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Tub Squid: the name came to me in a dream. A Japanese girl stood before me in an airport with a Burberry hat on her head and a rollaboard suitcase at her side, and said to me, "tub squid."
The above is a partial-truth explanation of Tub Squid.
Coming soon: a tub squid graphic. I'll post it somewhere on my site when I'm done with it. Maybe I'll hide it in there somewhere. In the web design classroom of my imagination, the professor said to me: "Send your site visitors on a treasure hunt and it will gain in popularity."
Enough about the squid.
I got two rolls of film back from the lab and some of the shots are pretty good. Some scanning is in order. Stay tuned.
The guy at the photo lab loved my car. I let him sit in it. He suggested I put a chip in it so I can get some more horsepower out of the engine. While it's an interesting idea, I say the car is fast enough already. As it is, I have to work hard not to go 50 mph on any given street. Speaking of which, I've decided one of my favorite L.A. driving spots is right near LAX, where you get onto the fast bit of Lincoln Blvd with a right turn off Sepulveda. The reason is that there's a stop sign there, and the speed limit is 50, so you get to do a real 0-60 type of acceleration without much fear of law enforcement or errant pedestrians. Getting up to 60-ish in 2nd gear allows for a pleasant 6000rpm engine roar as well as maximum wasting of gasoline. I recommend it.
I imagine many might be thinking, 'I wish he'd stop talking about his car and get back to the squid.' Sorry, no more squid today. But I'll stop with the car too.
In trying to get to understand web design better I've been looking at lots of websites which have things to say about all aspects of it. Most of the time I can basically follow along. But sometimes I feel as if stuck inside a vast murky swamp of jargon and code. Keep in mind that I'm usually fairly good at handling technical things, and can generally find my way around a computer. I am of the generation that's in sync with the flow of digital information. To get an idea of the kind of things I encounter when attempting to understand how to fix things on my website, have a look at this:
"Avoid one common mistake: never do buffered I/O on stdout! This will cause a deadloop! Hence the ``$|=1'' in the above example..."
If any of you reading can make sense of that, not only will I be surprised, but I'll want to talk to you as well, so write to me.
Today we had our second gorgeous summery day in a row.....
The above is a partial-truth explanation of Tub Squid.
Coming soon: a tub squid graphic. I'll post it somewhere on my site when I'm done with it. Maybe I'll hide it in there somewhere. In the web design classroom of my imagination, the professor said to me: "Send your site visitors on a treasure hunt and it will gain in popularity."
Enough about the squid.
I got two rolls of film back from the lab and some of the shots are pretty good. Some scanning is in order. Stay tuned.
The guy at the photo lab loved my car. I let him sit in it. He suggested I put a chip in it so I can get some more horsepower out of the engine. While it's an interesting idea, I say the car is fast enough already. As it is, I have to work hard not to go 50 mph on any given street. Speaking of which, I've decided one of my favorite L.A. driving spots is right near LAX, where you get onto the fast bit of Lincoln Blvd with a right turn off Sepulveda. The reason is that there's a stop sign there, and the speed limit is 50, so you get to do a real 0-60 type of acceleration without much fear of law enforcement or errant pedestrians. Getting up to 60-ish in 2nd gear allows for a pleasant 6000rpm engine roar as well as maximum wasting of gasoline. I recommend it.
I imagine many might be thinking, 'I wish he'd stop talking about his car and get back to the squid.' Sorry, no more squid today. But I'll stop with the car too.
In trying to get to understand web design better I've been looking at lots of websites which have things to say about all aspects of it. Most of the time I can basically follow along. But sometimes I feel as if stuck inside a vast murky swamp of jargon and code. Keep in mind that I'm usually fairly good at handling technical things, and can generally find my way around a computer. I am of the generation that's in sync with the flow of digital information. To get an idea of the kind of things I encounter when attempting to understand how to fix things on my website, have a look at this:
"Avoid one common mistake: never do buffered I/O on stdout! This will cause a deadloop! Hence the ``$|=1'' in the above example..."
If any of you reading can make sense of that, not only will I be surprised, but I'll want to talk to you as well, so write to me.
Today we had our second gorgeous summery day in a row.....
posted by Gabriel Leigh at 6:13 PM
4 Comments:
TUB SQUID. The tub squid is a delightful family pet and pleasant bathtime companion, better than the bathing monkey, which will sometimes bite. The tub squid, whether of the rare silky-dwarf variety or the more common majestic giant, displays its moods by changing colour. It will also perform extraordinary swimming feats, and when there is more than one tub squid in a tub, it is usual for the group to present impromptu shows of synchronized swimming. An added bonus: the tub squid will reward the loving owner by defending the home against alligators, deep-swimming Danubian catfish, and other predatory aquatics.
is that first comment all one big injoke? why are you posting messages on his blog when he's three metres away? you two are getting ridiculous. what's the housemate equivalent of "get a room"?!
(...unless that was written by another michelle, in which case, ignore my presumptuous brashness...the air's too clean down here)
Don't worry. It's all too easy to forget that there are many michelles in the sea. It could have been any one of us!
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