Silencing the Machine

The Five Towers

2011-06-16T09:43:00.004-05:00

My camera phone is rather iffy. These 5 towers are loud both visually and audibly, but are not heard directly. Peaking over the trees as I reach the highest point of my morning bike ride to work, they signify a smooth pleasurable glide into the workday. Hearing the rush of cars below, I can see my destination so far away blasting sports talk into their radios.

Uncertain

2011-06-02T09:43:00.003-05:00

Laced with ice from storms passing,
An evergreen grows silently through desolation.

Rings surround rings in aging
While baron rock inflicts its isolation.

Branches flower for spring
To spread seed down the mountain.

Saplings sprouting
Uncertain.

A Song I Sing to My Children

2011-05-31T11:07:00.001-05:00

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Little dirty birdie feet;
All mixed up with all purpose porpoise puss.
I made it just for you!

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Little dirty birdie feet;
All mixed up with all purpose porpoise puss.
Don't worry I've got a straw.

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Low Rumbling breaks the Silence

2011-05-27T11:32:00.002-05:00

Did you enjoy the silence?
Were I the poor, you may have, ...
Were I the sick, you may not have, ...
Were I a machine, you may have, ...
Where I go, silence follows.
Where you go, silence breaks.
Where we go together, low rumbling murmurs.

Machine Death Rebourn

2011-05-19T11:21:00.001-05:00

It's been a while since I posted anything here. Good news, we were able to acquire a new vehicle for the family. Also, I have moved to an apartment that is 3.6 miles from work and have been riding my bicycle as often as I can.

A Car for our Family

2011-04-02T10:07:00.001-05:00

2010-10-10T00:17:00.000-05:00

Ubuntu Release Month Countdown

2010-10-08T22:18:00.000-05:00

Rideshare registration for Wisconsin

Rideshare Etc.

Go check it out, register, and get to fixing our poor air quality.

Another thought on improving the air quality around here in Milwaukee, lets design an invisible dome to place over the top of Chicago á la Stephen King's Under the Dome", yah!

When bags are not silent the machine says no!

2010-10-07T01:52:00.002-05:00

Unfortunately, ecological progress has been crushed by the loud, whiny machine. I will miss the loud bags and continue to despise the people who whined loud enough to make this happen.

Algae for Food

2010-09-12T19:50:00.002-05:00

We all like a nice steak every now and then, but the machine inside says we need more blandness in our lives. Let us use the algae for bio-fuel instead of food, please.

How to Silence a Loud Machine

2008-02-22T14:21:00.002-06:00

Step one: Approach loud machine directly and firmly ask the machine to shut the hell up.
Step two: Unplug the machine.
Step three: Take out the batteries.

Daily Meme Poem

2008-01-31T18:45:00.000-06:00

Relate the branding process to that of building a religion.
Write a book about above process.
Make myself a prophet.

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster (an approximate replica)

2007-10-10T22:22:00.000-05:00

One shot spiced rum (must be a rail or lesser)
One shot whiskey (must be a rail or lesser)
One shot Goldschläger or Gold Strike
One shot limoncello

Stir in one table spoon of honey
Add one olive
Garnish with lemon wedge

Bad rum mixed with bad whiskey is the brick smashed in your face. Honey and Goldschläger turns the brick to gold. Limoncello wraps the brick in lemon.

This recipe only attempts to mimic the experience of drinking a PGGB, not substitute the ingredients.

OkCupid! Geek Test

2007-07-26T09:28:00.000-05:00

Not that I need a test to let me know how much of a geek I am, but I decided to take the quiz anyway. It's so crazy how many of us define our personalities now by the results of a test. These tests are designed by humans but tabulated by machines. They offer no sort of deviation from the test's design. Statistic generation is one of the original reasons we have computers and other counting machines. Could you imagine what life would be like without census?

Your Score: The Deviant Geek

You answered 76% of the questions as a geek truly would.

You're a geek and you know it. You've got all sorts of fringe hobbies and socially unacceptable tendencies. Chances are, whenever possible, you hate to be grouped with other people and sometimes go out of your way just to be different.

You're smart too. You're more willing to depend on your own brainpower to solve problems, instead of relying on others to pull you through life. You probably read a lot, and generally enjoy learning new things.

So what's it all mean? You may be considered by some to be uncool, but you probably don't care either. In social situations you may be either slightly passive or slightly loud (geeks always fall into the extremes).

In a nutshell, you answered enough questions correctly supporting a geek philosophy to be considered a more potent geek than 60% of the population.

Link: The True Geek Test written by ambientred on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Tasty Link (Reuben's Tube)

2007-07-18T10:40:00.001-05:00

Need some cool theatrics for that awesome party you're planning?

Rubens Tube - video powered by Metacafe

Found via Reverend0's Pulpit

Xmas!

2007-07-18T09:11:00.001-05:00

USB Plasma Ball

USB Mini Fridge

USB Wooden Speakers

Foreskin Restoration

2007-07-17T09:52:00.001-05:00

The Houston Press has an interesting article regarding foreskin restoration. I also feel violated by the circumcision performed on me in the first hours of my life. This act is quite possibly the root of why I renounced the faith I was raised in. It shows how mechanical and unchanging institutional thought can be. When there is no evidence that forskin removal provides a benefit, why remove it? If you are having a child soon. I seriously implore you to do some research about circumcision first. There is a lot of propaganda out there and that may cause you to dismiss the notion, but what else can you expect when a topic is against a Judeo-Christian ideal. doctors and physicians need to stop ignoring this topic.

In another topic about male health, doctors need to stop ignoring alternative birth control methods for men. Many men don't want to expect their partners to remember to take a pill every day. Many women are adversely affected by current birth control. Why are sex topics regulated to "male responsibility only" or "female responsibility only"? Get Serious People

Perian + TubeTV = Fun

2007-07-12T14:14:00.001-05:00

Ok, so if you need to decode different kinds of video on a Mac and have no budget, then Perian is your best bet.

Now that you have installed Perian, go get yourself some TubeTV to convert those YouTube videos to a different format. Personally, I wish they would allow you to convert the video to any encodable format on your system, but we don't live in a perfect world now do we.

Custom handbags galore!

2007-07-11T15:18:00.000-05:00

Have you a need for custom patchwork bags?
Need a diaper bag to fit all the baby things you'll soon be lugging around with you? Are you frustrated with the limited selection of sizes, shapes and colors for your handbag needs?
Want to step outside the cold corporate "made in a factory" feel of a big box store bag?
Want to integrate those no longer wearable "favorite jeans" into your new shoulder sack?

A Pocket of Order can help you satisfy these needs.

Custom bags made by hand, not by automated machine.

Nothing to hide? Take your clothes off!

2007-07-11T12:35:00.001-05:00

This paper regarding the most common arguement against privacy advocates is certainly interesting. I have often battled with individuals regarding privacy. My arguement now will be, then you should not wear clothes in public for you may be concealing a weapon underneith. Sure we have machines that can scan for weapons, but they are inefficient and can not detect all forms of explosives and weaponry. A clothed society gives terrorists the ability to conceal all kinds of contraband on their person; not just weapons, but drugs and stolen items as well. If we continue to remain a clothed society drug lords, terrorists, and gangs of theives will eventually tear through the fabric of our great United States of American Nation.

Go out and shed your clothes in the name of national security. I'll be waiting around the corner with my camera. Don't worry though. I'll be naked too.

Our Presidential candidates for 2008

2007-07-10T16:48:00.001-05:00

When I sit and scroll through all of these lovely cheeses, I sit back and think. I really love Wisconsin. Many people from other states joke and jab at us for our cheese-loving tongues, but I just don't care. You can have your wimpy kraft wannabe cheeses. I don't want them. Support your local artisans and buy some local cheese. Make sure it is bovine growth hormone free. Relish in the superior quality of your delectables. I say...

Eat cheese and live, or die with the non-cheese eating machines.

Building a Massive

2007-07-10T08:54:00.001-05:00

Social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace have swept the nation. I'll admit that I'm one of those types that doesn't add just any random stranger into my mix. I'm not like that. Don't get me wrong. I'm an attention whore like the rest of you bloggers. I just don't feel the need to count random strangers as friends. Why not let random strangers be just that and work on building meaningful relationships with those who already surround you? "But I don't like so and so, whatsherface and mr. meany pants!" you whine. Get over it. The one thing we all seem to be doing well is avoiding real conflict. Oh sure there's a new thing called cyber bullying, but I don't see that as a serious problem until it manifests itself in the physical world.

I have some hopes for our future. I don't want to see masses of battle robots controlled safely from a cushy chair. I'd rather see a fist fight.

How the machines communicate

2007-07-06T14:39:00.001-05:00

Need information on optical standards? Look no further and you will be primed on the SONET standard. Oh yeah baby!

Tasty Links

2007-07-05T12:05:00.001-05:00

Need to integrate Mac's into your AD network?
Active Directory Dynamic DNS & DHCP for BSD

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Combining DHCP and DNS on OS X Server

[tags: OS X, DNS, DHCP]

2007-06-29T10:19:00.001-05:00

Oh give me a home, where the nudists may roam and the hrm... i'm not sure where to go with that, but I'm almost certain we will no longer be wearing any clothes when the machines take over.

Oh give me a home, with an AT&T iPhone and an unlimited supply of ID Glide. Who doesn't want a $599 sex toy! I've been reading too much about teledildonics lately. But seriously. Hook your iPhone up to the OhMiBod, call up your girl, guy, or random 900 number and you're sure to have a good time.