Black Swan, True Grit, and The Kings Speech
These three moves are playing at the Grand and they are all very good. However. Don't go to see Black Swan if you're not prepared to cover your eyes for a lot of it. It's bloody, and not a little scary. Good. But still a horror movie. True Grit is a really good movie from the Coen Brothers. Not as good as their best, but a great Western with a really great cast. And The Kings Speech is a very good drama, again with a great cast. Spend a day and see all of them! (Or a half day and just Read more…
Homemade Pasta. First Attempt.
See the full gallery on Posterous A successful first attempt. Turns out this was really fun and easy with the pasta rolling machine. While I made the noodles, Mary made a great oregano sauce. I think I’ll try more egg in the dough next time. And getting a pasta rack might be better than drying it over the back of a chair. But this was really good! Excited for the next batch.
How true is this for you?
via laughingsquid.com For as often as this is true (and it is fairly often) there are plenty of cases where Twitter and Facebook have been huge assets to my work and productivity (and Gmail is absolutely essential. All my email accounts route there). On January 19th, I’ll be interviewing Andrew Fry from UWT’s Institute of Technology about social media for City Club’s lunch. The three main topics will be its effect on business and productivity, privacy, and social media. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I hope you’ll join us! http://www.cityclubtacoma.org to register.
Looking Ahead to Twenty Eleven
These past few days I've been in Madison WI and St. Louis for some New Years cheer with Mary's family. I haven't posted much here because I've been finishing off a lot of thinking and a lot of reading. The reading and thinking has primarily been around 3 main topics: technology, creativity, and innovation. In pursuit of those topics, I've been reading a bunch of books, watching a bunch of TED talks, and then thinking about what it means for my own life and work. I have come to realize that I really really like creating things. These "things" could Read more…
The 2011 Vintage Roadside Sign Challenge
via vintagesignchallenge.posterous.com Mary and I will be cataloging vintage roadsigns from across the US in competition with my dad and Mary’s cousin. We’re posting our findings on vintagesignchallenge.posterous.com. Follow the blog if you want to see what we find. Here are the rules: Signs must be photographed by Christmas Eve, 2011. You must take the photograph yourself and upload it to this blog. Once a sign is photographed and posted by someone, no one else can submit it as an entry. You must get out of the car to take the picture. It must be functioning as a sign. No Read more…