I picked up a copy of The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation

Steve let me borrow Paul Bowles's The Boy Who Set The Fire. It is a really good set of short stories. First three were funny and stimulating.

Yawn. I think I am getting to old for drama/horror movies. No Country for Old Men is okay. You can create any work with film in 2008. Why make a Cormic McCarthy book into a movie?

Reading about particle systems in Processing A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists Also I didn't know the had an interview with the author of the"Waking Life" Rotoshop software.

Page 169 " The Trama of Everyday Life " come on Norman! Buck up little guy. There are worse things in life, like a US torture ship.

So Everyday Tasks are boring and are heavily automated by our subconscious. Once we reduce friction and lower cognitive load in a UI, were can hope to strive to have a 'boring' experience to the user which they are able to accomplish while on auto pilot. Tasks with few choices, or many choses both few further steps. Tasks which guide and prevent errors.

Lion Kimbro turned me onto this book a year ago. Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century is well worth reading. I think it is out of print. Was thinking about it in regards to "Back of the Napkin" book. They both try to establish a framework for visual comm, but I feel that Horn's is more honest and academic while Dan Roam's is more pragmatic and salesy

Setting up Wii Friends codes with my neighbor his practically impossible. I guess they are trying to protect the kids, but it is a pain in the neck.

So I guess drinking a beer while doing my Wii Fit workout is kind of wrong. But leg lunges are so much tastier.

I just watched The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures and it was ...

I just read The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story Deluxe Edition it was ...

I just watched Warner Brothers Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection Road Runner Vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase it was ...

Mario Kart fun with Patty last night. We figured out how to drift for speed.

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures is a fast read. I think it has some really useful techniques situated in a bunch of business writing. I glazed over the biz stuff. I highly recommend it. It also has a good biliography of many books we've read or intend to read.

In fact why am I doing laundry and coding with this unopened Mario Kart just sitting there...