low inertia

Staying positive

RU Sirius’s recent publication True Mutations is full of fascinating interviews from edge thinkers. In particular, I’ve really enjoyed the interview with Jamais Cascio and Cory Doctorow (surprisingly, since boing boing has given me the impression he’s spasmodic; of course, he’s extremely thoughtful and well-spoken when not in tidbit form). I’d recommend reading it, particularly […]

The never ending internet

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That’s a good idea!

Right up there with green roofs in the category of “good uses for wasted spaces” is mounting gadgets under your desk.

Things I did today

Slept till noon
cooked and ate spaghetti
Talked to my mom
Shouted at the dogs
Ate two bowls of cereal
drank coffee
server mess around time
internet mess around time
Some other stuff

This is one of my worst blog posts ever. And I’ve been at it for a long time, despite appearances. Now I’m going to watch Bladerunner.

You have the depressing future to look forward to!

I am often solicited by the AARP to become a member. While I don’t have many of the traits that generally define those worthy of an invite to such an exclusive club, such as being retired, I did cash out my defined retirement plan when I left my job in 2006. Apparently, that’s good enough […]

Last day of school

One of the things that has struck me about my time in the working world of computers is that most things that are somewhat interesting to work on never actually get finished. Not in the sense that nothing is ever accomplished, but that the end goal is a moving target. It often seems to me […]

Pavlov was right!

There used to be a bizarre circuit training room in the basement of the Johns Hopkins athletic center, right down the hall from the more standard issue weight room. The circuit training room had early versions of today’s fitness machines; the resistance was provided via pneumatics. To adjust the difficulty, you would adjust an air […]

Hilarious hi-jinx

If you have not yet seen Xavier: Renegade Angel on Adult Swim, I’m not surprised because their ads suck, I have no idea when it’s on and it’s only 15 minutes long. However, I’ve been lucky enough to catch it twice, and it blew my mind the first time and made me laugh a whole […]

No commercials?!

Ever since I saw Juno, I’ve been meaning to write here, but a busy schedule of not writing and drinking far too much booze kept me from doing so. I had wanted to share the glowing feeling of hope (remember that?) that the movie imparted on me through jokes and music. I laughed a fair […]