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Leaves of Grass
Okay, let's start the new year off right, and that includes not procrastinating. Last post I mentioned I would be starting this up again, and at the moment I actually meant just that. However, since then I got off my butt and registered with a web host, which means I now have a presence on the web, on mostly my terms (painfully not completely on ( Read more... ) -
The Future will be Broadcast in High-Quality Black and White
I'm starting to get fed up with the dystopian future sci-fi genre, with movies such as Blade Runner or Gattaca or (what I just watched yesterday) THX 1138. Taking this last one into special attention, I find it rather unlikely, perhaps completely impossible, for them to come true ( Read more... ) -
Fourfold Triumph
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news with the added flavor of time, and the spicy kick of impact
In a similar vein to yesterday's post, an interesting question to ask is how do news publications impact events? The story that spurred this thought was Steve Jobs' denouncement of DRM last February (NPR story: "Apple's Jobs Argues Against Song Protections"). At the time, all of the four major record labels (Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, EMI, and ( Read more... ) -
trans fats, trans fats, wherefore art thou trans fats? deny thy hydrogen and refuse thy fries...
I find it funny how quickly times and trends change. Now I don't mean fashion here (though that changes rapidly, too), I mean more like social issues. I've been listening to some old NPR podcasts, a recent one being from January of 2007, and it talked about getting rid of trans-saturated fat. Now, I remember that in last spring semester there ( Read more... ) -
Introverts Enterprises, Inc.
Yes, I am restless. I think there's no better description at the moment. It always happens when I go home after a semester. I think it's because of the abrupt change from having so many deadlines and each moment needing to do something to just... nothing. Don't need to do any homework, don't need to study, don't need to go to any meetings or ( Read more... ) -
Something that never gets old
I think that previous post is a perfect example of what to expect from my lj: very random, very stream-of-consciousness-styled musing where the only requirement is that the first topic I talk about is just interesting enough for me to navigate to the "post an entry" page and start talking, but once I make it there I go wherever my thoughts take me ( Read more... ) -
Something old is new again
So, I figured it was time for this lj to get a visual refresh. I've had the previous style for years, and, at its inception, it was the most advanced thing I could come up with using lj's limited number of themes and options. But now it seems like there are so many different bells and whistles and much more complex styles. I always thought of ( Read more... ) -
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You know, the last post I created was, in fact, a ploy to get myself to actually write a full update. At the time, I had something to talk about (there was actually more to it than just "wanting to do something amazing," but I didn't have the time then to explain it all in its full glory, but I also didn't want to do nothing, because then I wouldn ( Read more... ) -
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I want to do something amazing.