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John

It's controlled by a laser and a couple of microchips.

About Me

I live in Austin, Texas.

My Interests

Love, live music, friends, a subset of cars, this 14" iBook G4, spicy foods, cheap beer, being avuncular, low latency, not living in the suburbs, lurking on miata.net, and open APs.
I love me some good pickles, too.
Engrish.

I'd like to meet:


You!

Music:

I have two bands in my "top friends." Apalling!
Recorded music is nice , though I always prefer live stuff. I'm not so big on blues or anything where a motorcycle jacket would be inappropriate attire to attend a concert.

This was the first rock show I ever attended.

Armadacise!

Movies:

Kubrick, Jonze, Gilliam, Gondry, and anything with Theremin performances.

Heroes:


My Blog

Looks like bat puke, tastes like nectar of the gods.

The Drumper:One part Absolut Ruby Red grapefruit vodkaTwo parts Cherry Vanilla Diet Dr. PepperTwo parts orange juiceMix in chilled bucket. Add cocktail umbrella at own risk. Enjoy....
Posted by John on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:37:00 PST

Totally gonna marry you

Molly and I eloped yeste... oh, it's 3 am already. Friday. We eloped on Friday. It's the smartest decision we've ever made, really. No regrets.No pressure, minimal expense, no weirdness.Well, wei...
Posted by John on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:55:00 PST

Lappy is back in service

The 802.11 interface (Airport card, in Apple vernacular) started causing kernel panics all over the place. After a couple hours on the phone with AppleCare, futzing with software configs, they sent a...
Posted by John on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:14:00 PST

Against my better judgement

Got me a new-used 1999 Miata. Red on black cloth. 46k miles.We are planning a 2800 mile, ten-day road trip, so of course I want the smallest, noisiest, harshest possible chariot.Honestly, there's no...
Posted by John on Thu, 11 May 2006 07:37:00 PST

Planning a wedding

So, we're going to be cool, impulsive, almost nonchalant, right? Let's get this thing going! Four months to Fiestas, hey, that sounds great. Everyone will be there. Well, not really, and we need a...
Posted by John on Wed, 03 May 2006 03:12:00 PST

F150, we hardly knew ye

So, at 6am Saturday, approximately 650 miles into my 1180 mile drive to be with the love of my life, cruising conservatively at 65mph on I-40 eastbound, the Ford starts slowing unexplainedly. Pour on...
Posted by John on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:53:00 PST

Yay! I got my Nikon back.

Edward had it the whole time. He didn't have my number and by the time he came to my house, I was out of town.Anyone want to buy a Nikon S1, cheap? I've already got a Canon SD450 on the way to repla...
Posted by John on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:51:00 PST

I need a truck

Where are all the used trucks online? FFS, the Ford F-150 has been the best-selling motor vehicle in North America for what, like, twenty years?Every listing I do find seemingly wants double the blue...
Posted by John on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:34:00 PST

I guess this is exactly the kind of sht one is supposed to blog about

Whatever happened to the gray web default background? It just made so much sense. Everything's white now. It's fatiguing. It's ugly. It makes dark photos look abyssal. iPhoto uses a gray backg...
Posted by John on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:03:00 PST

New pix

On my flickr page.
Posted by John on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:35:00 PST