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About Kris

Hardware hacker, technology integrator, and maker. He enjoys staring blankly at code and voiding the warranty.

Right brain activity.

creativity

Christine tells me on a regular basis how much of a renaissance man I am. I realize I haven’t produced any work for a while. This conversation started shortly after going to the MFA’s open house a couple of weeks ago.

Last week while I was cleaning – I organized (found) my old acrylic panting supplies. I need to get some more paint and brushes bad. I was able to sketch and color a quick still-life.

The inspiration came on suddenly, and I think I enjoy painting a lot more now that I’m a little older. This also reminded me of some Steely Dan lyrics:

Who makes the traffic interesting

Rescues a dreary Sunday

Who makes me feel like painting again

Honey it’s you – Janie Runaway

– Kris

New England halftime.

rant

I have 2 comments to make about the Super Bowl:

1. The thought of millions of PVR owners – going back and forth over the halftime show. Like a goddamn Zapruder film. Back… and to the left. Wait for it! Wait for the boob. Does America have anything better to talk about? Apparently not…

TiVo: Jackson stunt most replayed moment ever

2. I enjoyed the game and I’m glad they won. Had they lost – I would not want to go to work in Boston this morning.
buzzkill++

Violence mars celebrations as fans cheer Super Bowl win.
Being a Boston sports fan.

– Kris

McDead

rant

A co-worker and I got to talking the other day about Atkins, diets, etc. It seems that fast food resturants are now taking a more carb friendly approach to these new trends, instead of trying to figure out how to make bread and sugar more exciting.

Morgan Spurlock decided to test his own mortality, and the nutritional effects of a McDiet on himself for a film documentary. Morgan ate McD’s for 30 days. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Entertainment News reported that:

Neither Spurlock, 33, nor the three doctors who agreed to monitor his health during the experiment were prepared for the degree of ruin it would wreak on his body. Within days, he was vomiting up his burgers and battling with headaches and depression. And his sex drive vanished.

Back in 2000 I broke my McD’s habit. No more “#2 with Coke (no ice)”. No more McNugmeat. I would only occasionally visit for some “happy food” (Hey – I grew up on the stuff). After reading this – you should see me in there even less.

– Kris

Time lapse drunk.

rave

Ever wonder what you’d look like if they took a picture of you every month for the last few years? Ever wonder what it’s be like to be arrested every week since 1992 for public intoxication?

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act. We can peer into the records of the Kentucky ‘Lexington-Fayette’ Urban County Division of Community Corrections. Where a Mr. Henry Earl has spent some time sobering up.

It seems that he’s currently detained.
Free beer at the Superbowl party!

– Kris

It’s a baby blog?

status

I’ve long since wanted planetkris to be a blog. I’ve had my hands full with rallynotes.com for the longest time, and that has been a manumatic process for the last 2 years.
I’m such a die-hard HTML person. Up until this point I’ve hated every program that “creates” HTML. Notepad forever!

So, Movable Type is the new wave – next thing. Time to learn CSS and XML :)
– Kris