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We recently released Kiln to the wild (and Joel wrote a great...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:33 -0500

We recently released Kiln to the wild (and Joel wrote a great tutorial to go with it). The Kiln mascot is a Dodo, so it was only fitting to give Dodo-like plush dolls to the employees at the launch party. I was able to snag an extra one, and gave one to each daughter.

Ella loves it.

“Forever”, by griffmusic.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:52:01 -0500

“Forever”, by griffmusic.

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Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:31:20 -0500

Heh. In 2005 or so I picked up an MPC 1000 to mess around with....

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:36:00 -0500

Heh. In 2005 or so I picked up an MPC 1000 to mess around with. I had fun with it, but haven’t touched it since moving to New York. I was on random in my iTunes collection this morning, and this track started playing.

It’s nothing serious or good - just a minute or so demo I did, trying to get the feel of the thing. I sampled some Earth Wind and Fire track off vinyl, slowed it down, and chopped it into little bits. I’m pretty sure the drums were just a stock set.

Cryptography Engineering is Coming Soon

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:32:21 -0500

Cryptography Engineering is Coming Soon:

Today I learned that Bruce Schneier is releasing a replacement for his excellent Practical Cryptography.

Beyond Theology by Alan Watts

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:11:35 -0500

I read this over the past few days and give it a big recommendation to anyone who would like to explore the idea of rescuing Christianity from the pulpits of the literalists.

In this work, Watts uses Vedanta to give new life to the Christian tradition, and then turns things around to show us how this new interpretation of Christianity can actually improve or complete Vedanta - something I did not expect.

I finally closed down my old site, retiring that domain for some other day. I’ve also been...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:36:00 -0500

I finally closed down my old site, retiring that domain for some other day.

I’ve also been letting boatloads of domains expire instead of renewing them. It’s good to clean out the closet from time to time.

Alan Watts - “Meaningless Life”

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:23:21 -0500

Alan Watts - “Meaningless Life”

Ommwriter

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:02:09 -0500

Ommwriter:

From the site:

A wise man once said “We are all at the mercy of our wild monkey minds. Incessantly swinging from branch to branch.” With multiple windows and applications all vying for our attention, we have sadly adapted our working habits to that of the computer and not the other way around.

Ommwriter is a humble attempt to recapture what technology has snatched away from us today: our capacity to concentrate.

Ommwriter is a simple text processor that firmly believes in making writing a pleasure once again, vindicating the close relationship between writer and paper. The more intimate the relation, the smoother the flow of inspiration.

If you are a scriptwriter, blogger, journalist, copywriter, poet or just someone who enjoys writing, welcome back to concentrating.

"Because the thing that everyone seems to be forgetting is: who really cares about The Tonight Show?..."

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:18:54 -0500

“Because the thing that everyone seems to be forgetting is: who really cares about The Tonight Show? Like newspapers, vinyl records and having sex in the backseat of a car, it’s something that people think they like, mostly for nostalgia’s sake. It’s 2010! Late night network talk shows are no longer all that relevant—the ‘brand identity’ (sorry!) is negligible. Let Jay Leno go down with that sinking ship. This is a chance for Conan to work on a platform that’s based on how people are entertained today, not how they were entertained in the 60s.”

- Adam Frucci (via marco)

“CashTwittyDitty” from griffmusic

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:06:43 -0500

“CashTwittyDitty” from griffmusic

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Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:28:33 -0500

Apple and Red Cross accepting Haiti donations via iTunes

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:50:38 -0500

Apple and Red Cross accepting Haiti donations via iTunes:

mrgan:

Apple and the Red Cross worked together to create a frictionless way to donate to the Haiti relief effort through iTunes. Click the link (or hit the iTunes Store on your own) and pick your amount - that’s it.

It’s that easy. If you have $10 (or more), send it on to those in need.

staff: We’re about to totally overhaul the Directory, along...

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:22:48 -0500

staff:

We’re about to totally overhaul the Directory, along with the Activity page and Tumblarity which power it. In preparation, we’ve taken both of these pages offline while we make changes. More soon!

I like the new nav bar, but mostly because they’ve removed that obnoxious Tumblarity score. If they decide to add it back, perhaps they can allow the users to disable it? It’s not very motivating if you are an occasional user.

Google May Pull Out of China Due to Attack

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:58:42 -0500

Google May Pull Out of China Due to Attack

"The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:33:43 -0500

“The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day … you will never be stuck. Always stop while you are going good and don’t think about it or worry about it until you start to write the next day. That way your subconscious will work on it all the time. But if you think about it consciously or worry about it you will kill it and your brain will be tired before you start.”

- Ernest Hemingway via Boost your productivity with Hemingway’s hack

"My more perceptive readers may be wondering at this point whether I’m seriously proposing that..."

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:52:25 -0500

“My more perceptive readers may be wondering at this point whether I’m seriously proposing that corporations should be thrown in jail or put to death. Yes, that’s what I’m proposing, with the adjustments needed to account for the differences between corporate persons and natural persons. What’s the essential nature of imprisonment for a crime, after all? The criminal ceases to be a free person; for a specified period of time, he is a chattel of society, and society has the right to profit from his labor during that period. And capital punishment? The criminal, having proven that he isn’t willing to abide by even the most minimal standards of social existence, ceases to exist by act of society. Both of these can be applied to corporations easily enough.”

- The Archdruid Report: Housebreaking the Corporations

Things UNIX can do automically

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:21:41 -0500

Things UNIX can do automically:

This is a catalog of things UNIX-like/POSIX-compliant operating systems can do atomically, making them useful as building blocks for thread-safe and multi-process-safe programs without mutexes or read/write locks. The list is by no means exhaustive and I expect it to be updated frequently for the foreseeable future.

Soothing the Savage Beasties

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:22:00 -0500

Music does well for my daughters, especially when they are in need of sleep. Ava has gotten a hunger for more than Justin Timberlake, and seems to be demanding Lady GaGa. It’s to the point that I go to bed at night and can’t get that damned song ‘Bad Romance’ out of my head. But, I love dancing her to sleep. Never thought I’d say something like that before.

Ella, on the other hand, seems to have an ear for Radiohead’s ‘How to Disappear Completely’. One of my favorite tracks.

Thinking of how music has played a part in my life, and how I’ve used it to sooth myself, I can’t help but think as to where they’ll go and how music will follow them.

A return to the ‘Weekly Watts’. Sorry, I’ve...

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:39:21 -0500

A return to the ‘Weekly Watts’. Sorry, I’ve had my hands full lately, and haven’t been able to post much. Enjoy.