erase and rewind

by owen on Tue, 26th Aug 2003 at 7:45 pm

My harddrive died last saturday. It seems as though I was never ment to have 3 harddrives in my machine - all at the same time. A clicking sound beset the ill-fated magnetic disk device. Over a year's worth of downloads, pictures and assorted wave files. I am not sad though, even though my computer can't boot. I needed to clean my inbox. Not the best way to do it but anyway the milk has dried.
I'll have to buy a new harddrive, format and begin anew. None permanent media sucks.

california dreaming

by owen on Sat, 23rd Aug 2003 at 6:56 pm

I've being trying to think up new and unique sections to add to the site resently. It appears every thing interesting has already being done, reported on, displayed, modified and discussed. I seem to have pulled a blank with it comes to ideas. :(

news

• I need some ideas for new content. Anybody got any ideas?
• I got a 80 gig hard drive. :)
• I'm not mad at the whole avatar thing. Really I'm not.

five more seconds

by owen on Mon, 18th Aug 2003 at 9:42 pm

I've started listening to music on internet radio recently. Mostly trance, mood, techno slash whatever I can find. It appeals to me more if it's trapped in 50 megabyte mp3 files. Ordered by date, with nice little playlists in text files. But I listen none the less.
The further it is away, the better. The music doesn't even have to be in english. The less talking the better. Most of it can't even be found locally, in any CD outlet, drug store or otherwise. Songs such as; One More Day by Floris, or tif by ilo.
Probably the best thing to come out since cassette, portable radio players and the apple ipod.

Chinese photography

by owen on Fri, 15th Aug 2003 at 7:37 pm

Today I was browsing Chinese photography at 21mm and ziboy.com. Largely pictures of life in china at street level. But enjoyable none the less.

related links

• esthet a Tokyo perspective on photography
  
• antipixel sort of live from Tokyo, Japan
  
• 22catcher An unknown corner never fails to suggest it hides a wonder
  

Mars Attacks

by owen on Thu, 14th Aug 2003 at 4:43 pm

Ever notice how significant events seem to happen everyday? Which in fact will never happen again, ever. However meaningless it may be to you or anybody else. It just goes on and on and on - like internet radio.

Probably at this very moment some city somewhere is without their regular electricity supply or internet access.

related news

The wandering of the planets brings Mars closer to Earth this month than at any time in nearly 60,000 years. It will be a last-chance proposition for all alive today: Mars won't be as close again until August 28, 2287.

Article: Mars making closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years