Song of the Moment

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"Moment of Zen "

"Moment of Zen " 06/07/2004 06:54 PM

His Moment in the Sun

His Moment in the Sun 06/19/2004 12:18 PM
An ardent amateur clarinetist, he had long admired the virtuosos of the New York Philharmonic. Then, one night, he took his place among them.

What I look like at the moment...

What I look like at the moment... 01/07/2004 04:47 PM

A very recent picture of me trying to look serious. I shall shortly add this to my ongoing visual Brief History of Tom.

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Monkey of the moment

Monkey of the moment 04/03/2005 07:58 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 3 2005 11:05AM GMT

Moment of self-Googling zen

Moment of self-Googling zen 08/27/2004 01:46 PM
Xeni Jardin: WTF is this? Shouldn't I be getting royalties? Or at least, like, foot massages from these bare-chested, Flash-animated hunkazoids? I am sooo calling my bare-chested, Fabio lookalike attorneys right now. Link to www.xeni.jp

What's your lowbrow moment?

What's your lowbrow moment? 07/02/2004 01:42 AM
"I enjoy life most when I have a boner." Lowbrow.com is back after a brief period of downtime. The format is extremely simple -- read one randomly selected Lowbrow Moment, hit reload, read the next one. What's Lowbrow about? It's about hard-earned street wisdom and raunchy sex; it's about drunken violence and heroic feats of masturbation. If your life is particularly Lowbrow, feel free to share, but beware of imitators.

Moment of Brian Eno Zen

Moment of Brian Eno Zen 04/01/2005 12:24 PM
Xeni Jardin: "The advantage the popular arts have is that they are not ideologically proud."

Link to the 10-year-old interview from which this was snipped. (via Warren Ellis)

That magic moment

That magic moment 03/26/2005 09:34 AM

Here's a photo James Hong shot at PC Forum. As James describes it:

I HAD to take a picture of this potentially historic moment.. Kim Cameron (Microsoft) and Mitchell Baker (Mozilla) discussing the possibility of cooperating on Open Identity!! Do it guys!! It'll change the world and make the Net feel safe again.

Craig Burton has his own version of the story.....

Doc Searls arranged a meeting yesterday beween Mitchell Baker and Kim Cameron to discuss the possibility  of Mozilla supporting Kim's Open Identity System. Since the meeting was at the PC Forum, and I live in Scottsdale, I was lucky enough to be sitting at the table during the event. It was so cool when Mitchell groked what Kim was proposing.

Of course she didn't make any commitments, but it was obvious that her wheels were turning. I think history was made. Wouldn't it be cool if Firefox supported Kim's Open Identity System, It felt like a real magic moment.

If I were Mozilla, I would jump all over it!

Later: James Hong was also there and took a photo of the moment. He posted the uri in the comments but I thought it should be up front. Thanks James!

And Doc puts it this way (on his IT Garage):

If you're wondering about the power of podcasting, stay tuned for what's happening to bring identity to the suite of Internet services. (for details on the meaning of that phrase, see Craig Burton's Internet Services Model). Back on December 31, Steve Gillmor convened a Gillmor Gang podcast of a conversation about identity. On the 'cast were Craig, Kim Cameron, Dave Winer, Drummond Reed, Marc Canter, Bryan Field-Elliot, Phil Windley and myself. (For more background on the 'cast, see this post here.) There were so many on the 'cast that it became known as The Gaggle.

The conversation continued, to say the least.

So in other words - if you ever wondered whatever happened with FOAFnet and my identity efforts, I've been working the back channels, insider games and politics of the Commons - trying to make sure everyone was talkng to each other.

Our own solution is Sxip Networks - but anyone should be able to use their own solution, and plug into a 'identity backplane' that.....

OOoppps - we're still not ready to announce - yet. Stay tuned till DIDW in May. It'll be big.

The only bummer was that Dave Winer wasn't there. His concerns on Microsoft drove us to create this 'bottoms up' effort. Clearly MS will worry about the top-down ramifications of their actions, but 'we're' helping them - from the bottom up.

Maybe Dave can come to DIDW this year?

Senior moment

Senior moment 05/06/2004 05:38 PM
I’m too young to have senior moments like this!

- (void) setDirty: (BOOL) fl {
 flDirty = YES;
 } /*setDirty:*/

Consider This Our Safety Moment

Consider This Our Safety Moment 05/06/2004 07:13 AM
If you're going to have an accident with a nail gun, try not to do it six times.Isidro Mejia, 39, had four nails penetrate his skull -- three went into his brain -- in the April 19 accident, according to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Another of the nails lodged...

Daddy Moment

Daddy Moment 03/27/2005 01:00 AM
You only get maybe one of these per child and, like they say, “You never forget”...

Moment of couture zen

Moment of couture zen 02/05/2005 09:25 PM
Xeni Jardin: The caption for this Reuters photo by Max Rossi reads, "A model presents a creation from Italian fashion academy students for their Spring/Summer 2005 Haute Couture collection, during Rome's Fashion Week." IANAFD (I am not a fashion designer), but I say -- keep studying, guys.

Link to full-size. I'm not sure why, but it sort of reminds me of this NSFW painting by surrealist artist Rene Magritte, Le Viol (The Rape, 1934): Link.

Here's another interesting image from the same collection: Link. (Thanks, Susannah Breslin).

A moment for the Iraqis

A moment for the Iraqis 06/28/2004 11:55 AM

Moment of protest-art zen

Moment of protest-art zen 03/13/2003 01:00 PM
"A carnival float shows paper mache figure of German conservative opposition leader Angela Merkel emerging from the buttocks of Uncle Sam during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, March 3, 2003. Merkel has strongly criticized the German government's anti-Iraq war stance and recently visited Washington. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season. " Link, Discuss, (Thanks, JP!)

The iPod Moment

The iPod Moment 06/04/2004 11:46 PM
“From the moment I saw it, I was stunned,” says Moby of the iPod in Rolling Stone’s current cover story, “50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock & Roll.” The story continues, “By the end of 2003, the iPod has become a cultural phenomenon. Close to 3 million of the devices have now been sold, and they’re expected to soon outsell portable CD players… ‘I never used to see people walking around listening to music on the streets,’ said Moby. ‘Now everywhere I go, I see the iPod’s white headphones.’”[Jun 4]

Moment of Porn Zen

Moment of Porn Zen 01/19/2004 01:55 PM
This visual moment of totally worksafe porn zen is brought to you by the Invi sible Cowgirl. Photo taken at the OTHER recent convention in Vegas -- the porn awards. Link

MOMENT OF SILENCE

MOMENT OF SILENCE 06/01/2004 06:37 PM
PBS-1 hour agoIt occupied a certain corner of the mind, yes, but there were other things: An epidemic of obesity, the end of "Friends," Google going public, a fiercely ...

Moment of Zero-G zeitgeist

Moment of Zero-G zeitgeist 09/25/2004 01:15 PM
Xeni Jardin: An off-color web cartoon about Zero-G pleasure flights that suggests exactly what you'd expect from an off-color web cartoon about Zero-G pleasure flights.

Link< /a> to cartoon, and Link to related BoingBoing posts on Zero-G Corporation's parabolic joyrides. (Thanks, Rob O)

Moment of Cy Twombly zen

Moment of Cy Twombly zen 06/05/2005 11:42 PM
Xeni Jardin: From a New York Times article on a retrospective of the artist's work in Houston:

He sat facing the gallery's largest painting, an allegory of Orpheus' trip to the underworld, 13 feet high and a whopping 52 feet long. Painted between 1972 and 1994, it has been called by assorted names, including, "Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor" - a reference to the Roman poet who, like Mr. Twombly, deftly mixed learned allusion and earthy expression.

With evident pleasure, the artist recounted the painting's effect on a young Frenchwoman who visited the gallery some years ago. The lone guard found her standing in front of the vivid whorls, scattered verses and bright splatters of color, totally nude.

"Right here in this room!" Mr. Twombly affirmed. He was delighted, he said. "Wouldn't you be? That's pretty good. No one can top that one. Come on. How many people ?"

His words then evaporated like the mysterious markings that twitter across his works before seemingly lifting off and wafting away.

The guard, Guillermo Leguizamon, recalls gathering his wits and telling the museum visitor, "I can admire your beauty, madam, but if you don't put on your clothes, you'll be more famous than Cy Twombly himself." She dressed and departed, leaving a message in the guest book: "The painting makes me want to run naked."

Li nk (thanks Susannah Breslin!)

A moment for parents

A moment for parents 12/24/2004 01:06 PM
With some trepidation, I've posted "Now Go To Damn Sleep," doggerel for the worn-out parent. Here's the beginning: My angels, now, it's to your room To dip into sleep's stream And let your parents' life resume. Fast forward to your dream. What's that you say, my angels dear? The day has not run out? Tonight you just must-see ER? And then the title bout? Oh my dears, my little mites, Walt Disney's themed your beds. And if you're good and very quiet I'll tell my day instead. Oh, Mikey, Sal and Ted please hear The story I have to tell...

A moment of sanity

A moment of sanity 06/24/2005 07:55 PM
Dangermouse is out on DVD. You've got to know that there's something essentially right with the world when this is true....

Getting in on Google: The moment of
truth

Getting in on Google: The moment of
truth 08/19/2004 05:02 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Aug 19 2004 9:54PM GMT

random LJ image of the moment.

random LJ image of the moment. 04/12/2004 07:22 PM
Recent images posted to Live Journal (probably NSFW at any given moment) sounds like an uninteresting feed from a community: it's just a constant stream of images uploaded to LJ. But the truth is that it's fascinating to watch, to see the whole community summarized into a dozen images of the moment. [more inside]

A funny moment at ETech

A funny moment at ETech 02/11/2004 09:50 PM
I'm sitting behind Cory Doctorow at ETech listening to some guy drone on and on about Web Services. It's the end of the day and it's a very boring presentation. So I browse my home page, and see a newswire story about the CIA website posting asking for help finding Weapons of Mass Destruction. I browse the CIA site, and sure enough, it is there. I check the url on Technorati, to see who has blogged it. To my surprise, it doesn't look like anyone has. It seems like an appropriate post for ETech, since as well as being an amusing act of desperation, it is an innovative public use of technology by the CIA, so I stick something on my linklog, The Midnight Blog, about it. Then it occurs to me that Cory might be amused, but I don't want to interrupt him from his notetaking, so I send him something via the form on boingboing. About two minutes later, I see him open up the CIA site on his laptop, chuckle, then open up Blogger. Sure enough, 3 minutes later the link is up on boingboing. I'm sure it will be through the blogosphere by the morning, with all kinds of intelligent commentary that I was too tired to add. The tools and the velocity of information flow available today are amazing, even if the purposes they are put to aren't always that important....

Moment of sex tech patent zen

Moment of sex tech patent zen 12/30/2004 04:48 PM
Xeni Jardin: US Patent Office - US 6,751,348 B2 - Automated detection of pornographic images. Or is it, "automatic detection of erogenous zones"? Link (spotted also on Fleshbot)

Moment of pirated Chinese DVD zen

Moment of pirated Chinese DVD zen 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: Image: the cover of a pirated "Kill Bill" DVD in China with the headline "HERE COMES THE BRINE." BoingBoing reader Jon Rahoi says:

I'm living in mainland China for a couple of months. The dearth of English TV and the terrible quality of Chinese shows made me set out, on my very first day, to a local DVD store.

They're on every street. These people must listen to and watch a fair number of movies and CDs. But since the average wage here is, very roughly, US$150 a month, and the average DVD costs about US$15 back home, how can they afford it? Do they get a continental discount?

I walked in and got right to the discount rack. Dozens of American and foreign movies were on sale for 6RMB, about 75¢! The full-price ones ranged from 12-18RMB ($1.50 - $2.25.) Obviously, these are copies, fakes, pirate booty. But how good are they? For the sake of journalistic thoroughness, I bought 35 of them.

(...) The DVD cases are works of pirate art. They are all made in the same style from hard glossy cardboard. Cheaply made, but professionally graphically designed. They're so uniform, you can tell they almost all come from one maker. What makes them art, though, are the mistakes: made by a genius dyslexican who flunked the TOEFL. English literacy here is almost zero. A Chinese person picking up a movie to buy would not read the title, the quotes, the description, or the credits if they were in English. But any American movie case has to have English, right?

Here's a report on Jon's blog, Lin k, and here's another entry on the in-theater experience -- "To The Chinaplex": Lin k

BoingBoing reader Charles Lin adds,

I lived in China for a short while, and the pirated DVD's tend to have OCR errors. How they got "brine" from "bride" is a horrid mistake, but especially when it comes to recognizing movie blurbs and the blocks of credits on the back, most of the errors don't appear to be typing transcription errors, but OCR errors from a scanner. Much of the box art doesn't look like the American version because it's scanned in from foreign posters for the movies, which often are of a slightly different design.

Moment of space-burka zen

Moment of space-burka zen 02/07/2005 02:07 AM
Xeni Jardin: A Cylon assuming female human form wears a disguise from the fall-winter 05/06 collection by Cortana during the Pasarela Gaudí fashion show in Barcelona. Son muy pero muy jaitón, la gente del planeta Cylon.
Link (Thanks, Vann Hall).

Moment of Celebrity Headline Zen

Moment of Celebrity Headline Zen 01/06/2005 04:55 PM
Xeni Jardin: "Blake's Vomiting Didn't Seem Sincere to Witnesses" -- spotted twice: Link, and Linkerer.

Death: The Decisive Moment

Death: The Decisive Moment 08/05/2004 05:44 PM

« Henri Cartier-Bresson behind his Leica. »

I heard the news that Henri Cartier-Bresson died while we were in Prague. His style was distinctive and his aloof intimacy with those he captured on film are a precious record of the passage of life where he happened to chance upon it. Documentary photography has always produced the most interesting photos because they tell a story and he wasn't just a photographer, he was a brilliant storyteller. The Guardian has a story about his life and Magnum has a retrospective in photos. May he rest in peace and his immortality be assured in his photographic stories for generations to come.

I'm worn out from 4 days in Prague where it was warm and mobbed by tourists and tourist traps. Note to self: next time, visit in the winter when it will still be warmer than Helsinki and have far fewer tourists. It was good to see the familiar Finnish landscape below the wing as we were landing, but I want to know why Finns seem to have this rather odd habit of applauding the piot upon touchdown since the pilot can't hear them and, well, I'd prefer no encores. Judging by the sea of lost baggage at Vantaa, it's good we didn't return yesterday when there was a baggage handlers 1-day strike. I'll have the photos developed and will write more detail on Prague in a few days.

Dell and HP have a green moment

Dell and HP have a green moment 07/14/2004 06:54 AM
Free recycling, while stocks last

Ellison's defining moment

Ellison's defining moment 07/11/2004 11:49 AM
“Capping his company’s four-week trial against the Justice Department, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s masterful testimony on Thursday convincingly laid out the legal case for why Oracle should be allowed to be a cold-hearted acquirer.”

Proud Parent Moment

Proud Parent Moment 05/26/2004 01:09 AM

Mr. Man made the baseball all-star team! Not only that, the all-stars coach told us that Brent has gotten a reputation in the league as "the home run king." Congratulations, Brent!

Moment of random Flickr zen

Moment of random Flickr zen 04/08/2005 12:54 AM
Xeni Jardin: I stumbled accross this photo just now on Flickr when I was logging in to retrieve a message, and loved what I saw.
Link

Moment of Jimmy Swaggart Zen

Moment of Jimmy Swaggart Zen 09/23/2004 01:09 PM
Xeni Jardin: During a recently broadcast sermon in which he discussed his opposition to gay marriage, evangelical telepreacher Jimmy Swaggart said:

"I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died."

Link (via Warren)

A Historic Moment in Boston

A Historic Moment in Boston 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
The upcoming Desktop Linux Conference will cover the current state of the Linux desktop and where it's heading.

A Welcome Moment of Political Civility

A Welcome Moment of Political Civility 06/15/2004 12:29 AM

Just watched the unveiling earlier today of the White House portraits of Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The former and current presidents spoke with grace and good will, a rare moment of civility in a time of harsh, ugly partisanship. My favorite moment in Bush's speech was this:

"The years have done a lot to clarify the strengths of this man. As a candidate for any office, whether it be the state attorney general or the President, Bill Clinton showed incredible energy and great personal appeal. As chief executive, he showed a deep and far-ranging knowledge of public policy, a great compassion for people in need, and the forward-looking spirit the Americans like in a President. Bill Clinton could always see a better day ahead -- and Americans knew he was working hard to bring that day closer."

And from Clinton:

"Most of the people I've known in this busines -- Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals -- were good people, honest people, and they did what they thought was right. And I hope that I'll live long enough to see American politics return to vigorous debates where we argue who's right and wrong, not who's good and bad. My experience is that most of the people I've known in this work are good people who love their country desperately."

Best Alton Brown moment ever

Best Alton Brown moment ever 06/02/2004 03:17 PM

The fact that 'Dr' Phil has the number 1 cookbook on Amazon.com makes me want to end it all.
posted by Alton Brown, 7:38 PM

Boston's Biotech Moment

Boston's Biotech Moment 12/14/2003 05:41 AM
Boston Globe Dec 14 2003 5:10AM ET

EU counts down to historic moment

EU counts down to historic moment 04/30/2004 04:52 AM
Ten new countries, most of them ex-communist states, join the EU at midnight - marking the biggest expansion in its history.
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Soundtrack 1.2 available for download

Soundtrack 1.2 available for download 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
Apple has released Soundtrack 1.2, an updated version of its royalty-free music production tool...

Free Download For GarageBand/Soundtrack

Free Download For GarageBand/Soundtrack 02/10/2004 03:00 AM

A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
Advanced Bots

A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
Advanced Bots 06/25/2004 04:54 PM

J.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece

J.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
J.D. Edwards 5 is a Web-enabled, integrated family of offerings that covers everything from ERP, supply chain management, and supplier relationship management to CRM, business intelligence and collaboration, and integration.

"Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated"

"Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated" 11/10/2003 11:14 PM

Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated

Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated 11/10/2003 11:36 PM
Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore: Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are Dumb, Germans Educated .. Michael Moore published in a German newspaper .. thanks to Mediankritik .. David Kaspar

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moore, Give me moore

moore, Give me moore 05/22/2004 06:41 PM
Festival de Cannes update: The new Michael Moore movie received a 18 minutes long st anding ovation , a couple of days ago, which was already meaningful to him and his film crew. Tonight Moore also received the prestigious Palme D'Or prize, making sure the film will receive an adequate distribution in the United States. His speech was quite powerful, beginning with him visibly stunned, looking at Quentin Tarantino (who was in tears) in disbelief, saying “What have you done? I’m completely overwhelmed by this. Merci”.

Soundtrack 1.1

Soundtrack 1.1 12/02/2003 10:11 PM
Apple updated Soundtrack to 1.1 today. Update includes general fixes and performance enhancements and is strongly recommended for all users of So...

Soundtrack

Soundtrack 01/03/2004 03:41 AM
If you need sweet-sounding music for your multimedia work and don't happen to know any talented musicians, say hello to a virtual band even your mother could love -- one that won't clean out the fridge after rehearsals. By David Biedny (MacAddict via MyAppleMenu)

Soundtrack 1.2

Soundtrack 1.2 01/16/2004 11:03 AM
Update includes new features, general fixes/performance enhancements and is strongly recommended for all users.

Is This Heaven?

Is This Heaven? 06/30/2004 09:37 AM

I Spot ACCESS is an Iowa company that is currently working with the state of Iowa to set up free wireless hotspots at all of the states highway rest areas. An article in today's Des Moines Register points to increased tourism and spending in local communities as a benefit of the new service.

The wireless hot spots are now available at rest stops near Mitchellville and Davenport on Interstate Highway 80, and near Osceola on Interstate Highway 35, Iowa Department of Transportation officials said. A similar service will begin soon at rest areas near Adair on I-80. After a six-month trial, access may expand to 40 rest areas statewide, officials said.

I Spot ACCESS isn't charging the state or users for the service. Their business model is built on advertising for local businesses and directing traffic to a page of ads and local information when users access the network. Considering the large amount of traffic that uses I-80 I can see this succeeding. Having lived most of my life there, I don't need much of an excuse to visit Iowa, but now I have another reason to stop a few times on my way home.

Beyond rest areas, I think free wifi hotspots belong in every mall food court. Provide an inexpensive reason for people to walk in the mall and chances are they will probably drop a few bucks. If nothing else, it gives dad something to do while mom and the kids shop.

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Still in heaven

Still in heaven 12/17/2004 06:33 PM
Cheese tonkatsu! How... odd, yet incredibly tasty.

just like heaven

just like heaven 05/21/2004 01:01 PM
You really want to visit WWdN right about now.

Trust me. :-)

Heaven for Bid

Heaven for Bid 03/31/2005 09:29 AM
More wacky auctions line the halls of eBay -- and that's not a good thing in the long run.

Apple: Soundtrack

Apple: Soundtrack 01/16/2004 12:59 PM
We missed it at first, but Apple lopped $100 off the price of Soundtrack yesterday.

GarageBand Or SoundTrack?

GarageBand Or SoundTrack? 04/28/2004 01:45 AM
By Guy Serle, MyMac.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Soundtrack v1.1 Released

Soundtrack v1.1 Released 12/02/2003 10:15 PM
The new release includes general fixes as well as improvements in performance and linking of relocated project audio files, according to Apple. By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Soundtrack 1.2 Released

Soundtrack 1.2 Released 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
Apple has released Soundtrack 1.2, and update to its music production application. Version 1.2 includes many improvements, including MIDI and MTC clock synchronization, customizable effects presets, document compression, and more. Soundtrack 1.2 is available for download from the Apple website and is free for all current Soundtrack owners.

Soundtrack 1.1 Released

Soundtrack 1.1 Released 12/02/2003 10:25 PM
Apple has released Soundtrack 1.1, an update to its music production application. Version 1.1 includes bug fixes, performace enhancements, and better compatibility with OS X 10.3. The 26.5MB update is strongly recommended for all Soundtrack users and is available via Software Update.

Apple: SoundTrack 1.2

Apple: SoundTrack 1.2 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
An update "includes added features, general fixes and performance enhancements and is strongly recommended for all users of Soundtrack."

Summer Soundtrack

Summer Soundtrack 06/17/2005 03:33 PM
A cleverly executed playlist about sideshow freaks.

Photographer’s Heaven

Photographer’s Heaven 02/01/2005 09:27 PM
“Producing slide shows in iPhoto, carrying them around on the iPod, and showing them off to friends and relatives is so easy and works so well I’m in photographer’s heaven,” writes Linda Knapp for the Seattle Times, reviewing iPod photo. “I particularly like not having to learn new software to create slide shows specifically for the player — I’ve already created them in iPhoto to view on the Mac, upload to my Web site and burn on DVDs — all I have to do is move them to the player.” [Jan 31, 2005]

Stairway to Heaven

Stairway to Heaven 08/31/2004 08:04 AM

« A contestant at the Finnish air guitar finals in Helsinki before competing in the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu. [do watch the video as one of the winners is a pretty hot looking woman. :)] »

It has often been said that guitars and cars are phallic extensions and, at least with guitars, you can almost picture it as such but air guitar is like clothed public masturbation. :) It's more enjoyable than karaoke for the spectator, at least a sober one, and in the age of MTV who didn't want to play like Eddie Van Halen at one point or another? There was a bit of a judging scandal, too. What in the hell is it with sport scandals this year? If it's not doping or drugs it's a judging fiasco. It takes all the focus off the sport and puts it on the business side. At least no one jumped up on stage and tried to warn the contestants about the impending end of the world.

And, perl people should join me in a moment of silence for the valiant sparc formerly known as chaos.wustl.edu since it gave its last gasp on Friday and will be given to the boneyard for parts. Chaos had been in service for almost ten years and it took 3 years of hard beating when it served as the search.cpan.org host before it was rescued by an E450. I spent a lot of late nights and early morning keeping chaos running when it was getting pummeled and, I think, we bonded. I'm not a very sentimental person but I'm going to miss that poor old box. A special thanks to Alan Reuter and the whole CTS department at Washington University in St. Louis for hosting it for all these years. Chaos also hosted the cpan.org DNS which Ben Hockenhull has fixed for now until I work up the enthusiasm to work with NyetworkSolutions and move things around. So long chaos, I'll miss you. *sniff*

Tone Heaven Vol. 1 Vol. 1

Tone Heaven Vol. 1 Vol. 1 03/17/2005 04:24 AM
450 New amp settings for GarageBand & Logic.

How I Sent My Father to Heaven

How I Sent My Father to Heaven 12/10/2003 03:04 PM
How I Sent My Father to Heaven. A Hindu funeral. 'My non-believing heart had melted and I once again saluted my father's dedication to my mother. '
New content on The Call of Yama, a page about death and dying in Hinduism (and part of Kamat's Potpourri, a huge personal site devoted to Indian culture, history, art and scenery).

Out of Hell and into Heaven

Out of Hell and into Heaven 07/20/2004 07:46 PM

How do you make a blogger's dream come true?

Make him the VP of Engineering at a coolio data mining play. In fact THE blogsphere data mining play.

Adam Hertz - formerly of Ofoto - is now the VP of Engineering at Technorati.

Congrats to all involved.

Honking in Heaven

Honking in Heaven 05/18/2004 02:56 PM
No longer happy and peppy. But still bursting with love, maybe. Broadway will honor the late Tony Randall tonight by dimming its lights at 8PM EDT. For those of us who can't stand pits, pits, pits in our juice, juice, juice, always remember: The world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust but mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive. And being alive is fantastic." Every time such a thing happens, you are part of the circus of Dr. Lao.

Bookmarklet Heaven

Bookmarklet Heaven 07/08/2004 05:31 PM

Web Development Bookmarklets: Thanks for Si mon Willison for pointing us at this amazing page of bookmarklets that let you play with the CSS and JavaScript of any page.

These bookmarklets let you see how a web page is coded without digging through the source, debug problems in web pages quickly, and experiment with CSS or JS without editing the actual page.

Some killer bookmarklets:

• Computed styles. As near as I can tell, this one lets you click on an element and displays the styles applied to it both directly and inherited from higher up the cascade.


• Generate source. Displays the entire DOM tree as formatted text.


• View variables. Displays all JavaScript variables and functions in scope on the page.


• Shell. Gives you a JavaScript shell in the current page scope.

Great, great tools here. Incidentally, these are only the "Web Development" bookmarklets. There are hundreds of bookmarklets on the site. Some of them are jaw-droppingly good, and worthy of their own post.

If you don't know how a bookmarklet works, just pick one you like, then drag it to the bookmark bar on your browser. Find a page where you want to use it, and click the bookmark.

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Fired Up In G5 Heaven

Fired Up In G5 Heaven 09/12/2004 07:00 AM
Nirvana. That's the only word to describe the thrill of having Apple's top-shelf product, a G5 tower, to use for a few days. By Chris Oaten, The Advertiser (via MyAppleMenu)

The Wrath of Heaven

The Wrath of Heaven 03/19/2005 03:19 AM
May it fall with sulphurous fury on those who dispatch an administrative minion to a busy neighborhood coffee shop crowded with regulars dropping by for their efficiently-produced latte, 8:30-ish in the morning, and instruct said minion to fetch back eleven assorted coffee drinks, each one subtly-underspecified and requiring extended barista dialogue, and finally to pay with with a credit card.

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