Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Mariucci is fired by 49ers. Not such a good move for the franchise as far as I'm concerned, the guy is one of the best coaches in the league. I get the impression that this thing is really about egos and coaching styles. Bill Walsh, who is one of the greatest offensive minds in the history of the game, wanted to run one style of offense with, of course, a pass focus. Mariucci wanted to run the ball more. I'm certain that he won't be looking for a job for very long. Personally, I'd love to see him here in Atlanta, but I doubt that is going to happen any time in the near future.(That's another post for another time.) 3:59:54 PM

Matt is at Yosemite. I went there years ago, before my involvement in the Web, and before I was chained to my desk at work all day moving text around on a screen. I think at the time, I was splitting my time between DJing at a club two nights a week, working at a record store three or four days a week, and working at a comic shop on the weekend days. That's not really very relevant to this post though. Yosemite changed me as a person. The place is like a church to me. The scale of everything reminded me how small I am, and how large and beautiful the world is. I suspect a lot of that had to do with the fact that I was living in a very urban New York environment at the time. I think about that trip all the time, not because I think about the woman I was dating at the time who went with me, but because I was changed as a person from standing in that park. Oddly, I haven't gotten back there since that trip despite many business and pleasure trips to California. America is a grand country, with so much to see, so much beauty, and so many incredible people, it makes vacation planning a nightmare in a good way. 10:10:32 AM

Garret takes great sunset photos. You should go over there and get that one for your dekstop, it's very peaceful. 9:44:43 AM

I've added a substantial amount of information to yesterday's mini-essay Mac OS X86. 9:30:49 AM