a very nice photo at harrumph!
My quotes page is finally working again. You can browse by author now.
Pretty soon I'll be trudging through knee deep water surrounded by 1,000 ft. cliffs on either side. The Narrows in Zion National Park is supposed to be a spectacular hike. I've been doing some reading about hiking in Zion, and found it can be a bit dangerous. (We'll be very careful, Mom!)
After Zion, we plan on visiting Bryce Canyon, Arches, and/or Canyonlands National Parks. I was surprised to learn that southern Utah is home to the largest concentration of National Parks.
On our way into Colorado, we're going to try to visit the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde. Then we'll spend five days in Estes Park, with several trips into Rocky Mountain NP.
I figure I need to experience these natural wonders while I still can. ;) And I plan on taking plenty of photographs. If you have any tips for me -- or know specific sites I should see on this route -- let me know!
This article from MediaWeek about the crummy Internet climate isn't very noteworthy, except the wise last line: "Even the Great Depression was temporary." So we've got that going for us. Hey if it just takes insights like that, maybe I could be an analyst.
This last weekend was a movie weekend. The Score, Hard Eight, and You Can Count On Me. They were tense, stylish, and loveable. (in that order.)
Tune into CNN Headline News right now and you may see Matt, Metafilter Matt talking about online hoaxes. (this is not a hoax.) Hopefully the segment will be repeated sometime today.
Talk about Big Brother... Arbitron has nifty new Portable People Meters that track the media consumption of participants. I'm sure it's more accurate than the diary method, but it seems like an invasion of privacy. They've already teamed up with Nielsen Ratings to get TV data using these boxes, and I can think of some other companies/organizations they can team up with that like to track what people are doing. [via aforementioned SOTD]
I can't believe I didn't notice this before: PR Watch (a public relations industry watchdog) has a weblog called Spin of the Day.
You can also find interesting stuff straight from the industry's mouth at O'Dwyer's PR Daily. (I especially like the media section.)
I saw Mike Doughty at the Great American Music Hall last night. The show was him and an acoustic guitar. And singing. He can phrase a rhythmic turn like none other. It wasn't the magical ecstasy that was a Soul Coughing show, but it was great to hear some of his new songs. The crowd was surprisingly unruly, constantly shouting out the names of Soul Coughing songs. I'd like to hear Buddha Rhubarb Butter as much as the next guy, but geez people - he's got a show to do.
His site is good.
I got this screen while working on a computer last night. You never like to see that. IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL! (sounds like a political slogan.)
How computers work
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Death of a Dot-Com sounds painfully familiar.
In related news, I'm looking for a job. I live in the North Bay, and can make ASP + SQL Server work miracles. (Among other web based abilities.) If you want to hire me or know someone who might, let me know!