Gregor Smith

Author: Greg

  • The Defendant

    Well, I had my day in court today to answer the charges leveled at me after my slight crash with Robyn’s car last month…. And it pretty much was a full day, Sandy Springs, Inc. could learn a thing or two about queue management from the likes of Disney, it was truly awful…

    After all the standing, waiting, overhearing some horror stories (like one woman who has essentially been banished from North Fulton County for 6 months, at least in the old west she woulda got a horse and a gun for her troubles) then shuffling in a slow-ass queue, I walked away with an unblemished record, they go easy on first time offenders apparently, but still $175 poorer, which kinda sucks… To top it off, I got a call from the nearby Honda dealership about the cursed Accord, they reckon $525 (not including tax) should fix it’s recent spate of ills…

    But for how long?

    Add in the other auto shop run ins and we’ve nearly paid the same amount that we bought it for, and the AC still doesn’t work.

  • When Governments Implode…

    Tony Blair has faced a wave of resignations by junior members of his government over his refusal to name a date for resignation as Labour leader. 7 resignations and counting…

  • Laboring at the Lake

    Flickr: Capturing a Humming BirdDon’t you just love long weekends? We spent our’s down at Robyn’s parents house on Lake Sinclair, it doesn’t get more relaxing than that…

    But before the weekend, I finished up at my job, which kinda sucked, as for the last day they were practically killing me with kindness, a goodbye cake and everything! But on the way home the now totally cursed car sprung another leak, but in a different place this time. This god forsaken car is trying my last nerve as time goes on, but I guess when you buy a near 20 year old car for under $1000 you get what you pay for. And right now we’re paying and paying… Today I plan on taking it to a Honda dealer as the local auto shop hasn’t exactly overwhelmed me with the job they’ve done.

    So I forgot about all that crap while down at the lake, now I’ve got a big long list of things to do this week, my car, Robyn’s car too, job searching, portfolio updating as well as various misc tasks. Back to the unemployed life for me, it’s 11am right now and I’m bored senseless already, not a good sign. Anyone got any good job leads?

    Capturing a Humming Bird

    Originally uploaded by FLC.

  • Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance

    Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance. A series of bi-weekly “webisodes” that should bridge the gap between season 2 and season 3 before the premiere on October 6th.

  • Steve Irwin 1962 – 2006

    Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast. He died doing what he loved best, trying to get himself killed…

  • Christmas in September

    Flickr: Christmas in September

  • I Like Pie!

    Flickr: I Like Pie!

  • Airfix Crashes and Burns

    Sadly, the Airfix Spitfire is no more. Thirty-one of the company’s 41 employees were last night made redundant after “severe cash flow pressures” and disruption of supplies from Heller – itself now insolvent – finally shot down the company.

  • Barry Bonds and Turner Field

    The Atlanta Braves beat San Francisco 13 – 8 as Barry Bonds hits 2 home runs. His last game with 2 home runs? August 29th 2004, yes two whole years ago, and the venue? Turner Field against the Braves… Silly little trivia for you.

  • Another Day, Another Radiator Leak

    Flickr: Another Day, Another Radiator Leak

  • Get it While it’s Good

    Flickr: Get it While it's Good

  • Dear Flickr…

    Flickr, c/o Yahoo! Inc.
    701 First Avenue
    Sunnyvale, CA 94089

    Dear Flickr,

    Why’d you have to go and introduce easy geotagging to your fine, fine site?

    Flickr Geotagging

    Now you’ve made my life miserable as I’ll no doubt have to go through my 2,319 photos and tag them as best as I can…

    Thanks for nothing,
    Greg

  • iTunes Signature Maker Part II

    It’s been a while since I last did this, and this time it’s my work edition, here’s what get me through the day.


    My iTunes Signature

    Or download it here (1.99mb mp3, 2:10)…

    For those who think it’s a bit fuzzy, here’s the playlist in order:

    1. Lucinda Williams – Atonement (Live)
    2. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
    3. Ween – Piss Up A Rope
    4. The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes (Acoustic)
    5. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
    6. Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker
    7. Mos Def – Know That (featuring Talib Kweli)
    8. Shania Twain – In My Car (I’ll Be The Driver)
    9. Scratch Perverts – Come Get It (featuring Dynamite MC)
    10. Fleetwood Mac – The Chain (Live)
    11. Velvet Revolver – Slither
    12. The Killers – On Top
    13. Lucinda Williams – Out Of Touch (Live)
    14. Saint Etienne – Sylvie
    15. The Wreckers – Tennessee
    16. Kenny Chesney – Living In Fast Forward
    17. Lucinda Williams – I Lost It (Live)
    18. Bruce Springsteen – The River
    19. Faith Hill – Mississippi Girl
    20. Le Tigre – TKO
    21. Kenny Chesney – Summertime
    22. KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See
    23. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
    24. David Gray – This Years Love
    25. Ben Folds Five – Battle Of Who Could Care Less
    26. LeAnn Rimes – Something’s Gotta Give
    27. Ben Folds – Trusted
    28. Lucinda Williams – Those Three Days (Live)
    29. Faith Hill – The Lucky One
    30. Danger Doom – A.T.H.F.
    31. Lucinda Williams – Ventura (Live)
    32. Nelly Furtado – Explode (Acoustic)
    33. The Killers – Mr. Brightside
    34. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
    35. The Cardigans – You’re The Storm (iTunes Originals Version)
    36. James – Shes A Star
    37. Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains
    38. Avril Lavigne – Tomorrow (Live)
    39. Rod Stewart – Maggie May
    40. Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles
    41. Blur – Girls & Boys (Live)
    42. Bruce Springsteen – County Fair
    43. Keith Anderson – Pickin’ Wildflowers
    44. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze
    45. Fort Minor – High Road (featuring John Legend)
    46. Lucinda Williams – I Lost It
    47. Weezer – Hash Pipe
    48. The Kooks – She Moves In Her Own Way
    49. Ben Folds Five – Evaporated
    50. KT Tunstall – Black Horse And The Cherry Tree

    More mixed than before? Certainly different…

  • Star Wars Ultimate Edition

    There IS a big, ultimate, 6-film Star Wars anniversary DVD box set planned for 2007. There will be more changes to the films, and there will be LOTS of new, never-before-seen special features – all the good stuff that was held back by Lucasfilm from the original Trilogy DVD release a few years ago. And so the LucasFilm cash cow keeps on rolling… And I’m an SO there! [via]

  • Travellin’ Man

    I like to think of myself as a well-traveled individual, I mean, in the last ten years I’ve been to places like Florence, Italy; Oslo, Norway; Dublin, Ireland; all over the United Kingdom and many many places within the continental United States, why just this month we’re off again to Walt Disney World in Orlando and possibly another trip to Charlotte…

    But it really hit home how far I’ve come last night, we were sitting watching Passport To Europe with Samantha Brown that was caught in a TiVo wish list Robyn setup a while back in preparation for our UK trip… This episode happened to be about Glasgow, which of course was of interest to both of us, for different reasons. I watched it to reminisce about the locales, and point out horrific errors in editing and research… For example, if the host asks a question in the back of a taxi while outside Queen Street Station, you have problems if the cabbie takes enough time to answer it while passing Central Station before cutting back to a reaction shot from the host back outside Queen Street Station… And the Clyde Auditorium is not part of Glasgow Science Centre, to name a few.

    Anyways, I thought it was pretty weird sitting on my sofa in Atlanta, Georgia watching a travel programme showing places I used to hang out at on a regular basis… Which got me thinking, it would have been just over ten years ago I would have been watching the 1996 Olympics wondering where the hell Atlanta was, funny how times change and life kinda goes full circle, you know, sitting in Glasgow watching Atlanta, now sitting in Atlanta watching Glasgow, for the full circle I need to go back to Glasgow and watch, oh I dunno, a Braves home game on Channel 5’s baseball coverage, that would be very weird.

    Anyways, in light of all this traveling I’ve done, where would you go if you had a free ticket to travel anywhere in North America, and why?

    I’m just wondering…