December 2009
22 posts
Peter Singer is a dope, Fair Trade is a Scam and...
or, more mildly put, he is the academic equivalent of Mancow Muller, the Chicago based shock jock. Both are people who I thought were very cool and vaguely dangerous in jr. high, both are given an inexplicable amount of media attention (Mancow has a regular piece on Chicago Tonight on WTTW, and Peter Singer even had a Law and Order villain based off of him) and both men seem border line pathetic...
Today is the most honest time in human history
(this is another early AM tired posting. Please excuse tangents, misspellings, punctuation problem,s non-starter-sentences, non-starter-ideas, etc.)
Here is a thought that came into my head while I couldn’t sleep: we’re living in the most honest time, ever. Sure, there is all sorts of dishonesty all around us (who is really totally honest, even w/ their closest friends and family?), but that...
Up In The Air: Review and Thoughts About How...
(I wrote this at 4am on X-Mas morning, so its even less proof read than usual)
Review
It was pretty good. I was expecting a dark comedy, but instead what I got was the 50% as subtle comedy, the last 50% as dark drama. The movie is fast paced and I didn’t consider leaving the theater for a coke-refill even once through out the whole movie, which is rare. Worth seeing
Thoughts
Before I...
Sonic Weapon Fence Show at Elbo Room
Sonic Weapon Fence, the Chicago based LOST themed band I’m in, show is having our first show in a good while, and its this coming Monday (Dec 28) at the Elbo Room at 11pm. This will be our first show with virtuoso Jason, who makes our sound huger, awesomer, and louder than ever before. We’ll also be performing several songs for the first time and hawk our CD.
All in all, it should...
How to make a consumer level program as confusing...
maxhell:
Move all the options around in every bi-monthly new build and eliminate things that you used to allow without notice.
Apple aggressively tries to kill the mp3 while tumblr only allows you upload mp3s as audio posts. Dilemma.
I’ve been using AAC for years in my library, but I always find the need to convert a file to this or that. They have now made it impossible without a 3rd party or...
Honest Question about Full Life Satisfaction
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot, and was wondering what other folks might think. First, the setup:
Background
I’m feeling super anxious right now. I’ve got some good projects going though, as is always the case with contract work / freelancing, I have a constant nagging suspicion that this batch will be the last of them and the future is nothing but either...
The Oscillators - Be Mine Now
I remember...
annicka:
planettampon:
Annie - Anthonio...
Asheville, N.C., councilmember-elect may be barred... →
jerrybrito:
North Carolina’s constitution is clear: politicians who deny the existence of God are barred from holding office. Opponents of Cecil Bothwell are seizing on that law to argue he should not be seated as a City Council member today, even though federal courts have ruled religious tests for public office are unlawful under the U.S. Constitution.
Lawrence's new website
BTW, Lawrence folks, have you seen the schools new website. It looks terrible, like what you’d see if you typed in google wrong in your search bar. I don’t look at this site and think “serious academic institution” or even “academic institution.” I think they’re going to sell me iPhone accessories.
Some sins that come to mind
In the left hand...
StimulusWatch 2.0: Interesting items in the Data... →
I found that my college college, Lawrence University is getting stimulus funding too. Nothing crazy or blood boiling (though federal work-study in general seems like a crazy program to me), but still interesting to see.
Federal Work-Study - Lawrence University - Appleton, WI
Programmer confronts some spammers who stole his... →
Best part, the sign off:
Die in a fire,
Tom
Sonic Weapon Fence album on iTunes now!
Sonic Weapon Fence’s first album is available on iTunes right now for the reasonable price of whatever-itunes-decides-to-charge. Sonic Weapon Fence is the LOST themed band that I’m in. Here is the press release we’re also sending out:
The first full length album by Chicago LOST rock trio Sonic Weapon Fence is a virtual flight 815 of emotions, ranging from mysterious to...
Help me decide which tumblr page would be better!
I was talking with my cousin last night and we were discussing websites that would win us undying fame. We came up w/ two ideas. Would you rather see a blog dedicated to videos of children happily (like this) or a blog dedicated to Patrick Ehlers, Sam Scranton, and I doing serious PSAs in a series called “PSA-fty”?
