If you have read this crap for any length of time, then it will come as no surprise to you that I’m an incredibly efficient procrastinator. That should be on my resume. Efficient procrastinator. Knowing this little tidbit about me, it would also come as no surprise that it has been seven plus years since I have been to the dentist. Seriously, that is how efficient I am. I’m such a good procrastinator it’s almost embarrassing. Actually, it is embarrassing. But not too embarrassing to tell the whole internet world.

As my dentist will attest, a lot of plaque can build up when one has the implausible procrastination skills that I have. It made for a loooooong visit to the dentist yesterday. A gas free visit I might add too. My old dentist was fast and loose with the gas. I miss that.

Despite my supreme skills of postponement, I somehow walked into the dentist cavity-free. The bad news is (and don’t let them fool you kids - there is always bad news) I was told I’m a grinder. I thought that was something cool at first. It’s not. G has been well aware of the “strange mouth noises” I make throughout the night. I gnash my teeth as I sleep and I have no idea that I’m doing it. That, my friends, is not cool. It’s ruining my teeth. They’re being shifted around, worn down, and physically abused by my stress and dreams. What a team stress and dreams make. They’re kicking my teeth in (very slowly but it’s still happening). My grinding has worn my molars flat and thinned my enamel and cracked one of my fillings. That filling needs to be replaced within the next few weeks. Finally, I might get some of the oh-so-wondrous-nitrous-oxide! That is, if I can put my procrastination aside.

First of all I have to give mad props out to Billy-Charles for making a favatar plugin that actually works with DreamHost. I wasted half my Saturday trying to get this working. It was definately a case of being too insistant. I have no idea how Billy-Charles got it to work, but somehow he did. Thanks again Billy Boy. What does this mean to you. Nothing really. Only now if you have a favicon, it will show up next to your name when you comment. I think it’s cool but I can’t believe I wasted my entire Saturday morning trying to implement it.

I take that back. My Saturday did involve something extrodinary. I was able to get my grubby, bony fingers on four tickets to the Ween show this Summer! I’m incredibly stoked about seening them. This is what Deener was talkin’ about! Thanks for the password Little Spanish Eddie (Big Black Betty).

Sunday involved a tax appointment that resulted in a ginormous return, a wonderful lunch at Tacos Junior, and about 3 hours of stunt kite flying in 25-30 mph winds.

Hip hip hurray for the Denver Public Library! Today DPL becomes the first public library in the nation to begin a new eFlicks service (which is now available on the same site as the eBooks and the audio eBooks.) which will allow you download the library’s volume of digital movies.

If you wish to download and view the library’s movies, you will need the Overdrive Media Console, Windows Media Player, a Denver Public Library card, and a high speed internet connection. Does anybody know anything about the Overdrive Media Console? Is it some sort of crippling DRM software? After this whole Sony CD crippling DRM software fiasco I’m a little paranoid.

The Denver Pubic Library reports that, “There will be two file sizes available for each title. The highest quality and largest file size is for those wishing to view the video on a computer or laptop. The lower quality and smaller file size is for downloading to mobile devices such as Pocket PCs or SmartPhones. The videos can be watched on any device that supports protected Windows Media video. The service is not compatible with Macs or iPods.”

Although the selection of movies right now is relatively limited, DPL claims that their vendor is quickly adding distributors and the library will have a much larger selection to choose from in the near future. However there are already a few title I want to download including the Ramones: RAW, the IMAX Amazon movie, Endless Summer, and Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2.

UPDATE: Somebody made this incredibly helpful bookmarklet that allows you to both search for and hold books books at the Denverver Public Library (there is also a bookmarklet there for JeffCo Public Library) straight from any Amazom.com book page. This will allow me to quickly find out if the library has the book before I purchase it. Definately handy. Thanks Paisley.

I had my first Italian beef sandwhich somewhere on the outskirts of downtown Chicago the first time I went out to visit my brother when he was going to school out there. It was probably on Clrark Street. I don’t remember the name of the place, just the experience. You haven’t lived if you haven’t had a real Chicago Style italian beef sandwhich.

People in Chicago are serious about their Italian beef sandwhiches, the cubbies and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Chicago style Italian Beef sandwhiches are difficult to obtain outside of the Chicago area. Supposedly, there are two places to get them in Colorado. One of them is a sandwhich joint on west Colfax that I haven’t yet found. The other is Fontano’s (with stores located only in Illinois and Colorado). Fontanos make an incredible Italian Beef sandwhich. They don’t know how to make them “wet” but they do have there own homemade hot giardiniera which is nice. I highly reccomend you go out and get one of these as soon as possible.

I finally made it onto Boing Boing. Well sort of. This is what was published:

UPDATE: Hubs writes, “In the alpine areas here in Colorado we have pink snow too. However, here it is an algae called chlamydomonas nivalis that gives the snow a bright pink hue. It’s called watermelon snow and surprisingly enough it also gives the snow a watermelon flavor that is easily digestible (in resonable quantites).” Link

So I was expecting all these hits. And then for my server to get overwhemled. And then for me to have to shut down this blog. And then I’d become famous for losing my blog to algae, kinda like dooce was made famous because she was the first to get fired for blogging even though she really wasn’t the first. And then I’d be the coolest guy ever, probably.

Instead I got 9 hits from Boing Boing today. Maybe it’s because I don’t know how to spell ‘reasonable’ or ‘quantities’.

If you want to learn more about watermelon snow check this out.

Oh yeah, while I’m thinking of it, I have nothing against dooce or kottke, I mean, I read them when I’m really bored sometimes too, but something tells me they don’t know how to have a good time. So sleeeeeepy!

As you all have noticed, hubsville.com has been abandoned. I spent three nice years there. A plesant little town hubsville was: gentle breezes, white picket fences, bright green grass that always smelled like it had just been mowed, hot women, strong guys, and the most obediant and cutelittle  puppies you ever done seen. Did you notice how much brighter the rainbows were when you where there. Well, it’s all gone now (not really, check the archives if you were one of the sad souls who hadn’t stumbled on hubsvile before it became a ghost town). hubsville had its heyday, however, there is nothing there now but dust and a few billboards displaying awkward advertising.
My domain name expired so I decided to start fresh.
Welcome to my new incarnation: Artifacting.

It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do, how I was going to do it, and where it would be. But you need not wait any longer. Things around here will improve with time, I think. You’ll be the judge. Enjoy.