cat calls it quits

Navvy Collins, 17, departed to the feline beyond early this morning—his soul is now bouncing like a balloon through the land of golden litter and fresh fish. He was named after the type of airplane (Navion) that flew him from the Washington coast to Seattle as a kitten. He had been an abandoned kitty at [...]

it’s a dangblog celebration

Apple has more than doubled the size of my iDisk space for no extra charge. I suspect people were dropping out of the .Mac program because you can get better deals elsewhere. [note: this blog has since moved to WordPress] Whatever the reason, the staff here at dangblog is publishing more graphics than ever before…at [...]

today’s bit of song lyric

Excerpt from “Lay Down Your Weary Tune”
The ocean wild like an organ played,
The seaweed wove its strands.
The crashin’ waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands.
Lay down your weary tune, lay down,
Lay down the song you strum,
And rest yourself ‘neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum.
- Bob Dylan

the man who loved lightning

I recently finished reading a biography of Nikola Tesla. A couple highlights:

- At a lab outside of Colorado Springs, Tesla produced bolts over lightning more than 100 feet long, and blew out the town’s power system.
- Tesla believed that electricity was good for one’s physical and mental health. When he was despondent he would send [...]

barbie spins again

The Barbie doll with the amazing spinning light-up belt made an appearance at work today. A co-worker suggested we take her into the store room, turn out the light, and demo her fabulous spin-o-rama talent. It made quite an impression, let me tell you. And here’s the surprising part: I have learned that this Barbie, with [...]

another giant, glowing jellyfish on wheels

After a weird iBlog technical glitch, and a crash which destroyed a bunch of e-mail messages before they were read, I’m back on the internet, and making a Burning Man report. It’s longer than my usual posts, but Burning Man is only once a year.
I stayed in Hushville again, which was a good choice again. [...]

all over the map

I left my Burning Man camp at 8:45 Sunday morning and arrived home at 12:45 Monday morning after a 16-hour caffeine and chocolate fueled marathon drive. Several hours after I took a long shower and collapsed into bed, I sort of woke up for a minute. In a weird, hazy state, I looked at the [...]