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Steven M Scotten

What happens when I don't pencil first

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/02/PhilzMug.jpg]On Fountain Pen Network there is a topic started by the user watch_art (also known as the printmaker Shawn Newton [http://www.coffeegrinderpress.com/]) who called for drawings of coffee mugs [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?

Site of the day: Internet Movie Car Database

I’ve never done a site of the day before, so it may as well be site of the year. Don’t expect a new website to be showcased every day. I think someone else already had that idea [http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&

Taking the black racer to the remote office

Taking the black racer to the remote office

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/01/nerocorsa01.jpg]January has been a tough month. Sometimes getting things accomplished comes somewhat naturally and other times it is an uphill battle just getting through each day. January has been a whole month of the latter. It hasn’t been

Without wheels

The Guzzi is in the shop, and the news is not good. Repairs to the damage caused by a neighborbacking into the bike [/2010/12/30/i-think-maybe-ill-start-parking-sidewalk] will be in the multiples of thousands of dollars. This means it’s time to get insurance companies involved. And I probably should

Have you tried drinking only natural wines?

[http://ghostdev.splicer.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/01/tnwc.png]I was first approached to consult on the Natural Wine Company [http://www.naturalwine.com/] website three years ago when the business plan was just a twinkle in the founders’ eyes. They had no logo, no location, just a

Giving BooksOnBoard a second chance

After all the feedback I got from reporting my first impressions of BooksOnBoard [/2010/11/22/booksonboard-not-board], I decided I might have been hasty in judgment, and that I should give them another chance. After all, they are an ebook seller that accepts PayPal and I sometimes end up with

I think maybe I'll start parking on the sidewalk

Today while I was feeding a vacationing friend’s cat, someone backed into my parked motorcycle with her car. After months of living with shot steering bearings I finally got them replaced less than two weeks ago. Now my steering is messed up again. I don’t think its too