Neiman Marcus Online For a mere $10,000,000 you can own your very own German Zeppelin.  

You can get the A-Z list here. Ideally I'd make a 'compleat' collection of these - but I'd love to hear from someone that's already gone to the trouble.  

Beatles A-Z

beatles-discography.comA big memory for me from the early 80's is listening to the Zoo and their Beatles A-Z broadcasts. I taped them in marathon sessions where I'd have all the cassettes lined-up & ready for flipping when a side was done. Those tapes - I listened to them so much. So much so - that for each Beatles' song I can still hear the beginning of what would be the next one on the list. "Mother Nature's Son" was always followed by John's voice yelping "Mr Moonlight", and so on. I was singing "Mr Moonlight" in the shower yesterday morning - such a funny song. I think I'll have to request this song at the next Hard Night's Day gig I go to.

Agency Tests Security Blimp in Washington

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Agency Tests Security Blimp in WashingtonAnother step in the rebirth of the Blimp-Age!

DC Security Blimp tested - Won't be surprised to see one floating over most US skylines soon. Nifty lookin' things, n'est pas? 

Haven't seen the film yet, but had to post the fabulous looking Zeppelin scene here. If anyone's seen it, by all means, let me know how it was. 

Looks like we'll hear about the SJ Earthquakes' status by next Friday if not sooner. 

San Antone on the MLS Soccer Map?

MySA.com: SoccerThe San Antonio Express-News reports on the possibility of the San Jose Earthquakes relocating to Texas.

Count your blessings local MLS Soccer fans - it could've been worse than a drive up to Frisco for us.  

I like the new iMac, but I think in the search for a smaller computer, they sacrificed the design whimsy that the iMac G4 (that looks like a desklamp) has.  

Joswiak: 'True to What an iMac Has Always Been About'

Yahoo! News - Joswiak: 'True to What an iMac Has Always Been About'After the initial hype about what the new iMac G5 looks like, MacCentral has a good interview with an Apple VP about the design details. He reveals a lot about their decision process. I like that they don't immediately go for the heavy duty leading edge tech solutions. I think it's a mistake that PC manufacturers make when they want to get the latest & greatest out on the street - they look to see what the IT pros are doing at work. Well - that doesn't always apply to what the home user will need.

Do Gen Xers Balance Work and Life Differently?

Fortune.com - Ask Annie - Do Gen Xers Balance Work and Life Differently?: "Do Gen Xers Balance Work and Life Differently?" From Fortune Magazine...

Beer in aluminum bottles on the way - Dad used to work in the container coatings business and worked with a lot of beer bottlers. Cold beer that stays cold longer is an attractive proposition...but please recycle.  

A "Pete-Leap" from last Monday at the Hollywood Bowl. 

I was never particularly keen on the "Dallas Burn" name. I can't fault the team for trying to appeal to the European Football fans on our shores. I mean, it's the Euros who swill Guinness at 8 in the morning, paying $20 cover at the Dubliner to watch some UEFA Cup match or qualifier. It makes perfect sense to me that they'd want to entice that fanbase.  

Burn to be known as FC Dallas next year

DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Sports Can't say I'm really keen on the name: FC Dallas. But if the MLS is going to start attracting European "football" fans like Dr. Bryan Barlow - they're moving in the right direction.

The Who at the Hollywood Bowl

U-San Bernardino County Sun - MUSIC

BLIMPBALL IN NAVY TESTS 

I went to a wedding this weekend and sat at a table with an Army tank trainer. He's being deployed to Iraq next April & I asked him if the Army was teaching Arabic to the cavalry. He seemed surprised by the question & explained to me that most everyone over there speaks enough English to communicate. He said if they didn't, that they would just go to the Tribal Elder to get interpretative assistance. I didn't say anything to him about it. After all, I've never been to the Middle East. But I am willing to bet that there are profound benefits to speaking at least a wee bit of Arabic. Today I was happy to stumble upon this site on DefenseTech about the Tactical Language Project. Troops can learn Arabic now via Video Game! No offense to the Cavalry soldier, but no amount of spit & vinegar is going to help you find the bathroom when you've got a cous-cous attack from that Banks of the Tigris hot-dog stand if you don't speak some Arabic.  

The 100th Anniversary of the Zeppelin! 

Are the Browser Wars Back?

A ringing endorsement of the Mozilla Firefox browser by MSN Slate's Paul Boutin. If you don't use Firefox yet - get on board (you Mac users can keep on using Safari - but there's Firefox for Mac also if you're interested). I strongly recommend it to everyone out there.

Zeppelin Makes a Comeback!

Zeppelin Makes a Comeback! Revived Zeppelin Delivered to First User.

Shadow of the Zeppelin NT on its way to Japan from Germany.  

A local developer does his best to bring Austin cool to Oak Cliff

A couple of my Austin-area friends, Darrell & Stan, recommended the Hotel San Jose in the newly-thriving SoCo (South Congress) area of town. (We also enjoyed a terrific Tex-Mex meal at Guero's in this same part of town.)

This article in the latest D Magazine highlights a Dallas-area real estate developer's efforts to do the same kind of thing with an old Oak Cliff landmark called the Belmont Motor Hotel designed by famed Dallas architect Charles Dilbeck. He's even trying to get the person behind the Hotel San Jose involved. The Dallas Morning News wrote about this back in February.

I don't know how reasonable an idea it is to try and recreate that Austin vibe in Oak Cliff. Austin is "weird" and Dallas is J.R. & Jerry Jones. Or that's how it's always been anyway. Oak Cliff's hilly, yes. It has that going for it.

Two-Buck Chuck Takes Top Prize!

At the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition, a $1.99 bottle of California Wine, the 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz, beat out 2,300 wines to win a prestigious double gold medal. Hear NPR's Steve Inkseep.

Google's Gmail customers happy to be among elite

Today's Star-Telegram article on Gmail led me to this blog. Post your info and a Gmail user will send you a coveted Gmail invitation.

TechTV Fans Mad as Hell

I'm having a hard time trying to articulate my appreciation of the defunct TechTV. Their stable of techie show-hosts were quirky and reminded me of the IT folks at the various places I've worked - insecure socially, but brimming with fresh, dorky confidence because of their end-of-cable-spectrum celebrity and their computer know-how.

Mostly they were talking WAY over my head, but there were moments of great enlightenment amidst the fog. I could care less about the G4 Gaming programs. And they don't seem at all compatible with the old TechTV.

I gained a lot of PC confidence watching Call for Help and The Screen Savers. There's a lot to be said about those moments of reckoning when I knew the answer to some of the call-in questions. If there's anyone else out there that shares my appreciation of TechTV, please let me know. If not - the lonely echo from this post will drive my viewing habits right back to SportsCenter & Headline News.

Meet Joe Blog

My cousin Lauren sent me this link to a story on the blogging phenomenon in Time Magazine. It's an interesting article with links to some stand-out blogs and others of note.

The New York Times > Technology > Yahoo Expands E-Mail Storage, in Nod to Google

The New York Times > Technology > Yahoo Expands E-Mail Storage, in Nod to GoogleWhen is Microsoft going to respond in kind to all of this with its Hotmail service?

BugMeNot.com - Defy Online Newspapers Annoying Registration Requirements

BugMeNot.comPlug in the URL of a site, say, www.dallasnews.com or www.nytimes.com and it will list log-ins that you can use to avoid going through the whole tedious registration process. Nifty, eh?

Steve Jobs intros AirPort Express; streams iTunes music

Yahoo! News - Jobs intros AirPort Express; streams iTunes musicThose of you waiting to go wireless at home should wait until July to get the Airport Express. This looks to be a real beauty.

Monday Evening is Poetry Night

From Robert Frost's collection of poetry, "The Road Not Taken":

Revelation

We make ourselves a place apart
Behind light words that tease and flout,
but o, the agitated heart
Til someone find us really out.

'Tis pity if the case require
(Or so we say) that in the end
we speak the literal to inspire
the understanding of a friend.

But so with all, from babes that play
at hide-and-seek to God afar,
so all who hide too well away
must speak and tell us where they are.

My friend Gar has a new blog called "Chicken Squawks". Check it out! 

Yahoo! News - Hollywood Mystery Man 'Rance' Has Internet Abuzz

Yahoo! News - Hollywood Mystery Man 'Rance' Has Internet Abuzz Word has it that the mystery man is Owen Wilson. The blog can be found here.

Photo of the Graff Zeppelin in Bs. As. Argentina in 1934 with serrated borders. People saying hello in the roof of the buildings. 

frontline: the way the music died | PBS

frontline: the way the music died | PBS With the record industry clearly hurting, what will it take for an artist to make it in the music business these days?

"One Car Garage" - Bass Guitarist Dave Rummel (Le Baron of Beef) now has a blog for the Dallas band, One Car Garage

1cargarage They used to be known as "Mid-Life Crisis" - but they're now "One Car Garage". These guys RAWK!

My note to the FCC re HDTV - Blog Maverick - The Mark Cuban Weblog - www.blogmaverick.com

My note to the FCC re HDTV - Blog Maverick - The Mark Cuban Weblog - www.blogmaverick.com Interesting proposal by "The Benefactor" to the FCC re: HDTV. I'm intrigued by HDTV not so much because of the quality of the picture, but by the spectrum size. I spoke to a friend at KERA Ch. 13 who wasn't so impressed by the compression of HDTV - but, you can't help but wonder how our TV programming could improve. (OK - some of you are humming that Bruce Springsteen song - "57 Channels" and nuthin' on! ) I'll take your point. But at least it would make acquiring broadcasting less expensive.

Banter Freely

Hello everyone! A few of you have e-mailed or called about this Blog. "What is it?" and "How do I post comments?" are a couple of the questions I have been asked. Feel free to post your comments by clicking on the "Comments" link below the post. Then you will have the option of signing in and creating a Personal Profile with Blogger. Or, if you prefer, you can choose to post anonymously. Pablo's Point is open to the public (for now anyway) and everyone can participate.

CBS News | How To Build A Blog | May 19, 2004

CBS News | How To Build A Blog | May 19, 2004 Here's the story that got me to finally start a blog.

The New Yorker: A Book in You - Bloggers Published?! Eureka!

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town

Zeppelin over the Mainz River 

The Atlantic | March 2002 | Inspired Immaturity | Brooks

The Atlantic | March 2002 | Inspired Immaturity | Brooks From the author of "Bobos in Paradise" - a meditation on mid-life crises...

"Townsend breathes new life into the Who" - Wave of reviews from The Who's recent MSG, NYC stand

Google Search:

BW Online | April 7, 2004 | What Apple Stores Aren't Doing

BW Online | April 7, 2004 | What Apple Stores Aren't Doing

Dell takes on HP Inkjet Printers (Distributor vs. Innovator)

Creepy to see how confident Michael Dell sounds challenging HP.

Goodyear Fleet taken in 1930. 

The Who Stateside

Who2 (as Pete has been referring to what's left of them) are back in the States on the East Coast. Here's a review from the Boston Globe of the Mansfield show.

The Hindenburg over Lower Manhattan, 1935 

New Old 97's

Dropped by the Old 97's webpage this week. They have a new album coming out July 27th and are streaming 3 new songs there. Nice tunes particularly "In the Satellite Rides A Star". Let me know what you think. Also enjoyed this journal from Ken Bethea on being in a band and balancing fatherhood with barnstorming.

Tom Petty Interview , March 31, 2004

This is a great interview with Tom about his time in the Traveling Wilburys, George Harrison, The Rock Hall, The Heartbreakers & Howie.

Welcome to Pablo's Point! Enjoy your stay! 

Mozilla Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded

Mozilla Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded

Tabbed browsing is the best way to read blogs. Firefox is a quick and easy download and lots of fun to use. Dig it.

Hello & Welcome to Pablo's Point!

Snappy name, eh? Glad you like it. It'll do for now. Here at Pablo's Point you will find links to those articles, photos, thoughts, laughs, and Onion Polls that I used to overload your e-mail accounts with before. Yes - those pesky articles on zeppelins & dirigibles, how bad smoking is for you, links to Pete Townshend's diary posts & interviews, reviews of last night's show/game, etc. - you will find them here now.

More importantly, you'll find it WHEN you want to find it. (Instead of receiving it on e-mail, then deleting it a month later to make space on your account. Yes - you! And you know who you are.) Feel free to nose around the place - and post replies when the spirit moves you.