cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce
I'm John and (this is) durkin.org. I started this site sometime in 1999, but the earliest entries I still have are from October 2000.
(this is) durkin.org is more or less about me and whatever I'm interested in; you can read more about this site, you can see some photos , or you can browse the archives.
You can also contact me if you like. I do like the email.
Still playing around with the WordPress Blackberry app… Its a very slimmed-down UI, which makes complete sense, I just wish linking was easier. When I tried to insert a link in the previous post, I meed with it a bit and then gave up. Today, I tried old-school mark-up (!) and thank God the app recognized what I wanted before I slaughtered the HTML.
So, this is a link. Precious, I know.
Sweet – How to take apart your Blackberry Curve. The boys cracked the faceplate on Mary Reed’s almost a year ago, and since then I had one go bad on me at work, so have some spare parts available. Now all I need is a t6.
I just can’t let it go, apparently. Almost two years ago I mentioned a funny conversation I had with the CIO of my then-company about automatic flushers. I’ll spare you the re-hash of the details, but not the photo of the male urinal above.
I walked into the restroom the other day and saw that the lid was off and the battery apparatus was exposed. I took a picture and laughed and laughed1.
Just a test of the WordPress Blackberry app (http://bit.ly/HieFj)… Waiting outside Moe’s to pick up dinner for the boys.
So, since the car-break-in-incident-of-2009, and the reduction of iPods in our household by 1 (to 1), I tried out running with my Blackberry (Curve, if you are interested) as media player. Happy to say I am pleased with the performance. I think the media player interface could be easier to manage (but not sure exactly how) – it was a bit awkward changing songs and such… and I think that will only get more difficult once I get a handy-dandy armband in which to carry it while I run. I hate carrying stuff in my hands.
Today’s treadmill playlist:
Young Adult Friction – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (site/via)
Italian Leather Sofa - Cake
Photograph - Camper Van Beethoven
Hopeless - The Wrens
Call Me Blue – A House
Dancing with Myself – Billy Idol
From Russia with Love – Girlfriend Voice
Show Me Mary – Catherine Wheel
Hold on Tight – ELO
You Were Always the One – the Cribs
So, Blackberry as media player worked out, I did 4 miles faster than I have ever done them before1 (37 minutes, thankyouverymuch), and so on.
I guess this time you really can call it a come back (or, at least, you will be able to in the event this doesn’t just stop next week). It’s been a weird couple of years – filled with some of the best and worst times in our lives, and bunches of stuff that I meant to post about but never got around to doing, too.
And so here I am… taking up virtual space again. Hello.
In an effort to provide some content, I posted a few revised entries tonite. Enjoy.
made by xianjessen, originally uploaded by boyshapedbox.
One evening, as I sat hunched over my laptop working on slides for a meeting, Reilly asked me what I was doing. “Working,” I replied, and showed him the screen.
He studied the presentation for a few minutes, then looked at me and said – “You’re drawing pictures?”
Essentially, yes. Daddy spends hours and hours drawing pictures on his computer.
So now, I stumbled upon the Song Chart Meme / Pool and am thrilled that there is finally a use for my professional skills! These things (most of them, anyway) are freakin hilarious. Please enjoy.
ORIGINAL, originally uploaded by boyshapedbox.
It snowed! And this time, even in inches it is noteworthy, at least for this part of the country.
We were on our way to ATL and actually turned back because the storm was so bad – lots of ice on overpasses and poor visibility and wrecks and stuff. We took the boys outside to play when we got home and they loved the first hour or so – until the thrill of snow turned to just cold and wet1.
I was all set to make fun of the news folks who prepped for days and days about the coming storm: when we woke up on Saturday there was a light dusting, but no real snow. Not until about 9, anyway. My bad, newsguys – you don’t completely suck at weather.
