 20040629 Sianara, San Diego!
 The California-New York Express came today to pick up our stuff. We fly out tomorrow. OQO Update.
 I just read some new first-account experiences with the OQO from reporters at CeBit. I really love the docking setup, its power/size ratio, Blue Tooth and WiFi -- but I too am still not sold on the OQO as a laptop replacement. Other recent OQO reports: BargainPDA.com: OQO is a San Francisco based company started by former employees from both Apple and IBM. In January at the CES show in Las Vegas ... Newsday: A San Francisco-based company, OQO, showed off its pocket-sized computer at the CeBit technology show last week in Manhattan. The ... TechWeb: The company developing a 14-ounce, full-function, ultra-personal computer (uPC,)--has lined up 40 customers to receive beta versions of its OQO Model ... OQO Examined Slashdot: After years of waiting and an appearance at CES early this year, some people have finally had the opportunity to try an OQO 'Model 01 ultra personal computer ... PLUGGEDIN: Consumers will no longer have to compromise," said Jory Bell, chief executive of OQO, a San Francisco-based ... Packing for NYC
 Now playing at the Zeitgeist Odeon
Ricky and I made a bet last night regarding Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Basically, I contend that the movie is going to sweep the summer. With an intial 700 opening screens, I feel the success of the first weekend is going to entice theatres to make room for the film, and bring the total number of screens to at least 2500 by late July, driving ticket sales higher than opening weekend. Ricky contends that the opening weekend wil be the largest and each subsequent week will prove smaller ticket sales. $20 is on the line. Coincidentally, Todd Leopold at CNN debated the same thing in article published today, Now playing at the Zeitgeist Odeon:
Trend-spotters -- particularly annoying pop culture watchers like those of us in the news media -- use the word when something unexpected captures the public fancy in a way that seems symbolic of the times. Movies don't often capture the zeitgeist. They're put together so long in advance, have so much marketing muscle behind them, that even blockbuster successes can't be said to have become something bigger than they are. Why do I have this outrageous accent?!
 Jakob drew a ridiculous moustache on my face with permanent marker! WiFi for your HiFi!
I want this: The Squeezebox
Flavorpill
 Today, I refound flavorpill, an ubercool events newsletter for residents in NY, SF, LA, and London. They coaxed me in with they hot illustrations and pixel layouts. If they can spread news as well as they design, then I am eager to be on their list. Same spot, 23 years apart
  Last time I went home, I sorted through old photo albums and found a picture of my father and a group of guys he went hiking in New Mexico in 1974. In 1997, I had spent two weeks in the same area and posed for a photo in the same exact spot where my father had 23 years previous. It is by far one of my favorite diptychs. Nerd Update: Look Ma, No Tables
Great CSS layout techniques and examples at glish.com
Bohemian Like You
no i havent heard your band
cos you guys are pretty new but if you dig on vegan food well come over to my work i'll have em cook you something that you really love Fort Wayne Pistons
I am a relentless Fort Wayne, Indiana trivia hoarder, mostly because I find my hometown to be so spectaculary bland that any slight deviation becomes completely priceless to me.
So, as I watched the final minutes of what would be the final game of this year's NBA championship game between the Detriot Pistons and the LA Lakers, I waited for the announcer to quip something about the Piston's humble beginnings in Fort Wayne and how they had actually reached the NBA championships as the Fort Wayne Pistons twice, in 1955 and 1956. I glowed with pride. I was even more excited to see this mentioning in today's New York Post. SportsEncyclopedia.com had an interesting paragraph: Automobile-piston magnate Fred Zollner launched the club in a the National Basketball League and christened it the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. The Pistons were not the only team named after auto parts in the NBL as they were joined by the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets. Please stick with it.
College buddy Chris joins the blog bandwagon.
Overshadowed
 Overshadowed: Simply one of the best NYC photoblogs I have seen! Orlando, Florida
 A group of girls moved in next door, and this is their ash tray. Oh, to be a rock journalist again.
 Fabian and I at Roskilde 2003 in Denmark. Jasper Coolidge's photo journal. Rock photographer extraordinaire. Found him while thumbing through the NYC local music scene. I really appreciate his photo talent and style. The site also makes me nostalgic of my own adventures in Europe, covering rock festivals with my journalistic partner in crime, Fabian. Busted Tees
Busted Tees is getting some attention. We're in, Von Dutch is out. P.S., Tiff, that's your hairband on my wrist.
Our litte earthquake is growing up.
He's only a few hours old, but is already getting frontpage press.
Local NYC music.
Tiff told me about the Blue Sparks, and I found their albums for sale at truthflies, an online retailer of local NYC indie bands. I want to listen to it all.
Listening to
Primal Scream. Don't fight it, feel it.
And we're back to work...
 The big squares are the earthquakes. What was that?
I experienced my first earthquake just now!
Run for fun.
 I brought my camera with me on my morning run today, and snapped the shutter every 10 seconds. Hardly any are focused or steady -- but they still show an accurate palette of Pacific Beach and its streets. Hungry Hippo
We just released a great new shirt at Busted Tees. Wouldn't you wear the Hungry Hippo?
I aspire for photographs.
 Sunflower field, by Tony Stone. Mike Skinner sez:
In the deadheat, all I've got is my spirits and my beats.
Meg's Art
 My classmate and close friend, Megan Scheminske, now has a limited portfolio of her artwork for sale on Art Beacon. Her stock is soaring. Buy now. Wheatgrass
This just in: I ONLY drink Wheatgrass now.
musicmobs.com
Follow my ripe listening habits on my musicmobs.com profile.
Sister gets style.
Taylor: Zach, I'm liking these aviators for me.
Nice choice, sis. In the desert on a horse with no name
 Aqua Tile Fascination
 CSS (geek topic alert!)
I need a terrific CSS resource guide and I am looking for suggestions. Please pick one for me.
iTunes
iTunes 4.6 is now available to download.
I am but an earthworm without you.
 Via Getty Images. First Ray Charles Joke
Me: Ray Charles just died!!!
Chris: I bet he didn't see that coming! Artmail
 via Ricky. NYC Bloggers
Soon, this will become an indispensable blog map for me: NYC Bloggers. Come July, find me listed here at this Canal Street station.
The Diggs
Listening, semi-constantly, to The Diggs. Mostly their track Its Just Like You Say. Thanks to Tiff for the lead.
Bruiser
 Jakob's new boxing gloves arrived, and we all fear him terribly. Summer Traveler
Alexandra is back from India. A few months ago, she asked me to join her and a couple of friends for the 10 day tour of Bangalore, but I just couldn't swing it in my schedule. Now, after just seeing a handful of her photos, I deeply regret not making the exception. Next time?
DaFONT
New & updated fonts realeased today at my favorite font emporium DaFONT. Thanks Jakob for the heads up.
High Speed Rail in Fort Wayne
 Very excited to read a report in today's News Sentinel that funding has finally been allocated to research the enviromental impact of a $1.2 billion high-speed rail corridor to connect Cleveland, Fort Wayne and Chicago. This type of study is necessary to determine where the actual tracks should be constructed, and what exactly will be displaced to make room for them. I think an intercity high-speed railroad system in the US is long overdue. I wonder whether the exponetial growth of our Internet age has prevented earlier development of such a system, since telecommunication has essentially replaced any real demand for more efficient business travel systems. Either way, fading cities like Fort Wayne will benefit greatly from quick rail connections, because distances to centers like Chicago and Detriot will come closer to being virtual -- if you consider that soon the standard for measuring distance will be in units of pure time. Shrinking route times for commuters and cargo will make a more fertile field for corporate settlement, and put Fort Wayne at a certain advantage, at least until more of the Midwest's rustbelt catchs one. From the article: The state believes a high-speed train between Chicago, Fort Wayne and Cleveland could generate 1 million passengers by 2015, with 150,000 coming from Fort Wayne alone. Revenues from fares could exceed $55 million in 10 years.  349 Broadway, here I come. Scenes from CA
 Our neighbor's regulation height putting-green lawn. American Apparel
I like girls who like cotton
Please buy this
Money and the College Student: More students drop out of college due to credit card debt than to academic failure.I wonder what percentage of the national body undergraduate's $78 billion spending power is real, and what they rank in terms of spending power as a demographic. McRevolution
New shirts at Threadless this week. McRevolution has me reaching for my debit card.
Jakob ate his cellphone.
 We were bored, so we dressed up. Welcome to California. Refreshed.
This morning I told a friend that we had made progress. I told her, We moved the fridge from the spot where it has stood and sank below the wooden floorboards for too long.The grease and residue from the traffic of black soles, and the clutter of dust on the lam are all removed. And now, there is just a space where an appliance stood for so long. An institution, really. |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt  June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007  Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |
