Archive for December, 2005
I won a grant, but Microsoft Word crashed my party
3 Comments Published by Ryan December 23rd, 2005 in Film, Other.Microsoft Word is unbelievable. I just wrote a few pages about the experience of applying for, and eventually winning, a modest arts grant. The post was a reflection on the arts and the creative process. It was an exploration of applying for grants, and applying for things in general as an artist. […]
The days of gift-giving approacheth. Let me share one bit of advice:
Don’t buy anyone a Sony digital camera.
My DSC-P150 just broke yesterday, after 14 months of occasional use. Sony’s planned obsolescence worked to perfection here: the manufacturer’s warranty is only 12 months. Way to go. Also, a friend of mine, who recently sold his Sony […]
The World Wide Web is closer than my front door
3 Comments Published by Ryan December 11th, 2005 in Consumerism.I finally caved.
After years of trying to avoid the iPod, because a) everyone has it, and b) I thought it sounded like crap, I finally gave in and got one. Why? Well as I was running out of space on my trusty, ugly, great-sounding Rio Karma, Apple was announcing that their new iPod […]
Apparently this site has gotten enough hits (about 70,000 since August, according to ShortStat) that it is now a worthwhile target for the spammers-that-be.
Thanks to everyone who’s visited. Although I think most of you came for that R. Kelly thing and never returned. But of those 70k, only about 2,000 have been from […]
