Obvious Diversion

Jeopardy Kids Week has been fun to watch this week, but Ken Jennings doesn’t have to be so smug about beating the crap out of a bunch of ten year olds.

It would seem Washington Mutual has seen fit to tell it’s employees how to vote in a company-wide email. This is disturbing to say the least. I believe a company should encourage it’s employees to get registered and be a part of the democratic process, but telling them how to vote is simply [...]

I had heard some time ago that Oh Boy ‘9 to 5′ notebooks had disappeared from stores. Now that I’m on my last one, my search for more is coming up empty handed. I love these notebooks and they have served me well, but It’s clearly time to fill my paper needs elsewhere.
Anyone [...]

PC Magazine put up a little teaser for their review of the Zen Micro, an iPod Mini competitor with the title “Zen Micro is Minnier Than Mini“. Later in the article they back up their title with the statement “It’s also 6mm shorter than the mini…” leading you to believe that the title of [...]

This has been everywhere, but I’m posting it because it deserves to be. This is an incredible piece of video of John Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, on CNN’s program Crossfire. He pleads for them to stop presenting the world in black and white. It’s a rare breath of fresh [...]

Having just moved from New York to Seattle, I’m naturally seeking out the places and things here to make the city feel like home including good pizza (Hot Mama’s), cool umbrellas (Pare), a good watering hole (still auditioning) and places for some random fun. In New York, I would stop by Kid Robot to [...]

Jon, the proprietor of Exhibit 5a, celebrates his birthday on this fine day. Since I can’t attend this years New York soire, I’ll blog into the past and post a gallery of last years celebration.
Jon’s birthday at Swim in 2003
Secrets are meant to be revealed, so I’m going to unveil here that Jon is [...]

Core Image is a feature in the upcoming Mac OS 10.4 that makes it easy for developers to include image and video effects in their applications without a lot of work. It was originally demonstrated back at WWDC in June and when I watched it I was left with the following thought: couldn’t a [...]

How exactly did we get through four debates without a single question about gas prices?

I spent most of the weekend walking around Seattle, getting a feel for the city itself and scouting locations to set up a life. Over at the Fremont Sunday Market, I ran into a woman selling well designed umbrellas under the name Pare Umbrellas. They looked fantastic in person. They’re designed in [...]