"My greatest weakness? It's possible that I'm a little too awesome." -- Barack Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7675927.stm

The expression "every step of the way" is usually used figuratively, but this project for work has taken the adage to a terrible, literal level. There were steps, none could be circumvented, and something always went wrong. I finally wrote a master DVD late tonight, which will be handed over to the printers tomorrow along with some artwork I did ( Read more... )

Ever shifting, my work dodged me about two weeks ago from working with youth in the production of their documentaries to digital video mastering, and I have but two words: holy crap ( Read more... )

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/watchmen/trailer

Internet! After two weeks without and four months with a shitty connection, I have my internet!

THE PACKETS! THE PACKETS MUST FLOW...

But I just got home (12:45am) from a very long work day (9am-11pm), so I must sleep. I'm downloading superfluous stuff just to get my fix.

A member of the band "Jefferson Airplane" apparently lived in the apartment below mine, up until a year ago. Sure, why the hell not.

http://jeffersonairplane.com/ja-air/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1365&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Chipotle's payroll management firm, USi, apparently allows their employees to take home unencrypted sensitive information. Those employees, in turn, allow that information to be "stolen." What could make finals week worse? A military draft. Besides that? Gross incompetence resulting in ID theft.Steph, I forwarded the mail to your address, but ( Read more... )

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/16/2008-03-16_contractor_warned_city_about_crane_but_w.html

"I... love... New York City/
OHHHHH YEAHHHH, NEW YORK CITY"

- Andrew W.K.

One thing I regret not being able to touch on in my senior thesis was public aversion and reasoning (or lack thereof) concerning "modified" food. Most people aren't scientists, so why is GM labeled as "bad?" The information has not been synthesized into any commonly understood form, so how is the risk understood? Why does the developed world's ( Read more... )

Tomorrow's another weekly Word meeting, and I'm going to ask Judi about the possibility of making my little web design adventure into an independent study. I figure it's enough of an educational endeavor - combining journalism, computer science, art and the strategic planning & marketing part of management ( Read more... )