Project: Reasonable Goods
November 25th, 2007 Filed Under activeprojects, portfolio, projects
I realized I haven’t actually made a post about my main venture of late, Reasonable Goods. For any given consumer product category, there’s usually one brand or model that stands out as a great value. It’s not necessarily the cheapest, and it’s probably not the best, but it gets the job done, and it won’t be missing that one feature that everyone says you need.
The Swedish have a word, lagom, that captures this concept in its essence. In English, there is no direct equivalent, but it is often translated as “reasonable”.
Check it out! I’d love some feedback.
Stumble it!Project: paulswanson.name
November 25th, 2007 Filed Under projects
I recently registered paulswanson.name, and I want to put up a web registry for all of us who were born with the name ‘Paul Swanson’. I’d contact every Paul Swanson I can find, and hopefully many of them would register with some identifying but non-critical information: middle name, year of birth, childhood and current location, occupation, maybe parent’s first names. People looking for Paul Swanson would come to this site, and search by this information, with whichever Pauls want to be (or are already) public on a posted list with their current location and occupation.
I also registered commo.name in case I want to start the meta-service.
[next action: implement website with minimal design but functional logins, search page, and email forwarding. Estimate 4-80 hours depending on approach.]
Spaceship Earth Beta
November 13th, 2007 Filed Under projects, sustainability
I decided to launch Spaceship Earth Beta as a blog, allowing the setting to be used by other artists under a non-commercial Creative Commons license.
The design right now is pretty weak, so I put up a rentacoder bid request to see if I could get a reasonable design for some holiday cash. If anyone knows anyone who can draw and likes spaceships or sustainability, please send them my way!
Geek Album: 2038 by Colonel Panic
November 12th, 2007 Filed Under fun, ideas
2038: A New Epoch
Colonel Panic and the Machines
1) Candyflip (BSD + X = love)
2) Bill and Steve and Steve and Steve
3) kill(2) Send a Signal
4) DEADBEEF
5) Gates to the Windows of Hell
6) Unix Won’t Rape You
7) Ode to Be
8) U R OS/Xy
9) Sit Ubuntu, Sit
10) A. Tanenbaum (Christmas Bonus Track)
_Understanding Comics_ by Scott McCloud
November 10th, 2007 Filed Under books
This book was recommended by a metafilter thread. It was a fast read but not mindblowing. I don’t think Reasonable Goods will put it on its bookshelf.
