Published on
April 14, 2007 in
Rants.
coldworld.net has been idle for a couple of years now while I concentrated on helping, along with many other very talented people, to build and finally sell iDefense to VeriSign. The VeriSign people are cool and it couldn’t have been a better fit.
I’m currently working on porting the back-end of this site from MovableType to WordPress. MovableType has gone long in the tooth and are concentrating on their enterprise market, while WordPress has gained incredible momentum and maturity as an open-source product.
Published on
October 10, 2004 in
Reading.
lets continue the theme of sex, angst and alcohol. there is a common element in many social circles. the inaccessible woman at the center of a social tornado. chaos all around, calm at the center. everyone wants her, no one can get close. i was with one of these for a bit. somehow they use you up and move on without you noticing. only good memories come to mind. the pain was a small price. she never did slow down long enough to talk.
this is a short story awarded “top 10 online stories of 2003″. its well worth a read:
the unrequited
Published on
October 2, 2004 in
Reading.
online fiction. two words that inspire. they inspire every crackpot in the world to put a few words after each other and publish a “story”. 3-line run-on sentences filled with adjectives. genre becomes mush. plot dies. and, they cannot put the story on a readable website.
except for a few. “the dangerman trilogy” is one of the best out there. no one knows about it. its only linked to from a handful of places.
this is sci-corp noir. the writing style is spare and refined. the dialogue tight. dalton, the main character, is the strongest part of the story. he is solid, hard-boiled and well defined. the environment is unique. with more development and content it would equal mieville. the technical toys are minimal, they should be expanded and integrated into the environment. like every online work, it does need an editor to help smooth a few rough spots. there is no reason this work should not eventually be published in book form.
the author seems to relish obscurity. he isnt going to hurry anything along. the first volume of the trilogy has been published online for years. we are waiting on the next two. i talked to him on the phone a bit. he said he will release them when the time is right. when they are complete.
sit down. relax. click here the dangerman trilogy and enjoy…
Published on
September 29, 2004 in
Movies.
amazing movie. solid all around. this movie has nothing extra. no fluff. its pure content.
the characters are original, the plot doesnt relate to a formula, and the topics follow no stereotypes. kick ass. its about regular people, put in irregular situations.
linus likes the trains. he always likes the trains. and this movie has a lot of them. train buffs rejoice, you have a theme movie to watch on popcorn night.
Published on
September 29, 2004 in
Movies.
so. i have watched more than a few movies in the past couple of days. six to be exact. most were good. a couple were damn good. but one stood out from the rest. its name is, “dummy”.
milla jovovich is garage punk slut and she is awesome. this is real acting. anything other than beautiful for milla is work. hard work.
Published on
September 23, 2004 in
Music.
adenosine tri-phospate. a small japanese band hiding in shinjuku. the music is foreign. you wonder if you should turn it off. then a song or two melds with an american ear. all is good.
mp3s
Published on
September 19, 2004 in
Movies.
in a world of sit-com crap, brit-com rules. black adder is a britcom series starring rowan atkinson. “black adder 1″ is classic limp-wristed, lukewarm, greasy rowan. “black adder 2″ is better. “black adder 3″ is the best of the 3 seasons i have seen. the writing excellent, the political humor outrageous, and the humor dry as sand.
just my style.
Published on
September 10, 2004 in
Movies.
still another japanese import by way of disney. this movie is beautiful. there is a back-story, and a plot. a rare thing these days. this is on the same level as spirited away.
a detailed post-steampunk, dirigible-tech universe. no computers here. an obsession with flight, architecture, and the bones of both. bare airplane wings, robot bones, a city as an empty tomb, abandoned mines as living earth. all are stripped to show the underlying skeleton and form. parallels to da vinci and china mieville’s perdido street station.
Published on
September 10, 2004 in
Movies.
made in japan, redubbed in english by disney. linus approves. for adults this lacks depth, both visual and storyline. japanese animation cannot do caucasian faces. the characters think like paper dolls. most developed actor? the cat.
worth seeing to scope janeane garofalo in the extras. rowr.
Published on
September 10, 2004 in
Movies.
rammstein. what more to say? rammstein is itself. 1998 concert dvd in berlin. cold rage and real energy. i relate to it well. linus liked it for couch-jumping. then he was bored and played elsewhere. not bad for a 3 year old. i watched again. excellent audio engineering. the video quality is good. pyro action abounds.
rammstein is simple. distill it down to power chords and more powerful lyrics. a virtuoso gets lost in the details. rammstein has none. the forest is the trees. rammstein polarizes. hate, condemn, love, idolize. myself, i identify. probably too much. this is dangerous to have in the house. migrate to black clothes. put the piercings back in.
