04 September 2009
By Brian
In General
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An incredible collection of work by a designer known as 9000 has wowed me today. A huge body of work that he’s put up on Flickr has just floored me with it’s depth, it’s variety, and it’s subtle humor.
You just must go here and see just [...]
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03 September 2009
By Brian
In General, Technology
So it’s about time I updated the stock theme that I had with one that’s a bit more me. Not that I’ve been all that great about updating but, I since August just finished I’m working on a Books of August 09 post filled with “fun” stuff. If anything’s broken let me know! [...]
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12 May 2009
By Brian
In General, Technology
Visualization in Sports « Visualization Blog.
I’ve been long fascinated with data visualization and the growing field that it’s becoming. With the amazing amount of data that’s being collected and stored with the advances of technology, new ways to derive meaning out of data beyond simple bar graphs and pie charts are needed.
Here’s a collection [...]
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25 March 2009
By Brian
In General
Been looking forward to this movie from Spike Jonze for a while now. Looks incredible so far.
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movie, spike jonze, trailer, where the wild things are
05 March 2009
By Brian
In General
Click on the little different color bars for the different songs. The title track is great. Chiptunes made on hacked up old Nintendo’s. Wonderful.
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anamanaguchi, chiptunes, Music
20 January 2009
By Brian
In General
I upgraded to Wordpress 2.7 here a couple days ago, and so far I like the backend and admin tool updates that they did over version 2.5.
So far everything still weeks. I’m working on few side things. Now Reading has broken with the new updates and won’t let me search for and [...]
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wordpress 2.7 upgrade
20 November 2008
By Brian
In General
A few rumblings of things going on in life.
- Coffee shops in Tacoma – I’ve got a number that I need to visit and write up and I plan on getting another one up here in December soon. Either the excellent Blackwater, one of the many many Forza Coffee Companies or possibly one of [...]
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24 April 2008
By Brian
In General, Technology
So I’ve taken the plunge, and upgraded my Word Press installation to the new Version 2.5.
Supposedly some great new features to help keep Cinder Inc. running strong. Already I like the new dashboard improvements in the content managing side of it. Hopefully it’ll make updating even easier so I can keep [...]
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11 May 2007
By Brian
In General
Visiting Tacoma blog Exit 133, I saw that the Kickstand Cafe has a “Closed Until Further Notice” sign up in it’s window.
According to the comments, the current owners Chris and Dawn are looking at selling the place, and that a possible new owner will regut the thing and start fresh with a new name, and [...]
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03 April 2007
By Brian
In General, Life
Through some long forgotten ways and in the usual way of the Internet, I found out about a few local Tacoma blogs that cover happenings and things going on in my nice little city. I like the ideas of local blogging, and the specific topics that they can cover (one of the failings of [...]
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14 February 2007
By Brian
In General, Life
Happy Valentines Day Jess. I love you so much. You make everything around you much better by just being there, sharing your love and your heart. Love is wonderful, and I am so happy that I found love in you and with you and the love we’ll share for decades to come.
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08 February 2007
By Brian
In General
Found this through someone – It’s a map of the US Interstate Highway system done up in straighter lines, and looking like a subway style map. It’s fun to look over and see which stops you’ve gotten off at…
http://www.chrisyates.net/reprographics/index.php?page=424
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02 January 2007
By Brian
In General
So I’m looking at Cinder Inc again and now I plan on doing more writing as part of my New Years resolutions. So here we go.
I’m working slowly on more coffee writing, with Firehouse Coffee and Black Water Cafe reviews coming eventually.
I’d love to do a bit more navel gazing and commenting on games, [...]
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19 December 2006
By Brian
In General
I’ve been negligent with Cinder Inc. for some time, and I can offer excuses of why (family, work, life and so on) but it doesn’t change that I haven’t written, nor that I haven’t really done much with this for quite some time. I need some focus, some ideas of what I want to write, [...]
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04 October 2006
By jessers
In General
I’ve taken to wearing sneakers more often. This might seem to be of little importance but it’s indicative of my role in the world. I am a mom. My hair is always up and while I’ve avoided scrunchies I have given in to the claw. I’m certain the device has a name other than that [...]
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