danyell.com - Life

Sour Grapes

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:27:31 -0700

fine line of twine
treacherous and serpentine
holds my crumbling mothballed mind
like a crick-crack creepy wall holds its vine.

Grand Theft Hypocrisy

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:25:34 -0700

A developing news story describes a "hack" for the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The so-called "Hot Coffee fix," in wide distribution on the Internet, patches the game code to... create? reveal? some way off-book sexual scenarios.

Thank You (Unstoppable Plethora of Verbiage)

Mon, 23 May 2005 10:56:12 -0700

Begging your indulgence, you are hereby forewarned that this text is:

The kind of nauseating sentimental fawning that would normally send me running for the hills;
Squarely and unforgivably in the category of exhibitionist and confessional Web garbage that permeates the blogoverse;

In a word, catharsis.

Be Like Water, Part 2: the power of the incremental

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:47:55 -0800

A "designer" wine rack, which I'd had for years and of which I was rather fond, broke with a thundering crash this weekend. I got a bit obsessed with figuring out how it suddenly broke.

subway music

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:59:27 -0800

I had a startlingly delicious conversation with a client of mine a few days ago.

It came up that, in a previous (& presumably interstitial) life, he had been an active & working musician, a percussionist.

desiderata

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:13:27 -0800

Found in old St. Paul's Church, Baltimore, dated 1692.

Be Like Water

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:11:18 -0800

The lovely and very tuneful Lydia Crash, creator of piece, a charming design store, coffee source and den of sweet culture, recently reminded me to "be like water."

Thing is, we were discussing relationships, not martial arts. But her Bruce Lee reference couldn't possibly have been more spot-on.

Two Tales of Time

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:29:44 -0800

Reading many books at a time, one finds delicious coincidence.

make LOVE with origami

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:31:06 -0800

Detailed instructions. No kidding!

Where's Daniel's Résumé?

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 18:45:39 -0800

It's gone. Bye-bye.

Yeah, well I woke up one morning and spontaneously elected to avoid being prematurely embalmed. Which meant giving up the fastidious, fetishistic, sisyphean habit of updating my obituary every few months.

Late Night Musings: Bloggers as Exhibitionists

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:23:26 -0800

Well, not so late really. It's well before midnight. And I feel the uncomfortable urge to post the very kind of insipid, introspective, confessional content that once sent me screaming, hair on fire, running away from the blogosphere.

The New Cage

Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:52:43 -0800

'twas not always so.
o so recently we still felt
the ground beneath our feet,
the ways the winds and rivers go,
and in warm grass grateful we knelt
in praying pleasure: the world was sweet.

No Photos, Please

Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:26:44 -0800

You had a camera
Around your neck,
It seemed tragic somehow.

The Palace

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 -0800

One of the very first graphical interactive chat environments. Recent versions have added features that move the chat system away from its original entertainment orientation to new applications in collaborative work and distance learning.

Virtus Corp.

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 -0800

Makers of 3D walkthrough and modelling software. Virtus is oriented more towards business 3D and Web applications, whereas other 3D companies tend to be high-end, oriented towards video or film animation and production. Virtus products may be more appropiate - and more affordable - for many designers and creative types who want to work in 3D.