Author Archive
Craft vs Factory – a simple graphic
When I told my boss one day that our waterfall development method didn’t work well, he countered that it was working fine in some parts of the organization. We talked about which ones and I noticed that those were areas where repeated, configuration-style work was performed. I asked around and found that big projects, things […]
March 27th, 2011 by alephnaught
Patti Smith’s Horses and the Remaking of Rock ‘n’ Roll (review)
Title: Patti Smith’s Horses and the Remaking of Rock ‘n’ Roll Author: Mark Paytress Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Piatkus Books; Reprint edition (January 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0749940263 ISBN-13: 978-0749940263 This book was not what I expected. I saw it while browsing in Book Soup, a nice independent bookstore in LA. I had hoped […]
March 8th, 2011 by alephnaught
Zen and the Art of Mixing (review)
Title: Zen and the Art of Mixing (Technical Reference) Author: Mixerman Paperback: 350 pages Publisher: Hal Leonard (October 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1423491505 ISBN-13: 978-1423491507 If you’re into making music you need to read this book. Mixerman knows what he’s writing about – he claims extensive mixing experience and it shows. His/her writing style […]
March 7th, 2011 by alephnaught
Palm Desert (with pics and a video of course!)
We visited Aviva’s mom and her boyfriend; we figured we were due a long weekend away from the valley. So we bundled up Iggy and Jett, loaded the Prius and took off. The drive was easy – we left on Saturday and hit no traffic – what a nice change for LA… We had a […]
February 27th, 2011 by alephnaught
iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) [review]
Title: iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) Author: D. E. Wittkower (Editor) Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Open Court (November 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0812696514 ISBN-13: 978-0812696516 I like philosophy – I took 9 credit hours in college and have had many late night philosophical conversations. And I say don’t buy this book of […]
February 21st, 2011 by alephnaught
The San Fernando Mission
We’re finally getting back to doing tourist stuff around southern California, so today we decided to visit the Mission San Fernando Rey de España. It’s located pretty close to us; we took Iggy and Jett so they could also get out of the house and smell the, um, well, not roses. Also, Bob Hope’s family […]
February 21st, 2011 by alephnaught
Los Feliz and Mulholland Drive
On Presidents Day we decided to walk the dogs around Los Feliz, a neat little shopping area in LA, and then drive down Mulholland from the 101 to the 405. Of course, I took pictures… All with my iPhone.
February 16th, 2011 by alephnaught
Volunteer day at Sunrise Elementary School
Our team at DIRECTV decided to do a volunteer day at Sunrise Elementary School. We packed up in cars and drove over; the school is on the edge of East LA. We had lunch, the principal told us about the history of the school, and then we broke up into teams of 4 to teach […]
February 13th, 2011 by alephnaught
3 schipperkes
Kat, a friend of Aviva’s and I, brought her schipperke, Dexter, over to play with Iggy and Jett. I took some video on my Flip – here’s the result, slightly edited (just joining bits and pieces) in iMovie. [youtube shkoHuCY3lg Dexter, Iggy and Jett]
February 13th, 2011 by alephnaught
5 pics with the new Hipstamatic release and Fashion pack
I grabbed the latest release of Hipstamatic Friday along with the free Fashion pack; yesterday I tried the combination out with four “art” shots and one fun pic; hope you enjoy them! As for the program, the latest Hipstamatic is a huge improvement – the old one would eventually stop working, requiring me to restart […]
April 16th, 2011 by alephnaught