Not A Dollarshort

Dementor

Tonight, while walking down University Avenue in Palo Alto, we spied some Christmas Carolers. As we passed them, they seemed to get quieter and quieter as if they were losing their voices. Only after we crossed the street, their volume and tone returned to joyeux. At that moment Ben called me a dementor -- as in Harry Potter -- and I could only agree that I sap all joy from people. It has a lot to do with the cold I'm suffering from, I guess. Yeah, that's it.

Poinsettia Head

Joi Ito snaps a photo of Ben and myself during lunch at Supernova. Unfortunately, due to bad positioning on my part, I look like a crazy scarecrow fond of wearing poinsettias on my head.

Panoramas

The full screen panormas found on this site are simply amazing. Link via onfocus.

Lush

An informant wrote to say that the San Francisco Lush store is supposedly opening this weekend at 240 Powell Street. Let's hope this is true.

Advent Calendar

Leslie's 2002 Advent Calendar is up.

Baby Names

In an effort to make our future offspring (Hamish, Sebastien, Mathilde) feel less like expatriate outcasts, Ben and I have decided to change our own names to Maxime and Cecile. Please respect our decision. Thank you.