunch of is riding our new Link light rail trains and using my new ORCA card to pay the fare. I was used to a similar card from our trip…
Make more frosting next time… and there should be a next time
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admin
Wednesday, Dec 31 2008
Photo by litlnemo. Well, I made the cake (with much help from Mina). It tastes amazing. However, as you can see here, it looks kind of goofy. Really goofy. There is a reason for this. The reason it looks weird is that the recipe we had doesn’t make enough frosting to frost the whole cake!…
Desktop publishing, old-style
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admin
Monday, Oct 13 2008
This morning, in London, 150 copies of a rather unusual newspaper were distributed to commuters. The Manual is “the first hand-made newspaper in the UK”–a four page paper, entirely drawn and written by hand, then silk-screened in a numbered, limited edition. The intent, say the publishers, is to “show that handmade qualities can transform newspapers…
I understand the feeling.
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admin
Thursday, Sep 25 2008
Hi all. I’m back. I took the summer off, and a well-needed break it was. I upgraded WordPress while I was offline, and it’s doing some weird stuff. My categories are gone and it’s ignoring some of my formatting. But I guess I’ll ignore it for now. I’ll restart the blogging with a tidbit I…
It is possible that I am married to a freak
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admin
Saturday, Apr 19 2008
Photo by Audin, Creative Commons. Jason, in his new vehicle. He looks way too happy. It’s a Comuta-Car (here’s another one), an electric car from 1979 or so. He and Audin both bought Comuta-Cars today. They aren’t running at the moment.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
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admin
Monday, Mar 17 2008
Photo by Chris Breeze. (Creative Commons) It’s that day again; yes, the day when all Irish pubs are jam-packed full of people and you can’t hear yourself think. On St. Pat’s, I recommend going to a Mexican place. It will be dead quiet. Cinco de Mayo — now that’s the day to visit the Irish…
Random YouTube vid: Pee-Wee Herman and the Alien Invasion
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admin
Sunday, Mar 9 2008
I just stumbled on Pee-Wee Herman and the Alien Invasion, a very short super-8 film shot by an 8 year old (back in the 80s, I assume). Pretty well done, considering. The claymation part works nicely. It’s not all that exciting, I guess, but it made me smile anyway. You can compare it to Pee…
Happy birthday, Slumberland BBS!
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admin
Friday, Mar 7 2008
Today marks the 17th birthday of Slumberland BBS, the bulletin board system I started in 1991. Slumberland is a Citadel board; that is, it runs one of the many kinds of Citadel BBS software. There was a time when the Seattle area had tons of Citadels. Mine is probably the last one standing. Up until…
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Friday, Mar 7 2008
Vintage design of the day
Friday, Mar 7 2008
Vintage design of the day
Found today on Poshmark, this package of 1920s hairpins. “Bob-or-no-bob.” Quite charming. The brand name, Sta-Rite, is also very early-20th-century, isn’t it? ($24 from seller saintsvintage.)