Archive for September, 2007

Friends Church Sign of the Week

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Number 7 in a series.

Real love puts actions to good intentions.
Translation: Real love puts actions to good intentions.
Now here’s an example of what I’ve mentioned before: on the odd occasions when these church signs do dispense real wisdom (or at least a truism) they also dispense with the religion. This statement is not dogmatic, not […]

Flying Logic: Software for Visual Thinking

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Whew! Today I’m finally ready to talk about the secret software project I have spent more than three years on: Flying Logic.

I’ve had a really great client for the past several years: a small independent think tank near where I live in Los Angeles that has major clients in industries ranging from entertainment to automotive […]

Seven Amazing Years at Rubel Castle

Monday, September 17th, 2007

From 1996 to 2002 my wife Rebecca and I rented and lived in a 1920’s-era crate factory at Rubel Pharms in “Glendora Califoranges“, as Mike Rubel liked to call it. Somone once told me, “Live your life as a tale to be told.” This is exactly what Mike did when he and his friends built […]

Friends Church Sign of the Week

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Number 6 in a series.

God’s mercy is no excuse for careless living.
Translation: God’s mercy is no excuse to do things we disapprove of.
“God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another […]

Three from ALBINO!

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

ALBINO! is a San Francisco-based Afrobeat band that I was introduced to at this year’s Burning Man. They’re quite fun— I love the “wall of saxophones” sound.
Puppet Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGlZ52tIL0k

No Go Sell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9CBSUpKGew

Live at Mystic Hot Springs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPaeZseqDI