Deserved Success

Posted by banane on December 29th, 2007 — in about writing, local color, technology

I had to unsubscribe from Laughing Squid and Valleywag for a while- I realized that despite writing two novels that lambasted a certain attitude expressed inside- if you notice most of my evil murderers/serial killers are tech journalists- I still had a weird hang-up about it. Laughing Squid is more of a social [...]

Business Idea

Posted by banane on December 21st, 2007 — in about writing, technology

I was up before noon the other day- I have a wacky schedule, mainly because I set my own hours. I woke up at 8am and took the F-Wharves to the Ferry Building. Uncommunicative and sleepy, I sat and read the New York Times and waited for my sister to join me. I’m really aware [...]

WordPress Exploits and Patches

Posted by banane on December 14th, 2007 — in technology

I’m a big fan of WordPress, except for tonight when I’ve finally decided to conquer the random blog spam that has been happening to some blogs I administer. “WordPress Cookie Authentication Vulernability.” It’s an invisible kind of CSS appended to the bottom of a post, as a form no less. The realization is that the [...]

Death Trumps All

Posted by banane on December 9th, 2007 — in Uncategorized

We lost a really cool guy a few days ago, Dick Curry. I had met him a couple of times, he’s my brother-in-law’s dad, but his stories are pretty famous. In his obit in the LA Times today, it says:
He was a dedicated family man, a proud member of the East High School Alumni Association [...]

Non Consumer Gifts

Posted by banane on December 7th, 2007 — in Uncategorized

I’ve always wanted my family to do this gift exchange: you bring your favorite bill under $50 or $60 dollars, put it in a hat, and then pass the hat around. Everyone pays everyone else’s bills. Oh the feeling of giving! Of receiving! Of not buying into the consumer juggernaut that is our retail biz. [...]

Blogging

Posted by banane on December 3rd, 2007 — in about writing, local color

(from Dave Walker)
This weekend passed so quickly. I ended up going to every party I was invited to- a whirlwind of personal celebration at having finished the first draft of my novel, Beer & Chocolate. I got the crazy idea this morning to rewrite it completely. Since I realize now the complexity of some parts, [...]