My building has protected, enclosed parking.

I came down to use my car this morning. It appears a pigeon has managed to find its way into the garage and spent enough time above my car to relieve itself not once, but 6 times... and by the look of things the eats aren't so good in a big concrete box with no windows.

I hope it (or they?) finds a way out.

Dirty Harry by Gorillaz

Ok, ok, I like IKEA products. I seem to end up there no matter my grand intentions of interior design. As a result, well over 90% of my home furnishings are from IKEA. I even know their pseudo-Swedish names: ELLNE, GROGGY, DOCENT, PAX, and my favorite... POANG.

I've been looking for a foyer mirror since I moved into my loft. I had very specific needs, a mirror 19 inches or less wide and over a metre tall. This just doesn't exist, apart from bedroom floor mirrors (a la your teenage daughter's room beveled thing). Anyway, I was at IKEA last night to buy a set of glass doors for my DOCENT wall unit I recently re-engineered again (it already doubled as a desk, now it has a funky filing cabinet motif as well)... and there it was - 16 inches wide and 55 inches tall. Plus it includes a clock (I like clocks):

HOVET mirror

Anyway, it now gracefully hangs vertically next to my front door. I'm sure eventually I will equate IKEA to "Swedish for crap" -- but at least in the short term, I'm satisfied.

We Both Go Down Together by The Decemberists

I thought I would move my photos to Flickr.com to ease the bandwidth on my server. I got through uploading 6 images when it said I had used my monthly bandwidth limit. Apparently I didn't read the FAQ thoroughly enough before signing up. You only have 20MB / month for uploading. C'est la vie! I've since deleted those orphaned pictures.

Notes to self:
a) read the fine print
b) don't upload full-resolution photos to photo sharing sites

I Wish by Stevie Wonder

I'm very tempted to include a podcast on this site. The only problem is that I don't want to produce a whole radio show or shoot video or anything else like that. I want to simply mention a song I'm digging and provide a way to listen to it. I'm sure doing such a thing could land me in hot water though -- podcasts are downloads, and the format is MP3... exactly what the RIAA keeps kicking down doors and suing teenagers for.

< sigh >

In the meantime, I'm going to mention a song with each BLog entry. Feel free to look it up on iTunes, or at your local music vendor.

Without further ado:

Channel Surfing by Feature Cast

Finally got enough time to redesign my site. What do you think of the new logo?



Still need to flesh out the other sections such as "work" and "photos", but I think the logo and the "BLog" are a good start.

Thanks for visiting!