http://livingtech.net blog for blog's sake Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:51:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am coming to terms with a new identity. Not the one she is growing, so surely, but I am trying on new shoes. I am looking in a mirror in the spare moments between her quiet breath and her insistent exclamation. She is the monarch of most thoughtful moments, leaving few free for this ... http://livingtech.net/2010/08/19/fortune-and-time-have-extraordinary-reveals/ ...in honor of my cousin (in law) Therese who is returning to California right now. This is what I'm listening to today: Luna - California (All The Way) Her Space Holiday - Sleepy California Josh Ritter - California Liz Phair - California Mason Jennings - California Propellerheads - Take California P!nk - Gone To California Semisonic - ... http://livingtech.net/2010/04/21/california-playlist/ In the wake of reading that google is developing "Chrome OS" (who knew?), I was opening something in open office, and thought to myself, "wouldn't it be cool if I could open this on the command line"? Then I thought... "I could just use google docs". Then I thought "What ... http://livingtech.net/2009/07/08/google-docs-humor/ This morning on my way to work I finished Tom Robbins' B is for Beer, which I've decided was only just ok. As a children's book about beer, involving a "beer fairy" and a young girl's magical journey instigated by alcohol, it's a fun book to describe to people, which ... http://livingtech.net/2009/05/05/books-and-words/ I'm not so much tempted to go to the conference, (here's the schedule) as possibly interested in a) watching the keynote speaker, b) the "Cabaret Entertainment" provided from 8 to 11 on Saturday night, and c) the MN premier of "Bi The Way", a documentary film about bisexuality, featuring, among ... http://livingtech.net/2009/04/15/because-bisexuality-conference-this-weekend/ I have absolutely no idea if I'll even remember any others right now, but I can think of two songs in particular that take the idea of extended metaphor and run with it beautifully. The one that prompted this post is called I Used To Love H.E.R., by a hip-hop artist ... http://livingtech.net/2009/04/14/my-favorite-extended-metaphors/ It's been a long uphill struggle, but ActionChess should be appearing in iTunes or in the app store on your device anytime now. I wrote about this over at chesstris.com, but I've already submitted the first update. It's weird, but now that it's been approved, I almost feel more nervous about ... http://livingtech.net/2009/03/29/actionchess-for-the-iphone/ This last weekend, over at readcomics.org, we posted our 30th podcast. We were talking about the second Geek Girl's Guide podcast at lunch, and I mentioned this milestone with the realization that I'm rather proud of it, and thought I'd share it here also. Next month it'll have been a ... http://livingtech.net/2009/03/16/30-podcasts-and-geekdom/ To commemorate my newfound love of Jeremy Messersmith, I am compiling (and have listened to today) a list of songs that I like that contain the phrase "Breaking Down": Breaking Down - Jeremy Messersmith All the Way Down - Glen Hansard Breakin' Down - Ben Harper Stop Breaking Down - The Rolling Stones Breakdown - ... http://livingtech.net/2009/02/12/breaking-down/ First of all, I just posted a couple of mini-reviews over at my game dev blog about match-3 puzzle games for the iPhone. I'm loathe to link to it, because I'm going to be moving the URL for that blog in the really near future. (OK, well, probably not until ... http://livingtech.net/2009/01/24/quick-whats-up-and-howdy-doody/