I don’t remember who, but someone told me this prior to my going to Portland ? there are a lot of transexuals in the city. Now I didn’t really pay this much attention at the time, but it did occur to me that it was a strange thing to say about a city. I also [...]
The kind folks at Gerard Design sent me to Webvisions 2006 last week in Portland. In particular, I was excited to be able to attend Jared Spool’s all-day session on “Design and Usability Techniques for Successful Websites“. He discussed a variety of subjects, but I was particularly interested his thoughts for designing for scent, writing [...]
Faith and I just got back from a short vacation in Las Vegas. This was our first time in Las Vegas together, and I can certainly say I had a better time this time than I did on my last visit. Not that I didn’t have a great time on my last visit. I was [...]
Over the weekend prior to July 4th, I saw two industrial shows with my friend Brandon. On Saturday, we saw Ministry at the House of Blues with Revolting Cocks and Pitbull Daycare as openers. On Sunday, we saw Nine Inch Nails at Milwaukee Summerfest, with Bauhaus and Peaches as openers. On Monday, I listened to [...]
I love my iPod, but to be honest the video capabilities have very little to do with it. The idea of paying $2 per show to watch TV programs on 2″ screen is pretty underwhelming. However, there are those rare occasions when having a bit of video on your iPod can come in handy when [...]
The Hothouse is my new favorite venue in Chicago. It’s a small, intimate venue in the Chicago loop that hosts world, folk and electronic acts on their small stage. Faith and I had the pleasure of seeing Psapp and Juana Molina perform there recently, and I know we’ll be back for more music and ambiance. [...]