If we had to worry each time we pushed a couple of slices of bread into our toasters that some slimeball on the other side of the planet would have untrammelled access to our bank accounts for the duration of the toasting process, I suspect we'd all just eat bread (or at least find other ways to make toast!) and the "toaster industry" would deservedly fail.-------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/4/2003 10:19:44 AM ----- BODY: Huh. Blogger is whacked out today... It lost a recent template change I made, and then it revealed this comment on Iraq by Orson Scott Card I didn't want to post yet. Oh well! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/3/2003 03:56:35 PM ----- BODY: Good 'ol Scott, who inspired me to create iPaulo, has made another cool site. It's all xhtml and could be a glimpse into the future of ipaulo. I've always wanted rollovers, but they were always so passe. Now they are cool since its css. hee hee.
Google has a thread about this phenomenon as well.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/17/2003 03:29:48 PM
-----
BODY:
I just love the Talking Governator. In non-recall related news, dirk brings us talk of the space elevator.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/9/2003 02:42:54 PM
-----
BODY:
It would be great to hack for a living.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/8/2003 09:05:34 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh, and since kevin's matrix ping pong has rolled off guad spot's archiveless blog, I'm reposting it!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/8/2003 08:46:38 AM
-----
BODY:
Jenny doesn't pick light subjects. Latest example kokoro - "she attempts drowning in the traditional Japanese manner of oyako-shinju (parent-child suicide)" Youch.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/7/2003 09:16:15 AM
-----
BODY:
Woot! Thanks to carol and the dirksen's, it was a great weekend here! I bought a new futon mattress, my first guests in months sat on it, and then we went to dinner and a show.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/24/2003 04:44:04 PM
-----
BODY:
Way to go Sean! A great flash movie about D&D.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/11/2003 02:13:39 PM
-----
BODY:
Hot Flash. I mean hot news. Every so often, I do a search on the web for "doug vlick". I never can find the long lost dude of the dark domain. Well, today was a new day. He was Member of the Month.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/30/2003 10:12:43 AM
-----
BODY:
The letter to Hollywood in Joe's journal has inspired me. I wrote a very brief proof of concept letter in the comments. It's working already. My apartment emailed me and said it would take care of it this afternoon.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/28/2003 08:42:36 PM
-----
BODY:
Here are the first couple photos from the Vegas trip. I really enjoyed the view from the stratosphere tower.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/24/2003 11:03:48 PM
-----
BODY:
It was a good run for the dancing cow, but even petrified content gets changed eventually! Now featuring a picture of Peter Rabbit from Father's Day at the guad spot.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/24/2003 10:50:56 PM
-----
BODY:
I was watching Tony Blair stand up in the house of lords and answer questions. It was amazing to watch how open and candid it all seemed. This slate article about Blair's style did a nice job articulating how it felt to me.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/22/2003 07:20:54 AM
-----
BODY:
Battlestar Galactica news. Ought to be interesting.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/17/2003 10:30:19 AM
-----
BODY:
Saw Whale Rider last night. What a terrific movie.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/14/2003 07:56:47 PM
-----
BODY:
Miltie - for Uncle Miltie was the last word in my first nyt crossword! Yahoo!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/14/2003 08:27:23 AM
-----
BODY:
Today I started my first new york times crossword puzzle. It's Monday. It's allegedly the easiest. We'll see.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/24/2003 01:11:18 PM
-----
BODY:
"foul breast dost wicked tale do" is an example of "perfect Shakespearean philosophy" so says Mr Wallace with the help of the magnetic poetry in my office.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/20/2003 10:49:02 PM
-----
BODY:
Woah Ho! TMBG fans must come with me to see Gigantic! And if you aren't a fan, come with me anyway! We'll be a mob.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/20/2003 07:41:17 PM
-----
BODY:
I wish I were in a mob.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/7/2003 08:57:25 AM
-----
BODY:
Mr Milk found a great article about mead as an aphrodisiac. Wish I was married and living in britain, then I'd get free mead!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/2/2003 09:57:50 PM
-----
BODY:
Woah hooooo!!! Sit back, relax and enjoy as I tell you about my Best Hockey Moment of all time... In case you didn't know, tonight was Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Our little 'ol Ducks playing the New Jersey Devils at home. The game is tied zero-zero after 60 minutes of intense hockey. Devil's get the puck, come down on our goal, and jiggy makes a save. The play goes the other way. Mike and I were in row J, so our view of the far end wasn't that great. I saw Chistov go hard to the far post, almost getting a rebound, and the next thing I know the red light is on, and the crowd is going crazy. Mike and I are jumping up and down, high 5's. Screaming, bedlam. I turn to the woman next to me, who I'd spoken to briefly during the intermission before the OT, thinking I might give her a high 5. Proud, and as happy as can be, she looks at me and screams "That's my Son!!"
That's where I'd like to end, but it's not the whole story. This next part isn't quite as storybook but please keep in my mind the bad view of the winning goal and bedlam (and 2 hard ciders and a beer which I hadn't mentioned yet). I said to her "Who? Chistov?" I thought it was strange that Chistov's mom would have a vaguely Canadian accent, but heck, I thought he scored. With my nasty hearing problem (can't hear voices well when the ambient noise is high) working against proud Mrs. Christov, on her third try to tell me loudly enough, I find I'm actually sitting next to Mrs. Thomas, proud Mom of Steve who'd just won Game 4 for the Ducks.
I wish I could blog all night recounting stories and anecdotes I learned from Mrs Thomas, but alas I barely spoke to her. Nonetheless, it's still extremely memorable. Here's to Mrs Stumpy Thomas, the best Mom in the Pond this night.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/30/2003 07:46:43 PM
-----
BODY:
Don't worry, be happy. We're safe now, all those mighty wmb have been - ahem - found in Iraq. See what the whiskey barrel has to say about deceit on wmd in iraq.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/30/2003 09:08:22 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh, and the jury is still out on my new ipod. I listened to it yesterday on the way to work. Then in the afternoon, I went to show a coworker and it was dead. Took it home, successfully did the ipod heimlick, loaded some more tunes and charged it up. This morning, turned it on in my car and a big fat zero.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/30/2003 08:36:59 AM
-----
BODY:
UCLA's otherwise horrible daily newspaper really needs to make a special announcement when they have something worth reading. I almost missed yesterday's editorial by David Adelson called University must discuss new security measures.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/28/2003 08:45:57 AM
-----
BODY:
Woot! Another friend with a website, caldwell-studios.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/26/2003 10:31:41 PM
-----
BODY:
Pretty wild speech by Robert Byrd called The Truth will Emerge.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/25/2003 12:27:24 PM
-----
BODY:
Nifty. I've had a poster since college, and it's a little beat up. A little google and I know the name of the picture is "Melissa".
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/11/2003 08:57:56 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh Dan! Your klingon language skills are needed in oregon!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/10/2003 09:57:58 PM
-----
BODY:
3 more wins and the Ducks will walk into the castle anthrax to continue their quest for the holy grail of hockey! go ducks!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/8/2003 07:53:42 AM
-----
BODY:
got some unlooked for Cheese while reading a tech e-rag in my inbox this morning. limitations by despair.com.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/6/2003 05:13:59 PM
-----
BODY:
There's so much TiVo hacking to do.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/6/2003 02:56:41 PM
-----
BODY:
One of the tires in this honda ad (flash 6 req'd) sure looked as if it accelerates uphill after the initial hit. But.. Ok, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt there was no cgi and say wow. Thx samurai kev!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/6/2003 08:24:09 AM
-----
BODY:
Been scouring the web looking for headlines like "Stars Fall! See Ducks" (with a picture w/ Duck logos spinning around Mike "Whiner" Modano's head), and stuff like that. Alas nothing until I found Goin' Quackers from guadspot. 2 out of 5 Ducks for that headline; keep trying! I love sitting in the absolute top row of the pond. You feel a little strange, but you can stand for as much of the game as you want. Go Ducks!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/2/2003 09:39:54 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh oh oh. I know. I know. I'll get "Tyler" put on the back of my Duck's jersey for the next bnl concert!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/2/2003 09:31:57 AM
-----
BODY:
Why is Tyler cheering against the Ducks on the BNLblog? He's so Canadian!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/28/2003 07:51:53 AM
-----
BODY:
I sure hope the ducks beat the Stars tonight without going into quintuple overtime. Why? It will give the Stars more time to whine to the media about why they should be winning the games except for bad refs and dirty play from the Ducks. Pleaasssse! Lace 'em up or shut up!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/25/2003 09:50:53 AM
-----
BODY:
yawn. The Ducks come off an 8 day rest and play a 8 period game.... and WIN! yippee!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/22/2003 12:09:29 PM
-----
BODY:
I wonder why bnl calls a song-in-progress a bed? the guys use the term often on the bnlblog.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/20/2003 10:00:58 AM
-----
BODY:
Happy Easter everyone. Especially all you marshmallow peep lovers. Be sure to look at how peeps are affected by cold and other valuable research done by peep researchers and the neon peep.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/17/2003 07:28:51 AM
-----
BODY:
By far, the best stories I've seen so far are over at the detroit news.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/17/2003 07:28:19 AM
-----
BODY:
sweep. sweep. sweep. was the chant at the pond, which I failed to attend. WHY?! WTG Ducks!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/15/2003 08:13:36 AM
-----
BODY:
4 words (or 1 depending on how you look at it): Get Jiggy with it!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/10/2003 09:49:32 PM
-----
BODY:
My coworker, the infamous Red Thread, trains at the national wushu training center not far from my house.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/9/2003 08:31:51 PM
-----
BODY:
By way of TiVo, David Letterman, and google, comes this story on bbspot about the trailer to A Mighty Wind, the next Christopher Guest movie. I just love folk music.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/8/2003 09:45:37 PM
-----
BODY:
More humorous and uplifting satire about our fearful leader and his best buddy.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/7/2003 07:16:08 PM
-----
BODY:
Super geeky, but I just love the usb floppy RAID.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/7/2003 08:55:52 AM
-----
BODY:
Damn! I guess I should have bought a condo during our nightmare of peace and prosperity. During our current dreamy state of war, stock market losses and looming layoffs, owning property seems out of reach.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/3/2003 01:09:42 PM
-----
BODY:
I wonder if humor like slate's donald rumsfeld poetry and these ready.gov emergency signs are positive or negative in terms of mental health of people opposed to the war. Hmmm.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/1/2003 12:25:42 PM
-----
BODY:
Woot. I have a new provider 30-day trial. Let me know how if the site seems faster, slower, or the same.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/10/2003 10:05:09 AM
-----
BODY:
My isp hosed my domain again. When you, my loyal iPaulonesians, are eventually allowed to return you can read this excellent nytimes editorial by President Jimmy Carter
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/7/2003 09:27:22 AM
-----
BODY:
Sshh.. Hopefully nobody notices my blog has become a mirror of blogdex. Not that I think that is bad, when you find things like World of Ends on blogdex.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/6/2003 08:02:17 AM
-----
BODY:
Well, this study of how kids use the internet in college isn't iPaulo-funny, but it makes interesting, non-war related reading.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/5/2003 05:20:17 PM
-----
BODY:
Don't ever forget and always remember -- don't listen to a raging cow.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/5/2003 05:17:05 PM
-----
BODY:
Hacking seems so glamorous after reading these wired articles about hacking into AOL and using google for hacking.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 3/4/2003 03:49:04 PM
-----
BODY:
Hmmm. Not excuse for being quite for so long. Here's a good story about email and the columbia.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/24/2003 01:52:10 PM
-----
BODY:
Ok. A true classic - mated movies at worth1000 - has floated into my view thanks to mr banzai.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/21/2003 09:28:01 AM
-----
BODY:
Terry Jones of Monty Python is losing his patience, and so am I. There are so many arguments, so many positions, so many ramifications. I can't process them all. My head's going to explode soon. (Mr Guy, I won't blame you if my head does explode just because you sent me this article)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/20/2003 04:27:07 PM
-----
BODY:
Hmm. This Friedman fellow has a funny look'n 'stache, but has a pretty reasonable point of view about Iraq.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/20/2003 07:34:30 AM
-----
BODY:
I still haven't done it, but I'd love to build custom 404 messages like this webreference.com article or this onlamp article.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/19/2003 10:03:05 AM
-----
BODY:
iPaulo, photographic artist extraordinaire. With the blinded Dirk and Sheila as subjects, I've clearly moved to a new level. (do I need to a wink smiley?)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/18/2003 08:33:31 PM
-----
BODY:
Thanks to Daredevil, make that 8 movies in which Ben Affleck cries like a baby (you need to scroll a little).
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/18/2003 08:00:05 PM
-----
BODY:
I sure loved the white, moo-moo boots this dancing cow had on. A dancing cow and Elvis, what more could you want?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/18/2003 03:12:47 PM
-----
BODY:
Good link to an independent news site from mr. disco pants.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/18/2003 12:55:37 PM
-----
BODY:
Well, during lunch, I read a good article about Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. Besides what the author had to say about the difference between Conservative and Libertarian thinking, I learned two new words - liminal & ontologically. Woohoo.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/17/2003 12:22:04 AM
-----
BODY:
Top 10 Ways You Know Carol and Paul Have The Flu
Boo's straight trip'n writing these, thanks c! (Emphasis, links and a minor reordering choices are mine. Da list is hers)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/6/2003 11:41:41 AM
-----
BODY:
Mini-putt good - (insert your least favorite thing) bad.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 2/3/2003 08:12:28 AM
-----
BODY:
"Basket weaving is basket weaving. It doesn't matter where you take it." So says all-star Paul Kariya.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/30/2003 02:19:21 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh, I remember how tense I was in Big Bear Lake launching guad:)spot's dad's boat. I'm glad we never launched the boat this way. So, who's the u-boat commander?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/29/2003 03:25:06 PM
-----
BODY:
Which OS are You?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/28/2003 09:57:22 PM
-----
BODY:
Once again, mr. striped pants brings inspiration and innovation to ipaulo.com. It may not look much different, but the updated list of blogs and links in my right side menu is now dynamically built with php. woot!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/23/2003 10:32:11 PM
-----
BODY:
Hottest find so far : Cirque du Reality TiVo on Bravo. I really enjoyed the first episode I watched tonight. Got meeee a seee-zon passss of dat Fire Within ( viva la france).
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/22/2003 09:28:43 AM
-----
BODY:
Burn baby burn. Thom's fried AMD cpu is pretty cool.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/22/2003 08:52:48 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh my. Guad*spot is back and bringing us such goodies as boob scarves and the story of andy's computers.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/17/2003 08:34:58 AM
-----
BODY:
Whoville <--> Saddamville
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/15/2003 08:23:44 AM
-----
BODY:
Duck's quote of the day: From coach Mike Babcock, "he's not dead and he's not playing, so he is somewhere in between"
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/14/2003 08:58:34 AM
-----
BODY:
For fun, frolic and general sanity relief, after you've contacted your elected official bout the war, check out britney spears explosive accessories.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/14/2003 08:44:21 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh, I'm so glad "(the U.S.) have just started giving (UN inspectors) intelligence". Basically, we haven't been cooperating with the UN? Um, duh! Is our goal to escalate the war (because we're already at war. we've been bombing for days now) with absolutely no evidence? Our policy certainly is foreign.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/12/2003 09:30:57 AM
-----
BODY:
iPaulo is a daddy! How strange is that.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/11/2003 07:34:07 PM
-----
BODY:
Kudos go to sean & dan for bringing to me this hilarious story from bbspot about lotr.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/10/2003 08:59:12 PM
-----
BODY:
If Thom really wants to spice up his new blog, he should rename name it "Phillabaumelphia - The Blog of Brotherly Love" and give me publishing rights on it. Of course, that would stretch my blogger dollars awfully thin. So it's probably better this way; him with Where the Blogs Have No Name and me with iPaulo. Good luck Thom!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/9/2003 04:43:21 PM
-----
BODY:
Righto. Had sushi last night with mr body tjak. Talked a little about michael moore and bowling for columbine, some recent blogs de jour. Hadn't noticed mm has a mailing list, so I got signed up for that!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/7/2003 07:31:33 PM
-----
BODY:
thom found a nice illustration of something that's confused me about css positioning for a while.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/6/2003 02:46:12 PM
-----
BODY:
Way cool flash trick with an eye plus a truly obscene quantity of other weird flash stuff by the same guy. (might require a fairly current version of the flash player) kudos to dan-man@ucla for the link.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/5/2003 07:44:00 PM
-----
BODY:
And, then I got in a car accident, my cold worse, I didn't feel like doing too much. Then Thom sent me this cool link to rocket launches.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/2/2003 09:19:23 PM
-----
BODY:
Really like what this guy andrew-from-canada had to say in his 12/29 blog about bowling for columbine..
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/2/2003 07:39:11 PM
-----
BODY:
http://babelfish.altavista.com is nifty when surfing the web in other countries.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/2/2003 12:29:31 PM
-----
BODY:
Happy New Year. Been reading a little bit of Stupid White Men and getting a little depressed. Add Bowling for Columbine. War, fear, hate. Read Catch Me if You Can and was also mildly depressed by the descriptions of Sweden's justice system which sounds infinitely more civilized than our own. And then today during lunch, I read about the comic get your war on in LA Weekly. And that turned iPaulo into a camel with a broken back. So, beware, the comic does not have iPaulo's usual G rating nor the care free fun of iPaulo's usual material.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/28/2002 08:56:46 PM
-----
BODY:
How cool is this? Hello from the Apple Store at the Grove.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/25/2002 10:12:50 AM
-----
BODY:
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas to all.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/17/2002 10:30:22 PM
-----
BODY:
I love you peanut butter girl, but it's time to show the world my living christmas tree.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/16/2002 08:19:07 AM
-----
BODY:
Righto. Star Trek : Nemesis. In hindsight, checking Webster's might have been good. nemˇeˇsis: A source of harm or ruin.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/13/2002 02:19:50 PM
-----
BODY:
Spank Bush! Spank him hard.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/12/2002 09:12:29 PM
-----
BODY:
 |
How cool is this gingerbread house made my office's resident gourmet? |  |
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/29/2002 12:20:40 PM
-----
BODY:
National television. A male sport's announcer talking about the rear-end of a 250+ pound lineman..."He's gifted in the back door department." You don't hear that everyday.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/29/2002 08:46:56 AM
-----
BODY:
Best part of this rant about the victoria secret - PETA issue would have to be "Forget Bush's war for oil and the imminent trouncing of women's rights under the new GOP regime and the Homeland Security database that will log every Visa purchase you ever make from the VS catalog". Thanks to da great gretch for the link.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/28/2002 09:00:00 AM
-----
BODY:
Happy Thanksgiving!! Gobble gobble and all that. Rupaul's buddy Josh is right. Today is the only time you'll hear things like Talk about a huge breast! and I'm in the mood for a little dark meat at the dinner table. Have a good holiday everyone. Check out the Rupaul's site sometime; it's a good blog.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/27/2002 03:40:09 PM
-----
BODY:
To all iPaulonesians with TiVos: does your TiVo think you're gay?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/27/2002 06:54:39 AM
-----
BODY:
Learn about the Way of the Weasel and help Dilbert end his monk-like existence and "get his necktie straightened."
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/26/2002 07:38:41 PM
-----
BODY:
I've been bad. Very bad. It's been more than a year since I told you what I know about my little niece. But now you all know she takes after her uncle ipaulo and his love for peanut butter. Désolé je ne vous ai pas appelé Stuart.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/26/2002 07:31:35 AM
-----
BODY:
Last weekend, my 'ol friend and roommate Joey said iPaulo wasn't what it used to be. Too true.. Hoping to get back on track, fly on over to the jet powered beer cooler page.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/25/2002 08:21:58 AM
-----
BODY:
Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, and Happy Birthday toooooooo me. Besides this song to myself, I got a nice Peanuts card from Victoria Vesna - a gentlewoman and scholar. (tee hee. She is a scholar, really.)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/22/2002 06:28:28 PM
-----
BODY:
Back from Las Vegas. Lost my shirt but it was fun. We had great food at a new resort, The Palms. The mexican food was amazing. The asian cuisine was excellent. The clam chowder bowled me over. The only low spot was dessert but I'll give them a pass on that.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/19/2002 08:05:50 AM
-----
BODY:
(tech talk warning!!) Bootloaders...grub vs lilo. Tis the question of the hour I thinks.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/12/2002 09:08:58 PM
-----
BODY:
Find out if you know more about binoculars than our esteemed President.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/12/2002 09:07:38 PM
-----
BODY:
Wow... Ebert's got no clue. Femme Fatale is about the worst 4 star movie I've ever seen. oh well. Can't always listen to mr big. Guess it would have paid $14 (movie+soda+icecream) to read some of the bad reviews.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/1/2002 03:16:31 PM
-----
BODY:
Found a good new blog from a geek with a similar job. Fun reading about how he manages his exchange server.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/31/2002 04:36:34 PM
-----
BODY:
Many moons (the moo-ooon) ago, my first project after making the switch from structural engineer to computer geek was a great cdrom called Scrutiny in the Great Round. Today, I went looking for contact info for one of the artists. What I found was a really hip set of animated gif studies he did.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/31/2002 04:19:48 PM
-----
BODY:
Oh, and did you miss one of the better looking flash home pages found by eric? Sure, it opens up lots new window (bad!) and the low contrast text choices suck but the vibrating whisker links look way cool.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/31/2002 04:12:41 PM
-----
BODY:
Oh my! I've been sick and I guess Oct turned into a bad month for iPaulo. Well, there's always the firewire ant crisis sweeping through a computer near you.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/9/2002 07:54:56 AM
-----
BODY:
A lucid, informative article about media and technology by Doc Searles of Linux Journal is good reading.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/8/2002 12:32:18 PM
-----
BODY:
um, I think the VHEM qualifies as the oddest thing to appear on iPaulo. Your thoughts? And, now, back to work.. Good lunch break.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/8/2002 12:11:32 PM
-----
BODY:
Later, I'll rave about my weekend trip to the redwoods. For now, do you want to know why Shop with me Barbie and fart machines may soon be subject to government regulation? If so, freedom-to-tinker.com is 'da place for you.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/2/2002 09:41:14 AM
-----
BODY:
I failed to mention a great concert I went to a few weeks ago. Nomade by Cirque Eloize. If you're looking for something to do in San Luis Obispo, they are playing there on the 8th. If you're looking for something local to LA, UCLA Perfoming Arts has a great season planned. (this show was part of it) Check it out.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 10/1/2002 08:42:17 AM
-----
BODY:
Uh oh. Rents due. Better take care of that. Best quote of my weekend comes from a parrot, "Yum Yum hairy guy, kiss my bird butt?" And, for the IIS geeks, read this nice article about IIS tweaks.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/23/2002 01:45:21 PM
-----
BODY:
Saw Spirited Away this weekend at the El Cap. What a great movie! Better than anything coming out of disney feature animation or dreamworks animation in a long, long time. Definitely need to start a quest to see more Hayao Miyazaki work.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/10/2002 12:53:26 PM
-----
BODY:
Can you feel it? Hockey season is about to start. Even at UCLA. Go Bruins! USC, ick! Where the only good Bruins are in Boston. Please...
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/10/2002 08:53:26 AM
-----
BODY:
Have you heard I met Pei Pei last night?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/10/2002 07:36:53 AM
-----
BODY:
Suzy's Q is hosting KGB Trio this Friday. Great beard, great name. We wimped out (wisely! we'd only had 2 or 3 classes) and didn't go the first time we found out about this nearby Masonic Lodge which turns into a hopping dance spot every Friday. Now, we've been to 9 classes and feeling cocky. Plus, several people in class highly recommended the Suzy Q vibe for swingers-in-training like us.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/9/2002 02:58:17 PM
-----
BODY:
Boy wears terrible striped pants grows up to design a YWCA site.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/7/2002 12:15:27 AM
-----
BODY:
Wrapping up watching The Commitments and Andrew Strong is getting his arse whipped by the drummer. What a sad ending to a great movie (and a great band). But at least I found his website and the site for my favorite female singer from the movie, Maria Doyle Kennedy.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/5/2002 08:08:56 AM
-----
BODY:
Got an email today with the subject Don't even THINK of copying this... from someone named Help. Um, why do spammers even bother? Talking to my mail client, I said the message really should be named Don't even THINK of opening this...
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 9/1/2002 08:51:47 AM
-----
BODY:
Updated my movie reviews. I was reminded by Thom that my reviews are terrible for PDAs (non-color browsers) and the color blind, so I need to fix that. I also added a new little sidebar link called goto another blog. I came across sharky, which is a funny geek oriented collection of things helpdesks, sys admins, etc have heard on the job. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/29/2002 02:16:32 PM ----- BODY: Who is Spying on my Hotmail? What a good question for several iPaulo readers... -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/16/2002 01:00:39 PM ----- BODY: Big Band baby! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/12/2002 08:08:06 AM ----- BODY: I once worked with a Digital Medievalist (this one in fact!).. How cool is that. Oh, the days of Calliope. It was like Narnia. Well, that's a little extreme. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/12/2002 08:03:24 AM ----- BODY: Thanks to Miss Emergency Food Repair for being my only customer at the Guad Garage Sale. Sold her 3 books for a buck. I don't think I'll try to sell my books at a garage sale again. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/9/2002 02:38:33 PM ----- BODY: I need a house. I need a dog. I need a yard. I need a tesla coil. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/8/2002 05:10:38 PM ----- BODY: Well, week 5 at swing had some hurdles. Was just getting over a cold. Had some rough moments with new and old moves alike. But, practice is making perfect. So I'm getting warmed up about the idea of finding some places to swing in LA. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/29/2002 10:25:57 PM ----- BODY: I really liked the Baz Luhrmann song "Wear Sunscreen" that was so popular about a year ago. Tonight, after our 4th swing'in good lesson, I found these great alternate lyrics by way of the swishy skirt site! Go Daddy-o! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/26/2002 08:40:13 AM ----- BODY: Did anyone happen to see my pyRad for iPaulo? It was free and brought 8 visitors to my site. Yippie. Hope they liked me. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/25/2002 08:30:28 AM ----- BODY: Oh, and I saw lilo & stitch. I was disappointed. Disney can never get a break. First, all their characters are Barbie dolls. Then, 99% of their Hawaiian characters are either obese or thin on top and big on the bottom. Makes you wonder how to define average. The visual appeal of the animation was spotty at best. The surfing scenes were nice, the house explosion was hip, but most of the time there wasn't much going on. And what was with all the Disney-referential stuff? Sales of dvd's not what they used to be so they are trying to subliminally increase sales? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/25/2002 08:11:02 AM ----- BODY: Worship me! Bow. Pay tribute, pay homage, call it whatever you'd like... just pay! For gifts, I already have a GPS and dvd player. To my list, I'd add cool photos of places I should go hiking. Please, no Iced Mocha Cappuccino. (btw, to my fellow geek readers, I'm so glad my comm rack isn't alone.) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/23/2002 11:58:48 AM ----- BODY: Tequilla rock? Well, not quite the name but it sure looks purty. Neat looking hike. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/23/2002 11:36:58 AM ----- BODY: Did I mention where I'm taking my swing lessons? 3rd Street Dance in LA. Craig is da man! Although I sure hope we dance to another song in Swing II. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/23/2002 08:34:20 AM ----- BODY: Pet guardian?! I was going to rant... Have you heard? The term "pet guardian" is replacing "pet owner". But, forget about the rant. Check out the dog with wings! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/21/2002 11:12:48 AM ----- BODY: The digital projection at the arclight for Star Wars Ep II was amazing. I enjoyed the movie the second time around. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/21/2002 11:10:58 AM ----- BODY: Going furniture shopping in the helm's furniture district. woot. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/8/2002 10:01:43 PM ----- BODY: Righto. Started swing lessons tonight. It went well. Light sweating on my part (woot!) and good spins by 'da partner. Not that we looked like these folks, but ballroomdancers.com has some neat video of featured steps. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/23/2002 11:09:30 PM ----- BODY: I have long envied guad :) spots low bandwith movie reviews. Finally, I have found my style for movie reviews. And there was much rejoicing. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/19/2002 08:41:49 AM ----- BODY: interesting possible addtion for one's blog : www.mymedialist.com -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/18/2002 03:20:15 PM ----- BODY: Here's a good quote... A microsoft spokesman said about a virus infect CD shipped by Microsoft, "The infected file is contained within a help file archive and is never accessed (emphasis added) by Visual Studio .Net, making it extremely difficult for the infection to be spread..." Um, that's a very useful help file I guess. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/18/2002 01:27:10 AM ----- BODY: Still ticking.. If I could still see clearly, I might find some incredible css tips at diveintomark.org -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/18/2002 12:43:49 AM ----- BODY: A new day, more minutes ticking away waiting for a 16GB file to copy, and more blogs read. thedateproject -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2002 11:28:38 PM ----- BODY: Good blog over there at somewherequiet.org. Great style and content. Gotta love blogs. I had no idea the big colorado fire was set by a poor woman in the forest service. Yikes! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2002 10:59:30 PM ----- BODY: the ol list of food and their glycemic index gets longer and longer thanks to mendosa.com. Cool. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2002 10:40:02 PM ----- BODY: nutrition bars. Too much ready for me right now but hmmm... -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2002 08:22:34 AM ----- BODY: FBI or GQ magazine? You decide. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/14/2002 08:54:19 AM ----- BODY: wow. Students. I wish I had the courage to seek out places and experiences like this when I was 20something. Their pictures of the Inca Trail & Machu Picchu are pretty inspiring. I wonder if I could work up some 30something courage to do this now? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/7/2002 10:43:13 AM ----- BODY: Woody sent me this nice comparison between BSD and Linux (BSD's logo is a little red devil). Gotta love booth bimbos. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/5/2002 04:42:43 PM ----- BODY: I am now iPaulo Filabaumenez, so sayeth Flea. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/5/2002 04:14:11 PM ----- BODY: More atomfilms star wars movies starring Jar Jar and another mixing Star Wars and the Matrix. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/4/2002 09:01:47 AM ----- BODY: Looking for a wooden sword? wooden-swords.com is clearly the place for you. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/31/2002 01:27:13 PM ----- BODY: What a great star wars inspired flick this is. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/30/2002 09:09:51 PM ----- BODY: At first I was afraid, maybe even petrified, but I will survive the first night of the rest of my active Summer 2002. I've been able to eat an orange, water w/ lemon juice (yum!) and I'm going back to finish the rest of a banana. Today's lesson - do not eat pizza and birthday cake on a day when you go to dove's bodies. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/23/2002 08:29:57 PM ----- BODY: Wahoo for synchronicity! I was just thinking yesterday as I walked to my card with the only piece of the day's mail in hand, how I wished I could get the stupid credit card offers to stop! Well, lo (is that how that goes?) and behold, I get a piece of junk email which turns out to be anything but. thanks to the little schooleygirl.
Camping trip picture should be up over the weekend. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/20/2002 02:52:52 PM ----- BODY: Thom talked me in for a landing at this rather cute piece of kids photography. I'll post some pictures of my own once I get my film developed from this weekends camping trip. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/14/2002 07:03:02 PM ----- BODY: Thanks to buck, I learned I like the looks of far away commercial boat docks. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/12/2002 08:40:05 PM ----- BODY: Right - Mother's Day! Mom, Carol and I had a good day at Descanso Gardens. We listened to a nice harpist, saved four catepillar's from certain death, had a nice brunch and wandered throughout the rose garden and other beautiful scenery. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/10/2002 03:34:15 PM ----- BODY: Yatta Yatta Ya. This takes the cake. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/8/2002 05:07:50 PM ----- BODY: Good help desk comedy here. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/8/2002 08:45:34 AM ----- BODY: I should write a spoof of the excellent movie we saw last night. The title? My Big Fat Geek Wedding. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/7/2002 07:10:12 AM ----- BODY: Oh my! Corporate Anthems... Truly beautiful music like "I have a dream, and it's called a crossbar switch" (my favorite as far a qeek speak goes), "These are the Brainshare Daaaaa-aaayyys!" and "You're really staring at an application development emergency!" Oh, it never ends. YottaYotta Mamo shouldn't be missed either! Wish I could call in sick, stay home, and listen to all of them. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/3/2002 06:38:29 AM ----- BODY: Blam blam blam! In Chicago, be a gangstuh, sucka. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/2/2002 06:38:29 AM ----- BODY: When office supplies attack... -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/1/2002 08:38:48 AM ----- BODY: Hey! Another quicky while I finish my morning diet pepsi. entropy pointed out to me I received some linkback action from asecretsmile which caused me to return to their site. Boyo! Besides their excellent taste in blogspot templates, check out their photo collection! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/1/2002 08:33:56 AM ----- BODY: It's sad really. It seems to me - after a only a quick glance - almost no one in the AMICA has a digital camera, or knows about real audio or mp3s. I saw this group at the Descanso Gardens on PBS last night and it was way cool. So their site might not show you, but the world of book music and monkey grinders is intriguing. Check it out. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/29/2002 06:14:36 AM ----- BODY: CMOS batteries. Talk to yours. Be nice to it. Someday, this $5 item will bite you in the arse. Keep it happy for as long as you can by any means necessary. Additional news. I think I'd better get rid of the orange sometime. I would add soon, but it might take me a while! Probably in favor of something like asecretsmile's extra clean look. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/25/2002 02:38:08 PM ----- BODY: I love spam (well, I used to) but hate spam. I also hate junk mail in my real postal mailbox. Therefore, I hate the DMA. Bah! A group of people dedicated to direct mail call themselves a non-profit by using a dot.org address? Mega-ack! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/24/2002 08:42:38 AM ----- BODY: Neat. Pixelfix reminded me I'd been meaning to sign up for blogger pro. It's pretty cool! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/22/2002 08:28:26 AM ----- BODY: If you're like iPaulo, you don't have time or funds to travel all the time. Take this virtual tour of some really nice spots. (requires quicktime) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/19/2002 04:12:30 PM ----- BODY: Services like google answers are popping up like weeds. I wonder how useful they'll be. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/19/2002 08:33:56 AM ----- BODY: I loved building all kinds of things with legos. But I never once built a lego church. And in other news, ipaulo and other blogs may be in trouble with deep linking if these pinhead danish lawyers have their way. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/16/2002 09:40:14 AM ----- BODY: Now this is hot! The World's Largest Magnifying Glass is missing. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/12/2002 04:53:36 PM ----- BODY: longnow.com provides a forum for certain kinds of prognostications. whenwilltysonbiteagain.com handles a completely different slice of things. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/12/2002 11:15:09 AM ----- BODY: Oh no. I really don't want to eat a 3 year old sandwich. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/8/2002 11:56:02 AM ----- BODY: W2k was no problem. W10k shouldn't be a big deal either. Perhaps you want to place a bet on the Year 12001 World Series? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/8/2002 11:53:44 AM ----- BODY: Ren faire's are popping up like spring wild flowers. The LA Times Living section said the Corona fair opening this weekend is smaller and slightly more family oriented than the Glen Helen fair. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/5/2002 04:38:19 PM ----- BODY: What can iPaulo do to get into the smithsonian like Julia Child's kitchen? Maybe I need to find a great big german potato masher, right julia? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/5/2002 08:20:37 AM ----- BODY: Righto. Helped boomtownmag move a few steps closers to bloggerdom last night. I also found a great new MMORPG called progressquest. Progress Quest won't take much of your time and you get a lot more rewards for your time. Non-everquesters should download and run it. (requires Windows) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/1/2002 04:05:42 PM ----- BODY: So this is how Google does it? Pigeons. wow. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/29/2002 08:59:54 AM ----- BODY: A jolly oops. I stumbled across this nice fantasy art site by cat watson while looking for cartoon info. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/28/2002 02:30:55 PM ----- BODY: There are 3 caches within about a quarter of a mile of the floating rock cache we did on Monday. Nice spot in Palos Verdes. Need to go back! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/26/2002 03:39:30 PM ----- BODY: A link to photographs of rocks. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/23/2002 07:27:57 AM ----- BODY: There wasn't enough room (and I couldn't find the perfect wording because I'm still laughing) to add a thought bubble like "Bang! I just shot whoever gave me these pants" Nonetheless, I will not let that deter me from publishing this wonderful picture of young Master Pixelfix. This is a must see. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/22/2002 06:28:23 PM ----- BODY: Found the javascript to clean up the blog archives. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/22/2002 02:23:45 PM ----- BODY: A little mouse emailed me a great idea for what to do with my old Mac. Well, it's not actually something I'd have a use for, but it's funny reading. Plus. I didn't even know there was black heavy metal scene in Norway! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/22/2002 02:07:15 PM ----- BODY: Since going orange, iPaulo's been without the archives. Those are back now. If anyone has javascript for cleaning those up, let me know. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/21/2002 08:04:23 AM ----- BODY: Oh good, the kids are in bed. Pick up your lightsabers and your plastic golf clubs! belly — flank — shoulder — chest! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/20/2002 09:26:15 PM ----- BODY: oh! Swordmaster-in-Training Denizorro found a place to buy swords. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/20/2002 01:43:45 PM ----- BODY: Is the guy on the right trying to lull his friends into thinking he's too stoned to play well? Not sure, but chekov's poker page is still kind of fun. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/20/2002 10:15:39 AM ----- BODY: What are the rules about cross blogging? Well, Guad :) Spot's got a goodie today. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/18/2002 08:46:33 AM ----- BODY: Oh, oops. Ice Age was uproariously funny. And did I mention I love my new black gauntlets? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/18/2002 07:58:59 AM ----- BODY: Yesterday was another great day of geocaching. Went to 1 excellent and 1 amazing spot. They are only about 6 miles apart along PCH. Easy to do both. They make a nice combination too. The first is in a little park with small baseball diamonds, and lots of people and kids. The other is well named "Pt. Dume Solitude". A small stream of people around, but the view is so amazing, it's easy to tune them out, just feeling the wind against your face, and hugging the person you're with to stay warm. (p.s. Yes, I know.. I need to get a camera to take pictures of these places) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/16/2002 04:41:24 PM ----- BODY: Today's swordfighting lesson was totally different! Last week, we worked mostly on footwork and my legs just about fell off an hour into it. After class, I had that great heavy workout rush in all my limbs and especially my chest. Today, we did much less footwork and were cutting and parrying with our sabers all class. After class, my hands and arms were a bit sore and my body was limber but the big rush was in my head. Whacking and parrying was mentally challenging with a completely different sense of invigoration. (and at the end we got to hold broadswords!) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/11/2002 07:53:53 AM ----- BODY: Swordfighting - great! The foods of Moracco - great! Woman on Top - great! My first Geocache - great! Dinner with Mom - great! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/9/2002 09:11:39 AM ----- BODY: Also, thought I'd share my latest personal lyrical misunderstanding. Ever since the Mead Wedding, I've been singing the song "Under a Violet Moon" by Blackmore's Night incorrectly. I'm pretty sure it's raise your hats and your glasses too instead of raise your hands and your glasses too. Oops. Now that I've got that off my chest, I can go about my morning. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/9/2002 09:08:11 AM ----- BODY: Woot! Thursday Amazon delivered my new eTrex GPS receiver. What a toy.. I mean valuable tool. Now I'm ready for my first hike Sunday. It might even rain! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/7/2002 08:32:08 AM ----- BODY: *groan* Windows CE on the battlefield? Truly amazing that it's expected the thing will crash "If the Windows-based machine crashes, says Batcheller, it can be rebooted within 12 seconds." Doesn't sound like a lot of time, but I'm sure soliders will rue that 12 seconds. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/6/2002 04:51:23 PM ----- BODY: Where's Waldo? Who cares! Let's find out Where's George. And, I was surprised but happy to see lymond back online after months of inactivity. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/5/2002 06:07:14 AM ----- BODY: A little early morning (6 am) blogging. Maybe I'll start blogging every morning after my A.M. Yoga with Rodney Yee - I could even make a video about it and call it A.M Blogging with iPaulo. Anywho. I hadn't been to the Astronomy Picture of the Day site in a long time. It's an oldie but a goodie. An image of M27 from a few days caught my eye. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/4/2002 02:24:54 PM ----- BODY: 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I agree with the author of this msn article about alternative oscars. The Others and Training Day were both amazingly good movies. I think they'd make their way into my 2001 Top 10 movies. However, American Pie 2 I thought was a pretty forgettable sequel. (oops. forgot to link to it. See what I mean?) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/4/2002 01:21:18 PM ----- BODY: Saw Gosford Park this weekend. Good flick. Funny. Some great actors in it. I missed something about its Who-Done-It aspect though. Still not sure who the murderer was. Oh well.
Also went to another dinner party. It inspired me to try and finally make my apartment presentable. The host had cleverly hidden stacks of boxes behind one of those free standing Japanese style screens. I looked around for a place to put up one at my place, but it won't work. Too much junk to hide. I'll have to just keeping cleaning. Of course, flea showed me a way I might be able to get rid of some of my old SF books. That'll be a big help. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/28/2002 02:50:06 PM ----- BODY: And, the winner of Paul's Favorite BNL Song for Febuary 2002 is track 2 on BNL Rock Spectacle, "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank." Be sure to checkout bn pictures on the same site. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/26/2002 09:33:00 AM ----- BODY: Until I can make it a part of the blog image map, Flea's site is good reading. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/25/2002 09:49:35 AM ----- BODY: Will this article on list apart bring better (or actual?) writing to ipaulo? Time will tell us all if I learn anything at all while I try to find good parking places, exercise, live without a pet or girlfriend and find who moved my cheese. Doing all that and write better? I don't know if I can bear the pressure. Especially since I've got sword-fighting classes coming up in 2 weeks. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/20/2002 08:49:35 AM ----- BODY: Real life (in a blog?!) is funnier than anything from TV. Case in point. The Feb 8 post of the b-may blog I posted last night. "Stay out of there" Also, the Port-o-loo chatter series is dandy. Don't miss it! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/20/2002 07:45:59 AM ----- BODY: Holy Cow Hadji! Vice President John Hoynes was the voice of Jonny Quest. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/19/2002 05:09:41 PM ----- BODY: Neat. A blog with an inside look at the venue security at the Olympics. Way cool. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/19/2002 08:47:04 AM ----- BODY: Thom told me about a bad link about the Toilet Ordeal. It's fixed. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/19/2002 08:39:47 AM ----- BODY: With my big schnoz, some might say Sniff is my natural alter-ego. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/8/2002 02:54:49 PM ----- BODY: Since the scandal filled Opening Cermonies are on tonight, you might think I'd blog about that. Nay Nay. Da Bog'of passed on a gem of an article featuring the quote "you might not think a rock musician would understand what an inverter logic gate does..." -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/29/2002 11:46:58 AM ----- BODY: The original colors of [mystery thing] were red, yellow, green, brown, orange and violet when they were introduced in 1941. In 1949, the color tan replaced violet and blue replaced tan in 1995. In 2002, things will change again! Be ready! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/26/2002 11:49:41 PM ----- BODY: entropy author may think this sucks, but the story "U.S. woman in airplane toilet ordeal" left me in good humor. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/24/2002 04:56:37 PM ----- BODY: Bill Gates and Santa seem to have struck a deal. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/20/2002 06:20:39 PM ----- BODY: Ack! zeitgeist -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/15/2002 08:29:11 PM ----- BODY: Taking a different tact than iPaulo, CrazyAppleRumors actually provides more than sentence sized wit, images made with pseudo-artistic photoshop effects and links to silly flash animations. CAR's should have you laughing out loud in no time (flash, quicktime, windows media player, acrobat reader or any other wacky or not-so-wacky plugins are not required)
Some web pages succeed to amuse with as little as one element. In this case, it's all about the broccoli. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/15/2002 08:18:02 PM ----- BODY: Sorry Teddy... you've had enough time in iPaulo's bright limelight. Step aside for another iPaulo Photoshop Filter Masterpiece. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/14/2002 08:58:00 AM ----- BODY: Whew...time flies when you aren't blogging- I thought I was current... Anywho.
Saw the IMAX version of Beauty and the Beast this weekend. The music was great but I was less than amazed by the picture. Sure, it was big but it was the letterbox versus 4:3 aspect ratio issue. While they did go through and cleaned up the animation for the big screen, it was obvious they had to crop the sides to fit onto IMAX. Nonetheless, seeing it with the mini-guad's was fun. Plus, I found great pizza down the street at Old Town Pizza in Monrovia. Woot!
And, then, at band camp... we finally dubbed our own really wicked hong kong movie featuring horny bee products. (way to go Kevin and Sheila! your creative genius inspire me! can I blog them btw?) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/8/2002 09:11:36 AM ----- BODY: oh my. I need to dub my own flick with this site at home tonight. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/8/2002 09:09:25 AM ----- BODY: hot vs warm vs cold. It's a real question mark in my life right now. Tide's site might help. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/24/2001 11:00:59 PM ----- BODY: Merry Christmas Chrispo and all you other people not on pacific time. Another hour here but it's Christmas in Austin! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/15/2001 12:40:48 AM ----- BODY: Thanks to no-ip.com, I can pretend I have fixed IP - neat! Check me out. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/14/2001 07:46:22 PM ----- BODY: Oh nifty. Some free They Might Be Giants mp3's for us to listen to for the holiday. (bottom of the list) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/12/2001 08:23:51 AM ----- BODY:
 | If I were a James Bond villain, I would be Francisco Scaramanga. I enjoy good food, monopolising the world's energy supplies, and sex before assassinating people.I am played by Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun. Who would you be? James Bond Villain Personality Test |
btw, I bought the new proclaimer's album persevere. Boyo, thems guys sure enjoy writing songs about sex, love and women (and orges.)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/14/2001 03:05:17 PM
-----
BODY:
Good 'ol blogger. Here's a blog of photos taken by by David F. Gallagher. Nice.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/14/2001 02:01:35 PM
-----
BODY:
I hope I get as big a smile from the bnl concert as eileen did just being picked up. Speaking of bnl, they need your help. The choice of the last song on their greatest hits album is neck and neck. My Yoko Ono leads Alternative Girlfriend 51% to 49%. Don't let this election come down to chads, etc. Vote!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/13/2001 11:24:20 PM
-----
BODY:
My niece is too cute. Standing with grandma, sleeping, or just contemplating the universe as she defines it at the moment. It's all cute.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/13/2001 10:14:22 AM
-----
BODY:
Pie in the Sky is stylish blog with good content. More importantly, found Banned Book Week link there.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/13/2001 07:40:59 AM
-----
BODY:
Also, color management check... Are the photo's I put up of Indy too dark for anyone else?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/13/2001 07:38:41 AM
-----
BODY:
I'm looking for a) a place to live close to UCLA and b) a new place to host iPaulo. If you have suggestions, let me know. I've got to go roll around in the hay with my friend Cisco. It's Fidel Castro's 75th birthday today.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/12/2001 04:54:55 PM
-----
BODY:
And he loves frisbee. He loves it so much he gets a little tired...
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/12/2001 01:21:36 PM
-----
BODY:
Indy. He is a kingly dog and he isn't afraid to show it whenever and whereever necessary. Also in his bag of dog expressions, is the "What are 'ju lookin at?!" stare reserved for people who don't scratch his belly with enough vigor. Even as a puppy, it was obvious he was a dog with a destiny.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/4/2001 01:16:21 AM
-----
BODY:
Nostalgia has a new spelling - A P P L E ][
Looking at these images made me feel 13 years old again.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/4/2001 01:08:12 AM
-----
BODY:
I didn't like M.U.L.E. as much as Dirk (he was better at it therefore it was dumb—oh and it was a c64 game. we had an apple ][e therefore it was dumb). However, through the intervening years, I have learned to admin it was a fun game. And now, thanks to the world wide web I might be able to play M.U.L.E. once more.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/3/2001 07:16:18 PM
-----
BODY:
Holy Mother of God!! I work with a real live friggen movie star! That is so cool.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/2/2001 08:41:39 AM
-----
BODY:
Wow. Run in terror from any site you find running DCShop ecommerce software right now. It's a beta product and the authors told people not to use it. They did anyway and now your privacy is in danger if you use their software.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/31/2001 07:47:11 AM
-----
BODY:
"Make it not fake it". Call my lawyers! Someone stole my slogan. Damn! Should have trademarked it. I could have made millions on National Orgasm Day.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/30/2001 11:36:45 AM
-----
BODY:
If selling yourself doesn't toot your horn, maybe you would like to see little green weblog - a site related to web design.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/30/2001 11:34:59 AM
-----
BODY:
Should you put yourself up for sale? If you've been pondering this delicate question, you must visit Human for Sale.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/24/2001 07:58:40 AM
-----
BODY:
Cool! It's only been 11 days since my last post. I thought it had been much longer. Working a lot. Ever wonder where iPaulo will be in 50 years? A lot of people are.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/13/2001 10:55:51 AM
-----
BODY:
Woah! Hold everything! Tomorrow is Nude Day! Send your postcards from either of these links today! Don't delay.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/12/2001 01:05:02 PM
-----
BODY:
I just learned Leo Marks died in January. That's a real bummer. His book I mentioned last month really touched me. One of his poems (midway down the link) is amazing to me. I'm sorry to hear he past away.
On a lighter note, thanks to sg for a link to dancingpaul. It inspires me in a very different way than Between Silk and Cyanide.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/2/2001 08:07:39 AM
-----
BODY:
Today, one day only. Go right now to google. Their Canada Day graphic will make you laugh out loud.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/30/2001 01:32:25 PM
-----
BODY:
Suggesting to a group at ucla I could work on Saturday seemed like a bad idea as soon as it came out of my mouth... But, since I'm testing backup software, I have a lot of waiting to do. Translation -- more blogtime! Did you know Steve Wozniak likes to play practical jokes using uncut sheets of $2 bills?
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/30/2001 10:53:43 AM
-----
BODY:
Uh oh. 18 days since an iUpdate. oops. I hope this fun Star Wars short film will put me on the road back to salvation. You can read the a story about the film at Apple's site.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/12/2001 07:34:50 AM
-----
BODY:
huh. I found the Spy Alumni Association today. How cool is that? They liked one my favorite books, Between Silk and Cyanide—thought it was a "valuable addition to knowledge".
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/7/2001 08:07:42 AM
-----
BODY:
Wow. Kaycee's 'mom' Deb sure spins a good tale. If you recall, I blogged many moons ago about the blog of a 19 year old girl with cancer. She was inspirational as all get out. Well, turns out the whole thing is a huge, multiyear hoax by Deb, the mother of the fictitious kaycee. I feel sorry for the people, like vanderwoning who designed her site and really got personally involved in kaycee's life. Here's his story about kaycee I found. Deb was apparently trying to give people with cancer hope. I wonder if she really did the opposite in the end.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 6/6/2001 04:09:11 PM
-----
BODY:
I guess iPaulo is becoming a weekly.... Right. BadAstronomy.com was funny and a blog called python has a nice web design worthy of stealing.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/29/2001 06:50:55 PM
-----
BODY:
Found two pretty neat sites. One is an open source perl blog called OpenJournal. Looks like it runs at any web hosting provider who supports perl cgi. Of more general geek interest, I stumbled across the NewScientist and their list of links to info about everything from ethics, computer history and how a cpu works.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/29/2001 09:28:16 AM
-----
BODY:
I loved the movie Moulin Rouge. The music and visuals were out of this world. Through a bizarre twist of my brain, I kept thinking of Mamma Mia. I guess in both shows the music created an evocative story I could really get into. Maybe someday I'll head off to the real Moulin Rouge.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/22/2001 02:31:23 PM
-----
BODY:
Making an encore to their ipaulo appearance long ago, zefrank.com shows us all how to impress a date. Also, go to zefrank.com and click on the 'for ella' link on the left nav bar. Great for the kids!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/21/2001 12:50:28 PM
-----
BODY:
Ok so. Check out this nifty keyboard prototype. With good construction, this good be fun to use. Or...Listen to swedish radio.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/21/2001 12:46:50 PM
-----
BODY:
I was clearly remiss when I didn't announce with great fanfare the addition of entropy's own to my left side linkbar. A great blog. On days when iPaulo doesn't give you what you need, head over to entropy.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/21/2001 09:08:19 AM
-----
BODY:
I was distracted by the blacksmith but otherwise Knight's Tale is worth seeing if you're into this kind of thing. Shrek is a must see for anyone with a sense of humor. Driven doesn't deserve a link or any of your hard earned dollar.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/18/2001 08:57:50 AM
-----
BODY:
In a renewed effort to again make iPaulo the destination site it once was... I begin again with... the Apple Store. I hope the stores are a success. If Apple can finally get some faster chips,
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/15/2001 08:50:18 AM
-----
BODY:
oh my! Douglas Adams died suddenly Friday of a heart attack. He was the first author I met in person. I can't believe he died before the age of 50. If you have never read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you really should. It was in the first handful of SF books I read as a kid. It hard to imagine what my teenage life would have been without the Dark Domain, the Austin “can I get 'yall som'um to draaank?” NASFiC with Fred and Bryan, and SF books like hhgg. You really want to celebrate his life, in which he created so many great books, but it sucks too much that he died.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 5/7/2001 05:32:05 PM
-----
BODY:
Well, we didn't make it to Ren Faire. Hope to do that soon. Today we also had a little outage with iPaulo. Something my web host did. Oh well.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/27/2001 09:59:41 AM
-----
BODY:
Lords and Ladies. We're heading to Ren Faire anon. Found the official site of the so cal faire and one or two other sites. Wish me luck making friends with the Washer Women.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/22/2001 08:00:51 PM
-----
BODY:
Anyone interested in seeing The Lord of the RingsDice? (just in case your browser doesn't support it, the "Rings" is suppose to be crossed out) Looks funny...and cheap.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/22/2001 07:17:53 PM
-----
BODY:
woot! Kevin V is getting to be a big boy. The party this year was great. I had a great time listening to Sean snore, blading, and chatting it up.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/17/2001 04:33:52 PM
-----
BODY:
And Lurtz is...well...cool.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/17/2001 04:30:31 PM
-----
BODY:
These helmets from Lord of the Rings on AICN are...well...cool.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/12/2001 05:40:03 PM
-----
BODY:
The whole power "crisis" really sucks.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/11/2001 09:11:33 AM
-----
BODY:
Did you know Mastercard has trademarked the word "Priceless"? Wow. Well, lawyers sure are priceless. priceless. priceless. priceless. How can one violate copyright just by using a word in the english language? Yikes. Oh, btw, the joke surrounding the letter is, in my opinion, tasteless. But, the reply to mastercard is priceless.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/10/2001 04:13:26 PM
-----
BODY:
A.I. sure looks like a fun movie. Great trailers.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/9/2001 12:39:19 PM
-----
BODY:
 |
Welcome Everquesters. Head over to the EQ section for more pictures from Fan Faire San Diego. |
For Kristin's birthday, we saw Mamma Mia. What a musical! Funny, good singers, nifty scenery and lighting. Just great. The face lift lady needs to loosen up, but that had nothing to do with the play. For dinner, we tried Hugo Molina. They had the most amazing chocolate dessert - the Twin Towers. Yum yum yum. It was 2 hours ago, and I'm still enjoying myself. Not only that...they have cooking classes. I'm there. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/26/2001 07:34:30 AM ----- BODY: Lord of the Rings wrapped. This clip from the wrap party actually isn't all that great, at least the parts I've listened to so far. But for the rabid fans, it's sort of fun. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/21/2001 06:39:24 AM ----- BODY: I heard "Here is the Chorus" by Cathy and Marcy today on Morning Edition. It was the funniest bit of satire I've heard on the radio in a long time. If anyone has a link, please let me know. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/14/2001 07:44:33 AM ----- BODY: Gary has a new web presence. Big Corn—Big Pics of both Jeff/Gary and Paul/Mike. If you liked the earlier corn pic, you'll these! They don't show the sweeping majasty of the concorncrete field, but you see the people much better. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/13/2001 09:05:16 AM ----- BODY: In the first ever (that I can think of) appearance of one of the gang on a major domain (well, ipaulo.com is major but well fargo probably gets a few more hits), Sean is recognized for his work at ucla. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/13/2001 08:56:13 AM ----- BODY: I decided to skip Hannibal, and I'm glad I did. Any film too gruesome for Italians is too gruesome for me. I wish someone could clip out the parts with Julianne Moore so I could just watch her. I mean come on..."This is Moore's part and she equips herself well." That went without saying didn't it? Grrrr. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/8/2001 10:11:10 AM ----- BODY: Blogger is a virus and it's spreading. guad :) spot is the latest sympton of this evil virus. And I'm its sister. How cool is that!?!
An older infestation of the virus you may want to see is who would buy that? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/7/2001 08:46:44 AM ----- BODY: EQ brings people together. I just learned Eric M has a blog, which includes news about the Team9 crowd. Very nice... -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/5/2001 05:47:04 PM ----- BODY: Created another blog today. Although it is using the plain blogspot template and I want to move it to iPaulo soon, I wanted to post it here too. The first day had a memorable post from Mike which I think really set the tone for the blog. It's EQwidows vs the Addicts. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 2/5/2001 04:10:08 PM ----- BODY: For all you D&D fans turned Bill Gates lovers, this Onion article is great! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/31/2001 08:05:10 AM ----- BODY: After a couple bumpy flights on the horrible MD-80, we're home from Ohio. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/30/2001 05:27:56 AM ----- BODY: Oh, in the photo below (click the image for more), that's Gary (left) and a French Pot (right). A french pot is used in the making of hand made ice cream. I didn't understand this at all since it has a motor but heck... it's Ohio. Go Bucks! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/30/2001 05:22:02 AM ----- BODY:
 |
It's been a great stay. It was a good feeling going to bed every night with a smile, although last night the smile didn't last quite as long because we were leaving in the morning. Plans have been made to visit again, including the two of them coming out to see the folks in LA. Well, Jeff is about to leave for work.. Better say goodbye. |
| Brrr.... At breakfast at 11am, it was a warm 33 degrees. After a few hours of warming sun, it's 29! And prrrty...here is the front of Jeff and Gary's house. Notice the icecicles (click for a larger version). |  |
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/26/2001 09:08:57 AM
-----
BODY:
dyrk and sheila make a big splash with their new dotcom venture with pictures from karaoke night. Way to go! iPaulo needs to get busy or there will be a new home page in town for many iPaulonesians.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/25/2001 11:30:23 PM
-----
BODY:
| Well, here we go. Little Eileen Carol is finally on the web. That's her on the left...Tux is on the right. Eileen weighed 8 lb -12 oz and was a lanky 21". Tux's birthweight is a mystery. |  |
iPaulo is now soliciting opinions on alternate search engines and (begin maniacal laugh) other money making schemes (end laugh). I will continue to use Google. I like it and would use it regardless of the 1 cent commission. 8-) I've been thinking about joining buy.com's affiliate program. If iPaulonesians use the site as launching pad for their shopping for computer gear at buy.com, I could have real money in no time. Then a hosted, open bar party might actually be a reality. Send iPaulopinions. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/15/2001 11:15:57 AM ----- BODY: Yahoo.... In 9 months, iPaulo's google search box has generated a whopping $21.43! Good job folks. Keep it coming. The dough is rolling in...fast! Like any good dotcom in these troubled times, however, we are burning through capital at an astonishing rate. Our net losses are over 50% and climbing. Venture capital is being whooed even as I write this. Wish us luck. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/12/2001 11:47:45 AM ----- BODY: not to give away all the secret workings of iPaulo, but I'm hoping to find time for some redesign soon. sg suggested i look at eye candy underground for ideas. more designer-ish than i want in most cases but i was looking for inspiration not a cookie cutter idea. if you see a site you feel would inspire a better iPaulo, feel free to email me. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/10/2001 12:19:28 PM ----- BODY: ok. blogger has been really slow for about 2 weeks. only through several attempts and many javascript time outs was i able to bring you the 1/2/01 issue of iPaulo. alas, there was an 1/4/01 issue. after painstaking writing, blogger's overloaded servers ate my post. i decided to wait for the blogger server fund to upgrade the blogbackend. they've been given an astonishing $10k so far and a new server is now load sharing. so updating ipaulo is no longer the tedious nightmare it has been recently.
sadly, the 1/4 issue which never appeared told you in a very timely manner the whole monolith thing is just a marketing idea for a rerelease of 2001. oh well. art,shmart, let's make some money and if public officials can be paid to lie to the press in the name of making a buck, great!
for fun, check out the van gogh-gogh's site (the site is dead but this is a good link. try later). fans of the 80's band the stray cats should go to leerocker.com. that's it for now. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/3/2001 02:44:22 PM ----- BODY: Here we go. Commuting is good for something...fun news stories for iPaulo. 2001 is a great book and a movie with great space toys. Inspiring enough to an artist to build a monolith to usher in the new year. It made a big splash in local news with a second story and then mysteriously disappeared. (3 different links) I regret none of these links include pictures so the written word will have to do--kind of fitting actually. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 1/3/2001 08:54:24 AM ----- BODY: Where have I been? Obsessed with Everquest of course. My mind continues to rot during hours of computer gaming. Oops.
Let me shout this from the rooftops: Owners of old televisions need not buy a new tv to enjoy many of the benefits of DVD's. Don't listen to the twits at the store. You can use a $30 RF modulator from Radio Shack. If you've been gunshy about forking out the cash for a new tv and dvd player, just buy the dvd player now. This came up with two people recently. I'm thinking there are more people out there who might like this kind of thang.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 1/1/2001 02:47:57 AM
-----
BODY:
Happy New Year!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/25/2000 11:16:57 PM
-----
BODY:
Merry Christmas to my sister Stuart, the future litl' Stu, and everyone else out there! With love, iPaulo.
-------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/25/2000 02:26:01 AM ----- BODY: Crimson Skies is cool. Thanks Myk. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/24/2000 05:38:10 PM ----- BODY: Boy, there are a lot of different versions of Twas the Night Before Christmas. Some are good, some are bad. Look at few. The Toledo Firefighters Museum's version doesn't roll off the tongue, but in the end I think it says something good for Christmas. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/23/2000 01:27:11 AM ----- BODY: Ok. Did I steer you wrong on the Bear vs Salmon Lover Guy a few days ago? I don't think so. Now I'm going to point you to Chocolat -- oh, wrong link. I mean Chocolat. I don't see how you can't enjoy this movie. All the acting is great. Even poor Johnny Depp, who had to work with a very silly, rendering of a character. It's a darn good movie. See it! and Carrie-Anne Moss (purrrr) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/21/2000 08:17:16 AM ----- BODY: Rob Buck, 10000 Maniacs guitarist died. That sucks. I went to Cal Poly with an Architecture major named Kathrine who introduced me to the Maniacs, and they have been one of my favorites bands since. I thought I had all their albums up to 1993. I just found out I'm missing quite a few but I digress. I've always loved the glimpse we got of their early music from Fredonia in Hope Chest. Rob and the rest of the band evolved and created music which endures. I found a great message from someone who knew the Maniacs at Fredonia reminiscing about those days. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/20/2000 08:57:30 AM ----- BODY: Ok, so, make sure you get Quicktime and go watch the Bear vs Salmon Lover Guy. You will laugh out loud or you're a freak. (making her first contribution to iPaulo, thanks to etsu!) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/18/2000 05:55:54 PM ----- BODY: Why did I buy my stupid new Samsung 3000 cell phone? I should have waited for the Star Trek Communicator!!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/18/2000 09:43:36 AM ----- BODY: Sex in Redmond - the scandal sends tech stocks crashing. News at 11. (thanks to dyrk for the find) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 12/17/2000 10:57:52 PM ----- BODY: |
Tonight was fun. The Ducks won. First time they've won 3 games in a row since March (of last season!) I also got to decorate Christmas cookies with Bernie and the Guads. I need to finish the rest of the pictures I was able to take before the camera died. (santa was one of mine) |  |
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/11/2000 07:52:11 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh, my coal page was totally wrong! I'd be glad to receive HomeWorld: Cataclysm or Crimson Skies for Christmas.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/5/2000 06:49:18 AM
-----
BODY:
A new pressed meat product or an actual fried chicken head? You be the judge!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 12/1/2000 08:39:45 AM
-----
BODY:
Cleaning up my desk this morning, I rediscovered both of my yo-yo's. I have a yahoo! and a outpost.com yo-yo. I think that makes me a yo-yo collector.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/29/2000 12:41:15 PM
-----
BODY:
Gosh, Mikey was right: Adam's Song by Blink182 is really depressing. Better shake that one off with a little incandescent gas!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/28/2000 02:27:30 PM
-----
BODY:
If you consider lots of naked butts to be part of a 'family site', you'll have no problems going to buttsacrossamerica. Otherwise, be warned: this site has nakedity galore! All that said, many of these images are great! Meep Meep. Run over to Texas - you'll love Paisano Pete..
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/28/2000 09:10:43 AM
-----
BODY:
Here's a nice blog for aspiring iPaulonesian writers out there. (that's people who read iPaulo who like to write; not people who want to write for iPaulo - special classes will be held later for those folks)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/27/2000 12:54:55 PM
-----
BODY:
Hey. Mikey found something I think you'll all just love.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/27/2000 08:16:02 AM
-----
BODY:
Got old computers you don't know what to do with? IBM and Envirocycle are going to help you recycle them. Any manufacturer's computers can be recycled.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/26/2000 05:29:08 PM
-----
BODY:
Howdy Ho Ho Ho. My first Christmas pages are up. I had hoped to Christmasfy iPaulo's blog, but I didn't get around to it. I was too busy on my 32nd birthday going to dinner with everybody and finding out why Bruce was Unbreakable. Had a good birthday; thanks to everyone who came.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/23/2000 01:07:06 PM
-----
BODY:
Happy Thanksgiving! And to all my international iPaulonesians, have a nice November 23rd.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/17/2000 02:50:57 PM
-----
BODY:
Oh! Today's Astronomy Pic of the Day is spiffy. Don't miss it.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/17/2000 09:33:56 AM
-----
BODY:
How wude of me! I should have used the name of the aforementioned Who - Dithering Denise Gappy Doo Who.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/17/2000 07:28:36 AM
-----
BODY:
A lovely Who of Korean decent informs me my Who name is "Paparazzi Paul Prickly Slew Who". She must have meant to email someone else -- my true name has always been "Impressario iPaulo Pickled-stew-Who". To learn your Who name, go to Whoville City Hall.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/15/2000 12:37:16 PM
-----
BODY:
Oh, BTW, those were all enjoyable movies. Contender and Best in Show were great movies. The others varied from good to almost great. The only bad movie I've seen recently was that stupid movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson on DVD. Stay in a Galaxy, Far Far Away from that one even if you consider both actors amazing.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/15/2000 10:50:03 AM
-----
BODY:
I bought a new cell phone last weekend. If anyone knows how to WAP enable a site, please let me know.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 11/15/2000 10:35:59 AM
-----
BODY:
Two big events today! I found my gloves I like so much and now my whole outlook on leaving the house at 6am during our recent coldspell has changed completely
The other thing: Mac OSX Public Beta. I installed it today on one of work's G4 400's with 128 MB of memory. For surfing, it was really fast. OmniWEB was nice. Love being able to get a unix shell on a Mac. 8-) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 11/13/2000 10:03:55 AM ----- BODY: Gosh, I've been bad. To give my loyal iPaulonesians something to gawk at, I'll run down my recent movies and books. I've seen da Angels, Contender, Best in Show, Bagger, and Men of Honor and Billy Elliot. I also read a fine book: Replay by Ken Grimwood. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 11/5/2000 07:41:00 PM ----- BODY: Ooops. I meant 15 to 1. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 11/4/2000 11:51:51 PM ----- BODY: What are the odds that Chandra will use my number? I give myself 1-15. Not great, but just enough to keep life interesting. Thanks V. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 11/4/2000 06:47:12 PM ----- BODY: Wait for it... Wait for it. More rafting photos to follow soon. Sorry Mr. Golly...I fix your problem and then bamn! your 5 minutes of fame are up. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 11/4/2000 08:19:06 AM ----- BODY: Thanks to Mr. Golly Himself for pointing out a problem Netscape had with my html. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/30/2000 01:43:36 PM ----- BODY: Good night last night in the hospitality suite. Couple glasses of wine, watched a couple who really knew how to do the lindy and the Eastern dance up a storm. Met some people, laughed a lot. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/29/2000 03:10:50 PM ----- BODY: Did just a tad of sightseeing after lunch at a Pizza and Beer Joint called 'Bottoms Up'. Took my fancy Pontiac Grand Prix and drove down Monument Avenue. Pretty street. The leaves are pretty being fall and all. I took a few pictures which I'll post later. This trip update blogging is kind of fun. If I had a decent laptop of my own, I could post the pictures which would be even better! Oh well. I'm off to the Gala. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/29/2000 05:28:57 AM ----- BODY: iPaulo here in Richmond VA checking in. My laptop can't connect to the earthlink point of presence here in Richmond. It sucks. So I'm using the email room at the conference I'm at. I've had some complaints from my bandwidth challenged iPaulonesians that my links usually require a high-speed connection. I had planned to surf the web on the laptop I brought (with its 33.6 modem) and make the next few days a light period. If I can't get the laptop working, well, these machines have a T1 and iPaulo may go right on being modem unfriendly. Sorry... Anywho. Gotta go to my first session in a minute. Didn't have much time to surf, but the blog of the day is a hip looking site about U2. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/27/2000 07:59:05 AM ----- BODY: Howdy all. A D&D movie trailer was slashdotted today. They don't provide a direct link, at the request of the D&D site. Well, the site is hideous! I gave up watching the Flash animation you can't skip, and almost gave up looking for the trailer in the text only part of the site. If you're a web designer, look at this site to see how to piss of visitors with cryptic navigation and how to force feed users things they don't want to see. Argh! Anywho. I did find the trailer. This page is as close as I could get to a link. (quicktime required) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/24/2000 03:13:19 PM ----- BODY: iPaulo's well is not totally dry. Took a real quick look at the blog of the week. Found Willa's Halloween WebLog 2000! A tidy little blog with some good links. Enjoy. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/18/2000 07:43:43 AM ----- BODY: Golly! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/17/2000 07:59:27 AM ----- BODY: Slashdot mentions a cnet article which rates cell phone radiation for different models (with a chart!). Mine is too old to be listed. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/13/2000 01:01:13 PM ----- BODY: Uuugggg!! It's Friday the 13th. Run in Terror! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/10/2000 08:48:34 PM ----- BODY: Can someone explain this to me? Washington Mutual Bank just dropped their ATM surcharges. (an ATM surcharge is a fee a bank charges a non-customer for using its ATM) However, they still have an out of network ATM fee, which is what they charge their own customers when they go out of network. Hence, if it is cheaper for me not to be a Washington Mutual Fund customer. They are PAYING me to stay with Wells Fargo. I called WM and nicely explained this issue. In the end, she was speechless when asked why this makes me want to switch banks--their stated intent. Did anti-competitive aliens intent on sending business to other banks just take over Washington Mutual?! That is the real story here!!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/10/2000 04:35:24 PM ----- BODY: Lord of the Rings fans -- hear from the actor who is playing Sam. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/10/2000 07:22:36 AM ----- BODY: real quick. if you haven't been to living colours yet, go today. the poem and photo are really classic kaycee. next, like napster but hate giving away your bandwidth for free? check out mojo nation. if you're using napster in ways metallica wouldn't like, then this will be perfect for you. you'll get paid for stealing their music. totally perverse.
great current movies: meet the parents and best in show (flash req'd).
best new tv show: Ed. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 10/6/2000 11:15:38 PM ----- BODY: Woowho! The Ducks won their first game 3-1. Excellent. While at the game, I saw the funniest thing. During the intermission, they had a contest on the ice. They brought three fans out. Two were about 18 but the second kid in line was only 8 or so. When it came to be his turn to say "Mighty Ducks fans...Let's get ready to ruummmmble.", he just stood there. And he stood there. And, from off camera, you could tell they were trying to help him with what to say. And, he started to cry. They quickly moved the camera to the third person. Poor kid, but it was hilarious. I laughed for 5 minutes solid. I cheered for him with the rest of the crowd during judging and he won the prize. Then, I went right on laughing. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/27/2000 10:13:10 AM ----- BODY: In a rare repeat appearance on iPaulo, I have to mention Jack Bishop and the Bluegrass Police! A true gem of independent music talent. I mentioned this band long ago in iPaulo's early, carefree days. Being a UCLA grad student and a friend of a coworker, he saw the post and thought it was hip. Now, they just released a CD and he just brought me 4 copies! iPaulo finally pays off! He made my day! It is impossible to be stressed out about school starting tomorrow when you're listening to the Bluegrass Police. I don't know how you go about buying their newly released CD, but I'll find out and post it. For now, you can check out the the website for audio clips and get into the BGP groove. Thanks to Jack and Robert! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/25/2000 08:28:50 AM ----- BODY: Jackie Chan fans need to see this story on Ain't it Cool News. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/24/2000 03:38:00 PM ----- BODY: Ok, so I'm at work on sunday see. I was taking a break see. I went to Blogger see. Linked to blogstart see. Of course, I added iPaulo to their blog list see. Then went to a random blog see. Found out in Men's English "Do you want to go to a movie?" equals "I'd eventually like to have sex with you." as part of joke on d e b l o g see. Then I went back to blogger and posted this, see! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/23/2000 11:30:24 AM ----- BODY: Well, I'm going to try and modify the way I eat. I asked me doctor and he recommended a book called Sugar Busters. I've read enough and heard enough from my doctor to think this can help me lose weight. Found a nifty online food store to go with it. It's CajunGrocer.com. No, this isn't about buying 'their' food. It's just Cajun food with whole grains and less sugar. Plus, they have alligator meat for sale. I know iPaulonesians have been clammering for a source of alligator. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/21/2000 08:52:53 AM ----- BODY: Twenty-two years may have passed, but I still wouldn't invest in these people. (from MacSlash and Ambrosia Software) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/17/2000 01:19:55 PM ----- BODY: Fans of the computer games The Sims and Diablo with love to see Diablo move into Simville. (link from slashdot) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/13/2000 10:07:27 AM ----- BODY: Maybe it was a slow day. Maybe I'm just a bit late to the game finding this site. Or maybe everything is just as it should be. Regardless which is true, I feel a bit odd posting a site called JoBlo. It feels like mid 90's web design (i.e ugly), but it's a great site for finding movie trailers and parodies. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/12/2000 08:44:59 AM ----- BODY: Ever wonder what happened to Doc Morton from Emergency? Now you can know. Visit Erika and Rozane's Emergency! Page. This show was the highlight of sick days home from grammer school. Better than Mr. Rogers, Card Sharks, or even Price is Right. KMG365! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/11/2000 01:54:00 PM ----- BODY: I'm back from Pismo and the lovely Sea Gypsy! It was fun. Gotta work, but I was cleaning my office and found an invitation to Made in California: NOW. I was out of town for the opening, from the website I'd say this is a good thing to take the kids to. It includes work by a friend at work, "digital diva" Jennifer. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/5/2000 12:28:09 AM ----- BODY: Teddy was sad to see me leave. As I stacked my bags by the front door, he grew sad. It was heart wrenching. But his family is home now; they can take over.
Next, Bring It On. Ready -- Ok. Good Movie. Good Movie. We what to cheer. A good Movie. Cheer. A good Movie. Thanks. To Kevin. For cheering. A Good Movie. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/1/2000 01:32:38 PM ----- BODY: Oh, I forgot. Thanks to Kevin for turning me on to the Left Behind books. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/1/2000 01:23:37 PM ----- BODY: Finished book three last night of the Left Behind series. Boy, don't mess with that crazy Wrath of the Lamb stuff. Can you (and Jar Jar Binks) say "Wessa gonna die?" -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 9/1/2000 09:16:17 AM ----- BODY: Last night I was completely blown away by a one woman show called "29 Views of Hwang Chin-i". Hwang Chin-i was a kisaeng (the Korean version of the geisha) in the 16th century. We see her as a child growing to a tired, weary woman. I won't try to be poetic or colorful with my descriptions, because I won't be able to evoke the same kind of powerful feelings the play does. I'll just say Jenny Woo (Hwang Chin-i), with help the music of June Yee, will let you see into the soul of this woman who died centuries ago. It's really something to see. This version is actually the second run of the play. The LA Times gave the first run 4 stars and said it's A thing of beauty! This new encore, second run plays through Sept 23 at the Gascon Center Theater (this link isn't great. it has a description of this little theatre in this remodeled, historic bakery) in Culver City. Call 310-471-0545 for info or tickets. If you live in LA, or are visiting,you must see this. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/31/2000 04:21:38 PM ----- BODY: huh. I just learned I have a slight abnormality with my bilirubin levels in my blood. Apparently, all my other liver function indicators are normal so my doctor is pretty unconcerned. Still, weird. If there are any relatives out there with any history of bilirubin or liver issues, my doctor and I would love to know about them. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/31/2000 03:14:48 PM ----- BODY: Iron Chef fans -- this comic by Ruben Bolling is a must see! Send more my way. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/31/2000 02:47:18 PM ----- BODY: Passions are running high among the iPaulonesians (seeing how that feels in actual use) out there. Certain iPaulonesians (feels a bit breathy..hmm) are emailing me screaming to receive equal credit for the term iPaulonesians and feeling neglected because I didn't mention how well they are doing on HSX. Wow. I believe iPaulo has reached a new level when my posts (or lack thereof) evoke such feelings. To publicly state, I care deeply about each and every iPaulonesian - particularly those who email me. That said, I guess Denise has received specific mentions on two recent occasions. Ooops. Sue me. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/31/2000 08:50:54 AM ----- BODY: A new idea in from the lovely and talented Denise - Paulonesians. Or iPaulonesians says iPaulo's marketing department who are worried about losing our brand. 8-) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/30/2000 01:28:53 PM ----- BODY: I need a name for people who read iPaulo. iPauloan, iPaulettes, iPauloeans, not sure. Suggestions? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/29/2000 03:19:23 PM ----- BODY: Yum. I ate a genisoy bar as an afternoon snack. Much better for me than the peanut butter cookie I sometimes get. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/29/2000 12:04:20 PM ----- BODY: Teddy's looking pretty spry just after our morning walk. He senses I'm about ready to leave for work. You can see him asking silently, "Why are you going?" -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/28/2000 01:24:45 PM ----- BODY:
| I spent a few minutes on Kevin Smith's website today at lunch. Good stuff, especially for fans of his movies. |  |
The Blog of the Week at Blogger is excellent. Living Colours is an amazing diary blog written by an 18 year old girl with leukemia. I don't normally read diary blogs, but after reading this one a few minutes, I had laughed, cried and been inspired. Her spirit about her disease and life in general is powerful stuff. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/24/2000 07:58:17 AM ----- BODY: In light of this new information about Teddy, I wonder if people can guess what it means that he's left-handed. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/23/2000 10:53:30 PM ----- BODY: Well, things with Teddy have grown a bit repetitious. Walk him, feed him, pet him, walk him, feed him. He's a good companion, but he is just a dog. Still, the last few days have shown me it doesn't take a big, cuddly dog like Indy to be a man's best friend. So people, give little dogs a chance!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/23/2000 07:45:19 AM ----- BODY: Wow! Run, don't walk, to see today's Astronomy Picture of the Day. It's so beautiful I think I could just sit at my computer and stare at it for hours if I didn't have to go to my last training workshop. I can't wait to show it to Teddy. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/22/2000 10:35:58 AM ----- BODY: Teddy is left-handed. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/21/2000 12:25:10 PM ----- BODY: Well, gosh, Microsoft isn't perfect. Surprise! I'm in a training class on Windows 2000 for a few days. We were setting up the DNS for our little workshop and kaboom! It's dead. The root DNS server couldn't lookup itself, the subdomains were dead, yuck! It's a mess. The instructor - a nice guy named Dave (no this isn't our Dave, I just thought his picture midway down the page was cool) - is working through lunch trying to get everything up and running again. Stay tuned. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/21/2000 10:13:30 AM ----- BODY: Looks like it was a good weekend for 'my league' on HSX. Denise finally broke $12 mil. Congrats -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/21/2000 10:07:26 AM ----- BODY: Saw Godzilla 2000 this weekend. It was everything I expected. Classic, funny, and cheezy. I won't give anything away, but some of the lines were truly historic. See this movie unless you think Godzilla is just a guy in a rubber suit. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/19/2000 10:34:48 AM ----- BODY: I watched the sunrise today. It reminded me of the scene from City of Angels except Nick Cage and Meg Ryan weren't around. Teddy was a pretty good substitute though. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/18/2000 09:53:08 AM ----- BODY: I've made a new friend by the name of Teddy. We take long peaceful walks twice a day, eat together, read together. Pretty much everything but sleep together. We're fast becoming friends. Perhaps we'll get to that point at some point. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/16/2000 08:16:14 AM ----- BODY: Godzilla 2000 is going to be exactly what I'm looking for if Capone on AICN is right. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/15/2000 04:17:36 PM ----- BODY: In case anyone was consumed with worry about the parity rebuild I just mentioned, it finished successfully. You are free to go back to your worry-free, adoring state of mind. Thank you and have a nice day. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 8/15/2000 03:51:04 PM ----- BODY: From email, "where, oh where, is iPaulo? Your adoring public wants to know..." Your adoration warms my heart and gets me writing and linking while I wait for a server to rebuild a stripe from parity. (adore that geeky talk, eh?)
I know this is no excuse to neglect my fans, but I've been pretty busy with work. Two fellow IT people have resigned, summer is the time to get tons of stuff done around campus, yadda yadda yadda. Also, I may have been tied up playing Deux Ex a little bit.
On a more serious note, Sir Alec Guiness's death was a bummer. I have never seen any of his early work, which is suppose to be excellent. Ain't it Cool news recommends seeing The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets, or The Man in the White Suit. I think I'll try to find Kind Hearts first since the esteemed John Bishop recommends it.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/7/2000 02:33:37 PM
-----
BODY:
Ironic, I was busy and almost missed this excellent post on slashdot about Ted the SysAdmin.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/5/2000 07:26:19 AM
-----
BODY:
Dashing through the snow,
On a one horse open sleigh,
Oh what fun, it is to stay
...at work all night long.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/4/2000 08:10:48 AM
-----
BODY:
Fans of the Simpsons should head over to Jimmy's column on hsbr.net for some excellent joke movie posters.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 8/2/2000 10:37:41 AM
-----
BODY:
Okay, I'm back from my rafting trip. Been back since Monday night. I should write some details of the trip, but I don't have time yet. At the airport, I picked up a cool looking fantasy novel Green Rider, which is turning out to be really good.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/31/2000 01:49:19 PM
-----
BODY:
Spent the morning at SF MOMA. Saw my first piece of art that employed elephant dung. The dung seemed unnecessary, but the rest of the painting was really nice. Also saw an exhibit of Rene Magritte, which is worth a trip all by itself. (i'll add links later when I'm not at risk of my sister calling my a "total nerd" for posting to my blog from her terminal at work. this was a stealth post with her away from her desk.)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/31/2000 09:55:51 AM
-----
BODY:
I'm alive!
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/26/2000 05:19:23 PM
-----
BODY:
I'm thinking about giving my pal Kevin access to post blogs to iPaulo - he sends me so many gems like this one. Watch the movie 405 at ifilm.com or go check out the 405themovie website.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/24/2000 09:59:27 AM
-----
BODY:
Should iPaulo ever go to the extreme presented in Home Page? (oh, btw, this is a 100 minute short film in real audio format - the links are still interesting if you don't have time to watch the hole movie) I don't expect I will but who knows. iPaulo has become a little stagnant lately.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/24/2000 08:27:11 AM
-----
BODY:
Star Wars fans should rush out to see this fan made trailer fast. I assume Lucas will have it taken down soon. I love the scene from BraveHeart with the lightsabers added. It looks so good I hope it's actually in the movie.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/22/2000 11:51:48 PM
-----
BODY:
". . .but if we had axes, it would be obvious we were killer bees."
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/22/2000 01:43:21 AM
-----
BODY:
Saw the X-men movie (beware, it's a flash heavy, 56k gagging site) tonight with the Clan Wallace and Myko. Better than sliced bread? No. An above average summer action movie? Yes. Wolverine is clearly 'da man. I'm not a fan of the comic book but Myko heard a fan next to him have several Big O's throughout. So I think it's safe to say fans of the comic will like the movie.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/21/2000 10:59:09 AM
-----
BODY:
No, I'm not posting this image to mock the new g4 cube. I just think it's funny.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/21/2000 08:33:53 AM
-----
BODY:
hsbr has a funny little piece. Top Ten Things Yoda will say while kick'in butt in Episode II. My favorite - "One Question you must ask yourself. Lucky do you feel, hmm?"
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/20/2000 08:09:30 AM
-----
BODY:
The new apple g4 cube. It's a toaster. I think I want one...
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/20/2000 07:35:27 AM
-----
BODY:
Today's Astromony Picture of the Day looks a big green worm in space. Also, the namesake of the legendary Team 9 from Outer Space was released on this day in 1958.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/19/2000 01:24:59 PM
-----
BODY:
I put out a fire! Well, a fire in a pan, with three firefighters nearby, in a training class. Still, it was fun. They said aim at the base of the fire. I aimed at the base of the pan holding the fire. Ooops. Hence, I was one of the people who made a huge white cloud of monoammonium phosphate as opposed to the big cloud actually needed to put out the fire. It wasn't as large as the gigantic cloud people made who aimed above the fire. Still, my apologies to paramedic Stacey who was standing behind the firepan. 8-)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 7/17/2000 07:27:14 PM
-----
BODY:
boy yo. I've got a good one. Today, I met my first G-men. It was pretty cool. They were invited to speak to a computer security group at UCLA. Someone made the joke "how do we really know you're from the FBI?" They laughed but all the while whipping out their 'creds'. One of the guys was exactly what you would expect. It's amazing how much some movie/TV cops are like this guy. One was a bit more nerdy, but still had the fbi-tude. The third was an older, wizened gentleman with just a hint of the fbi-tude. Anyway.
As you can see, I'm using mixed case again. The stitches on my finger are out and it looks like I might not have a scar after all. So much for that. I guess I'll have to keep trying. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/17/2000 10:17:41 AM ----- BODY: alright! The Kid is doing better. thanks to everyone who went to see the movie this weekend. Keep spreading the word about this corny but good movie. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/14/2000 04:21:46 PM ----- BODY: what's the deal people? The Kid with Bruce Willis is a light movie fun for the whole family. go see it! (i'm losing my shirt on HSX) seriously, it's bubble gum, but it's tasty and it doesn't stick to your mouth when it blows up in your face. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/14/2000 03:42:11 PM ----- BODY: would anyone want to see a jpeg of my wound on ipaulo? if so, let me know why?!? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/14/2000 08:24:54 AM ----- BODY: ok, some news. went to the doctor yesterday and my finger is looking pretty good. i think i'll have a scar i can wear proudly, but sean says the stitches will prevent that. next, a hunt. i'm in my office looking at my sierra club calender with an amazing photo of a place in chile called the salto chico cascades. it's amazing. the river and rapids below a mountain range (the cuernos del paine i think). i did some looking, but i couldn't find any other photos of the same place (with the river) on the net. if you do, let me know. (btw, i think it's kind of weird that a search for 'chili' on google, yahoo, and go all return recipes. not a thing about the country Chile) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 02:33:30 PM ----- BODY: an internet computer for $199. better than web TV but i wonder if anyone feels like these things will be popular? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 01:50:36 PM ----- BODY: this is another bookmark type blog. if you are into movies and the hollywood stock exchange, be sure to watch the daily fund. It's free money if you buy the ipo. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 01:24:19 PM ----- BODY: i know i may never remember to play this unreal mod on myk's machine if i don't have the link handy. ignore this post unless you're interested in the game Unreal Tournament. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 01:19:57 PM ----- BODY: they are estimating 3 million copies of the latest harry potter book have been sold. amazon.com has a counter which shows they've sold just over 400,000 copies. In other words, more than 13 percent of all the hp4 books sold have been sold by amazon. that's amazing. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 11:03:33 AM ----- BODY: through ucla, i just took the first of five classes in disaster preparedness offered by the lafd's cert training program. the first class on earthquakes was pretty old hat to a native californian. someone who lives on the beach did ask about tsumani's and tsunami warning time. google revealed many good sites - the most applicable to the question of warning time was the tsunami warning system.
another thing i thought was worth passing on... during a major disaster, 95% of all first aid and rescues will be done by someone other than the fire department or other part of the EMS system. that kind of woke me up to the fact this class wasn't just some silly thing ucla was having me go to as part of some cal-osha requirement, blah blah blah. it's good info for everyone. i'd recommend people check it out personally and perhaps organize some kind of neighborhood plan - the cert site shows lots of people who have done just that. it has links to similar programs nationwide
i am looking forward to next week's class - we get to put out real fires with extinguishers. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 08:06:39 AM ----- BODY: i'm on a blogger list at air hockey saloon and i'm a redhed at zippyblog. i've always wanted to be a redhead. neat. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/12/2000 08:04:11 AM ----- BODY: wow. amazon has sold almost half a million copies of the new harry potter book. that's a lot of paper. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/11/2000 04:17:56 PM ----- BODY: is there a god? i'm now beginning to wonder. let's look at the facts. i've been having a difficult time resisting the urge to play diablo ii more. doing so would be bad, since i really need a break from the game. even the new harry potter book almost wasn't enough to stop me from reassembling my computer and playing diablo until i collapsed last night. then, what happens? i cut my finger and voila, no more chance to play diablo. then we have the left behind series. as already mentioned, it's pretty stirring stuff for the agnostic. coincidence, fate, or devine intervention? i don't really know, but i wonder. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/11/2000 09:31:45 AM ----- BODY: here is a good checklist of how to be more friendly to the environment when at the grocery store. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/11/2000 09:30:04 AM ----- BODY: alas. for the next 7-10 days, iPaulo will be using the mostly lowercase style that is so popular on the net these days. i slashed my finger working inside a new computer and have 4 stitches and a bulky bandage on my left index finger. for a hunt-and-peck blogger like myself, this injury is pretty debilitating. please, no flowers. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/10/2000 12:47:27 PM ----- BODY: Oh, I should mention it is now OK for you to go to blizzard's website. You could go to the Puente Hills Best Buy to buy the game, but I would recommend your local Costco store. They have it for $45. Good hunting. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/10/2000 12:41:28 PM ----- BODY: Bill Gates: The New Prince of Darkness. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/10/2000 11:04:20 AM ----- BODY: I couldn't let this great site escape iPaulo. Lettuce entertain you! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/9/2000 02:47:07 PM ----- BODY: Waaa-whoooo! Diablo is dead. After a mammoth battle, Dame Amadala, Dame Kariya, Dame Ope, Sir Dyrkimus and Sir Myximus are crowned. Sir Seanicus also receives an honorary title for his heroic contribution to Dame Kariya's juggling of parenting, child-sitting and bowazonning. Days and days of 5-player/computer battles by responsible 30+ adults and we don't have a single picture or screenshot. Drat - just shows you how immersive the game is. Oh well, it was still fun. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 7/5/2000 12:16:57 PM ----- BODY: Whew. Taking a breather. It feels very odd to be doing something other than sleeping or playing Diablo 2. I've started a party with a group of friends. We've all got our computers over at a friend's house and we've played several nights in a row till 5 am. Sleep deprivation as well as too much time concentrating on being our characters has led to a few problems. Hopefully everyone will make it through organic chemistry, be able to resume normal parenting patterns, and generally be able to interact with humans outside of the game when we're through. Wish us all luck. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/30/2000 10:41:52 AM ----- BODY: Cool, Alice. India may finally send you straight to the moon. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/29/2000 01:07:34 PM ----- BODY: Diablo 2 is not out. Do not go to Blizzard's web site; for totally unknown reasons, it's slow enough today without you there. Do not try to download the patch. Do not go to the Puente Hills Best Buy and buy my copy of the game. Have a nice day. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/28/2000 11:10:59 PM ----- BODY: Alrighty. A new picture. It was taken Tuesday at the Santa Monica pier. Andrea had a huge layover on the way from Salt Lake to Hawaii (lucky dog). I picked her up, we had a great lunch at Kay and Dave's, drove up the coast on PCH until the scenery changed from beautiful Pacific coastline to industrial junk. Native Californian like me, I'd never been to Malibu or Pepperdine. Zuma Beach (wish I'd seen this link before we took our drive) was just something I'd heard about everyday in high school listening to the surf report on KROQ. Now, I've seen a little bit of all of those places. It was good day. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/28/2000 04:08:54 PM ----- BODY:
Beware the lollipop of mediocrity.-------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/28/2000 09:35:11 AM ----- BODY: Why do we yawn? Answers!!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/24/2000 12:12:54 PM ----- BODY: "Some flirting and hand-touching among poultry." From kids-in-mind regarding Chicken Run. Good site which looks at the suitability of movies for kids. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/23/2000 06:47:46 PM ----- BODY: Bye Bye Jeff Nielsen. Good luck in Minnesota. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/21/2000 01:48:55 PM ----- BODY: Now this is someone who is committed to rapid transit. I'm not worthy. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/21/2000 10:34:19 AM ----- BODY: Is this really true? "It takes a week to make a jelly bean." Wow. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/20/2000 02:54:45 PM ----- BODY: Sitting at work covering for the consultant. Gave me a chance to drudge around a few useless fact sites. Using google, I found this gem about Elvis at my alma mater - "In 1977 there were 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were 48,000. If the growth rate continues, then by the year 2010 1 in 3 people will be an Elvis impersonator." Kung-Fu Monkey Productions doesn't blog, but they'd fit right in. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/20/2000 10:05:11 AM ----- BODY: Mike found a great bit of trivia: "The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond." Blogger went through a period when they were working on their dynamic 'fresh' blogs. They were very excited when they got it sorted by the minute. I think they should rewrite it using yoctoseconds. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/19/2000 04:59:52 PM ----- BODY: Like Hockey? You'll love Head Hockey! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/19/2000 10:37:46 AM ----- BODY: When you want folk radio? Tune to Grassy Hill Radio. The first few songs were more melow than I like, however, it's all new to me, which is nice. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/18/2000 05:13:56 PM ----- BODY: Shaft! Eh, I saw the movie. Not this site. Really... -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2000 11:25:15 PM ----- BODY: Oh, just to give some balance to that huge Left Behind post, I also watched my new Pulp Fiction DVD today. How's that for juxtaposition? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/17/2000 10:57:11 PM ----- BODY: I've been reading a scary book. It's Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. No, I didn't buy it at the "World's Largest Bible Prophecy Bookstore". However, it is giving me the creeps and making me think. It's about the people who get left behind on Earth after the Rapture. I've been to church a few times, mostly at Easter with a girlfriend, weddings, or funerals. I read the Bible as literature (you know, gotta watch the church/state stuff) once in high school English. I went to a Christian preschool, but I don't remember any actual religious teaching. I may be forgetting a few things, but that pretty much covers my religious background. Hence, I think it's safe to say I would be left behind if the rapture happens—say tomorrow morning—as it does in the book.
Lick once and you suck forever.
- anonymous (and very funny)
One of the characters is an airline pilot whose wife and son go to heaven and leave him behind with their college age daughter. The thoughts of these two characters, especially the daughter, are frightening close to my own. Even confronted with by a reality which proves (let's say for arguments sake, OK?) the rapture, the daughter continues to appeal to logic as a rationale for disbelief. The Dad figures it out pretty quick and gets busy building a relationship with God. Well, this is a blog, not a journal, so this needs to close soon. Suffice it to say, it's really weird being a fence walking agnostic reading this book. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/15/2000 04:05:44 PM ----- BODY: We just burnt our second DVD at work! Took forever, but I think it was mainly due to a little networking problem on my part. (hint: 100 Mbit is faster than 10 Mbit) Ooops. Well, our new hosting provider appears to be no gem either but at least there servers are up. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/13/2000 10:45:28 PM ----- BODY: Today at work, I helped a hip artist/professor author our first DVD using our new dvd writer. Took a while to setup correctly, but in the end, voila! DVD. Pretty outrageous. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/8/2000 12:51:13 PM ----- BODY: Ah! For your browsing pleasure, iPaulo's html has lost 16% of it's bloated, weighty html 3.2-style code. (thanks to css1) Further reductions throughout the site to follow later. Oh, yeah, if this page now looks terrible in your web browser, do yourself a favor: upgrade to IE 5, Opera 3.6 or higher, or Netscape 6. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/7/2000 01:58:32 PM ----- BODY: I'm a bit surprised there are no job openings in Napster's legal department. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/6/2000 04:32:51 PM ----- BODY: The creative genius of Bob Cesca strikes again. This time be sure to see Metalicops over at romp.com. You'll need latest versions shockwave and I think flash for best results, but it's worth it. (thanks to mg for this one!) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/5/2000 11:17:45 AM ----- BODY: If you're ever in Cambridge, I bet this would be fine place to purchase Limoncello. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/5/2000 11:04:09 AM ----- BODY: Mark and Brian played some good bumper music today by Marc Cohn. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/5/2000 08:50:06 AM ----- BODY: Wow. What a weekend. Celebrated Sean's 38th birthday at Buca de Beppo Saturday night. Amazing food, atmosphere, wine, limoncello, and an excellent pink haired waitress. Spent the night at Mike's since I was a bit woozy from the Chianti and limoncello. After a fine breakfast and quick shower, I was off to see the Big Kahuna again. Still a great movie. Had a nice Sunday afternoon with Janet eating at some restaurant on Green Street in Pasadena. Wish Pasadena was closer to UCLA; it would be a great place to live.
Also, blogger's blog of the week is a real gem : Sixfoot6. I especially like a Day at the office. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/2/2000 11:41:50 PM ----- BODY: Get ready!! A new service provider is coming over the mountain to give iPaulo and paulthom new life. We may see a hiccup in service over the weekend, but it should be minor. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/2/2000 04:58:46 PM ----- BODY: Uh Oh. My weblog only scored 52% on the "Does Your Weblog Deserve To Die?" scale. Pretty ugly. I'm not sure how to improve that. (link from mindbloggle, which is a cute name) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/1/2000 08:35:55 AM ----- BODY: Ah! I haven't posted anything silly for a while. This page about How to Clean a Plane rectifies that. (thx to kc) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 6/1/2000 07:17:06 AM ----- BODY: Ah... The good traffic maps are back! You need to click on 'Go to SpeedMap', but it's bookmarkable. Life is good. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/30/2000 10:42:25 AM ----- BODY: I am a Mac user turned to the dark side by games. Sites like this MacinBlog make me wish I could still be part of the Mac crowd. Maybe I'll buy a dreamcast and g4 and use my PC to host thompaul.org. Hmmm.
BTW, M:I 2 is a great James Bond movie. If you like the TV show, however, see Gladiator again before you take in the garbage that is mi2. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/25/2000 09:10:15 AM ----- BODY: A coworker with amazing musical knowledge informs me "He Don't Care about Me" from the i-10 Chronicles is a cover of a Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen song. Never heard of them, but their website leaves me with the impression I should have. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/25/2000 09:04:47 AM ----- BODY: I just ran into ls and learned that my blog is a daily 'ritual' for her hubby. I felt compelled to make sure something fresh would greet him. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/24/2000 02:31:41 PM ----- BODY: Interested in geeky news with a euro-spin? Telepolis may be for you. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/24/2000 11:41:27 AM ----- BODY: Vast numbers of you complained that Camp Chaos was unreachable. It's back up now. If you haven't already, download shockwave and then go watch the Napster movie. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/24/2000 10:26:44 AM ----- BODY: Ah, returning to work after a vacation. 90 emails. Lovely. See the Spud Server and a shocking story about Kid Rock starving to death. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/21/2000 10:40:05 PM ----- BODY: Boy it's nice to be home. I learned so many things on my trip this weekend. A quick list would include things like: LA to Utah is far, kids are amazing (not new, but always good to gather more evidence), Ute Lemper may fool you during a quick listen at the record store but she doesn't make good road music, BR5-49 and The I-10 Chronicles do make good road music, two big men jumping from the closet screaming 'Let's all go to the movies' will cause pain for the victim of this little surprise and lastly, Utah to L.A. on a Sunday afternoon is really far.
Movies. For the first time in many years, I saw 4 movies in 2 days! Besides the 21 hours of driving, it's pretty close to my ideal weekend. The Big Kahuna, Small Time Crooks, The Virgin Suicides and Shanghai Noon are all excellent movies. All get at least a 2 on the Paul movie-scale. I would say more, but it's late and I'm burnt out from my share of the drive home. (and I still have to go link to all this!) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/15/2000 07:46:53 AM ----- BODY: Uh oh. Blogger didn't publish my last post. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/15/2000 07:31:27 AM ----- BODY: Camp Chaos rocks. (requires flash 4) Their Napsterbad movie is amazing. The Alligator Hunter will leave you laughing out loud as well. Enjoy. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/13/2000 01:05:24 AM ----- BODY: Just got home from seeing Battlefield Earth. Linking to their official site would be unfair to you the readers of iPaulo. This movie was terrible! Are you a SF fan worried that Titan AE won't be any good? Worried the year 2000 won't have any decent SF movies at all? Don't worry I have just the thing. See BE - heck, see it twice. Then any other science fiction you see this year will be great by comparison. Even Mission to Mars looks like Star Wars compared to BE. Avoid this movie like the plague it is. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/12/2000 05:53:55 PM ----- BODY: Oh man! The traffic maps are back online, but they're terrible compared to the original graphical version. I have to click on about 6 different freeways now to find out what route would be fastest for me. Oh well. I guess one can't complain much about a free service. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/12/2000 01:52:37 PM ----- BODY: Going out to all my friends who are parents. Or just adults who are kids at heart. Or adults who still watch Sesame Street.This new show "Between the Lions" looks fun. (requires Quicktime - it's free) Why isn't this going out to any kids? The show teachs young kids to read, so obviously, they aren't reading iPaulo. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/11/2000 09:58:36 AM ----- BODY: Oh, thank you zippyblog. You've shown the way to Realm of Redheads. This may be one of those destinations where I'm attracted to the concept of the site, but never actually go and surf it. After all, it looks like mostly teenagers; I like redheads but I also like to act my age. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/11/2000 09:36:37 AM ----- BODY: Well, I was a bit concerned about this next little post. It's a bit racey but I'm going to throw it up (so to speak) because sg the Wise said "don't censor yourself ... (iPaulo) is a lamppost!" Ok. Let the light shine! Beware - no nudity but it's the first amusing sexual thing to appear here. From zippyblog. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/10/2000 10:29:08 AM ----- BODY: Someone (not me, really!) suggested iPaulo tshirts. If such a thing existed, would you buy one? Let me know. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/9/2000 11:49:39 PM ----- BODY: True to my word for once, that's that. iPaulo.com is a 9 Mb bouncing baby boy, which coincides with the birth of thompaul.org and paulthom.org. Why all three? I really liked the name iPaulo, but I also wanted to have a joint site with my brother and sister. The paulthom thompaul comes from the tendency of our family to get confused about which of us they're talking to. Now I have sort of ended up with two sites. I'm still not sure what's up with that although I plan to have fun figuring it out. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/9/2000 01:09:17 PM ----- BODY: This may be my final blog from the old iPaulo. A new, even more vanity driven site with a hip name is coming very soon. Until then, read about who will try to fill what were rightfully Leonardo's shoes in Star Wars Episode II.
If Star Wars doesn't float your boat, perhaps fake dog boop will. (thanks mc) I had considered waiting blogging this until I had sent a few anonymous piles, but decided I had better not. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/9/2000 09:04:47 AM ----- BODY: The web cops are coming for you! From a slashdot post today, this article in Forbes describes how people are being busted (not really, but...) for Napster. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/7/2000 03:09:57 AM ----- BODY: I reformated the bio to make it more friendly until I can figure out how to make nice legacy compatible style sheets. If anyone can't read it now, let me know. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/7/2000 02:08:55 AM ----- BODY: huh. a four hour nap is great for catching up on lost sleep. makes it hard to go to bed before 3am though. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/6/2000 12:45:03 PM ----- BODY: If you're trying to do pages the 'right' way (like my bio), you'll know what a pain in the butt it is. Such a pain, I'm giving up. I'll learn as I go (from articles like this at glassdog) but for now I'm going to forge ahead. I'll update everything to be ccs-based and html4 compliant later. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/6/2000 03:09:47 AM ----- BODY: Several people have complained about my bio being unreadable because the type is too small. Sorry. That happens with Netscape 4 or the Mac. I'm working on improving it, but for now, use Netscape 6 (or Mozilla) or IE4.x or IE5 (especially on the Mac). -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/5/2000 03:30:52 PM ----- BODY: For all you geeks out there interested in web server configuration, here's a cute page from apache.org. Notice the backoffice logo at the bottom of the page. Obviously, this was the result of a hack. full story in apache week. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/5/2000 07:32:11 AM ----- BODY: the booge has it all. upside-down cats, blog content that isn't the typical netculture or web-comedy links, and nice design (credited to kellea, but it's not one of the linkware pages. did someone pay for their blog design? totally wild). I also looked at the kellea page again and found they have an excellent links page if you're looking for graphics. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/4/2000 03:57:49 PM ----- BODY: ILOVEYOU! Oh, did you just follow that link? ooops, sorry. It was blogger capable virus. ;-) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/3/2000 03:26:42 PM ----- BODY:
Are bloggers underappreciated visionaries providing a much-needed service, or are they navel-gazers who are best left alone? Both? Neither?Thanks to sg for this keen article at feed about blogging. I'd say I'm a navel-gazer. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/3/2000 12:31:29 AM ----- BODY: Oh! I was wrong. It just took 3 hours for it to reach me. Not too shabby. Anyway, if you'd like to see the coolest 'Coming Soon' placeholder you'll ever see, check thompaul.org out. (fyi, thom is my brother) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 5/2/2000 10:48:06 PM ----- BODY: Well, bummer, it looks like a missed the deadline for new virtual servers at the soon to be hosting provider of our family domain. So no fun 'Coming Soon' message tonight. Perhaps Brent's frogger will hold you over.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/28/2000 04:22:12 PM
-----
BODY:
Star Wars inspires so many good things, like Star Dudes. (from Lot 49)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/28/2000 08:41:57 AM
-----
BODY:
Want to hang out in a bar in Brussels but don't really have the time or money to get there? Beer.com can help.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/28/2000 08:28:10 AM
-----
BODY:
Yesterday, I ranted about laywers and their screwing up my fun with Elian. Well, all praise Dale! He emailed to say look in your cache stupid. (paraphrased that a bit) Well, duh, I feel silly. Of course it was there; a fine little 540k flash document! Woohoo. Scanned some new photos in this moring before work, now this... on a Friday no less. It's going to be a great day.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/27/2000 10:26:15 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh no. The wassup video from 4/26 is gone thanks to some pinhead lawyer at Associated Press who can't take a joke. I knew I should have made a copy rather than link to it. Bummer. Sorry to those who missed it - yet another reason to check iPaulo often. 8-)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/27/2000 07:52:37 AM
-----
BODY:
I think I'm a blog addict. I told myself I'd blurf for 5 minutes. I had been reading girlsarewierd for a minute or two, moved on to sexynerds and looked at that for 30 seconds or so. Then I looked at my watch. 5 minutes already. Yikes. Today's letter on girlsarewierd is what did me in. Funny stuff. Oh well. Work work work.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/26/2000 02:29:18 PM
-----
BODY:
Looking for a Zope friendly web host? Go to Beehive (from this blog)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/26/2000 12:47:38 PM
-----
BODY:
Oh my. Another wassup video comes along combining to the Great and Powerful Elian with beer. True...true.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/26/2000 12:40:02 PM
-----
BODY:
What are the young whippersnappers (or gilda on whips) saying around campus today?
He is so shaded.
She put so much salt in my game I was drowning.I've got no idea what this means. This is so whacked, man. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/25/2000 09:19:46 PM ----- BODY: Oh, yeah. Saw a sneak preview this weekend of Where the Heart Is with Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd. Finally, a movie I don't have to mock Ashley's horrible acting. Lots of good acting by Portman, although much of the writing was pretty blah. Good date movie. Great chick flick. Fun if you're a guy who likes either of the star actresses. Amazing if you like both. Go Queen! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/25/2000 01:33:56 PM ----- BODY: What have some people said about my boss? From an excellent Wired article, 'His wife, Julia, recalls a party when a stranger asked her if she had "any stuff." It took her a second to realize he was asking her for drugs. "You know," the guy urged, "whatever it is your husband's on.' -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/24/2000 04:31:18 PM ----- BODY: WoooWhooo. UCLA's new recycling program can finally recycle type 1 and type 2
plastics
in locations all over campus. No more throwing away those silly Rubio's
cups I get with lunch.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/24/2000 11:14:10 AM
-----
BODY:
Neat. 80's TV junkorama.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/24/2000 10:43:49 AM
-----
BODY:
Didn't spent more than 30 seconds scrolling through this blog. Of course, The Professional is one of his top 5 movies, which gives it globs and globs of credibility in my book. Mostly, I just thought the page looked nice.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/24/2000 10:34:33 AM
-----
BODY:
Oh boy. I just ordered my copy of Communism is Neat.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/24/2000 10:19:51 AM
-----
BODY:
I'm a touch late with the easter humor, but this is worthy of a post-easter looksee. (from Unintentional Mullet)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/24/2000 08:31:05 AM
-----
BODY:
Go SpeedRacer Go!!! Got 200k in your mattress? You could drive the Mach 5 (photo near the end of the article)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/20/2000 08:42:15 AM
-----
BODY:
This Halo java applet is absolutely incredible (from the mutability.com weblog.)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/20/2000 08:22:37 AM
-----
BODY:
Java Robots? I'm not sure if that's a good description, or what I'm seeing with this thing, but it sure looks nifty.
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/19/2000 12:47:45 PM
-----
BODY:
Phil Hendrie's move from nights to afternoon drive has changed my perspective on my hellish one plus hour commute. (real audio for the audio)
--------
AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum
DATE: 4/18/2000 08:27:10 AM
-----
BODY:
My food would be peanut butter cookies. What would yours be?
I found online versions of the Pacbell DSL ads. If you don't live in Pac Bell's region, be sure to view these. (found at Ryan Hadley's blog)
So many creative things on the net, so little time. Will the fun never end? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/17/2000 11:12:28 AM ----- BODY: Waiting to do a job interview. Surfing the web and found another Whassup quicktime movie (from linkmachinego: another blog) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/17/2000 09:20:32 AM ----- BODY: Do you love Microsoft Word? Don't look at this gif. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/15/2000 09:25:17 AM ----- BODY: Yikes. I spent a few more minutes with splorp and Grant Hutchinson.Even better than the logo thing, is the domain name of the week. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/15/2000 09:02:48 AM ----- BODY: Oh man. One doesn't need to go to yahoo, google, go, or anywhere else to find great stuff on the net. Just go to Blogger! In the fresh blogs panel, you'll find real gems like this little observation about corporate logos spiraling out of control. iPaulo has needed a logo for a while and I think I've found the inspiration for one. The only pertinent question now is how many spirals can I work into iPaulo. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/11/2000 12:48:18 PM ----- BODY: Wow! The Lord of the Rings preview looks great! Requires Quicktime 4.x (it's free!) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/11/2000 09:33:41 AM ----- BODY: Oh my!! A quickieblog joke --- I blog you!!! Mahir's influence is everywhere. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/10/2000 10:45:05 AM ----- BODY: Ah. The Sims. A friend brought this over to a party and I had to have it. My SimFamilies are still very boring, but the Winklesteen Family Album is worth reading. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/5/2000 06:30:11 PM ----- BODY: By popular demand, I've added a swinging google box for your searching pleasure. Who needs my.yahoo.com or netcenter.com? They offer nothing but banner ads without the character and style iPaulo offers. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/5/2000 11:12:53 AM ----- BODY: Well, I'm in the doghouse agin' Work'in at UCLA does have it perks; being exposed to student work like this is definitely one of them. Don't miss this. You may want to enter through the front door for the full experience, but be sure to find your way to the music section!! (requires the free RealPlayer) -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/4/2000 02:45:03 PM ----- BODY: What's this girl thing? If someone takes the time to find out, please let me know. I was intrigued by the graphics and content on one page I looked. I plan to look more later, but if you tell me my first impression was wrong I won't bother. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/3/2000 03:33:44 PM ----- BODY: Ah man! The free traffic map of LA is temporarily UNavailable till May! Argh! I guess it's back to the all the text CalTrans page. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/3/2000 12:17:52 PM ----- BODY: I thought the only things in North Carolina were the Tar Heels and my good 'ol grandpa. Boy was I wrong. There is also a person who wrote a hip javascript clock. Y'all go look at it, y'hear. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/3/2000 08:19:25 AM ----- BODY: To GNUtella or not to Nutella? That is the question. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 4/3/2000 07:33:52 AM ----- BODY: I had to leave Austin. The short blog... Austin is amazing. Spamarama, Swamp Romp in Waterloo Park, Ester's Follies and the rest of Sixth Street! All great. Good food, some bad traffic, lots of butterflies. More blog later. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/30/2000 08:17:11 PM ----- BODY: Alright! I've arrived in Austin Texas, home of the 'Dillo (and Chrispo).I ate at my first authentic Tex-Mex place, Chuy's. Good drinks, and great Elvis gear. Anywho. I'll be back Sunday. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/28/2000 09:38:01 PM ----- BODY: How cool is this? A Scottish chemistry lecturer believes she has discovered the scientific reason why cold, left-over pizza, tastes so good the morning after. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/22/2000 04:56:45 PM ----- BODY: Anyone tried Iwon.com? I've been curious. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/21/2000 02:39:18 PM ----- BODY: Who cares about web standards? So far, it appears Hitbox doesn't. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/20/2000 01:24:36 PM ----- BODY: Interesting website for sharing a DSL or cable modem between multiple computers -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/17/2000 03:45:07 PM ----- BODY: Diablo 2 beta testing? How interesting. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/17/2000 03:39:22 PM ----- BODY: Woohoo! I won the cold cash on hsx today. Cool. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/16/2000 02:20:27 PM ----- BODY: Virtues of Base 2. I'll be turning 2^5 (i.e. 2 raised to the 5th or 32) later this year. In our base 10 world, turning 32 is not one of the biggies. Using base 10 to determine when these biggies occur means we have an age crisis every ten years. I decided today that forevermore, my age milestones will be base 2. Hence, I won't have to worry about a biggy birthday again till I'm 2^6. This is the first of the Virtues of Base 2. Are there more? Only time will tell. If you have another, let me know. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/14/2000 08:41:27 AM ----- BODY: Not even 9 o'clock, already one bandanna spotted. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/14/2000 08:39:34 AM ----- BODY: A Dog's Dream (shoe of meat) by UCLA student Wesley Yu. A new poster-image for the vegetarian community? -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/13/2000 02:13:13 PM ----- BODY: Number of bandanna spotted so far today: 3 -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/13/2000 12:33:39 PM ----- BODY: Everyone needs to see this!!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/12/2000 12:46:17 PM ----- BODY: Ah Man!!! Yesterday, I was up 30.42% for the week on hsx. I love Simpsons,I love Simpsons yes I do. Check me out right now! #11 on the leader board!!! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/12/2000 02:20:43 AM ----- BODY: Of course, get some slack and PRAISE GOD DAMN "BOB!"> -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/12/2000 01:30:39 AM ----- BODY: Are you desperate to give me money? Great! But maybe you keep forgetting to give it to me? It's now really easy. Just use PayPal.com. Sign-up before March 15th using the referal link and I'll send you $5 (offer meant for friends, but heck, it's good for random surfers who come across this as long as you are a new paypal customer who use my referal link and meet PayPal's referal conditions so that they send me $10) 8-) Shoot. If enough people do this, I'll throw a party -- or at least buy some supplies for the PaulTheBartender -- with the FREE money that PayPal gives us. -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/11/2000 03:34:11 PM ----- BODY: Woohoo - Freddie ties the Blues! Groan - Guy hurt! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/11/2000 12:00:38 PM ----- BODY: Boyo! Mission to Mars. Highly anticipated, highly dissappointing. Some bad movies cause uncontrollable laughter during the movie. Last Action Hero comes to mind. But Mars wasn't blessed with that trait. Maybe I was routing for it. I didn't want it to make me laugh, although it did in places. Maybe if I hadn't been in a sold-out opening night theater, I could have laughed more but I felt strange laughing when no one else was. As the credits rolled, I burst. It was a relief really. Bless my friend Holly. She was the only one who didn't understand why everyone else thought the movie sucked. Well. Gotta go watch the Ducks! -------- AUTHOR: Paul Phillabaum DATE: 3/10/2000 09:02:45 AM ----- BODY: Today I updated my page to add blogger and a picture of my old buddy gary. I feel so hip now that I have a blog. I regret blogification caused the demise of my old mahir page. If you want to see more blogs, encourage me. --------
