Fuck you very much, Gawker.com. I subscribed to lifehacker.com because it occasionally has something of merit (although mostly it’s crap). And then you went ahead and decided to use technology from 1998 (unsalted DES, according to one source known to me - which means little to me, except, you know, 1998).

And then you got hacked, and all the ( Read more... )

Well, I am out of surgery (actually, I’ve been out for 2 days, but this is the first time I got down to where the laptop is - and haven’t bothered to ask the lovely wife to get it for me). The surgical process was not horrible. Lots of people coming by asking me the same questions (”What’s your name? Birthdate? Why are you here?”) I got to the ( Read more... )

Some thoughts, in no particular order, and as they occur to me, with the possibility of pissing some people off:

Just sent out the final-by-god mix of the show I was directing short-term for Pendant. We’re doing the commentary tomorrow night, and the show goes live Monday. Very late completion, which was 100% my fault. Procrastination really ( Read more... )

In September of 2009, the first pick-up game of soccer, I had played for a good two hours in goal. Not doing much, there weren’t THAT many shots on net. But as I switched out with another player and started trotting forward, I felt a twinge in my right groin area. I figured it was a pulled muscle or something, didn’t go back to soccer that year, ( Read more... )

I’ve been vaguely interested in the idea behind electronics for some time. I’ve never put it into action… UNTIL NOW!

I have created ..well, duplicated the Mooftronic Mini-Synth. Twice, in fact. Well, one and a half times. One for me, one for my son. He did about half the soldering on his version…which doesn’t seem to be working. I hope we don ( Read more... )

Starting last episode, and moving onto this episode, my assistant director and I have started a new (for me) method of doing the episodes. He enjoys (at least to some extent) doing the scut work: cleaning lines, selecting takes, and doesn’t enjoy or at least thinks I do a better job of sound effects and music. We both use Adobe Audition so we don ( Read more... )

rfrancis and I had this discussion on Dino a week or so ago, and I’ve been mulling my thoughts on the subject to clarify them before releasing them into the wilds of the intarwebs.

My thesis statement: When working on a Pendant show, you don’t work WITH most of the people on the show.

Now, let me clarify that statement somewhat before everyone ( Read more... )

Man, we need better health care in America. I mean, seriously. I fucked up my knee on Sunday. I have to wait until NEXT Wednesday to see an orthoped about it. A week and a half with no progress made. That’s gonna suck. Well, better start making ice like there’s no fucking tomorrow.
Originally posted at Phoenix Rising.

So, I believe I’m due back for follow-ups at the following places:

Elbow doc
Sleep doc

But overriding the mindless “Yeah, you’re fine now.” that those entail, I have discovered a NEW health problem…

Well, OK, it’s not NEW, but it’s newly injured. Ever since high school, I’ve had a problem where my knee does what I call dislocating. I don’t know ( Read more... )

dirque just posted a story about someone representing the NRA called him and basically lied about the Obama Administration attempting to pass a law criminalizing gun ownership (which is flat out not going to happen). I didn’t want to post on the subject of gun control on that post, because it wasn’t about gun control, it was about how the NRA used ( Read more... )