Archive for February, 2007

After months of using Live Writer, I am back to Qumana. Simple, lightweight, does the job.
Tags: Qumana

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Pierzchala Coat of Arms

In: Life

23 Feb 2007

All bow before my heraldic shield.

Let the delusions of grandeur commence!
Technorati tags: Pierzchala, heraldry, coat of arms, Poland

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Did we mention that the layout doesn’t work in Firefox or MSIE 7?

Oooops.
Technorati tags: Dwell, css, design, firefox, msie 7

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Just found that Dwell magazine has a blog.

Ooops! A pseudo-blog. No feed.
Dwell: Get with the program.
UPDATE: Apparently it does! There is an RSS graphic at the bottom. But that’s not the feed link. Oh no!
You have to click the image to go to a page that has the page that has the RSS feed in [...]

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David Parmet pointed me to these Pledge Week extravaganzas.
My fave:
Surviving members of every 50s doo-wop band fight to the death with clubs — shirtless and totally coked-up — in massive Thunderdome-like arena

Merlin Mann is a god. One of the minor deities, but a deity nonetheless.
Some additions:

Celtic Women v. The Three Tenors in a massive glass-breaking, [...]

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Bacon! I smell Bacon!

In: Life

21 Feb 2007

Sorry to quote a hideous dog treat commercial from eons ago, but this post at the Core 77 Design Blog reminded me of it.
An alarm clock that reminded me of my halcyon days, when carcinogens and fat mattered less to me.
It also reminded me of a passage from Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac describing the all-black breakfast. [...]

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This Pine Cone is Empty
Originally uploaded by spierzchala.

A shot inspired by Gosiak’s Pássaros set.

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Glaring Moon

In: Life| Photos

21 Feb 2007

Glaring Moon
Originally uploaded by spierzchala.

This is a garden ornament that was at the mini golf centre where we had Cameron’s birthday party.

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Dave Sifry launched a few great ideas that will be studiously ignored by PBS execs because they know better. [here]
I have said this many times in the past [here, here, and here]: asking me for money while showing “Lord of the flies dance to 60s motown classics sung by Celtic women” is not helping your [...]

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Photographing Squirrels Photographing Photographers [via FlickrBlog]
Technorati tags: photography, Flickr, squirrels, cameras

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About this blog

Stephen Pierzchala is one of a 10-year veteran of the Web performance field who also writes on topics that interest his non-linear world-view.

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