Friday October 31, 2003
Bendity Tendonity
Tomorrow I travel south to Bend, Oregon to see what I'll be doing this winter. I'll write more when it doesn't feel like someone snuck needles into my arms.... Keep reading this entry »
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Archives from October 2003
Thursday October 30, 2003
Summit
The Adams Summit - October 24 - 26, 2003. Trace the steps of mountain warriors.... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 27, 2003
Rise
Words and more pictures are brewing, and will be featured in a new section of Brainside Out. Patience, patience.... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 23, 2003
Observed
The one problem with produce boxes? They smell like produce.... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 22, 2003
Experiments with Electricity, Sales and Marketing
The guy trying to sell acid in the parking lot of my local grocer was an excitable fellow, and thus he became the personification of my evening. It is a cold, spitting rain outside that whistles through the windows and... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 21, 2003
All you speak are lies!
The Mt. Hood Trading Post has a Deli God on Tuesdays. There is currently enough snow on Mount Adams to justify backcountry snowboarding. This is going to stop us. The hills are on fire with the sound of music. I... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 21, 2003
I mean, duh.
This is an error report generated by the maintenance system for a leading online retailer. Can you figure out what it's saying? ERROR: The data you provided in your SOAP header does not match the data you provided in your... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 21, 2003
Theme From the Bottom
The Noble Hobo busts out his weblog grooves just in time to leave for Antarctica! Go over and wish him the best of luck in his travels. five days and the long flights start. minneapolis to dallas to los angeles... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 20, 2003
couldn't be more ghetto
First the NorShor closes, sneaking in a solid punch to the gut. Then Starfire gets glocked in the kisser by some jerk. Be strong, Duluth. Swing by and wish him a speedy recovery.... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 20, 2003
The Monkey vs the Salmon vs the World
There's nothing here but quiet. And sorry about that. Things have been crazy here the last week. All the Big Wigs left for Cape Hatteras last Saturday, putting us Small Wigs in charge of the store for the week. Everything... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 17, 2003
Challenge!
CHALLENGE! EAT A BOWL OF YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL AND MILK. CHALLENGE! EAT A BOWL OF YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL AND VEGETABLE OIL.... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 17, 2003
We are your local grocer!
What fun we can have with words at the local grocer! Meat Debacle Pine Nut Lambastification Chipotle Ant Trap ...and we are currently listening to Space Hog and this afternoon we has a great kiteboarding session. ...and when did we... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 16, 2003
Dude, dude's my dude?
SpinSanity is fact-checking Michael Moore. This movie can't come out soon enough.... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 16, 2003
The NorShor: A Visit to the Attic
I was helping out for the 2003 Geek Prom, and we were pulling all sorts of geek detritus out of the attic of the NorShor. Old computer monitors, chemistry sets, mobiles made out of action figures and hamster balls... The... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 15, 2003
NorShor Theater Closed
i don't know what to feel I gigged there. I got my toes smashed at the Black Eyed Snakes there. I went to prom there, twice. I streaked there, twice. Last spring I met everyone I know and didn't know... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Hey, Good Lookin'
On a side note, I just realized that it would be really cool to go out and register www.briansideout.com. That is, if my name was Brian. Or Side. Or Ansid. I love it when people link to my blog, and... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 13, 2003
Adventure: Darkness
Okay, so it wasn't all that bad. I spent a total of six minutes in the store, found exactly what I needed and bolted on outta there, almost backing over a guy and his shopping cart on my way out.... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 13, 2003
Into the Darkness
Oops. I was just about to snuggle into my sleeping bag for the evening and I remembered I still need to make a run to Wall-Wart. I hate hate hate going there. All the people are ugly and creepy. The... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 12, 2003
Laser Wallet Surgery
Watched extreme ski videos over at H20 Joe's tonight, and now I'm totally stoked for this winter. If I end up in the mountains when the snow starts flyin' I'm gonna need to see what it takes to get into... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 11, 2003
Burninatin' the Peasants
Been spending the evening chewing through the Strong Bad Email Archives. There's 88 of the buggers, now, and I've got 60 down. One of these days I will produce content on the Internet rather than merely consume it. Whatever I... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 11, 2003
See Me After Class
Here is the full text of Paul Bremer's press release, six months to the day after invading Baghdad. Print this out and stick it on your fridge so all your friends know how proud you are of your little country.... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 9, 2003
A Graceful Transition to a Ballad
And it isn't until you make it to your fourth mug of tea for the evening that you realize there's no script for this thing. You turn your back on the one you were writing; not permanently, but you realize... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 8, 2003
The Blood We're Made Of
Last night we hit up Mates of State, I am the World Trade Center and The Thermals at The Meow Meow in downtown Portland. Ever since I picked up their latest disc Team Boo (listen, buy), Mates of State has... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 6, 2003
We can rebuild him.
I'm gonna see what it takes to rework the code around here a little bit. Things will likely look the same, but I'm gonna reset the underlying structure so that lazy designers like myself can make this thing look wildly... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 6, 2003
fact-checking schmack-checking
If the Red Star is anything like the Oregonian you probably think the situation in Iraq is absolutely dismal and only getting worse. Not so, it would seem, according to people that aren't in the business of selling newspapers. Instapundit... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 5, 2003
Witty Title Using Stupid Name
A group is pushing for the widespread use of a name for people who hold a non-religious worldview. The widely respected philosopher Daniel Dennett and a number of others this past summer pushed for the adoption of a new term... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 4, 2003
Reality, Thought, Perceptions and Encoding
All of our interaction with reality depends on encoding. We never interact with reality directly; when we see something or hear something, that external information needs to be picked up by our senses, encoded into electrical impulses, and eventually decoded... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 2, 2003
Day III - Hooray Around the Room
I left for Duluth at 9:00 the next morning, as I had to make a meeting in D-Town by 1:00. I arrived with time to spare so I had a sandwich and soup at Sir Ben's. Beautiful, beautiful, just as... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 1, 2003
Day II - Let Us Sing Out
Thursday had errands. We went to update the license tabs for the Green Dragon Wagon, a mission about which I had strong reservations. Last time I had to go to the Minnetonka licensing center it was a monument to inefficiency.... Keep reading this entry »