Desperation knows no limits

I hope I’m never this foolish. Seen yesterday on a billboard along Northwest Highway written in pink on a baby blue background:

“Lori, I love you very much. Please reconsider, Steve.”

Poetry in motion

One of the nice things about riding DART is the poetry posted inside the vehicles. They’ve got the big names like Pablo Neruda and Dorothy Parker but they also have local Dallas poets like Clebo Rainey. I was impressed to see that he coached the Dallas team to first place at the 2001 National Poetry Slam.

Anyways, I just had to share this one from Dorothy Parker:

Unfortunate Coincidence

By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying — Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.

Screw Tivo and Replay

If you have a Mac then check out Eye TV. It’s a DVR that uses your Mac for all the scheduling, storage and playback. It’s a box with RCA and RF inputs and a USB output. It MPEG encodes those inputs and spits it out the USB port to your Mac.

The software then saves the show to your Mac hard drive, just like with a Tivo, except no monthly service charge and it’s on a real computer. So watch TV on the bus to work off your laptop or share mpegs with your friends.

Tribal Warfare

Plastic has an article soliciting MetaFilter users. You see, MetaFilter is having some problems at the moment 22:57 metafilter is back up. Plastic has seized on this chance to get MeFites to become plasticians. They gain 10 karma and 10 mod points in the process.

As a plastician I say long live Carl and his mighty Plastic tribe. MeFi and Plastic have some overlap in scope so I can see why plastic has seized on this chance. I wonder if things like this might happen between oh say, kuro5hin and slashdot.

Zoe

I was looking for a new email program for OS X when I found Zoe. It’s not just a new email program, it’s a new way to work with your email. It’s written entirely in Java and uses the Lucene stuff from Apache and WebObjects. You interface with Zoe through a browser.

It turns your mailbox into this weblog type thing. I’ve only had it installed for a few hours but clearly to get the most from Zoe you have to be open to handling your email in new ways. They list Radio as an influence behind their ideas. Clearly it’s a huge influence.

Google! DayPop! This is my

Google! DayPop! This is my blogchalk: English, United States, Dallas, Dallas, Matt, Male, 26-30!

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you

Salon has an article about know nothing executives. Why does this come as a surprise to anyone? The rank and file have been decrying their complete idiocy for millenia.

Pack a lunch and read a book

My mission, get from my apartment to my PO box using only public transportation. My PO box and I are separated by about 25 miles. One of Dallas’ most formidable traffic nightmares, LBJ or 635, is between us.

I call up DART to find out what combination of the 138 bus lines and 3 light rails gets me where I need to go. I’m in luck, it’s only 2 buses and a light rail. I ask her how long it will take. Between one and a half to two hours and five minutes, or three to four hours roundtrip.

While not as cool as

While not as cool as fake NSA email I sometimes get email that amuses me. How shall I reply?

Subject: IF U R TRUE REPLY

PEACE

HI THERE,

I DON'T MEAN ANY DIS-RESPECT TO YOU BUT IF U R REALLY A SAINT THEN YOU WILL REPLY TO MY MAIL AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS

W00T!! We got the house.

W00T!! We got the house. Yep, that’s the one in historic old east Dallas, circa 1914. They’ve done a great job adding color to the house considering it was built in the day when the world was black and white.

The only problem now is I have to buy furniture that’s nice enough to sit inside. You should see the antique vanity they have in the second bathroom, it’s nice.