Old Stuff

Well, here's some old text that never made it into the blog, but which I wanted to get out there.  (Blame this on the T60's battery biting the big one.  And thank the old T60 battery for making a comeback.)

  An interesting question: Why are the majority of the computers I see in these "trashpicking" videos Dells? What sort of a statement is that making??

In another note, while 'Tube cruising, I discovered that Stephen Fry had a series on in England entitled “Gadget Guy”, which looked quite fascinating. I could only find a couple episodes online, plus some “extras” material, but what I saw was pretty cool. (The one on exercise technology featured a bit set in a gym, and had a very attractive young lady named [I believe] Zoe who had an incredible body and mesmerizing movements...)

Also tripped across an intriguing show called “Fame in the Frame”, which featured a former art forger who'd “gone straight”. The entire theme of the series was taking several art classics, repainting them with contemporary “famous people” standing in for the subjects of the paintings, all the while allowing this artist to analyze the work. (One episode, yes, did feature Stephen Fry, replacing the Pope in Velasquez's the “Portrait of Pope Innocent X”. Fascinating.) (Helps that the “Portrait...” is one of my favorite paintings...)

I think I should move to England, just for the television. It seems so much more interesting than the tripe we're forced to deal with.

OK, now that that's out of the way, and I look like a completely sexist snob...

 It's a nasty, cold, ugly day here today.  The temperature hasn't really gotten above about 23° F , with winds and (oh yeah) snow...  The joys of winter.

I've been trying to come up with some ideas for future projects.  Not much action there.  I keep trying though.  Maybe it's the influence of the Thinkpad here.  It just demands to do work.  Real work.  Must do work!!!

Or, maybe I'll just go stare out the window at the snow...