From the category archives:

Whimsical

The ghosts of distant quasars past

August 22, 2010

I’ve always considered myself a sort of amateur astronomer. Blame it on Mom, who kept me up late watching the meteor showers from the hood of the car when I was a wee lad.
My friend Dr. Pamela Gay makes it easy for would-be stargazers to do more than simply look up at the stars. [...]

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Why I’m protesting Liberty Market in August

July 30, 2010

I’m a huge fanboi of Joe Johnston. He’s the mastermind behind Liberty Market, Joe’s Real BBQ and other iconic eateries past and present in the Phoenix area. And he’s a super nice guy.
But this time, he’s gone to far. And I’m registering a formal protest.
You see, I just found out that Joe and crew are [...]

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Skepchick Party Rock Band Xbox Now On Auction

July 19, 2010

I don’t play Rock Band. I’m convinced of an inverse proportional relationship to your skill as musician with the real world analog of the Rock Band “instruments” and how well your performance is measured by your ability to strike or “strum” the shitty pieces of plastic required in said game.
But get a few beers and [...]

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Happy retirement to my Mom!

July 15, 2010

This is my mom, Vickie. Today she passed a milestone that I’ll never make: she retired from her job with the state of Oklahoma after 387 years*. With budget cuts looming and just a few years short of her initially planned date, they offered her an out. Which she took. Smart cookie. She takes after [...]

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The Perfect Cuban Mojito

July 3, 2010

It’s hot. And to combat the heat, I’ve created the Perfect Cuban Mojito. No, it doesn’t use white rum. It doesn’t use piles of sugar. And no, you probably won’t like it. But if you like drinks the way I like drinks, please enjoy.
Evo’s Perfect Cuban Mojito

Dark rum, probably by some distiller you’ve never heard [...]

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Talent is more about technique and less about tools

June 20, 2010

I’m fortunate to have lots of friends with talent. Talents come in many shapes and forms, but it seems a large number of mine are talented in artistic ways. I’m not without skills in this area. I’m just without the drive necessary to hone many of those.
Take video editing. I did some very VERY [...]

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Trebuchet, by George Hrab

June 17, 2010

For months, I’ve been walking around, singing songs aloud that no one has ever heard of. That’s not all that unusual, as my musical tastes plunder the eclectic. But recently, there’s been an air of exclusivity to my music of choice. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of George Hrab’s Trebuchet before it [...]

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Help me convince Sprint that I need the new HTC EVO 4G… NOW!

March 23, 2010

Dear Sprint,
I just got off the phone with Monica. She’s a great customer service rep of yours. She informed me that I’ve been a Sprint customer since December 1, 1999. Sure, we’ve had our ups and downs, but the scales have been tipped more in to positive for most of that time.
I pay you [...]

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The magic of Trololo

March 6, 2010

I went from hating this, to not being able to get it out of my head, to loving this.
And because I continue to run into people who’ve not experience the awesomeness that is Trololo…

There’s also version for people on ludes, ecstasy, and LSD. Yes, each one is a different experience.
I love the internets.

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My inner math geek mucks up business metaphors

December 11, 2009

Image by Beni Ishaque Luthor via Flickr

My inner math geek squirms a bit each time I pass along this equation:
CwF + RtB = $$
That’s inspired by Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and simplified to the above by Mike Masnick of TechDirt. It describes the approach Nine Inch Nails is taking to marketing and business [...]

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The incredible edible whuffie

August 14, 2009

It took me a month to finish Tara Hunt’s book, The Whuffie Factor. That’s a very long time for me to spend on a book. And I’m glad I did. Also, you’ll not be surprised that I’m recommending you buy it.
But some of you will be skeptical. What if you really aren’t all that concerned [...]

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Trying not to get punched in the face

June 3, 2009

Hugh MacLeod is very smart. I don’t know the man in any way other than reading his blog or looking at his back-of-business-card art, but the smarts shine through.
Today, in this photo, he’s accurately represented how I’ve been feeling for some time now:

And in a strange twist of fate, I’m once again getting more involved [...]

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Maybe you shouldn’t vote.

October 2, 2008

I am quite possibly the worlds most apathetic voter.
But did you see the key word in that phrase? Voter.

But hey, maybe you shouldn’t vote.
Passing on from Matt Selznick.

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Something to be proud of

September 22, 2008

Damn skippy.

From xkcd.

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Suicide Girls on Comic Con

July 26, 2008

I so badly wanted to tweet this sentence from a Suicide Girls report on the first impressions of Comic Con , but it was well over the 140 character limit.
On the train to SD, I saw a gentleman reading a novel with a dragon on the front and immediately understood that he was probably [...]

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The struggle of hope over experience

July 25, 2008

There’s a new movie in the theaters this week: THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE.
Interesting title. I WANT TO BELIEVE that this movie won’t suck, but prior experience leads me to believe otherwise. The final three seasons were a huge let down over the brilliance that was the first few seasons, and the prior movie [...]

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Five O’Clock Shadow 100

June 13, 2008

Five O’Clock Shadow 100

Originally uploaded by evo_terra

Hey, it’s been a while. Maybe we’ll do this again for a time.
I turned 40 a few days ago, and it seems the universe has decided it’s time for me to deal with some grown up stuff. Thanks, universe.
Negative: [...]

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Unintentional consequences of social media

May 8, 2008

Yesterday I tweeted about an incident involving one of my favorite food establishment and an unfortunate outbreak of Hep A. It wasn’t a store in my local area. I had no immediate connection to the happenings and I’m honestly not at all concerned it can/will happen to me, though it certainly could. No, I tweeted [...]

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Things I Don’t Care About #1

April 29, 2008

Upon examining my role in the community, I’ve noticed that some seek out my opinion on purported “Big Deals” in the space. But what I’m really finding is that most of the Big Deals don’t mean a hill of beans to me. So I’ll begin an ad-hoc new category of posts: Things I Don’t Care [...]

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