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What is this place?

a warm gun is the personal web site of multimedia artist and resident geek Ian Adams, based out of Seattle, WA. This particular page shows all posts from January, 2005.

Where is everything?

The most recently posted stuff can be found on the front page. Older posts and articles are listed, by category and date, in the archives. There is also the Link Blog, which is my (almost) daily list of interesting links and brief commentary on AWG-related topics.

Additional areas on this site can be accessed by using the navigation links on the far left. (Or far bottom if you’re visiting this site using an alternative browser like Opera Mini.)

The coolest of the cool

Later this year, Dave McKean’s feature-length directoral debut, MirrorMask, will be released to theatres. Co-written by Neil Gaiman, with the score co-composed by Iain Ballamy, this promises to be one of the coolest movies ever made.

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Sweet dreams are made of Jeffrey Combs, apparently…

I had the oddest dream last night.

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Stupidity should be painful

The pundits weigh in on Apple’s MacWorld announcements

Overall reception of the Mac Mini has been positive, but already we have a few of the expected Mac Mini doom-sayers—here to warn us of the inevitable apocalypse that is to come if anybody actually purchases a Macintosh computer.

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Fallout

My first article was apparently something of a minor success, getting MacSlashed and linked to by d.sankey.ca, Daniel Andrews, Geek Hideout, and MacVolPlace. It’s very pleasing to see that people are actually talking about something that I wrote. Now I just have to keep the articles coming.

The Year of High-Definition Video?

Why the Mac Mini may be more than just a low-cost Mac for “switchers”

Waking up the afternoon of the MacWorld Keynote is a bit like waking up on Christmas morning, but better. Not only is one spared the need to interact with family, but the gifts are certainly leagues ahead of underwear and chocolate.

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