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All done with LJ... it's been a wonderful 5 years!
I wrote up a post few days back on how I finally decided to quit LJ. It failed to post properly. I lost the post and tried again the next day. After making sure it posted properly, I continued on to other things. Today I looked back and discovered that the second post had somehow been lost as well.
I'm going to ignore conspiracy theories and ( Read more... ) -
You spammers...
The number of lj spam comments I have to delete per day (10+) is kind of insane. The complaints about the heavy traffic of ads shown to nonmembers (despite me paying for a membership) are also rankling me. If I'm paying for lj as a blog hosting service, it shouldn't show ads to people trying to look at my blog ( Read more... ) -
Uploading
Last week I watched papertygre upload most of her books as she prepared to move out.
Seeing the process aroused a transhumanist sentiment in me, a glimmer of a future in which our world is gradually transformed into digital information. It creates a sense of raw possibility and freedom, albeit tinged with a bit of emptiness.
The ability to liberate objects ( Read more... ) -
Multisensory modalities for magnificent massage mastery
I recently had the idea that people could learn the art of massage more quickly if they could connect the hand motions to the sensations the motions create. I realized that this could be accomplished by setting up a camera and display so that the person receiving the massage could watch a live feed of the masseuse working on their back.
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Results of Extreme Desserts Pt 3: Mochi
At the latest event, our intrepid crew took on the challenge of creating highly unusual mochi. We created a couple of pounds of raw mochi mix (via this recipe recommended by Kate) and soon got our fingers extremely sticky as we learned just how hard it is to work with.
My memories of exactly what was created that night are a bit hazy, but I ( Read more... ) -
*blink*
Many of us have the habit of filling little voids of downtime with streams of trivialities on our cellphones. Usually they're of little consequence ( Read more... ) -
Google+
I'm on Google+. https://plus.google.com/106167734331823180291/postsRead more... ) -
[personaldev] Breaking and fixing healthy routines
I've been spending the last couple of weeks working out of our new office in Mountain View. Despite the fact that a couple of friends are generously offering me places to sleep in the south bay, the commute from SF is driving me crazy. I'm going to need to move down to Mountain View soon.
It's taken me two weeks to realize that this has broken a ( Read more... ) -
Tiny Wings is life
After exposing Angry Birds as a depressing tale of terrorism and genocide, I'm turning my attention to the next big iphone game sensation: Tiny Wings.
Really, Tiny Wings is your life. It's about using skill and intelligence to transcend your biological limitations, but still being hemmed in by constraints of reality. You can choose how you move ( Read more... ) -
Ephemerisle Adventures
Epehemrisle is truly maturing. I recently came back from our four-day floating-city-building adventure with a warm glow from new connections, new accomplishments, and the excitement of an ad-hoc community coming together and *working well*
Some thoughts in no particular order:
- I love the people who showed up. The people really made the event. We ( Read more... )
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