Archive for January, 2005

Background Images

Posted by Mike on January 7th, 2005

I’ve got 2 backgrounds I switch between depending on if I’m running with dual heads or not. Click on the pics for full size versions.

This of a friend of mine in a studio getting photographed. This image was an accident. I happened to have the shutter open on my camera just as the photog took [...]

Reality Shows

Posted by Mike on January 6th, 2005

There are 2 reality shows I’m currently subscribed to on my Tivo.

The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best
This is a great show. Richard Bransen, the founder of Virgin is looking for a young entrepreneur��
to run his companies. Starting with a field of 12 entrepreneurs, he challenges them with business challenges and stunts. Two [...]

My car has a voice again

Posted by Mike on January 4th, 2005

After hearing that I blew out the 4 main speakers in my car’s sound system, my parents and brother gave me a set of Infinity Reference Series 6-1/2″ Two-way speakers for christmas. I installed them last night and they sound amazing, way better than the crappy stock speakers I got from the factory.
Thanks Mom, Dad [...]

Switching to Wordpress

Posted by Mike on January 3rd, 2005

I’m going to be switching my blog to Wordpress in the next few days. I have a sandbox instance set up on my powerbook, and I’m going to figure out the best way to migrate everything over so the existing permalinks from movabletype still work.

John Carmack Has a Blog

Posted by Mike on January 3rd, 2005

John Carmack has switched from .plan files to a blog. This is very cool, he’s been pretty quiet on the non-rocketscience side of his work for a long time, and now he’s going to be writing about bleeding edge graphics again.
Unfortunately, I can’t find any sign of an RSS feed on his site. I’ll email [...]