Category Archives: Etc

I am blogging

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dan

Just not here so much at the moment. I am mixing business and pleasure over at OneOfSwords. So if you’re not reading that…read that. 🙂

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LA is nice but we miss our old morning radio show from SF. The LA DJs are all aging fratboys making fart jokes and talking about sports and Elvis. I miss the sardonic whinings of Sarah & Vinnie. Kat found … Continue reading →

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My Activision site is live

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dan

Go check out OneOfSwords and it will make me happy. Kat designed the site and I think she did a great job. Poke around; you’ll see the origin of the name in the About section. And if you follow OneOfSwords … Continue reading →

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Week 1 and the challenges ahead

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Dan

I started at Activision this week. Could barely sleep Sunday night; Monday was the first day of school. It’s really cool to go to a job where you do not have the typical “new guy” vibe — I have already … Continue reading →

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Dan vs. Zazzle (or, The Curious Case of Schroedinger’s Calendar)

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Dan

Zazzle, I always liked you. You saw what a lousy job CafePress was doing with on-demand one-off publishing, like hats and mugs and shirts, and said, “Hell, we can do that, and we can do it better.” So you took … Continue reading →

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2010 Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Dan

For years I’ve sworn off of New Year’s resolutions. I always felt it was a way to set myself up to fail. But for some reason, this year, I have a few. Lose some weight. My new job will put … Continue reading →

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The Ellipsis of Fuck You

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Dan

Okay, gamer rant time. There’s this thing that I’ve complained about before that is still happening and still pisses me off to absolutely no end. Apparently me ranting about it once three years ago did not make it go away … Continue reading →

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I am an A/V badass

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Dan

Some guys can fix cars; some guys can chop logs; some guys can save lives. I can’t do any of that shit. What I can do is set up complicated home theater and computer rigs and get it right the … Continue reading →

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The move (in photos)

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Dan

We made it. And just so I can convince myself that it really happened, here’s a photo account of The Move To LA.

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Thoughts on LA

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Dan

As I pack everything I own into what will no doubt be hundreds of small boxes (anybody who lives in LA who wants them for cheap when I’m done should get in touch), I find my thoughts wandering to what … Continue reading →