08/26/04 12:57 - ID#31177
Midnight Laundry Run
Anyways, I don't know how to do laundry effectively. I've seriously only done it like 5 times by myself. I aleady fucked it up when I forgot the detergent. Not only that but the machine ripped me off.
Wow, the sidekick takes really good pics in flourescent light.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
08/24/04 03:14 - ID#31176
Coffe &, Coffe&, Coffee And
(e:nickizen) , I am glad to see that someone else[inlink]nickizen,1[/inlink] has mentioned Coffee & (MAP TO: 718%20ELMWOOD%20AVENUE) other than me [inlink]paul,1263[/inlink]. It's sad to see so few people there, when Spot is always packed. I read in the paper that spot was franchising into the middle east. Does anyone have more detals on that?
[size=m]Looking for Coffee &[/size]
On The Web
If they do have a web site, it's sure hard to find. I think it has to do with the fact that their name was not the best idea in terms of computerized cataloging. While we can pretend that computers are not an important part of local neighborhood culture, the unfortunate truth is that the way they think, rules most of our lives. Especially in terms of information dispersal. For a human Cofee & = Coffe& = Coffee And. For a computer they are not the same.
The difficulty is compounded because if you search for "Coffee and" you get results that involve "coffe and anything." Coffee is an extremely common noun and " And" is a keyword on many search systems that means plus. While "&" is another special computer character that is often stripped in searches. That makes it not very good for searching.
Think about how many businesses and phone numbers you look up on the web. Basically, ambiguity is never good in a business name.
I tried using google new local beta which allows you to look for something including the address of the actual business. Ironically, if you search for "Coffe &" plus plus" 718 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222" or you search for "Coffe And" plus the address you get no "Coffe &" but you do get "Spot Coffee" as the number one return followed by every other Coffee House around.
In The Phonebook
Even in the phonebook. What does one look under? Here are some samples that give me nothing on Verizon. There phone number is 884-3535 by the way, I found it on the foreverelmwood site
"Coffe &" - [business]Coffe &[/business] - gives me nothing of use
"Coffe And" - [business]Coffe And[/business] - gives me nothing of use
While for spot coffee:
"Spot Coffee" - [business]Spot Coffee[/business] and I get all four business locations.
Just Testing the URLs
www.coffe&.com is nothing but on the other hand www.coffeeand.com is something , a placeholder that lets you buy the domain name.
I wrote to ask them how much they would want for it and they replied $7000. I basically told them to f(*&% , I hate internet barons.
[size=m]Neighbors Helping Neighbors - Web Model[/size]
Does Coffee And have a web page? I was thinking of helping them out with their net presence in return for them advertising for us. Kind of like a barter system with no cash trade.
While I cannot offer advertising on this site because of conflicts of interests with journals, I could hook them up with a web design student that could make them their own site, unless they already have one.
Does anyone know who I would talk to about this? If it works, I could end up making the same deal with other elmwood businesses. I would help my students build their portfolios, help get people talking about their neighborhood and recording their historical presencse, while helping local business. Could be an interesting model to develop.
[size=m]Offer Something Better[/size]
Event calendars and Reviews
A web site would allow them to post schedules, web cams of events, etc. Maybe they could be the first to have one of my all-purpose elmwoodstrip.com kiosks. Who knows? (e:ajay), would you want to work with me on that?
Wireless Internet Access
I can't stress this one enough. Maybe they already have this too but if they do its a secret. Having wireless internet would cost them about $30/month. I am sure between (e:ajay) [inlink]ajay,3[/inlink] and I, we could easily get them started. That is something very few other businesses are willing to offer. Namely spot coffeee. Off the Wall has it but I heard you have to pay, and that never brings people. Or maybe I am wrong and it does. Either way it would be a good service to offer.
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08/25/04 10:17 - ID#31175
Svetlana Khorkina Slandered by Xinhuanet
The first one and maybe even the second picture "could" have been for some artistic purpose.
This third one was clearly porn. I airbrushed it a little to make it appropriate for my journal. Look at the scruffy man behind her in the shadow with his hand on her shoulder. He looks about 50 and she was born in 1979.! She must have been in some really desparate time. Here in the actual text of the article, they don't mention those pictures at all.
What a shame that a women who has made it so far is reduced to a man toy with this picture. I guess it's her own fault. It even kind of even shames the olympics a little. Why do you think she would do it. I mean she could have posed naked in some much less skanky way and definately without the man in the shadows.
Here is an exmaple of what would have been better. These two Olympians posed for studiomagazines (I found this through Xinhuanet too ) Click on Athens Dream. These pictures are so much better. They are showing off the prowess of the olympians bodies without compromising them in a sexual nature or degrading them as Svetlana's pictures did.
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08/24/04 06:30 - ID#31174
Action Needed
Most people wouldn't guess this because if you know me personally, I am very social and talkative. It's just strangers.
I think that's why the site grew so slowly last year. I can't imagine how much different it would have been if I had really promoted it to people on the street and at festivals, etc. My goal for the summer was 300 people and we are at 115 now on Auguest 28th. I could barely deal with holding the microphone for the video interviews.
So, do we have anyone who can offer those kind of skills. There has to be a PR person out there, who can interface with the public.
It is very important right now because the last important summer event is coming this weekend. I would like us to have a big presence at the elmwood art festival. It is a hige chance to recruit people to write about their elmwood experience and make this historical record much bigger. We are at 4494 journals and about 6,000,000 letter typed.
Our house, as most of you know, is right on the street at the festival. Usually the stage is locate dright outside our window. Anyways, I need ideas and helpers? Anything? Anyone?
We will definately do more interviews. Anyone want to participate? ANyone have ideas that can really be implemented in one week?
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Category: design
08/24/04 05:36 - ID#31173
Low Poly Renders
Here I made the hair bigger than the head, so that it looks like a hood.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
08/23/04 01:39 - ID#31171
What's up with Paul
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Location: Buffalo, NY
08/22/04 02:02 - ID#31170
Democracy Building in the Dry Desert
This is the democracy- building, miracle piss that America promised Iraq before the war. It helps the democracy plant grow out of the dry desert ground.
This image would have never made it into the history books of the past, which have now been replaced by the internet. Thank you google for sewing our historical quilt even if you do support terrorists [inlink]paul,1820[/inlink] (just kidding)
Maybe this is a common democracy-building technique. It is hard to know without having had digital cameras and an internet back in 1776. Perhaps, if we had the internet back then, we would have a picture of George Washington pissing on King George's portrait.
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08/21/04 01:30 - ID#31169
Microsoft Translation Mess
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: events
08/21/04 01:09 - ID#31168
The party Was Crazy
I believe the last people left around 7. It was such a diverse crowd of people, many of whom did not know each other, but everyone got along great.
(e:lilho) worked the bar most of the night. She actually made $16 in tips.
Somewhere, there is a whole video of that, which I will post as soon as it is edited and compressed. Thank you (e:soyeon) for bringing your camera dn the delicious ham sushi.
Everything got really dirty. This is a picture of t he kitchen floor to give you an idea. The whole apartment is pretty nasty though, we will have a full day of cleaning ahead but I am the only person up so far.
(e:terry) took a Claritan D and past out in the living. His alergies must have been really bad.
(e:mike) went to bed early, first on top of (e:jill) 's car and then with a little work getting him back into the house, he fell asleep on the floor. Basically, how any 21st birthday party should be celebrated.
(e:matthew) 's friend's Christine and Tony came out. They brought a giant high heel pinata which complimented our parrot pinata for a dual pinata party. There was so much candy, I think that is why so many people satyed so long. Pinata's are a bad idea in the long run, they made a giant mess and now there are 3000 peices of candy to pick up.
Here is the kitchen sink, like any surface in the house it is covered in bottles. You can see the parrot pinata's head above the sink.
The Kitchen table is the same way. It will be so fun cleaning.
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Category: design
08/19/04 04:43 - ID#31167
New Character
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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