http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog an experiment in writing Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:16:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=243 I want to learn more about PHP and MySQL.  Does anyone know any good books and online tutorials that would explain these?  Thanks. http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=241 This is where I'm spending about sixteen hours of my day since I sleep and work here. http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=240 During the search for Seam's Headsparks on Google Images, I was delightfully surprised to find Adrian's head with a foam Statue of Liberty hat. At first, I thought Google became incredibly smart by guessing that Adrian liked the band Seam and mistook Lady Liberty's foam hat for a large ... http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=237 I usually don't like using the word cute, but I have to in this case. http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=234 I just learned that the grandfather of the people that I'm staying with has a darkroom in his garage, lives a mile away, and he likes to teach others how to use it. And I coincidentally just bought five film cameras. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited. http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=231 A week before I left for San Diego, I traveled to the Royal York Auction Gallery in East Liberty. They're housed in a storefront in Penn Circle, across the street from AAA. I heard that they would auction off different photographic equipment. Since it was within walking ... http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=229 So, I finally made the leap from Pittsburgh to San Diego a week ago. The transition has been fairly smooth so far. I'm living with friends of Chelsea and mine in the Clairemont area and I work for the same company that I worked for in Pittsburgh. ... http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=228 Tomorrow marks the last day of my almost five year stint at my current employer. It's unreal to think that I spent more time working there than I did either at college or high school. It will be bitter sweet to leave. I developed a lot of ... http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=227 It poured at work today in Monroeville. At 7:30, when I came in, it wasn't raining at all. About 30 minutes later, it looked like Jesus was coming back. Here's a video my coworker shot: You can see that the creek next to my building reached the bridge ... http://www.urbansaddle.com/blog/?p=226