Fool in the Cafe

October 27, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Reading Matt Ruff’s “Fool on the Hill” in 1842, this morning. Taking a break from all the Burroughs books, though I hope to get back into “The Ticket that Exploded” sometime in the future. “Fool on the Hill” is a bit more fantastic and whimsical. It’s very much like a Neil Gaiman book, without all the dreary foreboding (at least so far).

Trying out some pictures from this new Treo handheld from work. I’m really envious of its clear, crisp, bright screen, and its long-lived batteries. I’m not envious of its hard-to-use keyboard, lack of a Graffiti window, and inability to beam images to an older PalmOS, such as 4.1, which is my Kyocera 7135. If only the 7135 could be upgraded to some neat new software, it would still be my bulky phone of choice.
The camera on the Treo is about as good as I’ve seen on a cell-phone — a little less sharp than the RAZR’s (heh – sharp … RAZR). I do like the ability to click an image and then send it via email. It was easier to do this than on the RAZR.

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.