Imported

June 16th, 2002 Written on the eve of Fathers’ Day 2002 and sent to some close friends and family I send this message to you because you are my closest,…

a modern fairy tale Pulling up the collar of her coat against the breeze that warned of the coming cold, Marianne stepped into the street. How she hated midtown! Midtown…

So the gorgeous girl that lives on the ground floor of my apartment building was checking her mail this morning and she looked so lovely that I just had to…

like a mystery a breeze that blows soft upon my face you touch me with the wind’s gentleness. I can never be sure I only know when you are there…

Its been a long time coming, but Im finally working on a new version of Clapboard. I cant promise that itll all work, but Im trying – Ive had some…

And its done! This afternoon, Ill be eating the first tomato that Ive picked from the vines I’ve been growing in my own yard. Im excited. Its not quite a…

I finally have a place for the Brownie Videos. You can finally watch them. The page has been in soft-launch for awhile now, but this is the first open, public…

Whats this? No holiday and no traveling? What am I going to do with myself?

I can tell you one thing – Im definitely going to relax. And do laundry. And work on my audio system. And tend my tomatoes. And drink wine. And finish “Jedi”. And see a movie in the theatre. Its going to be epic.

Its Krols birthday today, and even though I dont really do “happy birthday” posts anymore, itd be silly to post here today and not wish one on him, right? I mean, the guy is finally 32. Hes twice as powerful as a 16-year-old, and thats pretty awesome. Enjoy it, Krol – next year you find out if youre Jesus.

The pic of the tomato here is here also to test my lightbox functions – if you click on it, youll be treated to the same image only larger in a lightbox right here. Amazing technology for a website thats “only” in its ninth year. Its almost time for a redesign, wouldnt you say? Ive been toying with ideas for a long time, but havent really done anything about it because im too dumb to do the coding myself and too poor (or disinclined, at any rate) to hire someone. I think its time to change my thinking on one of those things and either hire someone or smarten up. I dont want to lose everything, but I also dont want to be locked to this stalled software platform anymore.

Thats enough geeky talk. Time to go test my new audio setup and make sure everythings hooked up correctly. Then I get to spend hours programming my Harmony Remote. Woo! Ill be posting impressions soon.

the 4th was fun. Of course it was, what with squishing five girls into my car for the long drive to Hermosa Beach, where Tampa Bay hosted us on the beach and in his house.

The BBQ was tasty, Bootie was Red, White and Bluesy (where I provided the red with slight burns on my neck and lats) and Sunday was Sleepsy.

MJs Memorial yesterday was nice – I kinda like not hearing any commentary, not seeing any celebrities, and not knowing anything thats going on outside. It was a nice little insular moment for me and keeping the hoopla away made it feel that much nicer. Religious folks still creep me out, but I liked the coordinating yellows (how did people know, and why wasnt I notified?) and the heartfelt stories. Brooke Shields: “I was like, Whats with the glove?” Nice.

Of course, bigger picture after the jump.

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Mikes finally here! Its like a mid-week long weekend. Were hanging out in LA for a couple of days, which is fun. He arrived yesterday, and we went into Hollywood…

I guess he never really had a chance. Its a shame that he died before this show – it was going to be a monster. I was proud just to…

were all pulling for you.

Have you finished your shopping yet?

These are my two tomato plants. Theyre not getting enough sun, but theyre still growing. The lighter and bigger one on the right is the beefmaster, and its replete with tomatoes. The smaller is the celebrity type. I bought it knowing that it wouldnt measure up to the beefmaster, but this is Hollywood, and a little celebrity at your house goes a long way.

I think the sun issue is really going to be the defining factor here, because Caseys tomato plane is also a celebrity, I think, and its almost as big as the beefmaster. Almost. Theres a bigger picture of those things after the jump, in case youre interested in getting a little more detail (not a lot, because the pic is still small).

In other news, Im still not going to the UK, and my passport is still expiring in July. PCW, LLC paperwork is still outstanding (as in not here, not as in above-and-beyond), but its on its way. Ill probably check my PO Box today for the first time. Awesome.

Whats everyone doing? Im working, so Im hoping to live vicariously through your experiences. For my end of the bargain, Ill bring you the latest and greatest MJ news, or…

Sunday was Disneyland, then Monday, Yesterday and Today have all been long-ass workdays. Im slacking a little on my web responsibilities because Im working so much and the work I…

I should probably have a gigs topic these days. Man. Anyone feel like mocking up a ball-and-chain icon all web 2.0 style in PShop for me? Anyway, I got me…

That title is a little misleading. Im working and Im living, at least. And Im working more than I have been recently, which is good. I still dont really have…

June Gloom has been quite the staple of life here recently. Its been raining a lot for LA, too (which is to say that its gloomy a lot and a…

Normally, the most exciting thing I could post on this site today would be about the purchase of my brand-new Palm Pre and about how excited I am for it, but today, things are a little different. Today I have something actually exciting to report.

Im working with Michael Jackson.

Michael

Jackson

Now, Im not so sure what my NDA allows me to say, but for those of you who have been following my various entrepreneurial ventures over the past year or so can rightly guess. I mean, the man is in rehearsals for his shows in London, afterall. Thats not top-secret or anything.

Anyway, Im super, super, super psyched, both for the way that this company is (finally) getting off the ground and for me personally, because Im going to get to spend plenty of time in the presence of the King of Pop over the next couple of weeks. Effin rad.

Anyway, more to come, like a review of the Pre (woo!) and some talk about the non-secret aspects of my current gig. Happy Saturday!

Friendly neighborhood Matt here, checking in. Its been awhile, and Ive been working on websites. Im hoping to have more news and pictures soon, though.

So Vista was a short-lived experiment. I broke it on Monday night trying to do a simple re-partition/boot record switch/OS install on a broken RAID5 array. I mean, jeez. Anyway,…

I hadn’t paid attention to how many images were in the old “Coppermine” photo albums. I think the best thing to do is to attach them to each individual post…