30 years old today. This age was not even remotely fathomable to me back in 1985 as I sat thinking about being 18 in front of my family’s Apple II computer. 8 years was long enough, but 20 years?!? Time to rewind the wayback machine to 10 years ago. Some names have been changed to … Continue reading 30 via 20
The Wave Magazine has an article on that funky looking house along Highway 280 that I’ve always dubbed as the Tatooine house. Rae calls it the Yoda house, and Wave Magazine labels it as the Flintstones house. The article is a good read for anyone who’s ever passed by that house on 280 and wondered … Continue reading Yoda/Tatooine/Flintstones House
I’ve been wondering lately what would it be like to own Canon’s entire lens collection for the EOS camera system? In any given photography situation, there’s at least one ideal lens for the job. Most photographers, however, don’t have Canon’s entire arsenal at their disposal — usually, they pull out a lens they own which … Continue reading Canon EF Lenses
An oft-repeated quote in the house these days comes from Rounders (and here). Near the end of his final showdown with Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) with just a few chips left, Teddy KGB (John Malkovich) tells his henchman that he’s, “Hanging around. Hanging around.” I’ve been feeling like that for some time now. At the … Continue reading Birthday: Hanging Around
For those of you who are not familiar with Blair Hornstine, here is a quick summary. For additional information on the subject, please visit the links section at the end of this entry. Skip to here you want to see the Blair H. Project trailer. Blair Hornstine, 18, is a senior at Moorestown High School … Continue reading The Blair Hornstine Project
In September, I delved into the heart of Lake Tahoe’s Desolation Wilderness for six days of solo backpacking admidst granitic peaks and rockbound lakes. I participated in a very tangible dance of physical exclusion from civilization. Days and nights would pass without me seeing more than one or two people, if any at all. The … Continue reading A Journey of the Mind
I wrote the following speech to introduce Jaron Lanier at the Symbolic Systems Program’s Distinguished Speaker event at Stanford University on May 15, 1997. The introduction was written over the course of a few days, during which I gathered my inspiration from the Internet, books and magazines that I had read, movies that I had … Continue reading 1997: Jaron Lanier Distinguished Speaker
