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As with a low sucking sound it slowly disappeared again, Starbuck still gazing at the agitated waters where it had sunk, with a wild voice exclaimed—“Almost rather I had seen Moby Dick and fought him, than to have seen thee, thou white ghost!”
“What was it, Sir?” said Flask.
“The great live squid, which, they say, few whale-ships ever beheld and returned to their ports to tell of it.”
Moby-Dick, 1851
3-17-09 No one reads this column
Guys, FURL sucks. It has sucked for years, and I'm sorry I've been using it. I have switched over to delicious; I would have done this much sooner, but they made it really difficult the last time I tried.
4-21-08 Archives
Uhmm, apparently archives haven't really been working since late 2006. THANX for the heads up guys! They are temporarily fixed, and will stay temporarily fixed until I migrate to new software/layout. I have said some hilarious things in the last 7 years, that future generations will feel lucky I preserved. Go check them out.
1-18-08 new iPhone icon
Woah, it's been 3 years since the last news update! Fuzzysquid now has a webclips icon for your iPhone! It'll automagically show up when you add FS to your home screen. Atom and RSS feeds have been available for a few years now, but I never made special mention of it.
1-14-05 LJ images
Since it seems to be popular, and it's been linked in a lot of different places besides here, I've decided to post the LJ Images page. At least in the news, at least for now. It's also getting some Google ads because you LiveJournal people are sucking up all my bandwidth (35% for that one page!)
4-02-04 FURL
Check out what I've been browsing: FURL.net bookmark archive. Not much commentary, relevance, or sequitur—but it's what's keeping this blog from turning into a meme dumpster.
LINKS
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SQUID STUFF
- TONMO - The Octopus News Magazine Online. Invaluable.
- Angrywhale - Meet Leonard. He's an angry sort of whale.
- The Squid Blog - From the Laughing Squid people.
PEOPLE I KNOW
- Moxyberry - Where the cousin is at. Her bookmarks here.
- Cranky User - Brian's bookmarks. Updated, unlike his site.
- Rosenstock - Her other ride is your mom.
- Lauren - Wet Hot Singaporean Blogging.
- Universal Donor - Like the prime number shitting bear, but with terrible back pain.
- Olivia - Who receives special dispensation from our usual policies.
Monday, May 29, 2006
dannyboy 12:14 PM
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
dannyboy 11:11 PM
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Friday, May 19, 2006
dannyboy 2:01 PM
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Now I want to try this French Laundry place. Sounds like the Herb Farm in Seattle.
http://www.herbfarm.com
Which is supposed to be the top place to eat, and does the 8 course thing as well. Maybe some days I'll try it. I still prefer the steak from El Goucho, which I'll make Dan try if he could ever visit again!
- 5/21/2006 5:47 PM
- 5/21/2006 7:48 PM
a) You didn't go to that fois gras restaurant?
b) Surely you had some poutine?
- 5/22/2006 9:54 AM
They were also super accommodating. One of the little courses they brought out while we were waiting was this little ice cream cone type thing (my beautiful description betraying my middle-class upbringing), filled with creme fraiche and topped with salmon puree. Someone in our party was a vegetarian, and couldn't eat it; they apologized for not asking first and sent out a veggie-friendly cone within a few minutes, which of course was just as amazing. In fact the one substitution for our vegetarian friend (they have a vegetable tasting menu, but he doesn't eat mushrooms) was an envy-inducing risotto topped generously with black truffle, grated at the table.
The couple in our party had doubts. Before we sat down they were wondering if a lot of eating at French Laundry is about bragging rights; being able to say that you've spent so much money on one meal. But after 9 courses, every one of us saying "my god this is amazing" with each first bite--well, actually it was more like 14 courses--well, no, actually, after the very first course they were already won over.
I grieve for that fois gras.
It was a 3.5 hour experience that was sublime and challenging. An endurance test that was it's own prize. What a pretentious thing to say, but absolutely true nonetheless.
dannyboy 1:21 PM
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
dannyboy 8:30 AM
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“I will make vinaigrette out of that shit” -M., referring to my glass of Samuel Adams Triple Bock, which despite the lager-style name is actually an ale. Well, actually, it's not so much an ale as it is a pungent syrup of doom. Entirely uncarbonated and without so much as a spittle-on-the-corner-of-your-mouth's worth of head, the bottle draws comparison to a vintage port or sherry (though it's most closely related to a barley wine, the inclusion of maple syrup as an ingredient changes things a bit), and The Samuel Adams people advise you to drink it as such—room temperature in a snifter, just a few ounces at a time. Heed their advice, as this "beer" weighs in at a heroic 17.5% alcohol by vol. So, what did I think? Well, I wouldn't call it undrinkable, as many others have. And I think characterizing it as having a 'soy sauce bouquet' is unfair. I do think M. is right; it's more acerbic than it is sweet, and it's more stong than it is anything else. I'd much rather drizzle it on a plate with olive oil and dip bread into it, than drink it. Because I can buy a nice bottle of port or sherry, and I'd much rather drink a bottle of Chocolate Bock if I wanted a beer at the extremes. (But on the other hand, this review makes me want to buy another bottle of the '97 and let it age some more.)
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
dannyboy 10:20 AM
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An hour later someone from the Office of the President called me and promised to fix it. She said it would take up to 5 days to get a definitive response from the tech people. And I agreed! WTF! It's like an abusive relationship!
telco: "we can change!"
me: "yeah fucking right, I've heard THAT before"
telco: "come on baby, don't be like that! It'll be different this time"
me: "oh... alright, but you have to do anal take off some charges"
And! And! then the weasels I named in my letter (I named names) called me up and were all "erm... yeah, remember how we said before that there's no way in hell you're getting out of your contract without paying the early termination fee? Uh, we can let you out of your contract without paying the fee now, so uhm, I've gone ahead and marked your account for termination tomorrow! Let's forget all this ever happened!"
Oh ho, no you don't! Not until I get someone's head on a platter. THE DAY IS MINE!
Saturday, May 06, 2006
dannyboy 1:13 PM
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Immigration rally, Downtown San Francisco
MakerFaire
It's totally not too cold for a frozen margarita
Friday, May 05, 2006
dannyboy 3:00 PM
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Why doesn't someone grab a few hundred million of the VC that's flying around right now and start a phone company that treats you like... a human being? Stop hiring from the dregs of society for your support positions, get rid of contracts altogether, and stop crippling my phone, and you will eat everyone's lunch. You could charge me twice as much as you do now, take away the Free Minutes To People With The Same Last Name As You or whatever nonsense carrot they're using these days, and I would still wait in line like a starving Bolshevik to give you my money.
Oh god and the cherry on top of my consumerist wet dream would be for someone competent (like Apple) to design a phone that didn't make me want to screech at the top of my lungs and smash it into the ground like the monkeys from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
dannyboy 9:30 PM
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I'm so tired today.
- 5/03/2006 12:45 PM
Monday, May 01, 2006
dannyboy 1:44 PM
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crankyuser - 5/03/2006 10:15 PM
Wait... you get to sit?
- 5/04/2006 12:10 PM
I really like Sigur Ros now, where previously I mostly just enjoyed mocking their made-up moon language.
J. wrote a check to me and in the memo field she wrote "crack rock." That made me laugh out loud and then I felt a little embarrassed about laughing. I think the enjoyment/guilt is because I tend to leave little jokes like that for people, which I imagine mostly go unnoticed.
Why is your resume more than one page long? Honestly? Who do you think you are? And if you're applying for a design position, your resume should look like it was… designed? ARHGH.
dannyboy 12:43 PM
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