I know I haven’t been keeping up with this blog. I have seriously been working on images and some html for the new site. I put up a blog using moveabletype at low-rez.net. Then I messed around with this new design for posts, and broke the whole thing this weekend. I added some of the […]
After a long weekend of sleeping in, I am fucked. Being up all night sucks. I watched TV, read a book, surfed the web a bit, and worked on the website a little.
Some of my actual post midnight accomplishments include:
1. Paid some bills
2. Showered
3. Found this article about the x86 port of OSX…very interesting.
4. Broke […]
Found a really nice little pixel site called littlefactory that I fell in love with. I really love the Flash littleOS implementation. A friend just told me about a flash version of Mac OS 7.x that is really nice. I’ll have to go googling for it. Enjoy.
This post is a reply to Chris’ invitation to join his blog. I feel very honored that I am allowed to post here. I will try to keep my posts interesting. More interesting than this one, of course. Thank you for bringing you Blog back, Chris!
Wow! I can’t believe this actually worked. I guess it is time to add some more users and some more faces to make this truly a multi-user blog. Thanks for the help witold, and thanks for posting!
I found a few nice pixel sites today. Mr. Wong is one of them. It’s sort of funny that this is called Mr. Wong. I have a good friend in NY who I call Mr. Wong (actually “meesta wong”). In fact we dabbled in starting a company called Bubba Wong’s Multimedia Fishfry. I used to […]
I love this article about Free Willy star Keiko turning up in Norway. First they capture this poor whale as a little baby, spend millions taming and training him, and then put him in not 1 or 2, but 3 movies about setting him free (Free Willy 1, 2, and 3). Then after public outcry, […]
If you haven’t been here in a while, you’ll notice some changes. First of all, I am writing again. Thanks for hanging in there. Secondly, the blog has a new, fun design, and multi-user capability (with faces). If all goes well, you’ll see some postings from some of my friends. Thridly, I got rid of […]
This would not have happened on September 12th. It was on the corner of 8th Avenue and 50th street. Visibility was perfect, the street was packed with pedestrians. The light turned green for the cross-town traffic. Everybody just stopped, as if somebody had turned 50th street into a bottomless pit. The cars were ready for […]
Heroes for Hire
I recently bought a pair of Ecco Receptors. They’re urban walking shoes with a pretty cool design, hidden laces, and a front zipper. They have a hard heel stabilizer to help your foot strike the ground better, and should ultimately increase your walking endurance and comfort. Well, I bought mine last week, and […]
A good friend of mine just bought a place in Jersey City with his longtime girlfriend who incidentally has a fantastic ass. He recently left his job as a media buyer and now pursues more creative avenues for his personal and professional life. He writes music and sings it too. Soon he’ll be playing in […]
Ars Technica, one of the technology site I review regularly, actually keeps up with Mac OS, especially since the release of OS X. Today they released a fantastically detailed, developer oriented review of Jaguar. It’s a great read, super informative, and semi-inspirational. I’d really like to start developing some small OS X applications…
My good friend Mike sent me this link a few minutes ago. I laughed so hard…because it’s true. Please, please, please beat your kids so they turn out OK, and use this article as a great starting point if you’re not sure how.
Oh man. I haven’t make a new pixel person in a long ass time. In an effort to get interested people posting and reading this blog, I decided to make a pixel out of my good friend Joergen. It took way longer than usual, but if you know Joergen, I think that you’ll think this […]
Hey Chris, thanks for letting me play!
I am apologizing in advance to this blog. Aside from the daunting blank page staring me in the face, and the idea that my ramblings will be archived somewhere in the ‘nooks and crannies’ of the internet - i was up until 4:30 playing RISK with my brother, […]
i found something very nice this morning in my espresso beans: a small twig, dried, rosted, shiny from the espresso bean oil. and the best thing: it smells like espresso… awesome…
The motivation for creating a multi-user blog is three-fold. First, I wanted to start to drive traffic to my site again. After months of neglect, the people just went away. That’s totally my fault. Getting my friends involved in writing is helping to bring them all back. Second, I think it’s a cool idea to […]
The archives have now finally been added to the site. I waited to sign up for blogger pro to make the template and figure out the html because the features are better. Now you can enjoy months of sporadic and poorly wirtten posts! Just use the pulldown menu on this page…
I am testing my fancy new ability to write funny stuff. but I am not really funny at all. sorry.
I made some more pixel people. I have an Ace Ventura that I am not quite happy with, so I’ll save it until tomorrow. But, I was able to do two pretty good renditions of guys from work. I don’t normally like to include accessories, but they seemed appropriate for these two…Here they are:
jon (with […]
more pixels
I spent some of today fixing Ace Ventura, though I am still not happy with him. I was also inspired by a fantastic episode of Samurai Jack, where Jack tries to help a dragon with a bad case of gas by climbing into his body and finding the source of the problem. It turned […]
I just now realized that the article I posted about beating your kids is actually just an article on the funniest guy in the world’s website, called The Best Page In the Universe. This guy is absolutely brutal, and funny, and angry, and there are many, many articles to read and laugh with your friends […]
Goddammit. I had to reinstall OS 10.2 because it started wigging out after restart and not letting me login to any accounts. It would just flash the login screen for about a half second, then flash back to blue screen for 10 or 15 seconds, then flash login screen again, and never let me choose […]
Did anyone see THIS???
So it seems Astoria is the only place where you can get a decent Gyro AND play PS2
…maybe they were offened by the game Herdy Gerdy - a game about sheep herders. Who knows.
I have to formally thank Chuck for his most gracious gift this morning. In return for the pixel person I made of him (see below), he went out and bought me the best toy ever made. If you haven’t heard of or played with one of these little guys, you need to now. I am […]
Let’s see if this works.
Anyway, relating to Chris’s last post, I had a piece of my childhood ripped away this weekend. Cartoon Network has a new He-Man and a new Transformers cartoon so as a card carrying member of Gen X I wondered, “Where’s the new G.I. Joe cartoon?” I immediately went to Kazaa and […]
I fixed that double post thing. Not sure why that would happen, but easy to delete… Wit, maybe it was your html skillz that did it. No?
I have to say that I am not entirely happy with YACCs, the free comments people. I love having comments on the page, and since blogger doesn’t support it directly, like moveabletype, I was forced to seek out another solution. Lately, YACCs performance has been very poor. The slow page load times you may be […]
Capoeira Fighter is seriously the best flash fighting game I have ever seen. Definitely requires a broadband connection, and a decent computer wouldn’t hurt either. But damn that is some good stuff. I would actually take some time and play this thing. Nice work!
Also, special thanks for pointing this one out goes to my […]
I know this is a long post, and my narrow talk bubble format is not ideal for this, but this some of the funniest shit I have gotten in an email in a long time. I MUST share it…
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From “As the World Turns”
RECEIVED FROM AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR: This assignment […]
Move your feet
This is a link to a pretty huge download (5 or 6 MB) and is not recommended for a narrow-band connection. However, if you’ve got any kind of real Internet connection, then you have to see the greatest music video in history, move your feet. This just my style man, and what a […]
It is September 11th. I’ll go to sleep in a few minutes, and wake up in few hours to endless TV programming of memorial services, rebroadcasts of news coverage, slow motion video of airplanes colliding and towers collapsing. Howard Stern will replay his entire broadcast of the event, and Aaron Brown will fumble with some […]
I admit it. i’m a sucker for confused dictators. This is one of the best.
General Zod.
(Joergen told me how to add links to this blog but my head started to hurt so here’s the url.[I went in and fixed it ~chris])
So now I’m watching the 9 11 concert (which besides bringing up a lot of feelings I’d rather not have a cartoon head say in a word baloon), I’m realizing something right away. This one was really for the cops and firemen. I’ve got more than a few in my family and they’re not going […]
I finally got around to some site updates tonight. I now have a form based emailer, so you won’t need to use an email client to email me. It can be found from the email me link in the left nav bar.
I also finally go to finishing the pixel person of a good friend of […]
So dope. I went and checked out everyone’s sites from the links page and I must say I’m very inspired. That probably means thinking/dreaming about doing more artistic stuff for about 5-10 minutes until I switch back over to sloth mode … but it’s a good start. I’m resolved to put […]
chimera
I read a review of a new browser for OS X today at work. The review was good, and the user feedback was even better so I decided to give it a try. Internet Explorer has been pissing me off with slowness and weird spinning rainbows when I simply rollover some image links. I don’t […]
3940 x 2400
MacCentral has an article this morning describing this new 22 inch LCD display with 3940 x 2400 resolution! That’s 200 dpi. And that’s amazing. It’ll only cost $9000, so pre-order on one MacMall now, or check out the website at www.torque.com.
Horoscope?
My horoscope for today was very interesting. I don’t normally read things, and I certainly don’t think much of them, but sometimes their just plain eery. I’ll let you judge:
You have some important projects of your own, dear Aries, that you’ve been wanting to finish, but it has been hard to find time for them. […]
baci
Rob, who is now a featured blog poster, has submitted the first piece of pixel art that I didn’t click out to be put up on this site. Rob added a small picture of his dog, Baci, next to the picture of himself that I did. I think he did a nice job of it. […]
I have had a splitting headache since last night. This morning I layed in bed until around 2pm because lifting my head felt as though the spear inside would bust out through the center of my forehead like a unicorn. When I finally stood up, using various furniture in my path to lean on for […]
debauchery
Last night was even worse than I expected. I don’t really remember going home. I do remember that West is pretty cool place. I met the owner and his girlfriend. Both suer-nice people. That bartender was great. I know I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $250 last night. I know I drank somewhere in […]
do it yourself
MacOps has a great, must-read article about how to build a G4 mac tower from scratch. That’s right, from scratch. PC enthusiasts have know the satisfaction and value of building their own PCs, and now mac fans can have the same. I am glad someone sorted this out. Not that G4 towers aren’t […]
This is from Forbes. You’d think with the economy in the crapper (and one of my friends going jobless every week) they’d have some news, but no, they have time and space to list the 15 richest fictional characters ever. I have to admit, it’s hard to argue with their choices. Willy Wonka can swim […]
Ok so i know all of you who work in an agency have probaby seen this . I you haven’t then either you don’t have email or no one likes you - since I have been forwarded it 3 times, and i’m a loser!
Anyway, for those of you who haven’t seen it, enjoy!
By the […]
I just got home from work. I was in a terrible mood. Then I watched the movie that rossi posted below, and I laughed. I commented about it because my laughing turned out funny. And what wrote was even funnier. So now I’m giggling like a japanese school girl and I can’t stop. This is […]
I remembered the best thing that happend to me on the train coming home just now… I was reading a book, and standing, holding a pole because there were no seats. At Times Square, many people got off. I don’t know about you, but hate assholes who bolt, at all costs, to the free seats, […]
Why are all the post times off by an hour? I checked the preferences, and it says EST. That’s kind of stupid. It is currently 7:31pm EST here in dreary old NYC. Funny that the posts show the correct time in Blogger, but not when published to the site. Hmmm.
low resolution forum beta-test
I finally got it up and running! The low-rez.net forum is open for business. Please check it out. Run it through its paces. Criticize it. Redesign it. Whatever. I am sooo happy. Witold, this was the included software from Aletia, but I did some major customizing (well, maybe not sooo major).
deviant, x-rated, funny as hell
This is a warning. The following link goes to something hysterically funny but FOR ADULTS ONLY. Ever wonder what a Dirty Sanchez is? You were warned.
sleep
Keeping myself awake by watching mindless TV including elimiDate (new on CBS), now the Weakest Link with the new host who used to be on Junkyard Wars. I’ve been messing around with the site and forum as well. I also watched Monsters Inc. tonight along with the shorts that came with it, and the outtakes. […]
Calling all designers
OK everyone. I need help. I am struggling with a real logo design for low-rez.net, the low resolution network. Currently on the forum, all I used was the same font from chrisdiclerico.com, 04b-03, and it sucks. I have been fiddling with some custom letters a little red-green-blue pixel thing, but it sucks too. […]
With companies getting more and more evil, I have to enjoy this. Sure, he’s being indicted, but in my mind, he got away with it.
description
Uli told me an incredible stupid story yesterday:
Somebody bought 80 white pigeons for some official 9/11 festivity in new jersey. when the flying rats were released, most of them landed directly on the audience, some smashed into windows and broke their neck and some drowned in the river. the douchebag responsible for buying the pigeons […]
jerry seinfeld not dead!
I am sooo busy today, and have too many things to post. Apple and IBM officially in bed together is fantastic news. I want to write more about it, and post many links…maybe later.
I had a super funny evening last. Myself and the other wandering swordsman went out again last night […]
yes, stacking cups IS a sport
I forgot to post this thing a long time ago. I have never heard of this “sport” before. I can’t believe that this video is actual speed. This girl has got to be the world’s fastest cup stacker. People are weird man.
pixels not words lately
I haven’t really written anything lately that was worth reading. Well, tonight I decided to stay in, play with the sites, and push some pixels. I am trying to save some money, and drink the irish whiskey a little less, so here I am. I after 3 am, and I’m still cranking. […]
low-rez
If any of you have actually been checking the low resolution forum you may have noticed that I have been hard at work on icons. I decided to replace all the standard icons that installed with the XMB forum software, with custom pixel stuff. I think most of came good. Maybe the rj45 conector used […]
apeymonkey?
I have to thank Christa from apeymonkey.com for her kind words, her support, her comments, and her promotion. Her blog is awesome, and her pictures are great. I love the way she writes. You should go and see her stuff, if you already haven’t.
chrisdiclerico.com
Many goings on here at chrisdiclerico.com… The official staff is now 2. And the extended staff of bloggers up to 7 or 8, though their posting frequency varies. I say official staff is 2, because my good friend and roommate Rich has been busy writing book reviews for the past week. Rich is the most […]
Chris, great job with the new Mitchell pixel person.
My only suggestion:
There should be 3 Mitchells -
MORNING Mitchell - shown now as ‘Day Mitchell’
NIGHT Mitchell - aptly named ‘Night Mitchell’
but there should also be “AFTERNOON Mitchell” where he is wearing his blue shirt, but now it has a soy sauce stain (cause he was eating sushi […]
More switch ads are out:
Monkey
Baby
Southpark
Lego
MS Steve Ballmer
more movies…
I like the first one (monkey), but the Steve Ballmer is quite similar in their english skills…
today was a glorious sunset over manhattan. and it was perfect for my mood: my little powerbook came back today from it’s vacation in california at apple, and is shining with a brand new LCD… and i only had to wait 5 days. fabulous.
david brin
So I guess this guy is some sort of sci-fi writer with bone to pick with George Lucas because Star Wars sucks so much. I guess he thinks he could do better. In my opinion, which is similar to Mr. Brin, the whole thing kind of fell apart after Empire Strikes Back. After the […]
So everyone’s been kissing Madonna’s ass for a decade saying how she keeps ‘reinventing herself’ and staying ‘current’. I saw her last video and apparently her new look is wearing a cowboy hat riding in a limo and looking like Leona Helmsley in Vegas. She’s run out of personas so like the Super Skrull she’s […]
Crumbsworld
I accidentally stumbled upon yet another fantastic piece of work from the guys over in Copenhagen, Titoonic ApS. They recently put together a little flash thing called Crumbsworld, and it is fantastic. As usual, Titoonic excels at the subtle animation that brings their character designs to life. This is a particularly great example of a […]
For A Good Time…
I say we get a bunch of people together and just organize THIS.
By the way i suggest you turn you speakers down. The .wav that plays automatically might cause your officemates to think you are a bigger freak than you already are.