Newly formed: an opinion on Mars exploration
I have to admit, until this week, I had not had strong opinions one way or the other on the exploration of Mars.
After reading Warren Ellis’s mini-essay on the subject, Bending Mars, my opinon has been formed. Prior to this, I was intrigued by the robot exploration of Mars, but really just did not see [...]
Memories are made of music
Listening to World Party I just downloaded from eMusic (finally jumped onboard after watching Bryce).
Brings back memories of the hot, sticky summer of 95 and Yo Mamma, a girl that I totally fell for. In retrospect, was probably mostly in love with her lifestyle (downtown bohemian in Pittsburgh/Oakland) and in lust with her long legs [...]
Thank you for talking to me like an adult
Look, I am not going to be bashful about this. I am a supporter of Senator Obama’s.
I like him. He’s smart; he is articulate; he is sincere; he is incredibly well spoken; he is focused on the issues. These are all fantastic characteristics.
But the reason I like him is that he talks to me like [...]
The gorgeous hubris of the young or the wacked out craziness of the millenial?
want to start by saying that I am really not a Dilbert fan. Dilbert’s cube farm cynicism gets me down; it tastes a little too much of bitter, washed up programmers and the hordes of Christmas sweater wearing older ladies that surround them.
There is something sad to me about the people that read it religoiusly [...]
Who tests the old red wine
People go on and on about how all relationships have one person who kills the bugs and one person who doesn’t. I think that they are missing the real divisions of labour:
Who tests the old red wine to see if it is still drinkable?
Who check the milk to see if it chunky?
Who cleans the garbage [...]
Testing Google’s new “publish to blog feature”.
Saw that Google has connected their docs application to the various blog APIs, allowing you to publish from Google Apps to your blog, and figured I should check it out.
It was pretty east. I started by logging into Google Docs. Honestly that was the hardest part. I [...]
Friends, lovers, connections.
If I look back at big moments in my life, the most important is of course meeting Ellen Strain.
That of course would not have happened without Terry Harpold. That of course would not have happened without Matthew Causey. That of course would not have happened without Mark Dennard. That of course would not have happened [...]