The last of four days. Every family has gotten to celebrate it now. (e:paul), (e:mike), Maria and I stomped Catchphrase before Paul and I retired. The food was amazing. I want to eat cheesy mushroom artichokes for the rest of my life. Like Paul, I don't think I'll ever be hungry again.















On the way home, we saw this car drunkenly swerving down Elmwood, they couldn't even stay in a lane. I wanted to call them in so bad - when they turned on Hertel we saw a cyclist only about 1000 feet ahead. As someone who's been run off the road on my bike by drivers like that, it drives me fucking insane that anyone would ever do that. I really wish I had followed them.

With two of three families (minus Midnight and Emily ;(), pizza, and dessert.

Last night, (e:terry)'s mom got in to visit for a week. First thing we did, after a the parking squabble (e:joe,59782) was go to Seabar to celebrate (e:paul)'s birthday again with his favorite fish. The dinner was really good. I got the goat cheese salad and vegetarian roll.


Paul was full and fell asleep

Afterwards I headed over to Mike's place for "Mike-a-polooza. Like (e:paul)'s birthday it also evolved into a week long event.


It was a very classy affair.




Emily was making drinks with this stuff - it smelled like root beer barrel candy




Mike started to auction off a self portrait he had made.

Poloroids are standard here.

I almost couldn't believe it today when I checked Buffalo Rising and saw they had published this story about a Domino's Pizza opening on Delaware Avenue.

It's basically a press release for Domino's and their crappy chain pizza. For a site that aspires to be about all things local and urban, I can't imagine them ever writing something like this. The entire article reads like an advertisement. They even quote Domino's marketing scheisse at the end. I can't wait for Newell Nussbaumer's review of the next Dollar General or TIm Horton's to open.

I always wondered if they took any compensation for their posts and this definitely doesn't help.

This would never happen at (e:strip). ;)

Here is a screen shot showing how a chunk of BR text is near verbatim from Domino's press releases - see prnewsire.

I almost never would have thoguht Microsoft could make anything remotely cool but the other day they announced VR goggles called HoloLens and they look amazing. Unlike the Gear VR and Oculus which just leave you and a screen, they use a pass through, augmented reality that allows you to mix a digital world with the real one.


The interaction part is so cool. You can manipulate and affect objects as if they were really there - and you're not in your own isolated world like the Oculus gear.

Imagine if you could just build the 3D environment like legos instead of drawing it out on a 2D screen. The minecraft type deal they came up with is super neat and a good demo of this.

The only downside I've read so far is the engadget review that said hardware is bulky and compact and light like the Gear. But with the rate phone hardware is advancing, it can't be that far off before this is much better than Google Glass ever was. I would totally wear these on the street, to work, anywhere - just a little bit closer to being a computer.