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FineFineGrok Headline matches for FineJay, One FineJay, One Fine 12/08/2003 08:02 AM Jay onefinejay.com Five and doing just fineFive and doing just fine 07/06/2004 10:06 PM Last week my son Isaac turned five - which means that TopStyle is also five years old. You see, both of them were born the same day. And that day was certainly among the most stressful I've ever had. I spent several months working hard on TopStyle 1.0, and was very nervous about its release since I had the ghost of HomeSite hovering over me. I remember putting in countless 18-hour work days making sure that the release would go smoothly, and a few hours after posting the final release I hit the bed, exhausted. A couple of hours later my wife woke me up to tell me her water had just broke - five weeks earlier than expected. Being the sensitive guy I am, I tried to convince her that she was simply having bladder control problems. Let's just say that this line of reasoning didn't meet with much acceptance. So, off to the hospital we went, me driving like a bat out of hell, with my wife acting surprisingly relaxed about the whole thing. Many hours and many small emergencies later, Isaac decided to finally greet the world. When I look back on the five years since that day, it's clear that one of my biggest concerns with raising Isaac has been how to gradually expose him to popular culture without allowing it to turn him into a mindless consumer. As much as I enjoy a lot of our pop culture, I'm also really bothered by how it tries to feed kids an over-abundance of idiotic, soul-less crap. In the hopes that he'd learn to actually appreciate music rather than believe it's something that only surgically altered pop stars can produce, my wife and I started taking him to a weekly music class with a group of other toddlers. During one of these classes, the instructor asked every child to pick out a drum and sing a song while beating it. Isaac dutifully grabbed a bongo drum and bashed it senseless, but rather than sing along, he kept his mouth shut tight. After a little while the instructor asked him why he wasn't singing, and my then three-year-old son replied very matter-of-factly, "because it's an instrumental," then went right back to banging away. That's when I knew the kid was going to be just fine :) Can You Fine Me Now?Can You Fine Me Now? 08/31/2004 01:21 PM If you thought New York City's ban on using a mobile phone at any kind of performance (with its $50 fine) was a bit much, you might want to avoid the libraries in Huntington Beach, California. You can now ge t fined up to $1,000 for using your phone in the library. Admittedly, that's only for your third strike. The first offense is $250, the second $500. They had considered a 6 month jail term but decided, all in all, that might be a bit much. Five and doing just fine, PIIFive and doing just fine, PII 07/07/2004 11:35 AM Oh, and here's another story about Isaac I really like: Every week my wife takes him to a nearby nature center where he learns about all sorts of things, including rocks, bugs, birds, and - on one occasion - the phases of the moon. At the end of this class, the teacher handed out a black-and-white line drawing of the moon and asked the kids color it. Walking around the classroom, the teacher was pleased to see so many kids using their yellow crayons to color the drawing. When she reached Isaac's desk, though, she stopped and looked concerned. You see, rather than carefully coloring the moon, Isaac had grabbed a handful of crayons and attacked the drawing with random slashes of brown, green, gray and purple. The puzzled teacher asked him what he was doing, and Isaac - clearly happy with his creation - replied that he was drawing the inside of the moon. I'm happy to report, too, that my three-year-old daughter, Hannah, likewise shows plenty of signs of thinking for herself. Not too long ago she was gleefully drawing a picture which looked sort of - but not entirely - like someone's foot. I sat down next to her and asked what she was drawing, and she grinned and replied, "an evil toe!" then started laughing maniacally. Okay, so maybe that's more cause for alarm than hope, but I'm still proud of her. "Fine Art""Fine Art" 04/14/2004 10:32 PM A fine day to dieA fine day to die 06/23/2004 02:47 AM BATHORY mastermind Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg has passed away. A fine day to die? Mayhaps but maybe also too soon at a young 39. One might think that those interested in the black stuff would already know of this passing, but like Elton John said, "...then again, no" because I just found out tonight. So there it is, if any of you are listening to "Blood, Fire, Death" while at a grim and blasphemous desk job like me but have missed the news. Reviews are here of the "band" that took off in a grim way from Slayer and Venom and spawned a grip of younger Scandanavian agents like these and them. (mild warning: when reading about black metal you will no doubt read about some people with anti-social ideas.) "This fine bl0g""This fine bl0g" 12/26/2003 09:03 PM A fine messA fine mess 01/07/2004 05:23 PM James DeLong: "The [Verizon] decision also ensures that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will be reopened in the next Congress, which will create a thorough mess." A thorough mess perhaps, but a necessary one. The DMCA is so clearly out of step with reality that reopining it is inevitable. However, I won't dismiss the possiblity that the "reopening" process will lead to something worse. SEC to fine Lucent $25mSEC to fine Lucent $25m 05/17/2004 07:24 AM Civil fraud lawsuit AK Steel Far From FineAK Steel Far From Fine 04/21/2004 10:03 AM AK Steel fails to capitalize on record demand for its products. not to put too fine a point on it . . .not to put too fine a point on it . . . 04/27/2004 05:24 PM I'm so incredibly grateful that life is currently as good as it is, and I think that it's important to enjoy times like these when they come along. I know it won't always be as good as it is right now, but times like this make the bad times more bearable . . . and as longtime readers know, I've had more than my fair share of the bad times over the last few years. I feel fineI feel fine 01/03/2005 10:02 PM The surprising legacy of Y2K. In the runup to the new millennium, my uncle stocked a bunker full of supplies and ammunition and drove around with more in the trunk of his car. Crazy? Maybe, but this piece by American Public Media might get him off the hook and at the same time give the geeks who staved off armageddon a little credit. [Audio version at NPR's Marketplace] Everything's FineEverything's Fine 03/19/2003 10:27 PM Everything's FineJust running a little behind today hence the lack of blog postings. But Feedster is nearing in on the "100,000 posts indexed point" (I wonder if I can get fries with that). Very cool. Other random stuff I found interesting:
Fine Us a HomeFine Us a Home 06/16/2004 12:45 AM One of the biggest prerequisites for moving to San Francisco is finding an apartment. Given how well it worked last... Yet another fine job opportunityYet another fine job opportunity 05/08/2004 04:10 PM NYC's IconNicholson seeks a client-side developer. Fine and sometimes bear.Fine and sometimes bear. 04/12/2004 10:06 PM Penny Arcade remixes Penny Arcade remixes. A Japanese high-school English teacher assigns his students to fill in the captions of Penny Arcade comics. The results, predictably, are often re ally funn y. So sharp that it's so fineSo sharp that it's so fine 05/04/2004 09:13 PM Computer Times Asia May 5 2004 1:54AM GMT 20 steps to fine art20 steps to fine art 07/16/2004 12:09 AM By the Fire – an artist's step-by-step sketches and commentary of the creation of an oil painting, beginning with the end. (featured here) The Fine Art of Taunting the GamerThe Fine Art of Taunting the Gamer 02/18/2004 09:23 PM Sonic the Hedgehog is back, as a team player and aliens are afoot in the latest 'Star Wars' game. HP says first quarter results will be
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