http://blog.mittenartworks.com mitten muses, rants and raves about life, the internet, web design and art Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Team FJM (Special Ops) needs 11 electrical outlets to maintain full-powered functionality. (4 phones, 2 PSPs, 2 Nintendo DSs, 2 cameras, 1 computer) Our current bivouac only has 10 available. Adverse conditions today dictate covert operations. We will be infiltrating several buildings, including one designed personally by the chief architect of ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/operational-notes Thoughts on Seattle so far: * Discovery Park. We spent a large portion of Monday there. It was very pretty, we walked many miles and enjoyed the beach along Puget Sound. It reminded me of Northern Michigan, to be honest. Without the mountains in the background, of course, but the terrain ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/thoughts-on-seattle Flight in was uneventful. Darling toddler in front of Jack and I; she was a good natured baby and didn't cry at all. I had made a car reservation with Avis. I forgot that I had preferred status, and woot! that meant that there was a car with my name on ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/seattle-on-friday Oh dear, with a picture and everything. And big thanks to Ed Vielmetti for being a good sport. Now. Go sign up for Startup Weekend. http://blog.mittenartworks.com/look-ma-im-in-the-paper Forget the old cartoon, forget any hint of serious intent and go watch this movie for the sheer technicolor delight of it. It's beautiful, it's fast, it's silly (in the good way), it's exciting and inspired. Go Speed go! http://blog.mittenartworks.com/speed-racer Dexter Road westbound is closed near Maple Road. Maple Road is down to two lanes, one each direction. This is supposed to last a week or so. There are a few other restrictions: Going Eastbound on Dexter: You may not turn left onto northbound Maple. You can go straight or turn right. Going ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/far-west-side-traffic-correspondent I have a theory: a few decades ago, if the scientists who noticed that the planet was getting warmer chose a different phrase than 'global warming' to rally public support for their cause, serious work on the problem would have begun much earlier. The problem with the phrase 'global warming' ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/the-lost-art-of-storytelling I need a new Sunday. Sundays should have a pleasurable routine, a few simple, comforting delights to bring the week to a close. For much of my life, Sundays were church. When I was young, it was off to church in the morning, back home for a big dinner at lunch ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/the-delightful-routine-of-sunday musings on Twitter, spam, following and blocking I like Twitter. The main two reasons I use it are keeping up with local people and getting interesting ideas and opinions from a wider circle of interesting people. Another reason I like it is that spam is kept to a minimum by virtue ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/follow-follow-follow-block The boys are in bed, probably not asleep. Keith is playing Oblivion and I'm sitting on the couch, unable to face another minute of year-end accounting. There is a little constellation of potential jobs circling around me right now (and a couple which have escaped orbit to pursue other trajectories), but ... http://blog.mittenartworks.com/a-brief-pause-in-the-action