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• 09-Nov-2024

  
  That was a helluva week What a week. I can’t capture the totality of the current moment. In times like this I appreciate being able to read the thoughts of Mark Evanier. He’s a reliable attendee of San Diego Comic-Con. I remember seeing him host panels back when SDCC was held at the San Diego Civic Center at First and...

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• 04-Nov-2024

  
  What is the impact of a blog? James’ post The long view of a blog is a terrific first read of the day for me today. New month. New week. New day. New UTC time offset. And it’s about one of my favorite questions, “what does my website mean to me?” The modality and presentation of content is part of the long view of...

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• 29-Oct-2024

  
  The Election Looms I do believe we’re all exhausted about the impending election in a week. And there’s so much to read. I find myself wanting to encase this moment in amber so I can remember it because it all has the feeling of intense emotion that I will suppress, later. That the election is in 7 days....

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• 09-Oct-2024

  
  Sunrise at Hospitality Point and Drawing Moo Deng I started the day with a trip to the airport. Me and Gwen dropped Kelly off. Early. After we dropped her off, half hour to sunup, we went to Hospitality Point. It’s a bit tricky to get there. You can boat from there but I couldn’t (or rather wouldn’t) begin a swim from there. It’s...

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• 23-Apr-2024

  
  Meandering thoughts on the F word, feelings, and teamwork On repeat this week is a song from 2002 by Charli XCX: Yuck, and I’m a big fan of the sentiment of not trying to get mushy. Yuck, now you got me blushin’ Cheeks so red when the blood starts rushing Yuck, that boy’s so mushy Sending me flowers, I’m just tryna get lucky Yuck,...

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• 07-Nov-2023
  We are highly incentivized to speak in code I remember when people would refer to Microsoft as Microsuck in online writing. Often in mailing lists but elsewhere too. It always struck me as a bit weird. It was often a way to express disdain for Microsoft’s conduct as a monopolist (later punished in the courts). These days, I see people refer to their...

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• 18-Mar-2018

  
  On Prog Rock Inspired by the little article “The Whitest Music Ever (Prog rock was audacious, innovative—and awful)” I wrote this: Datapoints: King Crimson can be furiously awesome. I saw them on the Thrak tour (I can’t remember if that was at the Wiltern) and I totally get it. Robert Fripp is terrific when tempered by other artists...

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• 04-Feb-2014

  
  The Robots Collection of ArtLung The Robots Collection of ArtLung by Joe Crawford (artlung) Frippery is the right of anyone. I’d say something like “I can’t afford a little sportscar so I collect robots” but I think even if I could afford a sportscar what I’d probably do is collect more expensive (as opposed to these cheap) robots. Actually I...

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• 05-Mar-2012

  
  Sprawling Month February is over, and here we are in March. Time is absolutely flying by in my life, almost completely for the best. So what’s happening in my life? Taxes. The enormous tens-of-thousands of IRS debt that Leah and I have been shouldering since 2008 is now low enough that we can see the light at...

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• 03-Feb-2012

  
  Aged. In 2010, I turned 40. I look in the mirror at the side of my head sometimes. I see enough silver that I’m reminded of Reed Richards. In 2010 I got an e-card that made me laugh enough I kept it around. I was scarcely blogging then though. So, here it is now. It cracks...

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