Poconos and horses

Thanksgiving in the Poconos was ultimate relaxation. I was hoping to snowboard but the mountains were bare. However a nearby stable offering horseback riding allowed us to visit their four legged friends. The last 2 rows of photos are 3 ponies eager for attention, the horse up top thought we had food hidden in our palms, he was moving his lips more rapidly than Mr. Ed... Nature is always better when you live in a dirty city.

UFC in Jersey

How appropriate, let's make sure all the meatheads stay where they belong. I can say that because I went to UFC 78 Validation and am advid fan, but don't consider myself to be in the meathead category. I'm sure they would have had it in New York but NY law does not sanction the sport. It was a fun time and this was my first time at a fight so i was weary of who would be attending. I've only seen the fans on tv, veins popping out of their foreheads and screaming like rabid animals. But despite my discriminations, everyone seemed very civilized. It made me realize that the spectators actually view Ultimate Fighting as a highly trained sport that uses a good deal of strategy and skill, rather than sole brute force. With the exception of almost getting in to a fight with a couple of knuckle-heads standing in line, it was a grand night of intellect, discussion, brewskis and blood.

If you happened to catch UFC 78 on pay per view, you probably missed the most exciting fights, the prelims. I'm not going to talk about the fights, but the main event (Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping) was somewhat boring, Evans winning by split decision, and the main undercard (Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva), was totally disappoining, Silva winning by premature stoppage. If you want to read about all the fights in depth, go to here (mmamania.com) it's a great blog all about UFC/MMA.

Iphone love

Just got an iphone and I can't believe how much it rocks. Now I'll be
able to post via mobile, not that I couldn't before. But now I seem
more compelled to. Design, functionality and overall coolness factor
gets me really amped. It's not perfect yet, there are a few
drawbacks, some with at&t and some w/ apple, but hopefully that'll be
resolved with future updates. Advice to those on the fence, don't wait
it's totally worth it, esp for the price.

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Sent from my iphone bitches

Do you have Wacom Claw hand?

If you feel like you're getting the claw hand from holding the frickin' wacom pen too long. I've just invented a new attachment which will remedy that. All you need is a plastic easter egg, an exacto knife and some tape. It takes a little bit of time to get use to it, but trust me, it totally helps with the claw-hand. Depending on how big your hand is you may want to put the big end of the egg on the bottom instead of the small end (as pictured). I flipped the egg b/c it fit my hand better. Try it out, it may help!

Future of web design

Went to the future of web design conference yesterday. Overall i give it a 2 out of 5. The majority of the speakers sucked. I don't know if it had anything to do with the terrible sound problems or the fact that we couldn't see any one's presentation. Who'd ever think that there would be a problem with seeing screen projections in a room made up of windows? FYI (to the conference), learn from the movie theater people, they seem to know what they're doing.... Anyway the conference was not a total lost. There were a few good speakers to mention of, Joshua Davis (programable flash design), Jina Bolton (future of CSS3), John Snook (Ajax), Jeffery Kalmikoff (threadlist - teeshirt design community) all gave good presentations and interesting insights about web design and where it's going. I have to say though, it's good to go to these kind of events and see & hear from industry leaders. It sparks ideas and inspiration for your own work. If anything it's at least a motivational boost.

Here's a cool screenshot from Joshua Davis's presentation. It's a flash app that creates a picture of Chuck Close's face with wiggling worms:

It's a cold day in....

I officially took my winter clothing out of storage today. Sigh.