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Tag Archives: Memewatch

(p)[re]hash.

by Rob Friesel

While reviewing/re-formatting the July and August 2003 posts, I stumbled across one in particular that felt timely and worth re-visiting… Libertarians, GeeksCircle I Limbo Democrats, Greens, ObjectivistsCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind Republicans, Hipsters, Goths, DMV Employees, General asshats, TrixiesCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow Scientologists, Osama bin LadenCircle IV […]

u@who$

by Rob Friesel

Couple of recent, fairly random conversations recently have me snickering and/or pondering at what our machine host names are and what they say about us. What conventions have we adopted? Scorned? How are our values or senses of humor reflected in the couple of characters before the $ prompt? What face fo you put on […]

The Great 50.

by Rob Friesel

Another stolen idea from Pete. Albeit, stolen first from Julia: 1. Hacking the Mac 2. Being made a manager 3. “Grateful is…” 4. Moving 5. Truck rental 6. House cleaning 7. Getting electrical systems up to code 8. Missing Baltimore (!?) 9. How I don’t read enough 10. How I don’t write enough 11. Perdido […]

shuffle.

by Rob Friesel

“Everyone else is doing it…” Party Shuffle time: Pete Standing Alone – Boards of Canada J Dilla & Madlib Megamix – J-Rocc My Technique – DJ Technique Precursos – Amon Tobin Stop 4 Love – Basement Jaxx Kaini Industries – Boards of Canada Dinosaur Adventure 3D – Underworld Light My Fire (live) – Massive Attack […]

all the cool kids are doing it.

by Rob Friesel

Read. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville Assorted Resin docs XSLT : Programmer’s Reference by Michael Kay Jepson & Rothman’s Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks (where’s my copy!?) Canon i860 docs (the BJC-250 finally gave up the ghost) DVD. The Crow The Sopranos Third Season (…where did we leave off…?) The Simpsons Third […]

quiz ya’ll.

by Rob Friesel

My quiz score? “70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!” What’s most interesting about this quiz is that it fills you in as you go — let’s you know what nomenclature “belongs” where, that sort of thing. It’s interesting to see the memetic pollution in your brain. How much of what you say comes from where […]