Category Archives: Life

Mr. October

By raishad | Published: October 31, 2011

October was a pretty busy month for me. I turned 28. Then, I time travelled 1 day into the future and completely skipped Friday, October 14th. And then, I spent the next 10 days in Australia. Nearly 1/3rd of my October was in another hemisphere. I destroyed the Melbourne sky line, touched the Sydney Opera [...]

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Guitar Twaddle

By raishad | Published: February 4, 2011

As you may or may not know, I’m learning to play the guitar. I have a Fender Jaguar The downside of playing the guitar is that I notice a lot of boring guitar things. Like…. Today, Johnny Marr, of The Smiths, posted a picture to his twitter feed of him playing his Fender Jaguar wearing [...]

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2011: The Year I Get Older

By raishad | Published: January 5, 2011

You know how I know it’s the start of a new year? I taped a new copy of Compact Calendar to my desk. What’s the strange marking around October of 2011. Let’s zoom in Oh, I’m getting older

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Capabilities 2010

By raishad | Published: October 14, 2010

It was only last week ago that I was in Austin for Austin City Limits 2010. It seems so far away now. Now, that I’m back to my humdrum life. I miss ACL. Sadly, it looks like I won’t be returning to Austin for Austin City Limits 2011. I’m not getting old, it’s just that [...]

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hellojessica

By raishad | Published: August 30, 2010
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I finally finished Microserfs. It’s been on my “To Read” list for years. It’s a terribly sad book. But then I found this after the last page, and it made me happy. And on the back of that receipt, Jessica’s phone number I love finding little pieces of history like this.

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The Tedious Way

By raishad | Published: July 29, 2010

Earlier this week, I needed to make an animated gif. Needed. If you have ImageReady, it is pretty easy to do. But what do you do if you don’t have ImageReady? Well I’m here for you and Future Raishad First things Get a Mac. (This is for the next step) Install MacPorts Install gifsicle (Really, [...]

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Lucky Rabbit’s Foot?

By raishad | Published: July 18, 2010

On October 19th, Frightened Rabbit will be playing The Loft in Dallas. Great news, right? Well, for you. But not for me. Tuesdays and Thursdays I have class this fall. So I’ll be missing Frightened Rabbit again. For those keeping track at home, this will be the fourth time this year I’ll be missing Frightened [...]

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Beep boop…E-R-R-O-R

By raishad | Published: May 16, 2010

Kidrobot in Dallas is closing at the end of the month. (Sad) news for sure. In the year it’s been open, I never went to the store even though I’ve always meant to. I really wanted to get a case of Futurama blind boxes. Well after the disappointment of the Lone Star Comics warehouse sale, [...]

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To beard, or not to beard

By raishad | Published: March 28, 2010

Up until this morning, I had been growing a beard for about 3 weeks. Here is my experience in graph form

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Craigslist Fun?

By raishad | Published: February 10, 2010

So in preparation for the iPad and in the spirit of simplifying my life, I’ve decided to get rid of extra computers. I’m in the process of switching from a giant Linux file server to a tiny ReadyNAS NAS. And I’ve decided to get rid of my Dell laptops. I have a Dell Vostro A90 [...]

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