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How @purplehayz tweets

Introduction This post was started because I get asked regularly if I ever sleep. I do, typically from 10P Pacific time til about 4:30A eac...

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We bought a house

We finally bought a house in SoCal – its not as close to Los Angeles as we wanted (its in Woodland Hills), but its big and its ours; ...

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ComicCon 2009, Thursday: Pictures

My son Nathan and I attended the Thursday opening of ComicCon 2009; we had a great time, we walked the whole exhibit hall floor. I got a c...

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A bunch of pictures taken on my Blackberry phone

Just a bunch of pictures I took with my Blackberry over the last month or so; no one category deserved a separate post, so here’s a g...

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Visit to Palm Springs, Wayne Thiebaud retrospective

We visited the Palm Springs Art Museum to see the retrospective of Wayne Thiebaud titled “70 Years of Painting.”  Thiebaud be...

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Make your very own IC earring

My geekiest fashion accessory is my IC earring; I’ve made several because friends have asked (sometimes demanded!) them.  I’v...

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Paper model of Chartres Cathedral – IT’S DONE!

I bought a model to assemble of the famous Chartres Cathedral in the Cathedral gift shop, and this entry will track how I put it together. ...

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Iggy pulls at Aviva’s dress

July 16th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Iggy pulls at Aviva’s dress

Iggy’s started to get nippy with us, and he’s started pulling on Aviva’s dress, especially if I touch her; he’s getting very jealous.
We’re going to start telling him no, but this one time was cute so we filmed it.  Hope you like it!
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Birthday dinner – Firenze Osteria

July 3rd, 2010 by alephnaught

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Birthday dinner – Firenze Osteria

We’ve eaten at quite a few Osteria in Italy – those eateries are typically high quality but offer a more limited menu than restaurants; we’ve usually had great success eating at osterias. And Firenze Osteria is no exception!
Here is the description from their flyer:
A stone’s throw from Universal Studios, Firenze Osteria is setting the standard [...]

Iggy, are you going to chew that thing? (video)

July 3rd, 2010 by alephnaught

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Iggy, are you going to chew that thing? (video)

Iggy is a very submissive dog – I’ve never had a dog so willing to go on his back before. Here, he’s got a bully stick (that’s dried bull penis in case you didn’t know, much better for dogs than rawhide, unfortunately a lot more expensive too) in his mouth but he’s just laying there. [...]

Like button stamp

June 30th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Like button stamp

Nation, a design studio, decided to make Like and Dislike rubber stamps that mimic the Like button from Facebook. When I saw them, I had to have them, so I ordered them.
And they arrived today – here’s a sample:

I can’t wait to stamp a paper at work with the Like stamp!

Image transfers

June 28th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Image transfers

Aviva has been trying out using image transfers as an underlying part of her latest artwork; this involves copying images onto special “paper” and then using turpentine to transfer the resulting decal onto canvas. Since I know how to use Photoshop, I scan and muck up the images (mostly reducing contrast and blurring them a [...]

June 27th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Iggy loves dogs on TV

Whenever Iggy sees or hears a dog on TV, he stares intently and then starts barking and doing pat-a-cake; this video is the tail end of his reaction to a segment on CBS Sunday Morning on rescuing a dog.
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Pasadena

June 26th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Pasadena

We decided to head to Pasadena on Saturday, so we dropped Iggy at doggy daycare (he loves it there, he runs with the other pups and comes home and sleeps like a log) and drove out to Pasadena.
We started with my goal for the trip – I wanted to see the Hiroshige print show at [...]

Aviva’s studio

June 25th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Aviva’s studio

I’ll be posting pictures here of the progress getting Aviva’s studio addition built (Aviva’s mom wanted me to start this post so she could see – the power of the internet in action!).
First the slab – they had to dig twice because they didn’t go deep enough the first time for the inspector (there are [...]

More photographs

June 20th, 2010 by alephnaught

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More photographs

More pictures I’ve taken this week, mostly with my iPhone; hope you enjoy them!
DirecTV had its Programmer’s Day – the companies that provide our programming bring their swag and set up in tents for a 2 1/2 hour party; it was cool to walk around and check out all the varied content DirecTV provides.
This week [...]

Iggy chasing his leg

June 13th, 2010 by alephnaught

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Iggy chasing his leg

Basil used to chase his leg when he got excited – breeders have the tails docked on schipperkes when they are very very young puppies because its a breed standard; schipperkes have curly-q spitz tails naturally. I think this practice originated with the canal boats to keep the tails from getting caught in lines; you [...]