Twenty-one little pink salamanders pass me by tonight Twenty-one little red tongues are flickering in my sight Amphibious thoughts are flowing with the salamanders showing Of the “touch of evil” tinted black and white Seventeen fat ripe rats hold stacks of juniper pie aloft Thirty-four clever rat hands are juggling tarts on high These rodents [...]
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said That we would meet again Some sunny day Vera! Vera! What has become of you? Does anybody else in here feel the way I do? Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Don’t leave the children on [...]
A Thousand Psychic Wars
December 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars I’ve been living on the edge so long, where the winds of limbo roar And I’m young enough to look at, and far too old to see All the scars are on the inside I’m not sure that there’s anything left of me Don’t [...]
Digital McCarthyism
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The United States Congress is currently considering a bill (the Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) that would severely undermine the independence and unity of the internet as we know it. In short, it would lead to two blacklists – one list of “banned” web sites approved by the US Government, and one list [...]
Super Harvest Moon Twilight Show
September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia No nothing to do with that vampire crap or anything…just a cool phenomenon occurring tonight… From gizmodo: Prepare for the Super Harvest Moon! For the first time in two decades, the Sun will sink as the full Moon rises exactly opposite to it on the day the summer ends, creating in a [...]
There Are No Words
September 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Creed, One, 9-11.
Not Now John
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these got to compete with the wily japanese there’s too many home fires burning and not enough trees so fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these can’t stop lose job mind gone silicon what bomb get away pay day make hay break down [...]
Happy Birthday Alan Turing!
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Today marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist Alan Turing. Turing was influential in the development of computer science and providing a formalization of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, playing a significant role in the creation of the [...]
Happy 20th Hubble!
April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Wow it’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the back of the space shuttle STS-31. I remember at first all the jokes about its technical problems, it had poor eyesight, and needed many repairs. HST was not going to give up the fight [...]
The revolution will not be digitized
March 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Image via Wikipedia I like the premise of Joe Trippi’s book, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything“; but I like the lyrics of the original song even more: You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on [...]