Monthly Archives: August 2007

A Head Covered in Hairy Conflict

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I’m in conflict. I hate my hair and beard but I love them both too. Here’s some history:

Doug Guccione and Steve Kirks

I’m on the right in this photo. This is how I see myself–my mental picture–conservative, clean-cut with a bright smile on my face.

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That’s me on my thirty-fifth birthday in 2005 at a backyard party when, even though it was too hot, we had a fire in the new firepit. I’m wearing an apron from that was a gift from Tammy and says “Will cook for sex.”

33rd Birthday

This one is my thirty-third birthday. Can you belive Tammy (pictured to my left) married a geek like me? This was also the last birthday I had with my parents at their old house on Churchill near Hickory Hills.

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My favorite of all. Taken while I worked at [NuVox](http://nuvox.com) in 2004. I was also the product manager for [UserLand Software](http://userland.com) and was having a blast.

Now for the conflict:

In 2006 at DaZZee offices in Springfield

This is me in October of 2006, not even a year ago, when I had only been with [DaZZee](http://dazzee.com) a month. My hair was starting to lengthen and the beard was firmly entrenched. Pay no attention to the psycotic look on my face…

Steve with long hair in 2007

This is me today–so far. Stay tuned for a post tomorrow…

Drunkenbatman Racial Controversy

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Daring Fireball: “It was an exaggeration intended to emphasize his implied thesis, which is that black people, in general, are under-represented in the Mac community compared to the communities surrounding other OS platforms. I don’t know whether that’s true; I hope it’s not, but I don’t know. When opinions run as hot as they can regarding an issue such as racial diversity, it’s essential to argue with as many facts as possible — and but alas, Drunkenbatman had no numbers to cite.”

Five Years of Daring Fireball

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John Gruber: “Five years ago yesterday, I started Daring Fireball. Things change fast: the first article was on the just-released-that-day dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4s; most Mac users, and most DF readers, were still on Mac OS 9; DF had no Linked List and didn’t offer any RSS feeds. It took me a few months to find my voice, but the early entries aren’t too bad.”

Congratulations, John! Here’s to five more years of wit, sarcasm and great writing.