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| Monday, December 19, 2005 |
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Cluedrain 
| | That said, I regard Wikipedia as one of the most important and remarkable documents of our time, and perhaps ever. Kudos to Jimbo and the other folks who started it, and to everybody making the effort to improve it. |
Cielo de Los Angeles
| | The Winter Solstice arrives on the West Coast at 10:35am Wednesday. Given the invisible analemma that determines the time and point along the horizon where the Sun rises, we're at the optimum time of year, here on the South Coast, to watch the sun rise and set over the Pacific Ocean. |
| | We've seen a lot of spectacular sunrises and sunsets here in Santa Barbara — especially over the last two months. But this morning's was the best so far. Here are 49 photos taken between 6:32 and 6:53am. The show was so good it all but required symphonic music. As I've said before, the words of Whitman (Dazzling and tremendous...) always lift me when I see a sunrise, especially one as spectacular as this morning's. |
| | Also bear in mind that most of the clouds in these pictures were hovering over Los Angeles at the time I shot them. (And no, it wasn't smog. These clouds were too high for that.) |
Must be quiet as a factory, too
| | ...you¹ll never get bored with the job as the 454 cubic inch big block Chevrolet V8 produces 412 horsepower, 430 foot pounds of torque and can throw snow 50 feet at just 3500 rpm. |
Gang justice
| | Gang justice is, if you kill a member of our gang, we kill you -- and don't tell me anything about how you changed your life or what you're going to do," she said. "You kill, and we kill you." And that's what the United States of America is doing with this. |
| | Well, in this case it was the State of California, in Gov. Schwarzenegger's denial of clemency, which I called a "fatal book review." |
| | Again, though I'm opposed to the death penalty, I believe the Governator should have based clemency denial on the convincing findings of the state's courts and its appeals system, and not on Williams' own refusal to admit guilt, along with Willams' book dedications. |
Siding with individuality and independence
| | I love solidly-built, well-designed objects that are intended to be used hard and last a lifetime. And I'm as susceptible as the next consumer to the lure of an aspirational purchase. But when Hummer's touting the "Duramax 6600" on the back of the Wine Spectator (see the Dec. 15 issue), well, fauxtility has officially exhausted itself as an aesthetic. I'm expecting a return to flashy superficiality any day now. |
| | From a "Central Services" view of the world, user-driven innovation is sabotage, and the Harry Tuttles of the world (read: entrepreneurs who can't take the paperwork) are terrorists. The company (or agency or ministry or bureau, ad infinitum) knows best. They know what you need, they even know what you want...and they're never wrong. |
| | It's time to pick a side, and who do you think's on your side: Harry Tuttle...or Spoor? |
Backsynd, cont'd
| | Yesterday I kept public notes on bloggers' reports from, and after, last week's Syndicate conference, which I chaired and where I keynoted. I'm continuing that today, here. |
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