http://www.duolab.net Duolab is awesome. Sun, 23 May 2010 05:58:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.duolab.net/archives/420 I'm not a poetry guy, but I think I just realized why poetry readings exist.  I just started reading Beowulf again; a translation that tries to maintain the line-for-line structure of the original Old English text.  Reading normally, silently doesn't fit for some reason.  The lines just run together and ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/419 Dan Zembrosky, The MQ's cherished font of gratuitous Transformers references, passed away in a kayaking accident this past Sunday. He was only 24 years old. Dan joined the paper the year I was Editor in Chief, and he took the helm after Abe in 2005. His assent was as natural and ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/418 I couldn't title this post "Catching Up" because I've fallen back on that idiom twice before. I'm sorry for neglecting you, Duolab. A lot has transpired, but I didn't take down notes and can't even manage a glut of adjective-laden anecdotes like I did in July. I know I meant to ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/417 I know I mentioned in my last post that I would be in Vegas for CES and my birthday, but I am going to have to change all of your plans. Getting flown to Vegas for CES by work fell through. So I'll be in and around San Diego for ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/416 Its fall again, many of you might have noticed. And being in San Diego during this time of year has once again been a let down. I miss the seasons I used to get living in Northern California. The mornings I'd wake up to wet roads and cloudy skies. Or ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/415 In no particular order: BART, barbecued filet mignon, and a gadget/water fountain/LED-studded jacuzzi in Hayward; baby turkeys and almost hitting a startled vulture with my bike; distressingly avant-garde ballet in Stern Grove, tandem bikes in Golden Gate park followed by spicy hot chocolate in Pacific Heights; smokey air and gibbous moons ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/414 I'm a month late, but the Bay to Breakers photos are all finally up. I apologize for the wait. It's difficult to put into words the pandemonium we marched through, so I'll just let those pictures and this brief, low-res video do the talking: Oh, and my Thailand shots are all ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/413 Above is a photo I took at Cathedral Cove in mid-February. Now pay close attention to 00:42 in the theatrical trailer I've embedded below. http://www.duolab.net/archives/412 (The following are a couple leftover scribblings I just pulled from my little black moleskine.) Middle-aged woman in Hat Yai airport with "BURBCURRY" embroidered in a pastel rainbow down the leg of her jeans. [Probably one of my favorite engrish sightings.] DOG BALLSCAT BALLSMOTH BALLS[The ever-present stray dogs and cats were never ... http://www.duolab.net/archives/411