More Artwork circa 1998

Here's a copy of a caricature that I did of my wife, Mary Anne. We have a large framed version hanging in our house. I drew this as a Valentine's day gift.

My Artwork circa 1998

I was rummaging through some old CDs, trying to find some old artwork for BlueZone, and I happened to find some old drawings that I did somewhere around 1998. This space age nude was pretty cool.



I also found a sketch of a band logo that I did for some friends that had a band named "Where's Momma?".

Here's another female nude. I know it's not very good, but you gotta start somewhere, right? :-)

BlueZone Terminal Emulation

Do you know how much money your company gives to Rumba, Attachmate and others each year for terminal emulation? One of the coolest terminal emulators on the planet is BlueZone. It's small, fast and easily replaces those more expensive terminal emulators for 3270, 5250, VT, UTS, and T27. Give it a try.

Google Zeitgeist

This is a really cool way to look at the world : the Google Zeitgeist.

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

This is a compilation of some of the top searches for a month, and it's amazing what those search terms will tell you about what was in our collective conscious during a certain month.

For example, in April of 2007 (the current year) 'Kurt Vonnegut' was a top search term. A quick Wikipedia search confirmed the worst : one of my literary influences is dead. Kurt, obviously I'm not the only one who loved you and cared enough to at least Google your image upon news of your death.

To the reader, I apologize for the creepy, morbid literary apostrophe!

Morphine: The Night

I just traded on LaLa.com for the last Morphine album, entitled The Night. It was completed before singer/bassist Mark Sandman died of a heart-attack on-stage in 1999, and released in 2000. This album is amazing and is now one of the jewels of my collection.

I've been listening to Morphine now for more than 10 years, but I could never get my hands on The Night or Like Swimming (without shelling out $20 per). Since I've been trading on LaLa I've been able to complete my Morphine collection : Good (1991), Cure for Pain (1993), Yes (1995), Like Swimming (1997), The Night (2000).

I recommend any of the Morphine albums quite highly, with the possible exception of the disappointing Like Swimming. Here's my suggested order of acquisition : Yes, Good, The Night, Cure for Pain, Like Swimming.

If you've never heard the band, open up iTunes and listen to some of the samples!