http://www.toddterwilliger.com Web designer and developer, technical writer, and general man about town. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:46:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm sitting here, drinking a cup of Gold Kili instant Chocolate Latte which, frankly, tastes in the neighborhood of chocolate but nothing near a latte, and I'm wondering about this impromptu seven month hiatus I've found myself on. There must be a reason, right? Some deep movement in my emotional, ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/12/16/that-long-and-long-winded-road/ I was halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge when the rain came down in earnest. It slashed down in horizontal slices that rendered my umbrella mostly impotent. Only a full-body parka or a diving bell had any hope of keeping me dry and I had neither on hand. The Manhattan skyline ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/06/09/on-nights-plutonian-shore/ I've come to a decision. I do not like the term, "blogger". I don't know what, exactly, a "weblog" is but I don't like it. Okay, I know what a weblog is as a practical matter but what is it, really? I'm not logging webs or webbing logs. I'm not ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/05/28/dear-diarrhy/ For the past few weeks, I've exchanged my morning subway ride to work with a walking commute. Even though the time spent in transit has not changed overmuch (on average walking takes me ten to twenty minutes longer), the experience is a completely different animal. Without having to worry ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/05/27/walkabout/ Bless me, readers, for I have sinned. It's been a month since my last confession. Over a month, actually, but what a busy, busy month it's been. I'm still chewing over my Cannes 2009 experience- the meat of it still churning slowly through my digestive tract. In the meantime, over ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/05/26/terminal-illness/ I got into an argument with a gentleman last night over twitter. I had posted a tweet about his application (which I hashtagged) in which I questioned certain aspects of that application. Inevitably, sometime later, he responded. A few back-and-forths later, he tried to dismiss me as a troll. Now ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/04/20/whither-twittiquette/ Things have been quiet lately around here, the sort of eerie quiet that inspires tales of death or, in my case, extreme apathy. However, in this particular case, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, things are slogging steadily ahead here at Terwilliger HQ. Like Willy Wonka's chocolate ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/04/13/a-whisper-from-the-dark/ I spent most of last night ensconced at the Brooklyn Public House which is, depending on who you talk to, either the best or worst new edition to my home turf of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill in Brooklyn. That it is a sign of the times for the neighborhood, no one ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/04/03/counting-cabs/ I'd like to pitch my idea for the next film in the Predator franchise. No, it's not another Predator vs. Alien or even Predator vs. Danny Glover. No, this will be a new direction, a bold new direction, from north to north-northeast into a virgin untamed movie landscape. Allow me ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-pitch-with-teeth/ I've been stewing on this for the better part of the week: a girl I know de-friended (un-friended?) me on Facebook. That didn't bother me at all. What bothered me was the total lack of decorum in the whole affair. Hallowed laws of etiquette had been infringed at my expense. ... http://www.toddterwilliger.com/blog/2009/03/28/the-death-of-good-manners-in-the-internet-age/