February 2008
29 posts
Guess My Crime! →
…via Digg
Design changes
I’m gradually messing with the freedom that Tumblr allows its users in editing their tumblog templates. I don’t have a ton of time to work on a complete overhaul, so I’m experimenting with things little by little. Bear with me.
Scan-it Operation Checkpoint Toy XRay Machine →
Finally we can teach our kids to stop terrorists at the source… standing in line at the airport x-ray machine. …via OhGizmo!
The Worst Addiction of Them All →
A short essay by Kurt Vonnegut originally published December 31, 1983 in The Nation and later collected in the out of print Nothing is Lost Save Honor.
WatchI’ve spent the last couple days periodically watching the Steven Fishman Deposition (part 1 posted above). The whole thing is terribly interesting from an anthropological viewpoint, especially considering that leading Scientologists’ e-meters proved Fishman to be the father of Jesus Christ. I’d point you toward a comprehensive website on Fishman or Scientology, but I honestly...
“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
Do you know what Web 2.0 is?
This morning someone in the office asked me if I knew what Web 2.0 was. My understanding of it is that it’s basically a buzz word created to explain the phenomena surrounding user-created content via social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, content sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo, and blogs like this one (thanks Tumblr).
It used to be that content was created for the...
9/11 trial to enter uncharted legal area →
I’m fairly certain that the Third Geneva Convention was put in place as a result of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking, and that the United States helped to establish it. So why do the President and the Pentagon support the torture of prisoners of war? America’s moral authority has slipped too far into ambiguity.
Roy Scheider, Actor in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 75 →
Sad news for the movie world and an interesting headline from The New York Times. Although the article does allude to Scheider’s other great roles (namely in The French Connection and Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch), there’s something a bit odd about expressing one man’s life achievements via his role in Jaws.
Polaroid Technology Fades Out →
timhackbarth:
I have never used a Polaroid but the concept of one seems nice.
This is sort of sad news. You would think in a world where so many people demand instant gratification, something like the Polaroid camera would be in high demand.
Movie weekend
I spent most of the weekend watching movies and playing around with instruments around my apartment. Thursday night I went to Sushi Wabi on Randolph St. with a friend of mine. It was delicious. We indulged ourselves with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and had the best saki-soaked salmon nigiri I’ve ever tasted.
After several drinks we finished off the night by watching the first half of...