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Dark XP and Gmail
Apr 3rd
For everyone who has followed me on the internet all these years, they know that I have a dark side. I absolutely LOVE dark-themed websites, for some reason. All my websites have been dark, save my very first Blogger template. I even wrote about the switch from light to dark back in 2002. Too bad I didn’t post a screenshot. I use dark desktop/wallpapers on all my computers, even the one at work. For my personal computers, I’ve been using a dark theme called Royale Noir. It looks exactly like Royale, the blue default XP theme, only it’s, uh, dark.
Here’s the file that I used: Royale Noir
More recently, I’ve been testing out a darkened version of Gmail. It requires the Stylish Firefox extension and the Gmail Redesigned user style by UneasySilence. Cool interface, eh? Has Gmail ever changed it’s look since it was launched?
Oh, and I’m also trying out the dark Google web search. I wonder how many people out there are into dark skins/themes.
Shooting at Golden Gate Park
Oct 23rd
After a guy was recently stabbed to death at 47th Avenue and Fulton Street, a homeless man was shot yesterday in Golden Gate Park. According to SFgate, he took a hit at 25th Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, a little after 11 p.m. No arrests have been made. Good thing I leave the park by 9, but it’s already super dark by then.
Alfred Peet, 1920-2007
Sep 1st
Peet’s Coffee founder Alfred Peet died earlier this week (Wednesday) in Oregon.
When Alfred Peet opened his shop in Berkeley in April, 1966 he started a coffee revolution. Nobody had ever seen top-quality coffee like this roasted in this unique style in America. The corner of Walnut and Vine quickly became a gathering place for UC Berkeley grads, undergrads, and faculty as well as local intellectuals, radicals, writers, musicians, artisans and any number of the colorful people who still make up Berkeley today.
All my friends know that Peet’s is what I go for. (Check out the “About” section in the footer below!) Maybe that’s why I can’t sleep at night after coming back from Asia. Not only do my taste buds love their coffee, but because I love the bay area so much, I really dig local companies and products (like my Timbuk2 bags and Scharffen Berger Chocolate, which has since been bought out by Hershey’s).
Recently, Jaime has introduced me to another exclusively San Francisco coffee company called Martha & Bros. I’m just waiting for them to open more locations closer to my neighborhood.
Thank you for your work, Mr. Peet. Coffee, dark chocolate, and something to carry them in. That’s all I need for life.
My favorite things
Dec 2nd
Little did you know that a movie called Stranger Than Fiction contains some of my favorite things on the planet.
- "Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Wedge"- one of my favorite candies mixed with my favorite type of nut equals one of my favorite combos
- Moleskine-Will Ferrell uses one to tally points
Nice pick, J. But I still can't look at Will Ferrell with a straight face.
"Why did you bring those for me?"
"I want you."
Hehe. Good times.
One Inch Punch Documentary
Oct 11th
I miss practicing. Because it’s getting dark pretty early and I can’t play tennis after work, maybe I should start training again.