tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57450308286478010422012-02-16T01:34:09.552-08:00it's the laugh you hear in your head. normally, the smug one but just occasionally it's the keening wail that ratchets up the scale. :) that would be me.cuervohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821839918114535386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745030828647801042.post-2551108397091122742009-02-13T21:58:00.000-08:002009-02-13T22:14:29.036-08:00

andrew moore has an interesting piece that i found on reddit tonight and it points to why supporting code that someone wrote is the best place to be a 'hero'.citation one:If you outperform stagnant, you're a hero ok - let's be honest here: only egomaniacs are into being a 'hero'. while you, as the coder might think that when you refactor someone else's code you're being a 'hero' - the fact of the

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one of the aspects of the web that has impacted the job market is that if you are seeking a job, then you should be aware of what you have put up online.today's marketwatch.com has an article about why companies should be careful about trawling for data on prospective employees:Various studies suggest that upwards of 40% of employers have trolled Facebook and other social networking sites for

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today's globe and mail has a great article called cheer up: canada's in great shape:Job numbers out yesterday - showing a jump in the national unemployment rate to 6.6 per cent - confirm that Canada has followed the United States into a recession. But the odds are that workers here will come through the downturn of 2009 with far fewer scrapes and bruises than they did during the two previous

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the title for this post refers to one of my favourite tags on slashdot.it happens from time to time - the sudden inspiration that rather than jumping through the intellectual hoops presented to one by folks who's intentions tend to be dubious, one should call things as they appear to be and go with that.my favourite programming language, ruby does that via what's called 'duck typing' it makes a

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from nin to barack obama there are more and more signs every day that any business that doesn't engage customers on the world wide web will become as relevant (and business capable) as that nimrod who referred to the internet as a 'big series of tubes'.i found this linked from digg but it's the wall street journal (so even stodgy business journals understand) so why not add a bit of wall street

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if ever there was a more certain clue that the corporate 'masterminds' behind the 'big seven' and the 'top three' were sorely missing their heads in the ongoing debate between the writers guild and the top bean counters it's this:the writers are going directly to the internet alone.while part of this pleases me a great deal, having posted on the discussion between thom yorke and david byrne

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david byrne gives us a cool appraisal of the landscape and the money making opportunities available for the innovative musician this century.survival strategies

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recently radiohead turned everyone's head in the music industry spinning about 360 degrees and frothing pea soup at the mouth as if they were the demonically infested child from 'the exorcist' for one simple idea:they put up the tracks for their upcoming album 'rainbows' on a server and suggested that the visitors 'pay what it was worth to them' and download the track.critics and pundits were

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'nuff said.

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Unexplained Phenomenon - Simplest Electric Motor - Funny bloopers are a click away

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the toronto star has a lovely article about the real impact of commuting and it's toll on family time.not to be snarky, but it's obvious time over there. my wife and i were discussing this the other day how by the time we get home (we both have rather long commutes) to cook dinner and have a chat about the day, well it's time to go to sleep.i used to be an avid, addicted television watcher. now,

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it's been a long timei shouldn't have left youwithout a strong rhyme to step to - eric b. & rakimjust to say that i'm back again trying to take a few minutes each day and post links about what comes through my mental filter.thank you for finding this as part of your reading schedule. i hope to not let you down again.

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courtesy of google.i had a longer post but in the process of 'previewing it' before i posted it - it got lost - so here's the shorter post about it.check out google book search. it allows you to read through books (some of them) and to compile a list of your own recommendations.for now - i have the starts of mine.cuervo's recommended readings

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some faves for you:http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8B9E947363BC2A8E

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who would have thought it?;-)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/08/17/scicrow117.xml

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time magazine gives up the facts on the ten most under reported stories and i have to admit that at least 7 of them i didn't know anything about.http://www.time.com/time/topten/2006/underreported/01.htmli mean come on, i know way more about paris hilton than i EVER wanted to know.

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Hopefully these will be short notes - I don't want to get into a long treatise on what change is - just to point out a few things that have helped me attempt to reframe my stress related to change.#1 Change causes stress. This point probably is a painfully obvious one but, remember - there are three types of changes: those sought after, those dreaded/feared, and those unexpected. All of these

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Over @ stevepavlina.com, there's a nice little essay about how to benefit others most through one's occupation. I can understand this idea if one is happy & satisfied in their career, feeling as if they are making a difference but, far too often folks fine themselves in spots where the place that they earn their income is the last place in their life to find positive impact on their sphere of

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@ http://www.lifehack.org/articles/management/opportunity-overload.html# The author comes up with a whack of ways to 'focus' & not be distracted by the 'wealth of opportunities that are out there'I disagree.Why? Well, simply put puts a matter of focus. Steve Pavlina points out on his weblog that @ his Tae Kwon Do dojo there is a sign that says 'you a studying to become a blackbelt'. His argument

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On his blog yesterday, steve h young talked about the 'pareto rule'.The pareto rule states that 80% of the wealth in most countries ends up being in the hands of about 20% of the population.This concept has a life beyond it's original inception having been found to apply in areas such as the social sciences - to fields as arcane and difficult to understand as orginizational engineering (human

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i couldn't possibly do as well as some of the writers who are sharpening up their pens at this time but, i'll take my shot at it.you see, michelangelo antonioni has passed on to the great beyond.cinema has lost another of it's giants as we stumble on into the 21st century. antonioni was known for his depictions of alienation and with his experimintation with the art form itself by the use of

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enough said.here is a great list of things that get in the way of 'being productive'.for me, again, being productive is carving out as much stuff in as short a period of time so i can get back to a 'balance' in my life.not running around in my personal life with the same sort of crazed type of agenda that my work constitutes.the article

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as i mentioned earlier - i find this idea of 'productivity' somewhat disturbing when applied to my personal life - i like to have my personal life remain something that is well, 'offline' in a certain way.by that i mean, that the best use of my 'personal time' is when i owe no one or nothing any of my commitment. this means that i can do whatever is in my head at the minute, from walking along

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i can't believe this! it's amazing.someone put into a mathematical formula the reason why we don't finish what we start, or in my case - sometimes don't even start it.The equation reads: Utility = E x V / (Gamma) x Dhere's the article, & i'd like to point out that the originator is a canadian!

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while i wait for a phone call today - i'd like to put you up on something that i find very cool.pocketmod which is a very handy website for those of us who are becoming more and more obsessed with maximizing our time. after my life change - i've become slowly more and more obsessed with saving more time. wondering things like - if i can do this on my pda while i'm on the way to such and so place

cuervohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821839918114535386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745030828647801042.post-73083229453850759232007-07-17T02:44:00.000-07:002007-07-17T02:49:46.278-07:00

if you're not full up to your ears yet with all the web 2.0 blather you should check out techconsumer's article 'why web 2.0 isn't enough'they're right really. it isn't enough. i won't be satisfied until i get fast internet where ever i am, relevant to my location situation. if i'm standing in the musee de civalization in front of their amazing tintin exhibit, i want to have wikipedia START with

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check this one out! the open library has a nice starting collection of books that they have lovingly scanned in. reading online has never been so much fun.openlibrary

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canada is the 'true north' indeed and in his follow up story to the white stripes' show a few weeks back, ben rayner from the toronto star lightens up my day with a smallish profile of the capital of nunavut.i tell you this - i'm a city slicker, born and bred. you put me out in the country and i start getting twitchy fast. but, there is something about nunavut that has called out to me from the

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tracked this one down after watching the video for 'b-boy' again this morning.fresh for you all it's called 'slam'

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here's a nice write up on how the 'canadian summer sport' of lacross is uniting native communities in north america.the article focuses on the oneida who live both in upstate new york and in canada and how they are coming together united around a sport that is a diversion from the community ills that have plauged first nation peoples for the last five hundred years.obligatory wikipedia entry:

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this seems to be something as one interviewee in the wsj.com article indicates as being 'coming out of the early adopter's phase'.the long and the short of it is that firms in india, canada, and the far east are beginning to offer personal assistant services at reasonable rates to ordinary folks. i discovered this by accident while reading a blog entry that pointed to tim ferriss' book '4 hour

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i'm feeling this one right here.

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600 folks turned out to see jack and meg pound the 'icky thump' in nunavut.for nunavut that's pretty good folks.iqalquit opens white stripes with open arms

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the funny thing is that for any serious reader of the genre it's been 'grown up' for a long time.i suppose what the guardian's article means is when 'tv' grew up about sci-fi.the new sci-fion a side note - i hope they bring 'life on mars' over the lake. i'd like to see a show about a time traveling policeman.

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i have to admit, i was always confused as to what the tabletop game wanted to be but seeing the trailer for the computer game it all makes sense.mix one part 'lord of the rings' and one part 'grand theft auto' and you end up with something like 'shadowrun'.here's the trailer. enjoy

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you know the type - they're always there early and they're working late.perhaps they have one of those phone/email things and they are always working away on it.perhaps it's the person in the cubicle next to you that needs to make absolutely positively certain that the staple is in the right spot and God help the person that tries to correct them on something they feel is right, when it's not.

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'i get down' by shadk (from shadk.com) link (go to promo section)'none shall pass' by aesop rock link'we fall we fall' by dead celebrity status link'sundials' by existereo link'call you later' by look daggers feat. 2mex link'i'm here for you' by kinnie starr link'ghetto lullaby' by mystic link

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great article on wall street journal online about the site i blogged on a few months ago called fora.tv matters of the mind

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great article (found via slashdot.org) about what could possibly be one of the strangest jobs i've ever heard.the 'new sweatshop' seems to be related to online role playing games where workers toil in the back rooms clicking, clicking, clicking on dead corpses and slaying virtual baddies all to hand over their hard earned loot to the boss who pays them roughly 30 cents an hour. their boss in turn

cuervohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821839918114535386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745030828647801042.post-28045296679117346162007-05-15T04:36:00.000-07:002007-05-15T04:39:23.470-07:00

from slashdot.org comes this interesting open source idea that tries to use the 'wisdom of crowds' (as our friends over at digg.com opine) to come up with a functional solar/geothermal solution for electrical generation.if you own your home and want to experiment, this might be a great place to start looking.solar heat pump electrical generation system

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for real.guess canada went on a great diet. ;-)p.s. i read this on my honeymoon but didn't want to post until i got back and was settled in. i'm officially settled in folks. and happily married btw.

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just back from my honeymoon to catch up on emails and discovered that on his blog (from aesop rock wins) aesop rock has posted a nice interview with media pitchfork.interview

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probably last post for a while:) life changes on the way and good ones, Lord willing. i've been keeping up with my blogging for a while now since there are other more urgent things to handle and several of them are a bit behind on the old time chart.i'll leave you with these youtube videos which are examples of some of the rich diversity of the canadian experience: inuit throat singing.obligatory

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courtney love is going to have a christies auction to sell of stuff from their life together with a few things set aside for his daughter frances bean.article link herewhat i liked best about the article was the fact that she confessed to still wearing kurt's pajamas to bed every night.it's the prosaic details that we sort of generally overlook when thinking about heroes. and yes, both of them -

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well sort of - it's more like a parody of the mac/pc ads but fun none the less.

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i just came across a massive list of good freeware and amidst the stuff found something new.for me, if it's not too geeky (i.e. code related) then i've probably seen something like it, tried it, or already use it.this one is a bit new. i'm providing the video link from revver.com to give you a glimpse of what the future may be with regards to electronica.for many years now there has been a steady

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from the slashdot article this morning - i note that cleveland's bad boy made good has followed up with his claim that he would release every track off 'year zero' in remixable form. [scroll to the bottom to find the links].i will note that if you are not using garageband (i.e. not using a mac) then you should act quickly. the posting for 'survivalism' doesn't seem to exist anymore and someone on

cuervohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821839918114535386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745030828647801042.post-87388096406868219802007-04-23T05:26:00.000-07:002007-04-23T05:54:51.111-07:00

can't get this song out of my head.all last week i was going around singing "my backpack's got jets/i'm boba the fett/i bounty hunt for jabba hutt/to finance my 'vette"so here is one of the many youtube videos made in honour of the song.at least mcchris has a since a humour and won't be trying to sue anyone for being creative with it.and, at least george lucas realizes that his fans actually

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admit it...you've wondered if a visual novel is the same thing as a game haven't you.it's kept you up late at night - tossing and turning.you've been a worry to friends and family as all conversations work their way to the existential crisis of 'are visual novels games? or are they not?'apparently the question bothered mikey over at renaigames.net so the author decided to work through some

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amazing discussion on how cellular automata influenced two of the most groundbreaking artists of our time, and more - with the artists themselves.essentially 'cellular automata' is a mathematical study of computation - how simple rules set for a mass of items create a more complex result. not all that dissimilar from what is often called 'emergence theory' or the rise of the appearance of

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found a great website called fora.tv from a link off slashdot.org pointing to wallstreet journal online.at least these folks, gaiman included seem to realize that this might be a fun thing to do and they offer an embedded video option. thank you for recognizing me as a fan and an enthusiast and not treating me as if i was someone with nefarious intentions.i hate that. ruins the whole mood.anyways

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mm....sometimes when i'm in a really good mood, like today - i kind of geek out.here is how:i discovered several new artists:malicious, reppin' montreal - the ill mtl and you should check out 'heavy mtl' off his playlistdead celebrity status - not sure where they're from but the videos for 'we fall we fall' and 'turn the lights out' are pretty sicksweatshop union - holding down the left coast.

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what a goofy title for something quite fascinating.i think that with an era of the internet and things like 'speed dating' which is quite popular here in ill-dot something that is popping up in ny (as an import from Britain i might add) might be making it's way up here soon.intellidating is essentially making things like debates, museums, lecture series and the like more 'sexy' and more of a way

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nice remix.err mashup.whatever those wacky kids call these things these days...

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and if you don't believe me - check this out:

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kurt vonnegut died last night. one of my teenage writer-heroes passed into the dark night after 84 years on the planet.the link above has the nytimes obit notice which goes a long way towards explaining most of his novesl. which is sort of said - they should be experienced not explained away in one's obit notice.i read 'player piano' and 'sirens of titan' back to back in grade eleven. i still

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ok so i'm seriously late on this one but i have to tell you but cleveland, ohio's bad boys of industrial rock nin (nine inch nails) have released a preview of 'year zero' on their myspace page - presumably until the album comes out in five days.i have to say that i've always had a mixed reaction to their work - trent is sort of all over the map and when nin first came on the scene i was a

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first of all - i could blather about kinnie starr for forever and a day. she happens to be one of the most interesting artists i've seen in recent years, blessed with an incredible spirit of creativity and a flat out funny brain. listen to some of her spoken word some times at the shows and you'll realize just how funny the lady is.i first saw her at the indigenUs people's festival in toronto in

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'tijuana bass' by nortec collectiveoh yeah - in case you don't know what nortec means:the invariable wikipedia link nortec defintioni happened to see these guys last summer here at ill-dot's harbourfront centre and there were cowboots and big buckled dudes dancing along club kids who would have been just as happy waving glo-sticks to dj keoki so cross cultural relations were fostered all

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well. i don't have much to say about this except that i'm very protective of songs that mean a lot to me and while mystic's entire album comes close to being a perfect piece of cd for me (especially 'ok alright' which has gotten me through more dark days than anyone should have to go through) this song was the first and the remis is very reverential.

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old/new song from mystic who reports on her blog that the 'ghetto lullaby' song she wanted on 'cuts for luck and scars for freedom' cd but it never made it.apparently she's on a european tour so wishing her the best out there.while you're over on her myspace page - check out 'current events' which remains probably my favourite b-girl braggadacio rap since mc lyte's 'i am the lyte'.

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nice song here. reminds me a lot of early mary's danish work.

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if you go back through the archives on my myspace page (note it's myspace residence) you'll find that i interviewed the artist on the link below.i have to say that there are very few artists these days that i ache to see hit the big time more than shad k. his modestness and humble attitude give proof that a lot of the times the dude with the most skill is the one over in the corner generally

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how drive bys carry the internet via buses and motorcycles in remote parts of india, cambodia, and paraquay.new jack drive by

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not sure what to say other than only baba could reference derrida in a rhyme.bric-o-lage

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not lisa odjig but not bad neither.

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old footage from a yakima pow wow

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jack wilson (from pittsburgh) puts a few lines down mixing the urban setting with first nation imagery.and if you don't know - his name is also the non pauite name of the originator of the ghost dance sect which was active in the late 1800's and linked forever to the massacre at wounded knee.wikipedia entry on ghost dance

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Jung Ideal vs. Real Test Introversion |||||||||| 33% |||||||||||||| 60% Extroversion |||||||||||||||||| 76% |||||||||||||||| 63% Intuitive |||||||||||||||||||| 83% |||||||||||||||||| 80% Sensing |||||||||||| 43% |||||||||||| 50% Feeling |||||||||||||||| 66% |||||||||||||||| 63% Thinking |||||||||||||||| 63% |||||||||||||| 60% Judging |||||||||||||||||||| 83%

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it's funny to find artists that are completely slept on.and i found another one.first thing in the morning - to present to you, to get throughsage francis live and direct in total effectok, i'll stop my poor rhymingsage francis at the basementsage francis 'sea lion (remix)'

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think about it. there is a recent study that shows that exercise boosts brainpower. now, to some of us - those that were/are taunted by the muscle types in our lives this might seem counter-intuitive until you look at the facts.at looking on the facts one thing repeatedly has come to mind since i stumbled on this article yesterday: if exercising boosts brainpower - how really truely stupid are

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current.tv the source for viewer created content (that doesn't suck) has a great 8 minute documentary on two british singer/songwriters called 'bedroom divas'.check it out.i mean, that's like two commercial breaks.bedroom divas

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yeah, alien 5.apparently 20th century fox doesn't have an issue with a movie made with a digital camera and hasbro toys though i do remember they shut down a modifcation pack released by amateurs that allowed players of 'doom 2' to fight against the alien.in retrospect, that was probably when early talks were going on for a game called alien vs predator (based on the comic book and then made into

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i was never really much of a fan of the comic book but, became a huge fan of the storyline through the ill fated two season run on television.while the first season is this dry run into hell, the second season lightened the dark corners just enough to keep the whole thing from shimmering apart. i mean we've got completely the stuff of comic books, an ancient alient sentient artifact that bonds

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clean lines, sense of humour.light touch.not the normal stuff i like but the editor seemed to praise it and from what i could see before i had to sign up i was impressed.tokyopop's snow

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found this on digg.com and thought i would pass it alongmeta listing for how to find free stuff

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check out this nytimes.com article which details how to use various sites to find out what your position is worth (assuming your boss hasn't given it some obscure or unrelated title that makes it impossible to cross correlate with reality).but, don't expect much. remember, you know your boss better than any writer for the nytimes would.use the web to increase your salary

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not in the sense of storytelling - though his films are about as post-anything as you can think of, if you don't believe me then check out lost highway, muholland drive, or season one of twin peaks.but, in terms of the actual silver halide stuff.film is dead says lynch

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i used to be a huge fan of those simulation games where you get to try to farm the land or land a space ship on the moon.in this fairly difficult you face the dangers and the tribulations of raising your family on a poor island country.cost of living

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in a semi serious way there is something to be said about media such as comic books and television to anyone interested in narrative storytelling.the main fact is that the turnaround to publication is so short that the authors are not allowed really much time to navel gaze, to get profound or basically become self indulgent. there is the story, the story, and sometimes some commentary, but mostly

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face it please, you're sick of people that shouldn't have confidence having too much and you feel like you have none.7 helpful tips to immediately increase your self confidence sounds like a come on from an infoblog.actually - it appears to be a teaser for a book on self confidence.stilll it ended up on digg.com for some reason

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from japanator.com

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for any of you who've been reading me since i started on myspace, you may recall that i did an email interview with a couple of musicians that i am a fan of.one of them is baba brinkman and he's apparently liked my e(nterview) well enough to reprint it on his blog.if you've not read the original - here's your chance to read it.p.s. he calls me an online journalist - i don't see myself as that -

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sometimes i think about what i wrote and have to review it in my head for a while and then re-state a few things.a while back i was talking about my love for 'dark fiction' aka horror stories and i made a comment about being able to explain derrida to semi-literates.see, now i talk about derrida to a lot of folks. he's one of my personal heroes and so i talk on and on about him (if you get me

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or is it shape your shift?either way tune into shapeshifters.net if you want to connect with other creative types around the world and actually get something going.i'm for real.

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Existereo - Bus Driver - Make Some Noise 10-23-06 HollywoodAdd to My Profile | More Videos

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i suppose this is a parody of wacky talk shows - or some kind of arch post-modern half-ironic commentary on modern television.i just like the song and dance numbers :DGorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show (Episode 1)Add to My Profile | More Videos

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according to upi.com (by way of digg.com thank you very much) it appears that the winner of the oscar prize for the short film premiered on myspace first.now i don't know how closely any of y'all are following this but it represents a fairly big deal - after all, if myspace users were citizens in a country they'd be the 11th largest country in the world.and so it goes, as close as the 'old media'

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some i did, some stuff i didn't.check it out. my favourite fact is: if you are one in a million - in china you are one in 1,300

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skittlesgenesis has a nice fanart series apparently based on neil gaman's characters from sandman.requiem

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atmosphere's 'trying to find a balance' finds slug pouring out his lyrics in a rage upon those that want to crucify him and/or worship him/mock him or celebrate him.there are very few sacred cows in the is song - he finds bitter bile for those who live to eat, to drink, to defecate, to procreate and who will leave nothing behind but their credit card bills having added nothing to the world but

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on the day you are just a fun house guest/and i will remember your fall from grace/when it came from the sky as "none shall pass"aesop rock back with the full version of his blistering song about the hypocrisy of backstabbers.so i send this one out to all of us who are surrounded by the double tongues who act as if they are looking to help but really are looking for the soft spot of the back to

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there are lots of ways to do this.my fiancee and i happened to be in an arts store recently and i was killing time looking at the bookbinding books because, well they were there and i have a natural curiosity. plus, i felt like my fiancee would get what she needed done faster if i was just out of the way so i amused myself as i am want to do.i ended up finding a quick and dirty way to create a

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it's a little late for Christmas but this song is still one of my favourites from my favourite irish rock band (sorry u2) the pogues.

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perhaps i'll have time for something like this - an artist of the day.today's will be veraguta out of siberia via deviantart.com

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deviantart.com has become a huge time waster for me.and i know why - where else can one see so much art, good art, bad art, just plain old weird art for free. there are subscription levels but, the artists can sell their work and i can just sort of geek out on some fantastical work.for example frixin has some mindblowingly surreal photos.

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it's probably just a matter of time before someone latches on to this and makes a free version for *nix or something but i have to admit that i was tempted to download the demo and take it for a whirl.then i remembered i'm getting married soon and don't have time for that kind of thing, or much of anything.so much to do, so much to do. :D so excited, am i manga studio

cuervohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821839918114535386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745030828647801042.post-62191179404875312232007-02-22T04:08:00.000-08:002007-02-22T04:09:48.269-08:00

'fully alive' by flyleaf.somehow this band reminds me of what tool would be like if alanis morrisette were the front woman. but, that could be my caffeine deprived brain working overtime this morning.

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well, not really but it caught your attention from autobloggreen (by way of digg.com) comes this fantastic story out of britain about a home schooled student who up and decides to make biodiesel and ends up saving the family quite a pound in the long run.the story is a bit of a fluff piece, nothing much on the particulars other than the kind that get it dugg and or re-blogged around the

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