Life on the Rivers Edge: About LotRE

Side Notes

Which came first?

Marshmallows or peanut butter and jelly? The Food Timeline provides the answers. There are a lot of surprises…
Posted Dec 2
Toward a transparent White House...

Commentary that Obama could use the web to have a transparent Whitehouse instead of a White(wash)house. Helping run such a website would be an amazing job.
Posted Nov 25
Dead water heater

=cold shower.
Posted Nov 3
A bit eye opening...

What could $611 billion buy?
Posted Nov 9
Designers having too much fun...

I don’t understand Dutch, but this company’s website promotion is absolute genius…. Hema’s Rube Goldberg website (h/t Wired)
Posted Nov 6
Picks of the day

PingMag This Japanese website is really, really interesting if you’re a design geek.

Deezer This French site brings free, legal on-demand music to the scene. The catalog of music is decent, though it’s light on 80s new wave. It allows you to share music on your blog which I may try soon.
Posted Aug 25
Darlene's fortune

“Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos.”
Posted Aug 12
JP likes Buffalo

It’s nice to see a sports player like his newfound hometown. Especially when it’s a southern California boy has adopted Buffalo,N.Y.

I hope J.P. Losman finds his way toward winning seasons. Then he can enjoy his new hometown for years to come.
Posted Jul 30
Ratatouille

Wow, I think Pixar has another winner up its sleeve. Here’s a 9-minute preview of their new movie Ratatouille.

Ratatouille is from the same guy who brought us the Iron Giant and the Incredibles, Brad Bird. We’ll have to wait until June 29, but I’m pretty sure this movie will give him a hat trick.
Posted May 5
Industrial photography

There’s something rather spooky about photographing dead industrial complexes. Indeed, even live factories can lead to haunting photographs. Worksongs from Andrew Emond captures that feeling well. Good stuff. (Hattip BuffaloRising.com)
Posted Apr 29
Happy Birthday Buffalo!

My hometown turns 175 years old today.

To celebrate, the Buffalo Sabres held off the desperate NY Islanders to advance to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Posted Apr 20
Status

Activity Level: 90%

Current Projects: Making/updating websites for friends. Reworking Darlene’s pottery studio. Going to the Y

Researching: Ways to drastically cut our family budget (yuck).

Listening to: John Mellencamp’s “Freedom Road”. “Heaven is a Lonely Place/Rodeo Clown” is my fav.

Reading: Just finished “The Green Trap” by Ben Bova. He’s written better.

Travel Plans: Buffalo and Toronto. Sometime in 2007.
Posted Mar 23
There are donkeys in the house

It looks like we’ll have the first woman Speaker of the House ever. About time no?
Posted Nov 7
Dems win three in Indiana?

Three Congressional seats flip in Indiana? Wow! I would have been happy with one pickup.
Posted Nov 7
Library symphony

This is what happens when a creative librarian is let loose in the stacks. (Hat tip to Elsa K.)
Posted Nov 1