Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin is one of my heroes. He co-founded Def Jam Records, and later Def American, which is now known as American Recordings. The list of musicians he worked with includes Slayer and Public Enemy -- real high-school favorites of mine!

For Christmas this year, I got the Rubin-produced Johnny Cash album Unchained. Spectacular! One of the tunes is Rowboat, which was originally sung by Beck.

And so, in the spirit of holiday sharing, I offer you mp3 versions of both Beck_Rowboat.mp3 and Cash_Rowboat.mp3! Check them out and let me know which one you think is the most rockin-ist.

The Beck version is off his Stereopathetic Soulmanure album. I became a Beck fan when I first heard Satan_Gave_Me_A_Taco.mp3. This song is absolutely amazing! Check it out!

Christmas Lights

We are festive, no? I'm maybe not so good at low-light photography, but I do take great pride in our lights. Note the real icicles by the front window, looking so very integrated with our icicle lights.

Swayze In Sink

I submitted this picture of Swayze to cats in sinks. A note on their page says they're up to 2000+ submissions -- hopefully Swayze will make the cut!

Coffe House Finder

Here's a cool site that helps you find non-corporate coffe shops in your zip code. Cool beans.

Thump in the Trunk

My new toy...


...is an adolescent dream fulfilled.

Next I'm going for this. Okay, maybe not.

Painting The New Place

I dug through some unpacked boxes and found the cable that connects the camera to a computer. Here's a set of before-and-after pictures from the living room. Big improvement, no?

Dave's Calculator Circa 1976

Little Professor rocks!

StumbleUpon Firefox Extension

I was checking out some of the extensions available for the Firefox browser, and decided to give StumbleUpon a try. As far as I can tell, it's a pseudo-random web surfer that takes you to pages that other StumbleUpon users have rated as good, and which match your preferences and interests.

You create a profile with your interests the first time you use it. Naturally, I clicked on "cats" as one of my interests. Because I find them very interesting. The very first time I used StumbleUpon, it took me to a spectacular blog with jumping cats. What a winner!

By the way, I am a guy named Dave and I have a blog. Do you think it's coincidence that my first stumble took me to another blog by another guy named Dave? I dunno, maybe they put that in the code. Perhaps someone with a less common name can try StumbleUpon and see what happens to them.

Covering All The Bases

"Forgive me of my trespasses, and forgive those who have trespassed against me. Take my will and my life, and the whole nine yards."

- Johnny H.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Did you know you can buy stamps from the post office online? In fact, you can buy cool R. Buckminster Fuller stamps.

I am somewhat familiar with one of R. Buckminster Fuller's more well-known inventions / discoveries, the bucky ball. Due to its apparent total lack of applicability, it tends to be the butt of engineering jokes (e.g. "nice invention geek-boy, looks about as useful as a bucky ball.").

Turns out he's a pretty idealistic guy with good intentions, he's just a bit nutty. To make my point, here's a R. Buckminster Fuller quote and an image of one of his wacky ideas.

"...make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."

And what better way to do that than installation of a dome over New York...