The afternoon has gently passed me by. The evening spreads itself against the sky; we meet in an abandoned studio. We hear the playback and it seems so long ago. You were first one. You were the last one. When they come to take you down; when they bring that wagon round. When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down, there’s just one thing I’ll ask of you. There’s just one thing for me: please forget you knew my name . Please don’t tell ‘em that you know me.
Browsing Posts published in February, 2004
I finished the relaunch of the House of the Jade Lantern this evening by about 8′ish. It’s got most of the content, although not all. Rather than practice avoidance technique, I’ll update the missing material over the next week or so, and benefit from the improved design sooner than later. Of course, it’s built on WordPress. Went out for chinese food to celebrate – big plate of orange chicken at the local, tasty spot. Got much work done today, both in and out of the office. A bit rough, but a good, productive day.
Oh yes, and it just started to thunder outside. I miss thunder storms from back East. I know, and odd thing to miss but I do. 
While browsing the O’Reilly Network, I came across an article that I find fascinating: Geeks and the Dijalog Lifestyle. As they put it over there:
“At XML.com we want to focus more on the application space, particularly personal information management, a vibrant area of XML application development. To that end, today Kendall Clark begins a new column, “Hacking the Library”, which will focus on problems of personal information, especially those related to the digital media lifestyle.”
While I’m not up on XML (yet, I should say, knowing me), the article’s definitely caught my interest. I plan to follow the series for at least the first few columns. Of course, I can’t help but not the complimentary focus of the article and my own kickoff to the Technocrat column over at gamegrene.com.
Ok, I’ve heard some silly things before, but this – pulled from a fairly disturbing article in the SF Gate – takes the cake:
“A lot of people are sort of recreational users of Prozac,” Morgan said, referring to people who don’t have serious mental health problems but take the drug to boost their mood. “That has a tremendous cost burden on our system.”
Apparently, folks on antidepressants are being denied health insurance. Now, I’m not necessarily a big fan of such medication, but… recreational users? I mean, is this for real? Seems like one of those assine non-reality answers that politicos, spokespeople, and such create to address something they don’t otherwise have a good solution for. You know, right up there with the “lazy poor”. But, maybe it’s just me, right? “It’s kinda of gloomy day… let’s do a few hits of prozac and go outside….” Nope, I don’t buy it. 
Felt well enough today to get out a bit. Caught up with Angelo in for some breakfast, and then we went down to the Jahva House, at it’s new location. Let me say – it’s super funky! And about 3 blocks from work. They managed to keep the exact same feel while improving on it. The new space is great, more spread out and room over one floor. There’s a nicer bare area at the front, and another bar and stool seating in front of the spacious window. There’s several sections, the back being well stocked with couches, tables, etc. The new place rocks, is surrounded by the Arts Center, and is just groovy. Oh yea, I’ll be going the more often. I’ll admit: I was worried this wasn’t going to work out, and it appears quite the opposite. Coolness abouts!
