October 2009
34 posts
jessicachu:
copycats:
Party & Bullshit In...
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ellicepark:
for the sake of something positive.
On Silicon Valley
< benglert> danking: well, you will meet people who code all day at work
and then go home and contribute to open source projects for
fun all night/weekend, and then (i presume) you will be sold
< lauren> yeah I definitely shouldn't live in sv
< danking> Sounds idyllic.
< benglert> they also have in-n-out burger
< danking> Still don't know about that weather
< danking> OMG
< danking> you're right.
< danking> fuck boston, I'm gone.
< benglert> danking is starting to see the world from my point of view
Seen on CCIS IRC
“you need to track down someone in the elders unix group… you could in theory power cycle the machine — but that’d probably be a bad idea”
Hooray for computers that have been working for so long, no one remembers how to fix them…
My iMac on eBay →
I’d like to replace my iMac with the new mini server from Apple. Before I do, though, I’d like to make sure it’s in a good home where it will get used daily.
I started writing music recently
Officially, that is, as part of my college education.
So far, my composition tutor likes my work, says it’s sophisticated and coming along nicely. Phew.
But after an intense writing session when I step back and listen the whole way through, I wonder, “Is this what’s in my soul?” And then I decide, no, it isn’t, and I haven’t the faintest idea what is.
Some...
Oh my goodness, I was a bit flustered after a...
whatever
blacktulle:
as elitist as this sounds, i’m sick of public school kids telling me how much better they are than me just because they got here without being “spoonfed”.
While I'm on the subject
of bitching about things, I have one qualm with my new MacBook Pro.
(Backstory: After many attempts at repairing my old one Apple decided to replace it with a brand new unit so I now have a 2.8GHz unibody with a matte display and it’s gorgeous).
But an SD slot? Really, Apple? SD is not “pro”. At best SD is “semi-pro”. I realize the MacBook SemiPro would not sell...
Muse: The Resistance
Was just… not very good.
I always thought they should make a whole album of songs like “Butterflies and Hurricanes”, the perfect blend of orchestral instrumentation, virtuosity, and rock. Musically that’s exactly what they tried to do here, and it pretty much fell flat. Whereas the song I mentioned earlier was a perfect blends, with all elements present at all times at...
Nick Hornby
Wrote a movie called “An Education”, which comes out today.
I’m interested to go see it for a couple of reasons - the cast is pretty cool, it’s shot in a lot of really pretty locations in Europe (dressed up to look period 1960s), but most importantly…
Every attempt by other screenwriters to adapt Hornby novels into films - not terrible (when I need High Fidelity in...
Chasing perfection has totally paid off
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique has always been one of my absolute favorite works of classical music, but I just rediscovered it in the most wonderful way.
Captured in London in 1959 on three channel 35mm tape (that’s 1/4” per channel), this recording was carefully converted to 24-bit, 192kHz digital audio. It’s since been made available as a DVD-Audio disc, which I...
Sleep problems.
inkless-pen:
I guess when you’re that tired, you can’t fall asleep. I really don’t need to become an insomniac again.
And waking up in the morning to 45 degree weather? It gets this cold in February in CA. It’s October (!), guys. Give me a couple more days of 70+ before you catapult me into the cold season about which I’m in complete denial. Flip flops? excellent choice of footwear. Winter? Not...