David - ProfilesArchive

About Me

42! Just Kidding. I'm a college student who lives in Hercules, California (about 30 miles from San Francisco). I am currently studying mass communications. I would like to be a film editor, cinematographer, or maybe even a director, (if I can stop messing around with that crazy Unix stuff)!Computing: Apple Powerbook (the one in the profile pic), running OS X Tiger. I spend more time in the Terminal than in the Finder. I do my editing in Final Cut Pro. I also have a Windows/Ubuntu Linux dual-boot system. I'm much more intrested in the Linux partition. :-)Here's my Geek Code: -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMC d- s+:+ a-- C++++ UBL++++ P+ L+ E W+++++ N+ !o K++ w--() !O M++$ V? PS+++ PE++ Y+ !PGP t+ !5 X- !R++ tv+$ b++++++$ DI++++ D++ G++ e*++ !h++ !r+++ y-+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ De-geek here.

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My Interests

Computing, Music, Science Fiction, Movies, Literature, Photography, Unix-like operating systems, lists of things separated by commas.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, maybe catch up with some old aquaintences.

Music:

Omnivorous, but my favorite artists include New Order/Joy Division, Pink Floyd, XTC, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads,Velvet Underground, Devo, Big Star, Elvis Costello, the Doors, early R.E.M., Cocteau Twins, The Smiths, Yes, and Nick Drake. I just love a good tune.

Movies:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Wars (the first,oops, I mean the fourth), anything by Hitchcock.

Television:

Even though I'm interested in video production, I don't watch much TV, but what I do watch I love. My favorite shows are The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, House, Bones, Monty Python's flying circus (I have the whole thing on DVD), and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Star Trek Classic.

Books:

I'm a major tree-killer. I'll read anything, especially science fiction and fantasy. Some of my favorites are: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Stranger in a Strange Land, the Dune series, Oreilly's (not Bill) computer books, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, the Illmuniatus! Trilogy, Time Enough for Love, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Elements of Style, and the Associated Press Stylebook.

Heroes:

Ayn Rand, Steve Jobs, Leo Laporte, Ian Curtis, Kevin Rose, Woz, David Pogue, CmdrTaco, Douglas Adams, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Brian Wilson, John C. Dvorak, Eric S. Raymond, and Spock (Mister, not Doctor!).

My Blog

Review of iTunes 7

Apple just release iTunes 7. The new Cover Browser is really cool. You can flip through your collection, looking at the art. Most of my music cam from CDs, and it would be a pain in the (insert your f...
Posted by David on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:18:00 PST

A Very British Doomsday

In the mid-70s, at the height of the Cold War, the British government quietly put together a public information campaign to prepare people for nuclear war. It was called "Protect and Survive." It cons...
Posted by David on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:48:00 PST

Worst. Trailer. Ever.

I saw this trailer during a re-run of "South Park." The movie is called "Crank" and it's about a bald, British, hitman-ish, character who's dying for some reason. The premise is stupider than (wait fo...
Posted by David on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:10:00 PST

J-Punk?

What's better than New Wave? Japanese New Wave! "Health Angel" is stuck in my head. That keyboard player is awesome!
Posted by David on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:52:00 PST

Toyota Prius, with optional ashtray!

I found this while looking at Toyota's Prius site. One of the available options is an ashtray! I think it's like rain on your wedding day....
Posted by David on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:22:00 PST

New York Times site re-design

The Gray Lady has gotten a makeover. It looks a lot nicer than the old Times site and has a lot of cool video. Just one more nail in the coffin for dead-tree journalism....
Posted by David on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:55:00 PST

LA Journalism Conference

I'm writing this in L.A. I'm attending the JACC state journalism conference. There's all kinds of workshops and contests. KNBC, L.A.'s NBC affiliate, came by with their satellite truck and I got to se...
Posted by David on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:32:00 PST

A thought for my Advobuddies

Journalism is literature in a hurry. -- Matthew Arnold
Posted by David on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:02:00 PST

Two books in less than a week-I'm a genius!

I finished reading two books by Robert Heinlein in less than a week. They are titled Farnham's Freehold and Glory Road. I highly recommend both....
Posted by David on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:49:00 PST

Now THIS is cool!

I found this while surfing: the Butterfly Livingroom Flyer. It's touted as the world's smallest radio-controlled airplane. They say you can fly it in your living room during commericial breaks. This w...
Posted by David on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:43:00 PST