On Friday, A. & I were lucky enough to hit six years together. We are two fortunate human creatures, that much is for sure. For all the other crap that can happy to these mammals, at least we’ve got each other. Anyway, mad props to my folks for helping us celebrate the occasion. They booked […]
The house feels very early-80s Rust Belt. A package has arrived in the mail for me; it is some kind of thick quiz. There are dozens of pages of line items, each a paragraph or two long; some of the exam questions even have diagrams. The test seems to be about copyright and fair use. […]
Peak Bagging in New Hampshire NH White Mountains (tags: hiking) Peakbagger.com New England 4000-foot Peaks (tags: hiking)
If Microserfs were a Jeopardy contestant, its dream board would be: Nerd vs. Geek Literary Encryption Techniques Esoteric Double Entendres Silicon Valley: Then & Now Material and/or Mental The Body Sucks? NOTE TO SELF: Do not read this book again as long as I’m still working in software.
Today (July 11th) is Fair Use Day! w00t! What is Fair Use Day? In a nutshell, it’s a day where we as citizens of the world, as media consumers, as storytellers, as singers, as guitar-jamming musicians, as painters and collage artists, as new world mythologists, as human beings get to speak up (and out) about […]
Shelfari “Welcome to Shelfari! Read, Share, Explore!” (GoodReads competitor) (tags: social fiction literature search book)
currently playing: KMFDM “Anarchy”
I need to get out of here. I’ve been working too long hours, farmed out to a satellite office (Chicago? Schaumburg?) for work that isn’t mine. It’s maddening, frustrating but there’s a little extra money involved and I don’t want to let anyone down. But it is time to leave, the last train will be […]
DanceRecords.com (tags: dj music shopping vinyl)
Seems my juicin’ pic is popular in Sweden. Also, as a special bonus round: TASTES LIKE APPLE PIE Juice the following together: 2 apples 2 pears 1 parsnip Tastes exactly like apple pie. No need to add any spice or additional flavors. Amazing.