http://www.maxelman.com words! pictures! oh my! Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:42:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Election season is upon us, and that means one thing: parody elections designs galore. Kristan and I had some free time this morning, and we were inspired. The results follow, mine first, and then a link to hers. Who will you vote for? and Kristan's: http://www.maxelman.com/2008/11/02/star-wars-2008/ Finally got my recently-purchased Bianchi up and running, after replacing the handlebars, stem, headset, brake cables, tires, and pedals. Lots of fun, as I had to figure out how to do most of that myself. But it looks so good! And it's 15 years newer than my last bike! So that's ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/10/26/new-bike/ And like magic, maxelman.com looks completely different. I believe this is number 6 or so? Maybe with some digging, and archive.org, I can make a little "history of" page. That would be... embarrassing.. So, new design = good? Let me know in the comments! http://www.maxelman.com/2008/09/03/redesign/ I've been looking closely at the spam that Google manages not to block lately. On one hand, I'm disappointed Google missed one out of nine thousand this month, but I'm also a little glad, as this kind of thing shines a bit of happiness onto my internal image of spammers. ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/08/02/oh-wonderful-spam/ While I might be a tad late on this, it appears the crazy success of The Dark Knight brought some Michael Caine attention to the media. And thus, I realized I missed his 75th birthday. Shame. In honor of one of my favorite actors though, a picture. Just stare at ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/07/27/happy-belated-birthday-alfred/ I've put up the first round of photos from Europe in my new web-gallery: photo.maxelman.com Have a look! http://www.maxelman.com/2008/07/09/photos/ Apparently I forgot to let this blog know that I'm cheating on it.. I've made a new travel-blog or sorts for my trip to Europe - check it out at europe.maxelman.com! I've been updating it daily (hourly, even), and I think it's pretty exciting. You have to love technology - ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/06/23/away-message/ A quick update that for now, UCSC is behind me. Had my Mom take this picture up by the squiggle: And also, this new Sigur Ros track from their new album, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust, somehow sums up the past few days: [audio:http://www.maxelman.com/uploads/2008/06/Gobbledigook.mp3] http://www.maxelman.com/2008/06/15/graduation/ So, I guess this blog has turned into a portfolio of sorts showcasing my work, with the occasional non-me-related think I find awesome. Well, this time I have something that falls into both categories. Inspired by my housemate, Christopher, doing his rapping thing as usual, my other housemate and I decided ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/05/12/maddbadger-maddbadger-maddbadger/ Like today really needed more rickrolling, I got KZSC to play everyone's favorite song, "Never Gonna Give You Up" to its tri-county audience of the Monterey Bay area. Sadly, the DJ cut the song off after about 40 seconds, but I suppose we can forgive him for that. It's not ... http://www.maxelman.com/2008/04/01/kzsc-santa-cruz-rickrolled-3-counties/