These are from a few months ago... I just found the flash card they were on.


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I saw somebody reading The Sun Also Rises on the subway today, and here's what occurred to me: given that Hemingway once said that happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing he knows, don't you think it's ironic that most of his book are so damn depressing ( Read more... )

So... who can guess what these things are?
Hint, they draw 150 Amps @ 50V each, and have watercooling (the black cylinders on the floor).


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Alright, this is kind of silly, but kind of neat.

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If light were dark and dark were light
The moon a black hole in the blaze of night
A raven's wing as bright as tin
Then you, my love, would be darker than sin.
becomes...
if ((light eq dark) && (dark eq light)
    && ($blaze_of_night{moon} == black_hole)
    && ($ravens_wing{bright} == $tin{bright})) {
  my $love = $you = $sin{darkness} + 1;
};
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I was invited to hear the New York Philharmonic play an all-Brahms program at the Avery Fisher Hall of the Lincoln Center (their home turf). Although, as far as classical music goes, I tend to like the composers of the Romantic period best, I don't really know Brahms' work. But the orchestra and soloists were fantastic, so it was still a pleasure ( Read more... )

http://www.google.com/events/nyagency/index.html

See anything familiar?

Also, apparently, some of my photography was included in the default Google Photo Screensaver photo feed, although I cannot verify this claim as it does not run on Linux.

... whereupon I get branded gay in spite of my insistence to the contrary.So I went to VNV concert today. I can't say that VNV Nation is still my favorite band, but to a large degree they served as my segway into the whole electronic/industrial scene, so I have rather fond memories of them. The opening band was And One, which I also know and like. ( Read more... )

( Hear me rant, like I usually don't. )