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Upcoming Knight Rider Soundtrack Releases on Indefinite Hold

September 3, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

I’m a huge fan of the soundtrack from the 1982 TV series Knight Rider. The show’s iconic theme tune (and the incidental music for the first 13 episodes) was penned by Stu Phillips, but it was Don Peake who scored the vast majority of the episodes from the series’ four-year run.

Journal: September 3, 2011

September 3, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Today was the first of our eight childbirth classes, taught using the Bradley method. I was a bit apprehensive of this going in; I think all new dads-to-be probably are, because they’re not sure exactly what role they will find themselves needing to play as part of the birth process.

Journal: September 2, 2011

September 2, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

It’s the end of the week at last, and this one comes with a three-day weekend as an extra bonus feature. I feel spent right now, though. No motivation or energy to do much beyond playing some more Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the addictive game whose siren song I hear constantly.

Journal: September 1, 2011

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Spent the day working at home, getting into some web design for work. As somebody who claims “web designer” on his resume, it’s been an embarrassingly long time since I actually did any web design. I’ll be easing back into it over the next couple of weeks with a small project, which will in turn prepare me for the upcoming total overhaul of our company web site.

That People Mover Sound

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Back in high school my friends and I used to goof on the Detroit People Mover, the little unidirectional skytrain in Motown that doesn’t go much of anywhere. It’s a driverless ICTS train powered by a linear induction motor, manufactured in Canada by the now-defunct UTDC.

Footage: Downtown Detroit ca. 1954

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Whenever my grandmother would tell me stories of how great and grand the city of Detroit once was, I never had any frame of reference to envision it. Now that I have seen this footage of Detroit shot in 1954, I think I understand.

Out of the Frying Pan

August 31, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Finally got my car out of the hot Texas sun and into the office parking garage. $25 per month well spent.

Internet Explorer 9, Helvetica Type 1, and You

August 13, 2011October 24, 2011 Chief Oddball 9 Comments

Back when Microsoft officially released the RTM of Internet Explorer 9, I decided to give it a try. After all, as a web designer, I have to stay on top of these things. But I also hated how slow IE8 was, and although there are very few things I still use IE for, I had heard IE9 was a pretty substantial upgrade.

Homegrown Tech

July 5, 2011July 5, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

This morning at work, I gave a presentation to a client of a project that I’ve spent the entire last week developing from scratch. It had been a tumultuous week to say the least; much of what I was doing was either tech I hadn’t touched in far too long, or brand new methodology that I was teaching myself on the fly.

Good Things Come in Threes

June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Yesterday was unquestionably a red-letter date in life. Perhaps not human life in general, but certainly in the life of this particular oddball. It was significant enough to actually get me to post something here for the first time in weeks (months?),

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Upcoming Knight Rider Soundtrack Releases on Indefinite Hold

Journal: September 3, 2011

Journal: September 2, 2011

Journal: September 1, 2011

That People Mover Sound

Footage: Downtown Detroit ca. 1954

Out of the Frying Pan

Internet Explorer 9, Helvetica Type 1, and You

Homegrown Tech

Good Things Come in Threes

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