Current track - Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Or in my case Penne with Cherry Tomatoes day. Parents are coming over for dinner so my dad can help me repot my lemon tree and my Angelwing Begonia. Both trees are the victim of root rot due to overwatering (none of which is my fault) but they are hanging on, they weren't cheap, and they have gotten HUGE so I don't want to lose them.
Well it's been an interesting week. My place was featured in an AP article that got worldwide distribution. I have received calls and emails from all over the world from people who have the same passion for LEDs and their impact on the future as I do. I won't post any of the links here because you can easily Google me, or LEDs in general and find the article.
The apple iPhone is due out, and while I won't be camping out, I am in heavy (read: gadget geek) discussion with one of my co-workers about taking the plunge.
I got an email from the realtor for the land I am trying to buy that it should be ready-to-go next week. While house construction will take a bit longer, I'll have a place to go camping for a while (if that's legal that is).
More posting later, got a backup server to fix.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
It's just another Manic Monday
Current Track: Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
Ok so I've lapsed again, many apologies. I promised new music for Friday and forgot. For those who spend their lives under the rock of Boston's so called "Hits" stations, allow me to introduce you to an artist not yet overproduced and remixed with Jay-Z. An artist that (as of yet) hasn't sold out to Cover Girl ads and D&G. People, meet Amy Winehouse.
Amy Winehouse started in the UK with a Jazz/R&B album and has since gone retro-soul-pop. Think Phil Spector meets The Supremes meets Petula Clark, etc. Her sound is bluesy and soulful, catchy and sharp, and my guess is American's wont 'get it' until she is remixed into a dance track and shoots a video with some sort of trendy theme. For the time being, we have a talented songwriter, performer, and a girl who isn't afraid to be less than the current American ideal for teenage girls. Oh yeah, I saw her in a bar in London a few weeks ago, drinking, not performing.
Oh yeah, I was on national television last Friday. HGTV's Look What I Did featured my place & the Color Kinetics' lights I installed. The production company did a really great job. Check it out:
No I don't really say "Noth Showa". They made me do that for "Bostonality" as they said.
I have to say I am really overwhelmed by all of the interest in the little light show I installed. In case you haven't tired of me saying everything I have been/will be in as a result, here's the breakdown:
Boston Metro
Boston.com
ApartmentTherapy.com
The Economist (Intelligent Life)
HGTV
and tonight a reporter from the AP is coming by. Who knows where that will get published, but hopefully I'll get to make a lot more things light up.
Ok so I've lapsed again, many apologies. I promised new music for Friday and forgot. For those who spend their lives under the rock of Boston's so called "Hits" stations, allow me to introduce you to an artist not yet overproduced and remixed with Jay-Z. An artist that (as of yet) hasn't sold out to Cover Girl ads and D&G. People, meet Amy Winehouse.
Amy Winehouse started in the UK with a Jazz/R&B album and has since gone retro-soul-pop. Think Phil Spector meets The Supremes meets Petula Clark, etc. Her sound is bluesy and soulful, catchy and sharp, and my guess is American's wont 'get it' until she is remixed into a dance track and shoots a video with some sort of trendy theme. For the time being, we have a talented songwriter, performer, and a girl who isn't afraid to be less than the current American ideal for teenage girls. Oh yeah, I saw her in a bar in London a few weeks ago, drinking, not performing.
Oh yeah, I was on national television last Friday. HGTV's Look What I Did featured my place & the Color Kinetics' lights I installed. The production company did a really great job. Check it out:
No I don't really say "Noth Showa". They made me do that for "Bostonality" as they said.
I have to say I am really overwhelmed by all of the interest in the little light show I installed. In case you haven't tired of me saying everything I have been/will be in as a result, here's the breakdown:
Boston Metro
Boston.com
ApartmentTherapy.com
The Economist (Intelligent Life)
HGTV
and tonight a reporter from the AP is coming by. Who knows where that will get published, but hopefully I'll get to make a lot more things light up.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I know I know I have been leaving you all hanging
It has come to my attention that more than two people actually read this thing, and have commented about my lack of posting. Allow me to back up a few steps and summarize what's been going on.
1. My company got acquired in a reverse-triangulated merger. Those of you that have followed my job history know what comes next.
2. I went to London, great city. I got sick, bad cold. I got better, and so did the weather--on the last day.
3. I finished the patio.
4. My HGTV debut is Friday at 6pm. I hope I don't look like a tool.
5. The Economist has decided they want a very New-York-Loft photo spread and as such has hired an 'atmospheric photographer' to photograph me living in my fishbowl, I mean, condo.
6. The Associated Press is pitching a story about LED lights in the home and has requested a similar photo shoot.
7. The Sopranos ended. At first I hated the ending, after reflection it was perfect.
8. The bowling shirts came
9. Wagamama Boston = Wagamana London, right down to "Mind Your Head"
10. It's going to rain today because I made the mistake of saying I was grilling tonight. Note to self: Next house--covered patio.
So here we are, on a Tuesday, I have some new music picked out for you for Friday, and can we take a minute to acknowledge Apple's little "I'll get you my pretties" to the Windows crowd? Apple has released Safari for PCs, and I have to say, it really is better than IE, then again, so is just going to the library to look something up.
Confession -- I wanna be Appleist. Despite the fact that I have built a career singing the praises of MSFT, I am all AAPL at home. Granted I still run the Vista, and still dual-boot my Mac Book Pro, from a home computing standpoint I like the Apple-face a bit better. Of course, that will all change again when I start construction on the new pad, because architecture software doesn't run well on an Apple, even with Bootcamp.
1. My company got acquired in a reverse-triangulated merger. Those of you that have followed my job history know what comes next.
2. I went to London, great city. I got sick, bad cold. I got better, and so did the weather--on the last day.
3. I finished the patio.
4. My HGTV debut is Friday at 6pm. I hope I don't look like a tool.
5. The Economist has decided they want a very New-York-Loft photo spread and as such has hired an 'atmospheric photographer' to photograph me living in my fishbowl, I mean, condo.
6. The Associated Press is pitching a story about LED lights in the home and has requested a similar photo shoot.
7. The Sopranos ended. At first I hated the ending, after reflection it was perfect.
8. The bowling shirts came
9. Wagamama Boston = Wagamana London, right down to "Mind Your Head"
10. It's going to rain today because I made the mistake of saying I was grilling tonight. Note to self: Next house--covered patio.
So here we are, on a Tuesday, I have some new music picked out for you for Friday, and can we take a minute to acknowledge Apple's little "I'll get you my pretties" to the Windows crowd? Apple has released Safari for PCs, and I have to say, it really is better than IE, then again, so is just going to the library to look something up.
Confession -- I wanna be Appleist. Despite the fact that I have built a career singing the praises of MSFT, I am all AAPL at home. Granted I still run the Vista, and still dual-boot my Mac Book Pro, from a home computing standpoint I like the Apple-face a bit better. Of course, that will all change again when I start construction on the new pad, because architecture software doesn't run well on an Apple, even with Bootcamp.
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