I thought this was a pretty thoughtful article: Robotic Nation, by Marshall Brain. Hyperbolic? The author makes the science fictional notion that robots will take over most service jobs in the next 50 years and makes it seem plausible.
July 2003 Sixty posts
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The wedding we (Leah and I) went to today went swimmingly. Later, we went and did laundry. I’m relaxed, and ready for a new week. New challenges and puzzlements, as per usual, but I am lucky. I like my life.
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Leah and I went to one wedding yesterday – a house party wedding northeast of Escondido. That was fun! Some impromptu dancing did occur.
Today, another wedding, but this one closer to home.
In other news, good racquetball yesterday morning. But in sadder news, my folks and sister flew back east after a very successful trip out here. I’ll see them all again this year, so don’t despair.
I’m tired. Have bunches of email to catch up with. Maybe time to do some dishes as well.
In better news, my roomie got out of the hospital the same day she had the blood clots, for those of you concerned. I wish her well.
Okay, time to do some email.
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Brett Jackson has a cool moblog: interests include color, typoraphy, and other oddities in Gotham: ibjlogo.textamerica.com
Brett is a kill Flash guy, visit his home, home on the web
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Have I mentioned that I really love that snopes.com exists?
Well, I do. Here, they debunk Hunting for Bambi, which got reported (via Reuters) on CNN!
Chalk the coverage of this non-event publicity stunt to the general shoddiness of the mass media’s brand of “journalism.” Of particular note: this story featured violence and included video of topless women — which as it turns out is a good way to get on television.
The media does not seem to care if they are getting scammed.
Disgusting.
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So things are good. Busy. Back at work. This is good. See my folks and sister again today, this is good. They leave tomorrow. My pal Erin was sick again yesterday — blood clots — including lung ones, that’s “pulmonary embolism” — as in life threatening, get a VQ scan. That kind of thing is worrisome. In fact, I’d rather not talk about friends’ brushes with death here. Ugh.
Went to the University Heights Farmer’s Market yesterday. Leah got some of this roasted corn that was awesome. Then we relaxed and watched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, not the one on NBC, the real one, on Bravo. We like this show, despite the amazingly hyperbolic over-the-top hype. It’s a reality show that’s based in reality. When they remake your shoddy dishevled room, they use your own bedspread. They use your chair. The repaint your tables. They don’t do what most of those re-making shows do, which is provide an entirely new space for you. This basis in reality is the key to the show’s success. The humor may be based in gay-jokes, but the show works because it seems actually helpful.
Also talked about a possible project with a buddy. Might be some nice work for me. Hope it works out for all.
Yikes! Time to get ready for work!
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Hiking to the top of Cowles Mountain with my parents, sister and uncle: check
Brunch at D.Z. Akins, same crew: check
Home to recuperate with a hot bath: check
Bus to grandparents, then racquetball with dad, an uncle and two aunts: check
Trip to sign papers and give deposit for new house rental: check
Home, get food, eat food, blog about the day: check
((Then, Joe Collapsed In A Heap))
Tomorrow: Back to work.
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Going hiking this morning. Racquetball in the evening. Signing papers for the new apartment somewhere in-between or after. It’s going to be a full day. Back to work tomorrow.
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I’m going hiking early in the morning, so I’ll try and keep this brief.
For the last several years, when one did a search for “ronny vardy” on google, like this, you got my fansite: artlung.com/fansite/ronnyvardy, well, now that she has her own site at ronnyvardy.com, you really should go there!
I met her on Friday. I had seen her work at comic-con before. I saw when she had shirts made by Hot Topic. I’ve followed her work around the net, all of which got posted to my fansite, but now I really do think, her official site should be the number one link!
I was intimidated to meet her. Here’s this person whose work I have admired for years now, and I have the #1 hit for her name, and I beat out her site in the search results. I told her this and her response was you’re that artlung guy!, which I thought was really cool. She extended her hand and we shook hands. I bought a print and a girl-t-shirt from her and we chatted a bit. I’m really excited that she’s on the net with her site, and wish her only the best! I think her work displays great artistry, a sense of humor, and a fun sexiness, which is why I felt the need to put up a site in the first place. I mean, here’s this great artist, but she has almost ZERO profile on the net! Well, she belongs here on the net, and I’m looking forward to seeing more of her great work!