Katrina Reaction

“In Cuba they give you a ride out before the hurricane.”

Searching for Bottom

Far right Christians respond to Katrina.

Penultimate AFFD post

I’ve consumed a lot of Asian films since last Friday. I had stopped really caring about movies since I’d been on a steady diet of weak AFI 100 films and lackluster theatrical releases most of this year. Wong Kar Wai’s Days of Being Wild, Cavite, Kamikaze Girls, Infernal Affairs II, Kim Ki-Duk’s Bad Guy, Last Life in the Universe, Takeshi Kitano’s Dolls, Takashi Miike’s Gozu, and tonight’s documentary about controversial Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki called Arakimentari have all inspired me.

links for 2005-08-25

• Dee Zsombor’s blog: How to build an AJAX-ed spellchecker with Ruby On Rails

links for 2005-08-22

• Emotion & Design: Attractive things work better

From the "I'm Not Dead" File

I go to work. I write scripts to transfer and validate healthcare claims. On Fridays I can wear jeans.

Today was a little different since I put in an offer on a loft in downtown Dallas. I find it amusing that they call the lofts and surrounding area SoCo, for South of Commerce St. I’ve never seen that phrase used any where else. Maybe I should use my own name for that part of town: Eliteland. Tomorrow I should know if they like it, or have a counter. This wasn’t how I expected my home purchasing to go.

Do you ever stop liking dinosaurs

Emily turned ten this year. One thing that brings a smile to my face is how she will still name off her favorite dinosaurs and sort them by the type of food they eat. This morning at work it dawned on me that she’s probably going to stop that some day.

That made me sad.

links for 2005-08-06

• MogileFS

links for 2005-08-05

• script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript

My Big Day

Yesterday my contract job said they are happy with me and want to know if I am interested in coming on full-time. It’s a very grown-up, responsible person type job. It’s not very sexy, and it doesn’t have an audience I can play to. I write stuff to transfer and validate healthcare claims. I will never be a rockstar working at this company. After thinking about it, and what I want to do here in Dallas I decided that I would like to go full-time with them.