Download Your Brain?

Anyone else ever get the desire to download their brain and insert a search tool? For all the processing speed your mind has and all the "hard drive" space you could imagine, there just isn't an intuitive finder feature It was 1996 and I remember thinking that the "Unforgettable" movie website was the absolute end all be all at that moment. It included a search tool for entering random words and pulling up a memory someone had entered in the site associated with that word. It's not on the MGM.com site any more and no web search has uncovered it. Any one familiar with the site? I'm stuck on a similar idea to build a tool to catalog my blog with a memory search in addition to a general word search. Sure I can use some of the Google tools and there are people building LiveJournal searching functions but I want it here (or in my brain)

What Was That Site?

It was a movie with Ray Liotta, the website gave you the ability to enter in a memory and the keywords attached to it. You could search on words and get other people's memories as well. Got to go check out IMDb to find out the movie and then see if the site still exists (hello wayback machine!) it was circa 1995/96 when I saw it.    

Bill Viola – The Passions

Really bummed I'm not going to be able to make his show at the Getty the minute it comes out, but it's running until April so hopefully I can catch it before it leaves Saw "Bill Voila - a 25 survey" that the Whitney put on the road in 1998. Caught the show itself in LA, but it's still online from the San Francisco installation in 1999. I remembering particularly enjoying reasons for knocking at an empty house, the sleepers, the reflecting pool and tiny deaths.

Portland Sushi Goodness

Out for sushi last night, I like to try something new each time. This week was a ton of new stuff. Tri-colored Roe on Rice, Ahi Tuna Salad with Miso, Marinated Oysters with Daikon Radish and Scallop Salad. The scallops weren't how most people have come to know them round and the size of dimes or quarters, but just the little pieces of the scallop that is attached to it's shell. The "hinge" part I guess, at least that's what I could take away from Master Choi's broken English. He said he did too much crazy dancing the night before and lost his lapel tag among other things, so his new button said Master Unagi - he's always a riot. Tonight is either back to Nicholas's or the Ethiopian place some of the local LJers recommended.  

Penis Puppetry

That's right, the ancient Australian art of genital origami. I've seen it before and now it's coming to Portland. Haven't got the exact dates yet but I'm sure it'll be a blast. A must see - the Loch Ness monster, the early bird and the hamburger. What a way to start the morning huh?