January 2003

Referred to!
SDACM is using part of my review of their meeting featuring the Rocks Toolkit from last month. Nice!

Also, I’m going to their meeting on Thursday. Should be cool.

Hey Miva!
Both email addresses for job applications with Miva (a local web technology company) bounce as unrecognized. That’s hr(at)miva.com and resumes(at)miva.com.

It’s a bummer that they bounce!

I’ll try support and webmaster next.

Sigh.

Evocative Phrase

“Star Trek” fistfight music

JFEST II @ The Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley

(got this from Will himself)

Announcing JFEST II @ The Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley! This coming Saturday Jan. 18, 2003 – 5:30PM-2AM at The Scottish Rite Center

This festival will range from Folk Music to Rock & Pop and includes many of San Diego’s favorite local artists & performers. Including:

• Jason & Jane
• The Bitty Bums
• Will Edwards
• Cheeky Monkey
• Saba
• Scot Taber
• Magnuson
• Syk
• Dr. Lacubrious
• The Enchanted
• Bushwalla
• Christy Bruneau

Tickets are on pre-sale until Thursday for $10 and can be purchased from Will Edwards. Tickets will ALSO be on sale this Thursday night @ Twiggs Tea and Coffee in University Heights (4590 Park Boulevard, corner of Park at Madison, San Diego, California 92116).

Important Newsflash
had more leftover enchiladas.

they were good.

over and out.

Offensiveness Today
F*** Hip Hop: A Eulogy to Hip Hop by Pierre Bennu is an essay that got a lot of play on the nettime mailing list in the past month. It’s obvious of course, but it needs to be said, Hip Hop has grown old and useless as a vibrant voice. It’s simply a tool to sell more Sprite and clothes.

Not a revelation, but something that needs saying.

And yes, sorry about the language today.

More Clay Shirky
Customer-owned Networks: ZapMail and the Telecommunications Industry is another great essay by Clay Shirky, one of many links on the side of this blog.

The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker was recommended to me by Madhu.

Guaranteed to Offend Someone
Religions (or lack thereof) cast in a very specific and irreverent metaphor.

High Hat and Mr. Hat: Separated At Birth
So James “Kibo” Parry has unveiled an interesting development in educational toys and South Park.

In his alt.religion.kibology post of January 3rd “It’s official. Now I hate ‘South Park’” he writes:

DAMN YOU, “SOUTH PARK”! YOUR OPEN MOCKERY OF THAT EVIL PUPPET HAS GIVEN THEM THE IDEA TO START SELLING IT AGAIN TO PURGE THE JOY FROM A NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN!

And here’s the link he gives: High Hat is back!.

I’ve put the pieces together in this graphic:

Incontrovertible evidence, true believers!