So, the 'Canes won the Cup. I wish the Oilers had gotten it, but I had a feeling about Carolina. After the Oilers left the Wings in the mud, them getting the Cup would have been some justification. You know, 'Well, they topped the Wings and now have the Cup so they must be great'.

And now I read ESPN and it's all 'the Oilers power play is weak', bla bla bla. To the Oilers, at least you went to seven. You could have lost in four, five, six, but you went to seven. So, while there are things you can be better at, at least you went the distance. You took it all the way and, even though you lost, there you are. You made the entire journey.

Here's to you.

Ok, I love anime. I am an anime fanboy, some might say. But, on a scale of 1 to 10, how creepy is this? http://yumekuri.nobody.jp/img/ena/11049.jpg

There is sooo much more... http://yumekuri.nobody.jp/eng/index.html

So, I finally broke down and bought an iPod the other day. After spending a minute working with the click-wheel interface, I remembered the Event Horizon UI I read about when I was at an ISP (http://research.sun.com/techrep/1999/abstract-74.html). It seems to me that this UI would be great at navigation with a click-wheel. I am listening to a song, then while the song is playing, I can focus on the tree that this song is a part of, and navigate the leaves of the tree. This may be based off of genre, artist(s), or a collected preference. Also, this tree could lead me to other artists on iTunes music store, if I happen to be online. The click-wheel seems pretty obvious, to me, to lead to a tree-based implementation of the Event Horizon UI. A tree-based implementation would allow me to arbitrarily pick the sink of a horizon. This node may be the sink I am interested at this moment, but I might choose a deeper or higher node as the sink of interest, allowing me to see the leaves I'm interested in at any point.
To explain this more, perhaps I am listening to Christina Aguilera, then zoom out to see the tree of Solo Female artists, then zoom back in to see Pop Music Solo Female artists. Then I then click over to see Alternative Solo Female artists, then decide to listen to Fiona Apple or Aimee Mann. But the point is the tree, or perhaps undirected graph in this example, is navigable based on zooming. (as an aside, playlist organization as an undirected graph might be worth looking into)
The basics are you hold the results at arms length, then bring it closer to see the details.

Of course, people much smarter then me probably have had these ideas already...

Saturday I was napping with Heather, preparing to get my hair cut and then the phone rings. Turns out, it was the woman who has been cutting my hair for about 3 years now. She is moving to another salon and wanted to let me know. On a scale of one to ten, how wierd is that? I'm happy she called and told me, because I can go to her and get my hair cut without worries. I have one of the easiest cuts possible (zero sides and back, one on top) but it is possible to screw it up. But Megan cuts my hair and I don't have to worry about it. It's something I can depend on.

One of these days, I should ask Megan out.

Dear interweb citizens (slashdoters, diggers, I'm looking at you),

Lose \Lose\ (l[=oo]z), v. t.
1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by
accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.

Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), a.
1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed,
or confined

See how these two words are not the same? Please re-read and correct before hitting submit, post, or what have you.

Thanks.

I have great friends. Really, I mean *first class* friends. I haven't been around, or even talked, for something like 3 years, but they still come out to meet me at the bar, because I happen to be in town for a family thing. I love these guys. If I happened to not mention it during our brief time together, I love you guys.

And Bock, thanks for letting me sleep on your couch. I'm positive it was many degrees more comfortable then my rental car.

I love you guys.

Film score time:
Criminal
John C Reilly, Maggie Gyllenhaal

B, maybe even B-. One or two more viewings will solidify this.