Fine manual? Fine, you say? What is this nonsense? In response, I point you to this Adobe support page, where it seems one of their writers has a sense of humor. InDesign's comprehensive Help system is available to you on your computer. [...]

In the beginning, there was the University of California, Berkeley. At first the University was shapeless, with nary a frosh to be seen. But the state hovered over the campus and said, "Fiat lux", and the lux was fiated. Then were the younger separated [...]

I often wonder if I should have been born a child of the 80s (which, literally, I suppose, means 60s) rather than now. Reasons being: While the hairstyle could use work, A Flock of Seagulls is fabulous I wear my sunglasses at night (NOT "stunna shades" [...]

"I don't care what you say; I want to play basketball!" shouted Johnny at his mother. "No, Johnny" she replied crossly. "Even if you were more athletically inclined, everyone knows that achromatic fellows struggle with bounding." Johnny crossed his arms and glared upon hearing [...]

At long last, the Photos portion of this blog has been updated and should remain as such for the foreseeable future. Thanks to Fotobook, a wonderful Wordpress plugin that hooks into your Facebook account, this blog now displays whatever I upload there, [...]

The other night I had a very entertaining talk with my roommate, and it got me to thinking how lucky I am in the friends I'm privileged enough to keep. It began on the topic of Michael Moore's newest film, Sicko, and the general state of [...]

I came across this article today concerning the respective demographics of Facebook and MySpace. The piece summarizes a longer "blog essay" written by a Berkeley PhD student (what can I say except that we rock?), which discusses the userbases of both Facebook [...]

If it were meant to be, would it? Or do circumstances conspire and succeed In keeping us from fruition? I am one who believes in Karma, But am unsure if it believes in me. Will it bring me one from the innumerable host Of this world that is best? And do its [...]

This is what's sitting on my desk here at work. Yet, I cannot decide to eat one, the other, or nothing at all. Will the king-size Snickers bar really satisfy? Are the Kit-Kat bar's wafers really crisp and its chocolate, in fact, [...]

I've always made fun of heels, mostly because of the absolute agony girls put themselves through for the sake of vanity. Thus, finding this article from the Washington Post made my day. This is scientific proof, ladies; you'd do well to stick [...]

Egads! Pardon my English. This Airbag Blog Advisory System ("because sometimes words hurt") is hilarious, and can now be found in the sidebar. It pokes major amounts of fun at the ridiculous Homeland Security Advisory System (be careful on those orange [...]

Last night's cityscape was ridiculously cool. I was heading over to south side around 10PM to partake of some evening festivities and it was bright outside. The fog had rolled in earlier that day and was hanging so low that the lights of [...]

It's been too long since I scrounged together a good song posting, so let's remedy that, shall we? The Fitted Shirt Spoon I, too, long for the days when they used to say M'am and Yes sir. Golden Touch Razorlight Just started listening to these guys recently, and I [...]

I give you mine. It's not that exciting, but it does the job. Make sure to click for the larger version.

I've always been interested in the phenomenon of chatting online, which has been thrust to the forefront of modern communication with the proliferation of instant messaging clients and online dating services. I hardly go a day without at least a short conversation or two [...]

$10 if you can place the reference. My PowerBook G4 is showing its age, and I've been contemplating an upgrade for some time. Of course, I'd also love to build a new desktop PC as it's kind of a fun thing to do, but monetary [...]

What of those for whom the evanescent dreamscape of sleep is not easily grasped? Those who with no kind thought or shepherd's fascination can quell the mind's turbulence? For some, no serendipitous flights through the ether of fantasy are harbored in the dusky eve; Rather, the darkness is lit just so, that the fiery orbs [...]

So my twenty-first birthday has come and gone (although more celebratory activity is in the works for this evening), and it was a lot of fun. I had to work (both on the day of and the day after), but honestly I prefer mellow [...]