We went out to lunch today and the first thing Livia said when she tried hers was, "Brewster would like this." Brewster is the kitten that we took home from the shelter. The lunch was cold sesame noodles.

I love these telephones. We use them at supertectonics and we never have any trouble. With the phones I mean. Because we have all kinds of trouble with secret underground resistance groups and so forth. But the phones always work well so that's a plus.

My other dimension self posted a comment. That's wacked. How did he cross-dimensionalize? I gotta learn how to do that.

If you used to play Nintendo and you like silly flash movies then this is for you. Officially endorsed by Genius and blatently stolen from metafilter. I gotta stop doing that.

Biz Stone: Make Your Own Air Conditioner. I've added a "How To" section to my Genius Writing page. We shall see what develops there.

Scientist Says Mind Continues After Brain Dies "He speculated that human consciousness may work independently of the brain, using the gray matter as a mechanism to manifest the thoughts, just as a television set translates waves in the air into picture and sound." Nice! (via metafilter)

Biz Stone: This Old Blog. 1,460 words and 35 paragraphs of pure gold for anyone who has a blog or is thinking of starting one. Even if I do say so myself.

Red Robot is taking over the world. Be wary of his robot regime.

Philippa of Madison, WI is the winner of the Quickbooks for Dummies Contest! She was the first person to email me and claim the prize. I'll try to get to the post office tomorrow and send that out. That was fun, I should have more contests.

If anyone who reads my site wants Quickbooks 2001 For Dummies just email me (biz@bizstone.com) your name and address and I'll mail it to you the next time I go to the post office. There's only one copy -- I got it for someone who already had it and I don't like returning stuff.

When I was in fifth grade Mac Hay discovered that the glue said "shatterproof" on the bottle so he threw it on the floor as hard as he could. It smashed and some got on my sneakers. Note to self: don't manufacture millions of products and issue any kind of indestructable claim on the package, someone could get hurt.

We watched Unbreakable last night. It was good. That M. Night Shyamalan is some kinda real tricky guy. I'm onto his secret techniques though -- dually noted.

My search report this week has one search for "cat" and one search for "scanners" but no searches for "cat scanners." Hmm, very interesting. I'll have to keep an eye on this situation as it develops.

As a vegan, I don’t consume any animal products, everything I eat, wear, etc, is plant-based or of non-animal origin. Sometimes people say funny things when they discover this.

On the subject of honey:

"But dude, Honey doesn’t come from animals… it’s collected."

"Bees are not animals, they’re insects. If they they were animals, we’d call them animals, not insects."

On the subject of an entirely non-animal diet:

"But you eat fish right?"

Then, all of a sudden, everything seems questionable to the non-vegan:

"You eat potato chips?"

"What about salt? Are you allowed to eat salt?"

These are just a few things that I can remember. I gotta try to remember them more often because they’re funny. I guess it’s normal for people to ask these questions because maybe they’re thinking about it for the first time in their lives and it’s a new concept.

"Hello, Chef Wan!... Even though you can access this via the web, no one else will go onto this site -- until we tell people it's here." From Andy's Web Log featured prominently on Blogger's front page.

I didn't realize that Google was beta testing image search untill I read Evhead this morning. This could be good. I could possibly make use of this in various ways.

A faster way for Americans to shovel in the nastiness: "Wireless payment could be a "killer app" in food chain... The SpeedPass is a small barrel-shaped radio transponder, which makes the transaction when in connection with a reader... Its clear that cashless payments are something our customers are very interested in, McDonalds spokeswoman Lisa Howard told Reuters."



I think "Killer" and "Barrel-shaped" Pretty much sums it up

Harriet Klausner is Amazon's #1 Reviewer with more than 2172 reviews. And as Jason Kottke pointed out, Amazon has only been around for about 2100 days. Even crazier, a Google search yields 331 results with links to dozens of other sites Harriet Klausner has written reviews for. Is she the most prolific online book reviewer in history, or is she the next Dave Manning? Maybe the government agents over at Metafilter can figure it all out.

Caroll O'Connor and John Lee Hooker have joined Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the Nexus. When the voluntary rolling blackout is over, I'll have to play some blues.

We watched O Brother, Where Art Thou? last night. Good stuff! It had a great look and the music is really good.

They did it. TiVo hackers found a way to download compressed programming onto their computers and swap 'em on the web. Okay, so we've got that. Now I want to be able to log on to tivo.com/bizstone and control my TiVo from anywhere. Get crackin'!

Speaking of futuristic stuff, we watched Red Planet a few nights ago. Why is it set in 2022? In twenty years we're gonna have super techno robots and people going to Mars? Nice!

Nanotechnology specialists should develop symbiotic robot bugs that live on humans to help promote good dental hygeneics.

The people upstairs are playing a game. I think it's called "Yell 'Hi!' and Stomp On the Floor Intermitantly." New neighbors. They could be onto something.

Hi!

GuerrillaNews Special Report: Coca-Karma. A good read for conspiracy lovers. Coca-Cola, CIA, Mafia, corrupt judges, it's all here.

We went to the shelter today and we didn't leave alone. We're not sure what to name our new housemate, so far we've thought/heard Vincent, Milo, Pancake(?), Elmore, Buddy, and Max. Any ideas? What should we name him?

It still needs a little work, but Supertectonics Labs is back in action. It's alive!

We watched Shadow of the Vampire last night. It was good. Nick Cage produced it and there was an interview with him in the special features. He wanted to call it "Burned to Light." That would've been bad. Willem Defoe was great, I liked the vampire character the best, everyone else was pretty much jerks, so I didn't care if he killed them all. Cary Elwes is in it too!

Here's some content about my experiences with Content Management that I just posted. I generate content. It's what I do.

I went to see Shrek at Mann's Chinese and saw a poster across the street for this thinking it was something new relating to this. I was mistaken. Anybody want a peanut?

I'm discovering through the grimaces, squints, and other expressions of confusion or discomfort radiating from the countenances of those who hear me tell them I’m living in Park LaBrea that it evidently is not the cool place to live. Of course, the reaction is short lived because they soon realize that since I am such a "hip ‘n cool" guy, there must be something to this extraordinary apartment community located on more than 150 beautifully landscaped acres. Okay, now I gotta go start the "Vegan Webloggers Who Watch The Invisible Man and Live In Park LaBrea Webring." Biz Stone, cool guy.

Bread as a display device. Someone's been tapping the phones at Genius Labs!

Note to self: The very mention of microfiche may be funny to me, possibly even a very small group of my friends (one) but it is not really that funny to the rest of the human population of Earth. Again, microfiche... not hilarious... not good to constantly mention microfiche in the hopes that it will propel your career. One more time: microfiche [does not] = garunteed success in life. Let that be a lesson to all of us.

My mom just mailed me this. I guess it was some kind of elementary school assignment. I actually like coffee now, but I still dislike "a Grouch" and "Dead frog."

The Texas Hummingbird Sage we planted attracted a hummingbird. It works! I don't think the hummingbird was actually from Texas though, just a hunch, I could be wrong.

These books are great for reading aloud: Harry Potter (any of them), Haji Baba of Ispahan, The Castle of Otranto, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Silent Gondoliers, The Princess Bride, and Charlotte's Web. I've read them all aloud to Livia and it was fun for all involved. Highly recommended.

Beware my giant blue lenses. They are set to perceive beyond the natural limits of the human eye.

So far I've built two big garden boxes for the porch. One more to go and we'll be growing organic tomatoes like there's no tomorrow. And one day there won't be a tomorrow... nice!

Okay, the email is working now. I think it was just taking Sunday off.

My email is not working today for some reason but you can email me at the secret alternate email (bizstone@hotmail.com) if you need to contact me. Although, I may be away on a dangerous mission.

A redesign of the air cargo industry is underway and it's going to take over the world. Read about it right here and be forewarned.

I just read Molly's interview with Derek. Then I downloaded and read the first chapter of Design for Community. Good stuff! That book is gonna rock, even the first chapter had lots of secret community tectonics.