My infrequent updates on the web

Music for the masses

It’s not much of a secret that since receiving my iMac last fall, I have been extremely happy with my re-acquaintance with Apple.
I have started using Garageband a fair bit, building a small, one-man recording station at my desk, which I have dubbed “Finn Street Studio”. After a decade-long hiatus, I have rediscovered the [...]

Sad and disturbing

While surfing around on Live Leak, I saw a clip of Anna Nicole Smith in her house, playing with her child while wearing clown make-up as her lover-lawyer films the events.
She is clearly out of it, with Stern talking about how much money this clip will be worth.
She certainly had her fair share of the [...]

Cancer close to home

I’ve known Derek for over 20 years and though we haven’t hung out much over the last few years, I still consider him to be one of my best friends. One of the most intelligent people I know, and not a half-bad Mario Kart player, he has been a loyal friend despite the occasional [...]

What time is it

Art Lebedev Studios design some pretty cool things, but are most (in)famous for a keyboard with tiny screens for each key called the Optimus. 

Just recently, they released another product for pre-order which I think it incredibly cool: a clock that tells you the time.  Literally.  The design is just gorgeous, very simple and straight-forward.  [...]

Blog with Flock

Flock is a browser that is integrated with various services like del.icio.us, flickr and a number of blogging applications like Blogger, WordPress and others. 
The concept is quite simple: surf the net as you usually do, but with a browser that supports blogging, tagging, news reading and photo uploads without having to navigate to the [...]