If you've been following weblog news, you know that google bombing is a hot topic. I didn't realize how hot until I saw the story Google Bombing Gives Weblogs New Influence in my local paper; written by a local writer. (Who also happens to be the editorial director of O'Reilly Network.)

Just watched the Academy awards and all I can say is Lord of the Rings: FOTR was robbed. But I was glad to see my picks for short films win.

blowback is real. [via MeFi]

This is the last picture from my Honda Civic Interface Macro Study that I'll post. It's back to cats after this.

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Recipe for the ultimate MP3 mix. Ingredients: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love, Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food, Liz Phair - Whip-Smart, and Pixies - Come On Pilgrim. Preheat Winamp. Add albums. Randomize tracks. Enjoy. Loud.

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Another 91 days have gone by and we're at the Vernal Equinox. Everything is in balance. I'm neither happy nor sad about it. (Now summer solstice on the other hand...that's the party event.) When I was a kid I used to try the equinox trick of balancing an egg on its end.

I stayed up way past my bedtime last night putting up this new design. It looks fine in IE 6 and Opera 6 but I haven't checked it out in any version of Netscape yet. I also haven't seen it on a Mac. But there isn't anything too tricky going on, so I imagine it's at least readable. If not, let me know. I still have some tweaking to do. And some pages still need to be moved over to the new look.

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A nice side effect of chatting with people at sxsw is finding out about new music they're listening to. I'm now enjoying The Sunshine Fix (a new elephant six affiliate) and Prefuse 73. I know there are more artists I heard about that I want to check out and I'm racking my brain trying to remember them.

"Each of us is interested in himself whether he wishes it or not, whether he thinks himself important or not, and for the simple reason that each of us is both the subject and the protagonist of his own nontransferable life." - Jos

skp and I went out to Bodega Bay today (Saturday) and tried to stay warm in the chilly weather. I took a bunch of pictures, of course.

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This gallery has sound! Whenever you see that audio icon next to the gallery title there is a .wav file that I recorded when I took the picture. Click the icon to hear it. Four images in the gallery have sound. You've never heard running water, bells, and wind noise like this.

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