Grey Heron at Jacob’s Well, QLD, Australia. This was one of my favorite fishing spots near Brisbane. It’s a beautiful estuary. I snapped this as part of a series of some of the local wildlife during a fishing trip in 2009.
Excision: 8 Bit Superhero
In case you haven’t heard it yet, this track off of Excision’s new album is pretty ace.
While highly technical, this is an important essay on the future of computing, and some of the threats to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a life increasingly involved with computing devices. I’m posting this as part of the historical record for my blog. Cory Doctorow is the voice of the generation on these things.
new indie/electro/chill playlist!!!!!11!!!11!!!!!
lately I’ve been spending a lot of time sitting in my windowless room with the lights off listening to music like this
so uhh here’s a playlist, complete with iTunes-ready .m3u and everything.
download stay inside.zip (117.83MB)
tracklist:
Candil De La Calle / Apparat 4:36
Rainbow Dash / Zxyzxy 6:29
200x / Johnny Foreigner 3:41
Chippewa Kids (feat. Sarah Barthel) / Junk Culture 3:11
Rainbow Road (28 Children Disperse) / Skeleton Zoo 3:12
Visioning Shared Tomorrows / Kuedo 2:03
9th Inning / Gonjasufi 1:38
Here, In Heaven 2 / Elite Gymnastics 3:31
ƒelurian (Sexual Encounter) / Zxyzxy 6:41
dub ass witch / ritualzz vs mister six 2:50
Circulars / Still Corners 2:06
Beyond Their years / Rain Dog 4:16
Strangers are Strange / Unknown Mortal Orchestra 2:22
Home Sick / KYNAN 3:05
Rano Pano / Mogwai 5:15
Every Little THING / LAKE R▲DIO 3:35
Red Curbs Loop (Stuff I Dream About) / Teebs 2:04
Stop / Twin Sister 4:04
Check out this video of reel to reel performance art … great stuff repurposing legacy tech to mash into something very, very new.
For all the geeks out there: how standards evolve
(via xkcd: Standards)
Brett Victor, in Kill Math
Read the fine article; Brett talks about changing the user interface (symbolic, abstract manipulation) of mathematics. He compares multiplication of Roman numerals (very hard) to multiplication of Arabic numerals (0-9, much easier) as an example of a state change in the UI of mathematics. See what good it did for us? He hopes to do the same with the way we currently think about and use maths.
Jesus vs. Dr Who. What would Dr Who Do? WWDWD?
freshphotons said: “Smoke resolved into its component droplets of wax, with zones of refraction making rainbows on the upper edge.Took me about 25 tries to get everything right.”
Beautiful holiday vista of downtown San Francisco, the city by the Bay, and my home town.
So apropos, given some man troubles of late…I’m just baffled as to why my boyfriend has gone radio silent.
Why is it always the same ‘ol shit? Eveyone talks about how they wanna find that one person that aint about the BS and just wants a relationship. A bestfriend. Someone to laugh with. Someone to cry with. Someone to be yourself around. Well, where are you?
It never fails. Everyone always turns out the same. Its always one thing if not the other. Why you gotta cheat? I’m right here to give you anything you need. Why you look at porn? I wanna satisfy your needs. Why aren’t you satisfied? I wanna work it out, not yell and fight. Is it to much to ask for? Someone whos down to ride or die for me. Someone who i can ride or die for. That one person that is 100% real with me, no matter what. Edcuated, funny, swagger,
chill. Wether were out on the town shopping it up, or laid up in bed on a rainy day watching movies and eating ice cream, i just want you to be there for me like I’m gonne be there for you.Are my standars to high? I didnt think so …
