MK Anderson

Aliens Sacrifice

mkanderson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:50:21 +0000

Found in stuff I'm going through.

Metal Friday Playlist – August 27, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:53 +0000

Oh yeah. Today is going to be a long, long day.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Senseless Apocalypse	Again - Senseless Apocalypse	2:04	Japanese Assault	1	2003
2	Senseless Apocalypse	Progress - Senseless Apocalypse	0:30	Japanese Assault	2	2003
3	Senseless Apocalypse	Resident Infinity - Senseless Apocalypse	1:02	Japanese Assault	3	2003
4	Senseless Apocalypse	Emotional Jerryfish - Senseless Apocalypse	0:29	Japanese Assault	4	2003
5	Senseless Apocalypse	Wedge - Senseless Apocalypse	0:52	Japanese Assault	5	2003
6	Senseless Apocalypse	Smell Out - Senseless Apocalypse	1:24	Japanese Assault	6	2003
7	Senseless Apocalypse	Pain in the Ass - Senseless Apocalypse	1:21	Japanese Assault	7	2003
8	Senseless Apocalypse	Snap! - Senseless Apocalypse	0:53	Japanese Assault	8	2003
9	Senseless Apocalypse	No Intellect - Senseless Apocalypse	0:26	Japanese Assault	9	2003
10	Senseless Apocalypse	Loquacity - Senseless Apocalypse	1:01	Japanese Assault	10	2003
11	Senseless Apocalypse	Look Ahead - Senseless Apocalypse	1:09	Japanese Assault	11	2003
12	Senseless Apocalypse	Sandy Molding - Senseless Apocalypse	0:35	Japanese Assault	12	2003
13	Senseless Apocalypse	Strange a Custum - Senseless Apocalypse	0:54	Japanese Assault	13	2003
14	Senseless Apocalypse	Say Silly Things - Senseless Apocalypse	1:10	Japanese Assault	14	2003
15	Muga	Resuscitation - Muga	4:04	Japanese Assault	15	2003
16	Muga	Symbol of Ignorance - Muga	2:01	Japanese Assault	16	2003
17	Muga	Memory - Muga	3:35	Japanese Assault	17	2003
18	Muga	Camouflage - Muga	2:09	Japanese Assault	18	2003
19	Muga	Grotesque - Muga	2:15	Japanese Assault	19	2003
20	Realized	The World of Complete Black - Realized	1:46	Japanese Assault	20	2003
21	Realized	Hellbound Earth - Realized	0:37	Japanese Assault	21	2003
22	Realized	Good Mob Perdition - Realized	1:20	Japanese Assault	22	2003
23	Realized	Undermined - Realized	0:50	Japanese Assault	23	2003
24	Realized	Your Mind Demise - Realized	0:58	Japanese Assault	24	2003
25	Realized	Tokyo Butterfly - Realized	1:00	Japanese Assault	25	2003
26	Realized	Sore & Threat - Realized	1:07	Japanese Assault	26	2003
27	Realized	Sympathy of Sickness - Realized	1:32	Japanese Assault	27	2003
28	Realized	The Human Mosquet - Realized	1:26	Japanese Assault	28	2003
29	Realized	Think Nothing - Realized	0:34	Japanese Assault	29	2003
30	Realized	S.E.K.I. (Sado Enema Karma & Idea) - Realized	0:35	Japanese Assault	30	2003
31	Realized	Grindguignol Experience - Realized	1:24	Japanese Assault	31	2003
32	Realized	High on Stench - Realized	0:36	Japanese Assault	32	2003
33	Realized	Mental Blue Suicide - Realized	1:46	Japanese Assault	33	2003
34	Swarrrm	Weakness - Swarrrm	2:57	Japanese Assault	34	2003
35	Swarrrm	Vanish - Swarrrm	3:11	Japanese Assault	35	2003
36	Swarrrm	Strength - Swarrrm	1:49	Japanese Assault	36	2003
37	Swarrrm	Suffer - Swarrrm	4:04	Japanese Assault	37	2003
38	Mass Hypnosis	Cry of the Wounded Planet	2:13	Disin4mation	1	2010
39	Mass Hypnosis	Annuit Coeptis	2:58	Disin4mation	2	2010
40	Mass Hypnosis	Media Brainwash	3:36	Disin4mation	3	2010
41	Mass Hypnosis	Shadowed (Population Under Control)	3:43	Disin4mation	4	2010
42	Mass Hypnosis	Human?	0:45	Disin4mation	5	2010
43	Mass Hypnosis	Sorrow	3:44	Disin4mation	6	2010
44	Mass Hypnosis	The God Delusion	3:18	Disin4mation	7	2010
45	Mass Hypnosis	Blood Boiling Point	3:44	Disin4mation	8	2010
46	Mass Hypnosis	Divine Parasite (Deo Favente)	1:02	Disin4mation	9	2010
47	Mass Hypnosis	Disappearing Believers	4:08	Disin4mation	10	2010
48	Mass Hypnosis	The Vatican Method	1:23	Disin4mation	11	2010
49	Mass Hypnosis	My Friends, My Enemies	4:28	Disin4mation	12	2010
50	Mass Hypnosis	Instinct Over Intellect	16:06	Disin4mation	13	2010
51	Kataklysm	A Soulless God	5:42	Heaven's Venom	1	2010
52	Kataklysm	Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)	4:48	Heaven's Venom	2	2010
53	Kataklysm	Faith Made Of Shrapnel	5:37	Heaven's Venom	3	2010
54	Kataklysm	Push The Venom	3:27	Heaven's Venom	4	2010
55	Kataklysm	Hail The Renegade	5:27	Heaven's Venom	5	2010
56	Kataklysm	As The Wall Collapses	4:51	Heaven's Venom	6	2010
57	Kataklysm	Numb And Intoxicated	3:26	Heaven's Venom	7	2010
58	Kataklysm	At The Edge Of The World	3:59	Heaven's Venom	8	2010
59	Kataklysm	Suicide River	4:03	Heaven's Venom	9	2010
60	Kataklysm	Blind Saviour	5:19	Heaven's Venom	10	2010
61	Kataklysm	Das Feuer Lebt (Anthem)	3:24	Heaven's Venom	10	2010
62	This Or The Apocalypse	Charmer	3:50	Haunt What's Left	1	2010
63	This Or The Apocalypse	Subverse	4:27	Haunt What's Left	2	2010
64	This Or The Apocalypse	The Incoherent	3:39	Haunt What's Left	3	2010
65	This Or The Apocalypse	Lamnidae	4:26	Haunt What's Left	4	2010
66	This Or The Apocalypse	Hellish	4:09	Haunt What's Left	5	2010
67	This Or The Apocalypse	Toro	5:19	Haunt What's Left	6	2010
68	This Or The Apocalypse	Backlit	4:22	Haunt What's Left	7	2010
69	This Or The Apocalypse	Hayseed	3:46	Haunt What's Left	8	2010
70	This Or The Apocalypse	Deadringer	4:19	Haunt What's Left	9	2010
71	This Or The Apocalypse	Revenant	4:30	Haunt What's Left	10	2010
72	King of Asgard	Intro	1:31	Fi'mbulvintr	1	2010
73	King of Asgard	Einharjar	4:29	Fi'mbulvintr	2	2010
74	King of Asgard	Vamods Tale	3:41	Fi'mbulvintr	3	2010
75	King of Asgard	The Last Journey	5:43	Fi'mbulvintr	4	2010
76	King of Asgard	Never Will You Know of Flesh Again	4:07	Fi'mbulvintr	5	2010
77	King of Asgard	Wrath of the Gods	3:54	Fi'mbulvintr	6	2010
78	King of Asgard	Snake Tongue	4:03	Fi'mbulvintr	7	2010
79	King of Asgard	Brethren of the North	4:45	Fi'mbulvintr	8	2010
80	King of Asgard	Day of Sorrow	3:38	Fi'mbulvintr	9	2010
81	King of Asgard	Lingering a Sacred Ground	4:28	Fi'mbulvintr	10	2010
82	King of Asgard	Heroes Brigade	4:40	Fi'mbulvintr	11	2010
83	King of Asgard	Strike of the Hammer	3:15	Fi'mbulvintr	12	2010
84	King of Asgard	Fi'mbulvintr	4:22	Fi'mbulvintr	13	2010

The Simpsons: Homer Quits Flashback

mkanderson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:39:28 +0000

Something today reminded me of burning bridges. I always think of this.

Bookmarks for 08/24/2010

delicious — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:00:45 +0000

These are my links for 08/11/2010 through 08/24/2010:

Found in the Attic: WAR!

mkanderson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:50:46 +0000

Business Week's War!

While looking for something else, I found an accidental time capsule, a box of old magazines. Good god. Uh. What was I looking for? Say it again.

This is the January 28, 1991 Business Week. I was working in Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base the day of the invasion. I've not seen people scramble like that since.

IxDA DFW Reinstatement Meetup Summary

mkanderson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:54:38 +0000

So last night I show up at Champps and go over to the hostess and explain to her I told a bunch of people to show up there; I have no idea how big the crowd would be but that we'd get a table when there were enough. About that time, Adam Polanski (@adamtheia) walks up to the hostess station and I'm standing next to him.

The hostess says to me, "I think one of you is already here."

"Where is he?"

"Not sure."

"Can you tell me what he looks like?"

"Well, he's...." she looks at me and Adam, "thinner. He is tall. He's handsome. He is wearing a nice shirt."

So he was the opposite of me. I never found the mystery man. Oh well. I hope he burns in hell.

Anyway, the meeting was great. We came up with good ideas to re-energize IxDA DFW. We all agreed we belong to other professional organizations (e.g. STC, UPA, etc.) so we wanted a format that didn't duplicate what we saw at those meetings. We came up with doing on-site meetings at places where interaction design takes place and get a tour, lecture, problem solving workshop, or whatever at that location. Here are some of the ideas people had:

Bass Hall
Holocaust Museum
DART
Toll Authority
Walking tour of Fort Worth with a city planner
woot's headquarters
Botanic gardens
Miller brewing
American Airlines
DFW Airport (who is currently redesigning terminals)
Sabre's usability labs
Photo studio in the warehouse district

Somebody let me know if I missed one.

Adam Polanski has the idea of creating a t-shirt that looks like a concert tour shirt with a list of the places we visit. I think that will rock.

The next meeting will be a social event where we try to get more people involved and committed. When we book the on-site visits we want a solid number. The next meeting will take place in October. The location and date are forthcoming. We are going to kick off the on-site meetings in December.

If you haven't, cart your butt over to the IxDA DFW official site and register and then affiliate yourself with the DFW chapter and then watch for new announcements. This article will also be cross-posted there.

Metal Friday Playlist – August 20, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:59:38 +0000

This week's playlist is stone cold. As in, I have a cold and I need it loud to break through my wall of mucus. Downspirit is not so metal as much as they are hard rock, but I'm still in the process of writing a review on them so I included them anyway.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Downspirit	Point of Origin Pt. I	1:01	Point of Origin	1	2010
2	Downspirit	Point of Origin Pt. II	4:17	Point of Origin	2	2010
3	Downspirit	Lovesong	4:19	Point of Origin	3	2010
4	Downspirit	Life s a Bitch	5:15	Point of Origin	4	2010
5	Downspirit	Lost	3:54	Point of Origin	5	2010
6	Downspirit	Good Times	4:26	Point of Origin	6	2010
7	Downspirit	Hollow Words	5:18	Point of Origin	7	2010
8	Downspirit	Highway Run	4:51	Point of Origin	8	2010
9	Downspirit	Arisen	3:55	Point of Origin	9	2010
10	Downspirit	Make my Day	4:38	Point of Origin	10	2010
11	Downspirit	The End	4:42	Point of Origin	11	2010
12	System Divide	Vagaries of Perception	3:48	The Conscious Sedation	1	2010
13	System Divide	An Intoxicating Affair	3:12	The Conscious Sedation	2	2010
14	System Divide	Echoes	4:33	The Conscious Sedation	3	2010
15	System Divide	The Apex Doctrine	3:27	The Conscious Sedation	4	2010
16	System Divide	Lethargy	3:46	The Conscious Sedation	5	2010
17	System Divide	(N)ether	4:25	The Conscious Sedation	6	2010
18	System Divide	Hollow	3:58	The Conscious Sedation	7	2010
19	System Divide	Purity in Imperfection	4:13	The Conscious Sedation	8	2010
20	System Divide	Repentiforget	4:33	The Conscious Sedation	9	2010
21	System Divide	The Conscious Sedation	3:37	The Conscious Sedation	10	2010
22	System Divide	Stagnant Progression	7:00	The Conscious Sedation	11	2010
23	As Light Dies	The Very End	2:31	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	1	2010
24	As Light Dies	The Disinherited	8:07	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	2	2010
25	As Light Dies	Le Nebuleux Sentier	5:10	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	3	2010
26	As Light Dies	Die Letze Fuge Vor Der Flucht	4:43	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	4	2010
27	As Light Dies	Trapped in Flesh	8:51	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	5	2010
28	As Light Dies	Yearning for Blissful Moments while Standing upon the Ruins	2:56	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	6	2010
29	As Light Dies	Sombra y Silencio	11:40	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	7	2010
30	As Light Dies	Insignificant Among Insignificance	11:07	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	8	2010
31	As Light Dies	When Everything Fades Away	1:53	Ars Subtilior from Within the Cage	9	2010
32	Syconaut	As Pure As I	3:40	Fractions	1	2010
33	Syconaut	Scar Mutation	2:48	Fractions	2	2010
34	Syconaut	Red Eyes	3:42	Fractions	3	2010
35	Syconaut	Unused Path	4:11	Fractions	4	2010
36	Sonic Syndicate	Burn This City	3:33	Burn This City	1	2009
37	Sonic Syndicate	Rebellion In Nightmareland	4:16	Burn This City	2	2009
38	Sonic Syndicate	Burn This City (Radio Edit)	3:32	Burn This City	3	2009
39	Splinter	The Hollow	4:30	Bleed The Sun	1	2009
40	Splinter	Bleed the Sun	2:55	Bleed The Sun	2	2009
41	Splinter	Burn	3:58	Bleed The Sun	3	2009
42	Splinter	Snakes "The Death of Hope"	3:36	Bleed The Sun	4	2009
43	Splinter	Ruin	4:07	Bleed The Sun	5	2009
44	Splinter	Stump	3:11	Bleed The Sun	6	2009
45	Splinter	Scarred Like Me	3:37	Bleed The Sun	7	2009
46	Splinter	Concerns of Time	2:37	Bleed The Sun	8	2009
47	Splinter	Black Moon Rising	5:36	Bleed The Sun	9	2009
48	Splinter	Cut the Head Off	3:29	Bleed The Sun	10	2009

Little Rock Central High School Museum

mkanderson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:13:13 +0000

Ever go to a landmark or some place with historical significance and become overwhelmed emotionally with the place? That happened to me yesterday and I'm completely emotionally derailed after visiting the Central High School Museum in Little Rock.

Central High School as it stands today

First some background: I grew up in central Arkansas. I dreamed of leaving that place for many reasons, one of which was the blatant racism I witnessed in the 1980s.

Central High Museum has great interactive kiosks with a lot video

True story: One night, I was at a Circle K right off of Interstate 40 in North Little Rock. I was buying beer or something and going to visit a girlfriend. A black man came in while I was checking out. He was obviously fatigued. He told the cashier he had been assigned to Camp Robinson. From the line at checkout, I saw his wife and children asleep in the car and noticed a DoD sticker on the car's windshield. I assumed they'd been driving a while.

The dumb-ass redneck cashier gave the man the wrong directions. After the black gentleman walked out, this guy had the audacity to look at me and said, "I ain't got nuthin' against blacks--everybody ought to own one." I left my stuff without paying, ran out, and caught up with the guy. I told him he had gotten wrong directions and that I was in the Air National Guard. I was going to visit my girlfriend and Camp Robinson used to be a shortcut to where she lived. I had him follow me, while I sat in my car fuming over the stupid ass, dumb redneck, racist, throwback culture I loathed. This was 1990 or '91.

This is something I grew up with around Arkansas and I hated it. It was in my family and some of my "friends" were bigots of the highest order.

Central High was closed by the governor

Yesterday, I took my family to the Central High School Museum, which is a federally funded park now. My loathing of the backwards, white racist legacy in the state didn't prepare me for the videos and stories told in each exhibit.

My 12-year-old just finished reading, Warriors Don't Cry, and with the video footage and stories in the museum, it really brought home to her the frothing hatred populating Little Rock in 1957. This is nothing to be proud of. It was only 60 years ago and it's painful. I cannot express my distaste for that part of my Southern heritage. I want nothing to do with any of that. I want nothing to do with bigoted assholes who threw feces and urine inside two young black women's lockers. I left Arkansas for many reasons, but my hatred of the racist culture was at the top of the list.

Crisis at Central High display as you enter the museum

Even today, after living in Chicago and then the Dallas/Fort Worth area, going back to Arkansas is shocking. Racial tension and division is an undertow nearly everywhere we went.

Don't forget the hell the Little Rock 9 survived just trying to go to high school. Not only are they heroes for being the first blacks to integrate in Arkansas, they are role models, authors, and speakers.

Never forget how lucky we are to have had these nine children blaze the first trail in what would later test our entire legal system. I respect them and those who stood up for them more than I can articulate.

I've written about this topic before: Central Arkansas Schools, Desegregation, and 50 Years of Government Micromanagent

Also note: I am not against all Southern culture. I highly recommend everyone from the South subscribe to Oxford American magazine. It's the best of the South in music, food, movies, and writing.

Student Immigrants Use Civil Rights-Era Strategies (huffingtonpost.com)
Anne Frank's tree, now dying, still inspires hope and new life (cnn.com)

Bookmarks for 07/30/2010

delicious — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:19 +0000

These are my links for 05/08/2010 through 07/30/2010:

Metal Friday Playlist – July 30, 2010 (Special Travel Edition)

mkanderson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:59:43 +0000

Yay! Vacation starts today. As a result, I will inflict upon my family all of the Metal Friday goodness they can take without leaving me at that nasty rest stop just this side of Texarkana on I-30. Well I can always use headphones I suppose.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Burden of Grief	Ignition (Intro)	0:42	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	1	2010
2	Burden of Grief	Follow The Flames	4:18	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	2	2010
3	Burden of Grief	Born In Fire	4:29	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	3	2010
4	Burden of Grief	The Arms Of Death	4:03	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	4	2010
5	Burden of Grief	Disruption Of A Confused Mind	3:49	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	5	2010
6	Burden of Grief	Doomed To Fall	4:38	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	6	2010
7	Burden of Grief	No Way Out	4:33	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	7	2010
8	Burden of Grief	Mirror Of Truth	4:18	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	8	2010
9	Burden of Grief	Burning Red Eyes	3:44	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	9	2010
10	Burden of Grief	Fallen	3:27	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	10	2010
11	Burden of Grief	Rise Like A Phoenix	4:46	Follow The Flames (Disc 1)	11	2010
12	Burden of Grief	Aces High	4:41	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	1	2010
13	Burden of Grief	The Four Horsemen	5:25	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	2	2010
14	Burden of Grief	Break On Through	3:25	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	3	2010
15	Burden of Grief	Mouth For War	3:59	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	4	2010
16	Burden of Grief	Fool For Your Loving	4:23	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	5	2010
17	Burden of Grief	Refuse/ Resist	3:12	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	6	2010
18	Burden of Grief	Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be	4:00	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	7	2010
19	Burden of Grief	Valhalla	5:00	Follow The Flames (Disc 2)	8	2010
20	Corruption	Beelzeboss	2:24	Bourbon River Bank	1	2010
21	Corruption	Hell Yeah!	3:26	Bourbon River Bank	2	2010
22	Corruption	Magus	4:07	Bourbon River Bank	3	2010
23	Corruption	Candy Lee	4:07	Bourbon River Bank	4	2010
24	Corruption	Devileiro	5:32	Bourbon River Bank	5	2010
25	Corruption	Engines	2:28	Bourbon River Bank	6	2010
26	Corruption	Worlds Collide	5:19	Bourbon River Bank	7	2010
27	Corruption	Another	3:07	Bourbon River Bank	8	2010
28	Corruption	Addicts, Lovers And Bullshitters	3:33	Bourbon River Bank	9	2010
29	Corruption	"Morning Star" Whiskey Bar	2:25	Bourbon River Bank	10	2010
30	Corruption	Pillow Man	4:59	Bourbon River Bank	11	2010
31	Corruption	One Points Loosers	4:24	Bourbon River Bank	12	2010
32	Corruption	Bourbon River Bank	4:41	Bourbon River Bank	13	2010
33	Early Man	Death Potion	4:37	Death Potion	1	2009
34	Early Man	Brainwash At Birth	4:02	Death Potion	2	2009
35	Early Man	Someone Else's Nightmare	3:52	Death Potion	3	2009
36	Early Man	Nine Riders	3:57	Death Potion	4	2009
37	Early Man	Fight	2:52	Death Potion	5	2009
38	Early Man	Unseen Tormentor	3:35	Death Potion	6	2009
39	Early Man	Through Chemtrails	2:18	Death Potion	7	2009
40	Early Man	The Undertaker's Calling You	3:09	Death Potion	8	2009
41	Early Man	Killdrone	5:12	Death Potion	9	2009
42	Early Man	I Am the Child of Evil	2:58	Death Potion	10	2009
43	Early Man	By the Serpents Breathe You Seethe	3:44	Death Potion	11	2009
44	Early Man	Six Mothers of the War God	4:28	Death Potion	12	2009
45	SpiralArms	Later On	4:20	Highest Society	1	2010
46	SpiralArms	Live Another Day	4:10	Highest Society	2	2010
47	SpiralArms	Blood & Wine	3:54	Highest Society	3	2010
48	SpiralArms	Bottom Rung	5:11	Highest Society	4	2010
49	SpiralArms	All That You Seek	4:00	Highest Society	5	2010
50	SpiralArms	Year Of The Broken Man	3:51	Highest Society	6	2010
51	SpiralArms	Scorpio	4:17	Highest Society	7	2010
52	SpiralArms	Got It All Wrong	4:46	Highest Society	8	2010
53	SpiralArms	Dirty Bomb	3:32	Highest Society	9	2010
54	SpiralArms	Up High Down Low	2:47	Highest Society	10	2010
55	SpiralArms	Shakedown The Preacher	3:18	Highest Society	11	2010
56	SpiralArms	Sleep Of The Just	6:08	Highest Society	12	2010
57	Locust on the Saddle	Tiro Incognito	1:17	The AlphaMantis	1	2008
58	Locust on the Saddle	Field of Ratio	3:10	The AlphaMantis	2	2008
59	Locust on the Saddle	Burnout	3:25	The AlphaMantis	3	2008
60	Locust on the Saddle	Get Back	4:37	The AlphaMantis	4	2008
61	Locust on the Saddle	Casual Tease	4:53	The AlphaMantis	5	2008
62	Locust on the Saddle	Stereotypia	6:04	The AlphaMantis	6	2008
63	Locust on the Saddle	Waste of Time	6:11	The AlphaMantis	7	2008
64	Locust on the Saddle	Holy Banishment / Bank Holiday	1:16	The AlphaMantis	8	2008
65	Locust on the Saddle	Breaking the Unwritten	1:59	The AlphaMantis	9	2008
66	Locust on the Saddle	Never Enough	6:29	The AlphaMantis	10	2008
67	Fekete Sereg	Ősi dal, ősi szó	4:30	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	1	2009
68	Fekete Sereg	Véres Bulcsú népe	4:35	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	2	2009
69	Fekete Sereg	Felégetett híd	5:01	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	3	2009
70	Fekete Sereg	Túl késő már	4:38	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	4	2009
71	Fekete Sereg	Halld a harang szavát	5:09	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	5	2009
72	Fekete Sereg	Erőd, benned él	4:28	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	6	2009
73	Fekete Sereg	Isten ostora	4:32	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	7	2009
74	Fekete Sereg	Atlantisz öröksége	6:28	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	8	2009
75	Fekete Sereg	Végtelen út	4:21	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	9	2009
76	Fekete Sereg	Bűneink súlya	6:21	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	10	2009
77	Fekete Sereg	Sötét napok	5:48	Ősi Dal, Ősi Szó	11	2009

Metal Friday Playlist – July 23, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:32:29 +0000

What a week. I'm still not caught up. My new favorite band, Falling Anvils, is in the list this week. Check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/fallinganvils.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Falling Anvils	Sweet Life	4:15	Take It	1	2010
2	Falling Anvils	Mothers Milk	4:21	Take It	2	2010
3	Falling Anvils	Feeling The Breeze	4:36	Take It	3	2010
4	Falling Anvils	Stars Fade With War	4:41	Take It	4	2010
5	Falling Anvils	Little Tree	4:28	Take It	5	2010
6	Falling Anvils	Take It	5:28	Take It	6	2010
7	Falling Anvils	Times	4:47	Take It	7	2010
8	Falling Anvils	Wasted Talent	3:11	Take It	8	2010
9	Falling Anvils	Blast that shit	5:03	Take It	9	2010
10	Falling Anvils	Test	4:54	Take It	10	2010
11	Acacia Strain	The Beast	4:03	Wormwood	1	2010
12	Acacia Strain	The Hills Have Eyes	4:20	Wormwood	2	2010
13	Acacia Strain	BTM FDR	3:51	Wormwood	3	2010
14	Acacia Strain	Ramirez	2:25	Wormwood	4	2010
15	Acacia Strain	Terminated	3:14	Wormwood	5	2010
16	Acacia Strain	Nightman	2:51	Wormwood	6	2010
17	Acacia Strain	The Impaler	4:35	Wormwood	7	2010
18	Acacia Strain	Jonestown	3:18	Wormwood	8	2010
19	Acacia Strain	Bay of Pigs	5:17	Wormwood	9	2010
20	Acacia Strain	The Carpathian	3:17	Wormwood	10	2010
21	Acacia Strain	Unabomber	4:48	Wormwood	11	2010
22	Acacia Strain	Tactical Nuke	5:34	Wormwood	12	2010
23	The Browning	Standing on the Edge	2:40	The Browning	1	2010
24	The Browning	Dazed	3:22	The Browning	2	2010
25	The Browning	Taken for Granted	3:04	The Browning	3	2010
26	The Browning	Judgement	3:50	The Browning	4	2010
27	The Browning	Inner Mission	3:04	The Browning	5	2010
28	The Browning	A Better Way	3:25	The Browning	6	2010
29	The Browning	Time Will Tell	3:09	The Browning	7	2010
30	The Browning	Suit and Tie	3:34	The Browning	8	2010
31	The Browning	These Nightmares	3:32	The Browning	9	2010
32	The Browning	Remnant	3:23	The Browning	10	2010
33	Impending Doom	1. Hell Breaks Loose	1:15	There Will Be Violence	1	2010
34	Impending Doom	2. Violence.wav	3:05	There Will Be Violence	2	2010
35	Impending Doom	3. Orphans	3:55	There Will Be Violence	3	2010
36	Impending Doom	4. Peace Illusion	3:11	There Will Be Violence	4	2010
37	Impending Doom	5. The Great Fear	4:38	There Will Be Violence	5	2010
38	Impending Doom	6. Walking Through Fire	2:47	There Will Be Violence	6	2010
39	Impending Doom	7. Love Has Risen	4:43	There Will Be Violence	7	2010
40	Impending Doom	8. The Son Is Mine	3:33	There Will Be Violence	8	2010
41	Impending Doom	9. Children of Wrath	3:15	There Will Be Violence	9	2010
42	Impending Doom	10. Sweating Blood	3:47	There Will Be Violence	10	2010
43	Amon Amarth	Twilight of the Thunder God	4:08	Twilight Of The Thunder God	1	2008
44	Amon Amarth	Free Will Sacrifice	4:08	Twilight Of The Thunder God	2	2008
45	Amon Amarth	Guardians of Asgaard	4:23	Twilight Of The Thunder God	3	2008
46	Amon Amarth	Where Is Your God?	3:11	Twilight Of The Thunder God	4	2008
47	Amon Amarth	Varyags of Miklagaard	4:18	Twilight Of The Thunder God	5	2008
48	Amon Amarth	Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags	4:30	Twilight Of The Thunder God	6	2008
49	Amon Amarth	No Fear for the Setting Sun	3:52	Twilight Of The Thunder God	7	2008
50	Amon Amarth	The Hero	4:01	Twilight Of The Thunder God	8	2008
51	Amon Amarth	Live for the Kill	4:09	Twilight Of The Thunder God	9	2008
52	Amon Amarth	Embrace of the Endless Ocean	6:44	Twilight Of The Thunder God	10	2008
53	Black River	Barf Bag	3:46	Black And Roll	1	2009
54	Black River	Isabel	3:24	Black And Roll	2	2009
55	Black River	Lucky In Hell	4:48	Black And Roll	3	2009
56	Black River	Black'N'Roll	2:05	Black And Roll	4	2009
57	Black River	Breaking the Wall	3:49	Black And Roll	5	2009
58	Black River	Jumping Queenny Flash	3:25	Black And Roll	6	2009
59	Black River	Too Far Away	3:55	Black And Roll	7	2009
60	Black River	Loaded Weapon	3:41	Black And Roll	8	2009
61	Black River	Morphine	4:51	Black And Roll	9	2009
62	Black River	Like a Bitch	3:21	Black And Roll	10	2009
63	Black River	Young'N'Drunk	4:14	Black And Roll	11	2009

Metal Friday Playlist – July 16, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:46:54 +0000

Oh yeah, it's Friday again. Today I just randomly scrolled through MediaMonkey and picked what I felt like.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Barnabas	No Freedom	4:37	Approaching Light Speed	1	1983
2	Barnabas	Stormclouds	4:43	Approaching Light Speed	2	1983
3	Barnabas	If Love Brings Love	4:12	Approaching Light Speed	3	1983
4	Barnabas	Waiting For The Aliens	6:21	Approaching Light Speed	4	1983
5	Barnabas	Warrior	4:01	Approaching Light Speed	5	1983
6	Barnabas	Never Felt Better	3:26	Approaching Light Speed	6	1983
7	Barnabas	Subterfuge	5:59	Approaching Light Speed	7	1983
8	Barnabas	Crucifixion	5:52	Approaching Light Speed	8	1983
9	Barnabas	All Alone	5:45	Approaching Light Speed	9	1983
10	Cause For Revelation	Intro	1:40	Resurrecting The Hostility	1	2010
11	Cause For Revelation	Nothing To Gain	2:05	Resurrecting The Hostility	2	2010
12	Cause For Revelation	Resurrecting The Hostility	3:05	Resurrecting The Hostility	3	2010
13	Cause For Revelation	Destroying Recollections	2:55	Resurrecting The Hostility	4	2010
14	Cause For Revelation	Never Ending	2:30	Resurrecting The Hostility	5	2010
15	Cause For Revelation	Another Failure	2:32	Resurrecting The Hostility	6	2010
16	Cause For Revelation	No One Cares	2:03	Resurrecting The Hostility	7	2010
17	Cause For Revelation	My Own Fate	2:33	Resurrecting The Hostility	8	2010
18	Cause For Revelation	All Or Nothing	2:08	Resurrecting The Hostility	9	2010
19	Cause For Revelation	Carry The Weight	1:42	Resurrecting The Hostility	10	2010
20	Cause For Revelation	Eternal	2:03	Resurrecting The Hostility	11	2010
21	Barren Earth	Curse Of The Red River	7:49	Curse Of The Red River	1	2010
22	Barren Earth	Our Twilight	5:25	Curse Of The Red River	2	2010
23	Barren Earth	Forlorn Waves	4:37	Curse Of The Red River	3	2010
24	Barren Earth	Flicker	6:39	Curse Of The Red River	4	2010
25	Barren Earth	The Leer	4:54	Curse Of The Red River	5	2010
26	Barren Earth	The Ritual Of Dawn	6:31	Curse Of The Red River	6	2010
27	Barren Earth	Ere All Perish	5:52	Curse Of The Red River	7	2010
28	Barren Earth	Cold Earth Chamber	5:32	Curse Of The Red River	8	2010
29	Barren Earth	Deserted Morrows	6:49	Curse Of The Red River	9	2010
30	Sigh	Prelude to the Oracle	4:10	Scenes from Hell	1	2010
31	Sigh	L'art de Mourir	4:55	Scenes from Hell	2	2010
32	Sigh	The Soul Grave	3:59	Scenes from Hell	3	2010
33	Sigh	The Red Funeral	6:54	Scenes from Hell	4	2010
34	Sigh	The Summer Funeral	7:06	Scenes from Hell	5	2010
35	Sigh	Musica in Tempora Belli	5:59	Scenes from Hell	6	2010
36	Sigh	Vanitas	6:24	Scenes from Hell	7	2010
37	Sigh	Scenes from Hell	3:35	Scenes from Hell	8	2010
38	Slayer	Darkness Of Christ	1:30	God Hates Us All	1	2001
39	Slayer	Disciple	3:35	God Hates Us All	2	2001
40	Slayer	God Send Death	3:45	God Hates Us All	3	2001
41	Slayer	New Faith	3:05	God Hates Us All	4	2001
42	Slayer	Cast Down	3:26	God Hates Us All	5	2001
43	Slayer	Threshold	2:29	God Hates Us All	6	2001
44	Slayer	Exile	3:55	God Hates Us All	7	2001
45	Slayer	Seven Faces	3:41	God Hates Us All	8	2001
46	Slayer	Bloodline	3:37	God Hates Us All	9	2001
47	Slayer	Deviance	3:08	God Hates Us All	10	2001
48	Slayer	War Zone	2:45	God Hates Us All	11	2001
49	Slayer	Here Comes The Pain	4:32	God Hates Us All	12	2001
50	Slayer	Payback	3:03	God Hates Us All	13	2001
51	Dark Tranquillity	Nothing to No One	4:09	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	1	2007
52	Dark Tranquillity	The Lesser Faith	4:37	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	2	2007
53	Dark Tranquillity	Terminus (Where Death is Most Alive)	4:24	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	3	2007
54	Dark Tranquillity	Blind at Heart	4:21	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	4	2007
55	Dark Tranquillity	Icipher	4:39	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	5	2007
56	Dark Tranquillity	Inside the Particle Storm	5:29	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	6	2007
57	Dark Tranquillity	Empty Me	4:59	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	7	2007
58	Dark Tranquillity	Misery's Crown	4:13	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	8	2007
59	Dark Tranquillity	Focus Shift	3:36	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	9	2007
60	Dark Tranquillity	The Mundane and the Magic	5:15	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	10	2007
61	Dark Tranquillity	A Closer End [*]	4:07	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	11	2007
62	Dark Tranquillity	Winter Triangle [*]	2:14	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	12	2007
63	Dark Tranquillity	Blew the Radiance [*]	3:25	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	13	2007
64	Dark Tranquillity	Silence in the House of Tongues [*]	3:23	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	14	2007
65	Dark Tranquillity	Terminus (Where Death is Most Alive) [*]	4:40	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	15	2007
66	Dark Tranquillity	The Lesser Faith [*]	4:47	Fiction [Expanded Edition]	16	2007

Ugh: Wife Beater Brand Is Purely Disgusting

mkanderson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:44:01 +0000

Wife Beater Brand Woman's Shirt

I'll be the first to admit I find sick things funny. I listen to metal music, which is wrapped with sick imagery, usually for the sake of shock value. I get it.

However, Wife Beater brand clothes cross my own arbitrary line of what I can take. Maybe because I'm a victim of childhood abuse myself. But take a look at the picture of the women's shirt to the right. There is something deeply unsettling about women wearing a bloody hand symbol, representing domestic violence. To me that's like Jews wearing swastikas or blacks wearing the KKK symbol. There are some things I can't even laugh at.

Palm (a.k.a HP) Really Wants Your Apps Plus a Wishlist

mkanderson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:49:43 +0000

: Image via Wikipedia

Palm/HP is giving away $1 million in goodies for developers to port their apps over to webOS. I'm not going to pretend I'm not biased. I have a Palm Pre and I love my phone nearly as much as my own children.

Head over to Palm's development site for details.

My hopes for HP's involvement with webOS development are high. My wife has an Android phone and it's not bad but it certainly doesn't have the usability of my Pre. However, since I've had it, a few things are lacking:

No voice dial. By this point, it's silly it hasn't been implemented yet. So many pedestrians are needlessly exposed to me finding numbers by hand. Just saying.
No support for appointments received in email via POP or IMAP. Only Exchange appointments actually work. Appointments received in other mail services result in an error message. Come on dudes!
No basic photo editing. Before I upload any photo to any online service, I should be able to perform basic cropping and resizing.
Basic file management. I want to be able to rename files and organize them without connecting to a PC.
Audible still hasn't created a client for the Pre. I've been an Audible customer for years and I'm about to give up on them altogether.
4G. Duh.

With layoffs pending at Palm and HP admitting phones are their highest priority for webOS, I probably won't get my wishes. I will also probably end up on an HTC EVO, which is a great phone, but it's still Andriod-based and so many things about webOS have spoiled me.

HP Laying Off Palm Employees [Sad] (gizmodo.com)
Palm remains quiet on plans for WebOS (v3.co.uk)
Another ending and beginning for Palm (zdnet.com)

Metal Friday Playlist – July 9, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:09:33 +0000

This week is about getting my evil on so I can get work done. I'm in a dark brooding mood. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's the fact I'm really behind on everything.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Ambient Death	Spiritus Manifesto	4:19	Transmigration of Souls	1	2010
2	Ambient Death	Forever After	4:12	Transmigration of Souls	2	2010
3	Ambient Death	Ordained Without Redemption	4:33	Transmigration of Souls	3	2010
4	Ambient Death	Nocturnal Mirage	5:26	Transmigration of Souls	4	2010
5	Ambient Death	Widow's Watch	4:58	Transmigration of Souls	5	2010
6	Nachtmystium	Intro	1:33	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	1	2010
7	Nachtmystium	High On Hate	3:36	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	2	2010
8	Nachtmystium	Nightfall	3:21	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	3	2010
9	Nachtmystium	No Funeral	5:39	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	4	2010
10	Nachtmystium	Then Fires	5:44	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	5	2010
11	Nachtmystium	Addicts	4:24	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	6	2010
12	Nachtmystium	The End Is Eternal	7:03	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	7	2010
13	Nachtmystium	Blood Trance Fusion	3:30	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	8	2010
14	Nachtmystium	Ruined Life Continuum	4:41	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	9	2010
15	Nachtmystium	Every Last Drop	8:30	Addicts: Black Meddle Part II	10	2010
16	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Stingray Stole My Thunder (Said The Crocodile)	1:55	Prologue	1	2007
17	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Man The Lifeboats!	2:26	Prologue	2	2007
18	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Who Needs Romance	3:29	Prologue	3	2007
19	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Read. Write. Stab. Fight.	3:42	Prologue	4	2007
20	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	This Has Just Begun'	3:25	Prologue	5	2007
21	Northland	Prelude to Revenge	1:26	Northland	1	2010
22	Northland	Revenge	4:47	Northland	2	2010
23	Northland	Immortal Forest Song	4:40	Northland	3	2010
24	Northland	The Old Town's Inn	3:26	Northland	4	2010
25	Northland	Lord of the flies	2:38	Northland	5	2010
26	Northland	Everything becomes Dust	4:50	Northland	6	2010
27	Northland	Path to	1:28	Northland	7	2010
28	Northland	Northland	5:27	Northland	8	2010
29	Northland	Distant Land	4:09	Northland	9	2010
30	Northland	Where the heroes die	4:49	Northland	10	2010
31	Northland	Withering rose	7:03	Northland	11	2010
32	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Stingray Stole My Thunder (Said The Crocodile)	1:55	Prologue	1	2007
33	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Man The Lifeboats!	2:26	Prologue	2	2007
34	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Who Needs Romance	3:29	Prologue	3	2007
35	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	Read. Write. Stab. Fight.	3:42	Prologue	4	2007
36	And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot	This Has Just Begun'	3:25	Prologue	5	2007
37	Guerra	Dark Woods Cometh	3:32	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	1	2010
38	Guerra	Pathogens	4:20	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	2	2010
39	Guerra	Beyond the Hills	4:14	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	3	2010
40	Guerra	Anesthesia	1:55	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	4	2010
41	Guerra	2084	2:45	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	5	2010
42	Guerra	Subhuman	4:26	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	6	2010
43	Guerra	Tweleve Knives	3:53	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	7	2010
44	Guerra	Winds of Tomorrow's Empty Promise	5:41	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	8	2010
45	Guerra	Homesick	4:04	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	9	2010
46	Guerra	House of the Unholy	3:28	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	10	2010
47	Guerra	A Glimpse Into Perspective	2:15	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	11	2010
48	Guerra	Two Steps Over Reason's Edge	3:55	Transmissions through Oil And Blood	12	2010
49	A Plea For Purging	The Eternal Female	3:31	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	1	2010
50	A Plea For Purging	Sick Silent America	4:43	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	2	2010
51	A Plea For Purging	Shiver	2:55	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	3	2010
52	A Plea For Purging	Golden Barriers	3:37	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	4	2010
53	A Plea For Purging	The Fall	3:45	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	5	2010
54	A Plea For Purging	And Weep	3:45	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	6	2010
55	A Plea For Purging	Trembling Hands	3:44	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	7	2010
56	A Plea For Purging	Finite	4:13	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	8	2010
57	A Plea For Purging	The Jealous Wings	4:16	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	9	2010
58	A Plea For Purging	The New Born Wonder	5:01	The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell	10	2010
59	Corpus Christi	The Red Horse Is Upon Us	1:39	A Feast For Crows	1	2010
60	Corpus Christi	A Portrait of Modern Greed	3:49	A Feast For Crows	2	2010
61	Corpus Christi	Monuments	3:55	A Feast For Crows	3	2010
62	Corpus Christi	Betrayed Redemption	4:28	A Feast For Crows	4	2010
63	Corpus Christi	Little Miss Letyouknow	4:21	A Feast For Crows	5	2010
64	Corpus Christi	Windwalker	2:12	A Feast For Crows	6	2010
65	Corpus Christi	Broken Man	4:30	A Feast For Crows	7	2010
66	Corpus Christi	Blood in the Water	5:19	A Feast For Crows	8	2010
67	Corpus Christi	Invictus	4:41	A Feast For Crows	9	2010
68	Corpus Christi	(Seeing You Again) For the First Time	5:20	A Feast For Crows	10	2010
69	Corpus Christi	Shepherds in Sheep's Clothing	3:18	A Feast For Crows	11	2010
70	Hatred	Battling Demons	3:20	Burning Paradise	1	2010
71	Hatred	Once Fallen	4:10	Burning Paradise	2	2010
72	Hatred	Leaders We Follow	4:13	Burning Paradise	3	2010
73	Hatred	Burning Paradise	2:19	Burning Paradise	4	2010
74	Hatred	Sludge of Lies	5:32	Burning Paradise	5	2010
75	Hatred	Red Death	4:04	Burning Paradise	6	2010
76	Hatred	Still Here	4:57	Burning Paradise	7	2010
77	Hatred	Weak And Wounded	2:39	Burning Paradise	8	2010
78	Hatred	Hear Them Scratching	5:01	Burning Paradise	9	2010
79	Hatred	Evil	5:43	Burning Paradise	10	2010
80	Hell Death Fury	£0.00	1:26	Free Porn	1	2010
81	Hell Death Fury	Gun Show	2:30	Free Porn	2	2010
82	Hell Death Fury	Crack Party	1:43	Free Porn	3	2010
83	Hell Death Fury	Weed and Hoes	4:10	Free Porn	4	2010
84	Hell Death Fury	Afkudabaka	2:49	Free Porn	5	2010
85	Hell Death Fury	Itchy the Killer	0:50	Free Porn	6	2010
86	Hell Death Fury	Rude Boy	2:37	Free Porn	7	2010
87	Hell Death Fury	Robot Garda	4:22	Free Porn	8	2010
88	Hell Death Fury	McFeegan Brown	1:52	Free Porn	9	2010
89	Hell Death Fury	Green Lane	4:30	Free Porn	10	2010
90	Hell Death Fury	Rob Kill Burn	4:02	Free Porn	11	2010
91	Our Last Night	Elephants	3:29	We Will All Evolve	1	2010
92	Our Last Night	Air I Breathe	4:00	We Will All Evolve	2	2010
93	Our Last Night	Mouth Machine Gun	3:19	We Will All Evolve	3	2010
94	Our Last Night	Across the Ocean	4:22	We Will All Evolve	4	2010
95	Our Last Night	Deceiver	4:07	We Will All Evolve	5	2010
96	Our Last Night	Devil Inside You	3:49	We Will All Evolve	6	2010
97	Our Last Night	Distance is Destroying Me	2:59	We Will All Evolve	7	2010
98	Our Last Night	Carry Me To Safety	3:40	We Will All Evolve	8	2010
99	Our Last Night	Into the Future	3:35	We Will All Evolve	9	2010
100	Our Last Night	We Will All Evolve	4:28	We Will All Evolve	10	2010
101	Son of Aurelius	Mercy For Today	3:22	The Farthest Reaches	1	2010
102	Son of Aurelius	Let Them Hate And Fear	3:09	The Farthest Reaches	2	2010
103	Son of Aurelius	The Farthest Reaches	3:47	The Farthest Reaches	3	2010
104	Son of Aurelius	Olympus is Forgotten	2:25	The Farthest Reaches	4	2010
105	Son of Aurelius	Facing The Gorgon	4:08	The Farthest Reaches	5	2010
106	Son of Aurelius	Pandora's Burden	4:22	The Farthest Reaches	6	2010
107	Son of Aurelius	A Champion Reborn	3:01	The Farthest Reaches	7	2010
108	Son of Aurelius	Myocardial Infraction	1:39	The Farthest Reaches	8	2010
109	Son of Aurelius	The Calm	1:31	The Farthest Reaches	9	2010
110	Son of Aurelius	A Good Death	2:47	The Farthest Reaches	10	2010
111	Son of Aurelius	The First, The Serpant	6:17	The Farthest Reaches	11	2010

E-Books, Cynicism, and Shelf Life

mkanderson — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:51:56 +0000

Full disclosure: I don't own an e-book reader. Maybe that's why I'm not too hip on e-books as described in this Huffington Post article by Paul Levine.

Funny, I don't recall anyone blissfully sniffing their books until the threat from e-publishing appeared. Now, readers can't resist comparing their moldy old tomes to the finest Bordeaux.

I'm not an e-book contrarian. In some ways I think e-books are cool. I work in technology. I love technology. If it was legal, I'd marry technology. As a tech writer, I've been making online documentation since before Project Gutenberg when AS/400s were the means to get electronic documentation. I may not have said "RTFM" first, but I was an early adopter. It's just that my online documentation isn't around anymore except on my hard drive. I have kept nearly every project I've written since my early days of CP/M and Wordstar. Here's the rub: when I try to open one of these old documents, here's what I get:

My high school paper on Jon Donne was written in Wordstar for CP/M and looks like crap now

Why is that? Wordstar isn't around. Oh and check out this error:

Word doesn't like older Word docs.

That is Microsoft Word protecting me from my own early Word documents. Sure there's a work around but now we get into security and old files. Those who have not adventured to DIY PC maintenance may be at a loss as to how to recover that letter they wrote Aunt Marge telling her to stick it.

Do you know what this is?

Old documents and software I have to keep for some reason

This is a necessity for previous client work. Somewhere in this stack is Corel Ventura so I can open a bunch of documents I did for somebody many years ago. I don't know what the retention should be on holding that kind of work. I'm no longer independent, but if they want the source files, I have them. There are no rules for this other than everything changes.

How about PDF? It's an open standard right? The only wide and open standard is PDF/A is plain text and doesn't prevent anybody from copying and forwarding out the books. So we go back to digital rights management (DRM). I hate DRM. Why is it that I don't have the Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs anymore? It's because I bought that album from MusicMatch in 2004 and Yahoo took MusicMatch and flushed it down the DRM hole. However, I still have all of the MP3s I purchased from Lala.com as real downloads and I'm glad I did since Apple seems to be treating Lala.com like MusicMatch's ugly step-sister's dog. I predict long-term e-book DRM will be full of headaches, lost purchases, and overcomplicated restriction. It's the nature of the business.

Also from that article is this:

The shelf life of dead-tree books roughly approximates that of a pint of yogurt, but out-of-print books get eternal life on the Internet.

Levine goes on to explain how one of his books is out of print but alive and well as an e-book. That's great for authors. But I point you to the photo above of my stack of CDs. In that stack are CDs of electronically published books I never reference. I forget about them. I forget who wrote them. I forget what they are about. The very fact I have terabytes of documents and a growing deficit of time to organize means more things are lost in the shuffle. I don't see much cover art and authors' names when I look in a directory.

Your book may live on forever on the Internet, but what is "eternal life"? Authors don't want to be pirated, but Levine discusses free classics and their abundance online. The classics are abundant because they are freely distributed. I can get Sherlock Holmes books from any number of sites in just about every format imaginable. But my favorite edition is this printed edition I had recovered after my dog chewed the spine.

It's not anything but a personal preference. When I buy a real book, it's tangible. While I don't normally smell my books, I will admit loving the bookstore smell. I also don't collect books in the first-edition-or-die sense. But here are my shelves:

Technical, business, and design books:

Technical, business, and design books.

Living room fiction:

Living Room Fiction

Bedroom fiction:

Bedroom Reading Queue

Eldest child fiction:

Eldest Child Fiction

While my collection won't live forever, I've yet to have a shelf not allow me to read a book or give me something incompatible with my reading environment. I'm open to e-books, but not that open.

The shelf life of dead-tree books roughly approximates that of a pint of yogurt, but out-of-print books get eternal life on the Internet.

High Noon on The High Street - Repost (personanondata.blogspot.com)
Thoughts on Kindle and Kindle ebook longevity (ireaderreview.com)
A hard look at the Web's 'shallows' (news.cnet.com)
Dear Book Publishers, Here's How to Get Me To Switch to ebooks. (newcommbiz.com)

Paylpal Freezes OpenCamp? What?

mkanderson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:56:04 +0000

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Over the years, I've heard of people having issues with Paypal randomly freezing funds, mostly related to eBay. I never paid that much attention because I never knew anyone personally that happened to. Well, it's different now. Some good people trying to do a good thing are feeling the random Paypal wrath:

Over the past several weeks we’ve had 3-4 random calls from various people at PayPal, all of whom only identify themselves by their first name, none of whom have direct phone numbers or email addresses, and all of whom are asking the exact same questions over and over…

What is this OpenCamp thing?

How many people will be coming?

Why are you doing this?

Every time I go through the same speech with them. They are aware that we held WordCamp the past two years and have verified the previous registrations those years. They are aware that I personally have had a PayPal account for many years with them, and that I even have the Woopra account through them with far more volume than OpenCamp will ever have.

But despite the long term and multi-account relationship we enjoy, they’ve gone so far as to force me to send them copies of my drivers license and social security card to some strange physical address, and even run a personal credit check to allow us to keep accepting payments for OpenCamp.

OpenCamp is running all registrations through EventBrite and then into Paypal. It's an easy way to put on a conference, right? As a Big Design organizer my hackles are up. After reading this, I was on the phone immediately to co-organizer Brian Sullivan and he is with other organizers at lunch. We can take our Big Design business elsewhere. In the meantime, I encourage you to complain to Paypal if you registered for OpenCamp.

The irony of all of this is that OpenCamp needs access to the money to have a successful conference. By freezing their account, Paypal is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. Paypal has successfully put the conference at more risk. Go read the whole article and pay attention to the information they are asking from OpenCamp. This moronic behavior cannot be justified.

5 Alternatives to PayPal (brighthub.com)
PayPal Hates Conferences - Especially OpenCamp (openca.mp)

Metal Friday Playlist: July 2, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:29:06 +0000

At first, I tried to find patriotic metal for the July 4 weekend. After realizing that was stupid, I picked some works I haven't heard in a while instead plus the new Yakuza, which is highly recommended. Also, I'm writing a review on As My World Burns. The jury is deliberating. Heavily.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	As My World Burns	Jacqueline	4:21	Letters From Alaska	1	2010
2	As My World Burns	Waltz Of Masks	4:35	Letters From Alaska	2	2010
3	As My World Burns	Clocks	5:10	Letters From Alaska	3	2010
4	As My World Burns	A Bullet and a Farewell	4:31	Letters From Alaska	4	2010
5	As My World Burns	Now That The City Sleeps	2:44	Letters From Alaska	5	2010
6	As My World Burns	Circles	3:39	Letters From Alaska	6	2010
7	As My World Burns	A Missed Phone Call	4:46	Letters From Alaska	7	2010
8	As My World Burns	Black, Melancholy and Autumn	4:48	Letters From Alaska	8	2010
9	As My World Burns	Static Shot	3:33	Letters From Alaska	9	2010
10	As My World Burns	Letters From Alaska	3:14	Letters From Alaska	10	2010
11	Blood Red Throne	The Light, The Hate	4:19	Souls Of Damnation	1	2009
12	Blood Red Throne	Harme	4:35	Souls Of Damnation	2	2009
13	Blood Red Throne	Throne of Damnation	3:37	Souls Of Damnation	3	2009
14	Blood Red Throne	Human Fraud	4:17	Souls Of Damnation	4	2009
15	Blood Red Throne	Demand	3:32	Souls Of Damnation	5	2009
16	Blood Red Throne	Your Cold Flesh	3:35	Souls Of Damnation	6	2009
17	Blood Red Throne	Prove Yourself Dead	4:36	Souls Of Damnation	7	2009
18	Blood Red Throne	Not Turgenjev, But Close	3:32	Souls Of Damnation	8	2009
19	Blood Red Throne	Ten Steps of Purgatory	6:41	Souls Of Damnation	9	2009
20	Pig Destroyer	Rotten Yellow	1:40	Phantom Limb	1	2007
21	Pig Destroyer	Jupiter's Eye	1:29	Phantom Limb	2	2007
22	Pig Destroyer	Deathtripper	1:04	Phantom Limb	3	2007
23	Pig Destroyer	Thought Crime Spree	2:17	Phantom Limb	4	2007
24	Pig Destroyer	Cemetery Road	0:50	Phantom Limb	5	2007
25	Pig Destroyer	Lesser Animal	1:12	Phantom Limb	6	2007
26	Pig Destroyer	Phantom Limb	1:38	Phantom Limb	7	2007
27	Pig Destroyer	Loathsome	4:04	Phantom Limb	8	2007
28	Pig Destroyer	Heathen Temple	3:30	Phantom Limb	9	2007
29	Pig Destroyer	4th Degree Burns	1:28	Phantom Limb	10	2007
30	Pig Destroyer	Alexandria	3:03	Phantom Limb	11	2007
31	Pig Destroyer	Girl in the Slayer Jacket	3:26	Phantom Limb	12	2007
32	Pig Destroyer	Waist Deep in Ash	2:36	Phantom Limb	13	2007
33	Pig Destroyer	The Machete Twins	3:02	Phantom Limb	14	2007
34	Pig Destroyer	Untitled	7:26	Phantom Limb	15	2007
35	Tombs	Gossamer	5:33	Winter Hours	1	2009
36	Tombs	Golden Eyes	3:00	Winter Hours	2	2009
37	Tombs	Beneath the Toxic Jungle	4:32	Winter Hours	3	2009
38	Tombs	The Great Silence	3:49	Winter Hours	4	2009
39	Tombs	Story of a Room	2:06	Winter Hours	5	2009
40	Tombs	The Divide	3:37	Winter Hours	6	2009
41	Tombs	Merrimack	3:56	Winter Hours	7	2009
42	Tombs	Filled With Secrets	5:24	Winter Hours	8	2009
43	Tombs	Seven Stars the Angel of Death	3:35	Winter Hours	9	2009
44	Tombs	Old Dominion	1:31	Winter Hours	10	2009
45	Yakuza	the Ant People	3:48	Of Seismic Consequence	1	2010
46	Yakuza	Thinning the Herd	3:37	Of Seismic Consequence	2	2010
47	Yakuza	Stones and Bones	5:40	Of Seismic Consequence	3	2010
48	Yakuza	Be That as it May	8:10	Of Seismic Consequence	4	2010
49	Yakuza	Farwell to the Flesh	11:12	Of Seismic Consequence	5	2010
50	Yakuza	Testing the Waters	6:27	Of Seismic Consequence	6	2010
51	Yakuza	Good Riddance (Knuckle Walkers)	2:59	Of Seismic Consequence	7	2010
52	Yakuza	the Great War	2:44	Of Seismic Consequence	8	2010
53	Yakuza	Deluge	7:18	Of Seismic Consequence	9	2010
54	Rotting Christ	Aealo	3:40	AEALO	1	2010
55	Rotting Christ	Eon Aenaos	3:57	AEALO	2	2010
56	Rotting Christ	Demonon Vrosis	4:56	AEALO	3	2010
57	Rotting Christ	Noctis Era	4:49	AEALO	4	2010
58	Rotting Christ	dub-saĝ-ta-ke	2:57	AEALO	5	2010
59	Rotting Christ	Fire Death and Fear	4:34	AEALO	6	2010
60	Rotting Christ	Nekron Iahes...	1:08	AEALO	7	2010
61	Rotting Christ	...Pir Threontai	4:48	AEALO	8	2010
62	Rotting Christ	Thou Art Lord	4:51	AEALO	9	2010
63	Rotting Christ	Santa Muerte	5:28	AEALO	10	2010
64	Rotting Christ	Orders from the Dead	8:57	AEALO	11	2010

Best. Press. Release. Ever.

mkanderson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:01:56 +0000

I know this making the rounds, but still, it is the best press release ever. Ever. Ever.

Jay Chou Guitar Cover

mkanderson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:13:10 +0000

Random searching somehow lead me to Youku.com and some guy doing a great job playing a Jay Chou song. Since I can't read Chinese, all I say "is good job random search result guy" and then share it with everyone else. BTW, Jay Chou will play Kato in the upcoming Green Hornet movie along side Seth Rogen.

Photo: First Look at Seth Rogen as The Green Hornet (wired.com)
'Green Hornet' Trailer Showcases Seth Rogen's Action-Hero Debut (mtv.com)

Metal Friday Playlist – June 25, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:21:56 +0000

Yeah, #metalfriday. This day is devoted to me getting enough work done to actually enjoy a beer tonight without thinking about all I didn't get done. May the gods of metal have mercy upon my soul.

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Called To Arms	Patient's Prognosis	4:45	Peril and The Patient	1	2010
2	Called To Arms	Safest Road To Hell	3:42	Peril and The Patient	2	2010
3	Called To Arms	Pleasure In The Trough	4:26	Peril and The Patient	3	2010
4	Called To Arms	Dead Fire In A Cold Room	0:54	Peril and The Patient	4	2010
5	Called To Arms	Let Sleeping Worms Lie	4:08	Peril and The Patient	5	2010
6	Called To Arms	Vintage Pharisee	4:34	Peril and The Patient	6	2010
7	Called To Arms	A Hedonist At Heart	5:28	Peril and The Patient	7	2010
8	Called To Arms	Our Realism, Our Rejection	4:12	Peril and The Patient	8	2010
9	Called To Arms	Ashamed, Awake	4:04	Peril and The Patient	9	2010
10	Called To Arms	Dismembered And Devoured	4:02	Peril and The Patient	10	2010
11	My Epic	Author	4:11	Yet	1	2010
12	My Epic	Lower Still	5:47	Yet	2	2010
13	My Epic	Lashes	3:37	Yet	3	2010
14	My Epic	Rich	4:45	Yet	4	2010
15	My Epic	Patience and Silence	4:19	Yet	5	2010
16	My Epic	Sound and Fury	4:04	Yet	6	2010
17	My Epic	Pour	5:15	Yet	7	2010
18	My Epic	Ashes	4:21	Yet	8	2010
19	My Epic	Further Up/Further In	5:14	Yet	9	2010
20	My Epic	Perfector	5:47	Yet	10	2010
21	Stillborn Nursery	Release	2:29	Stillborn Nursery	1	2003
22	Stillborn Nursery	Life	3:24	Stillborn Nursery	2	2003
23	Stillborn Nursery	My America	3:42	The guns of August	2	2003
24	Stillborn Nursery	Empty Shell Casings	3:33	The guns of August	3	2003
25	Stillborn Nursery	Cold Knife (Cervix Biopsy)	3:40	The guns of August	4	2003
26	Stillborn Nursery	Wrong Way	3:35	The guns of August	5	2003
27	Stillborn Nursery	Shameless	7:52	The guns of August	6	2003
28	Rings of Saturn	Invasion	4:07	Embryonic Anomaly	1	2010
29	Rings of Saturn	Seized and Devoured	4:03	Embryonic Anomaly	2	2010
30	Rings of Saturn	Abducted	4:07	Embryonic Anomaly	3	2010
31	Rings of Saturn	Final Abhorrent Dream	5:03	Embryonic Anomaly	4	2010
32	Rings of Saturn	Corpses Thrown Across the Sky	4:04	Embryonic Anomaly	5	2010
33	Rings of Saturn	Embryonic Anomaly	3:25	Embryonic Anomaly	6	2010
34	Rings of Saturn	Annihilating the Pure	4:53	Embryonic Anomaly	7	2010
35	Rings of Saturn	Grinding of Internal Organs	4:28	Embryonic Anomaly	8	2010
36	Rings of Saturn	End of Humanity	0:57	Embryonic Anomaly	9	2010
37	Animals As Leaders	Tempting Time	5:23	Animals As Leaders	1	2009
38	Animals As Leaders	Soraya	4:27	Animals As Leaders	2	2009
39	Animals As Leaders	Thoroughly at Home	4:02	Animals As Leaders	3	2009
40	Animals As Leaders	On Impulse	6:09	Animals As Leaders	4	2009
41	Animals As Leaders	Tessitura	1:06	Animals As Leaders	5	2009
42	Animals As Leaders	Behaving Badly	4:26	Animals As Leaders	6	2009
43	Animals As Leaders	The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing	5:32	Animals As Leaders	7	2009
44	Animals As Leaders	CAFO	6:41	Animals As Leaders	8	2009
45	Animals As Leaders	Inamorata	6:08	Animals As Leaders	9	2009
46	Animals As Leaders	Point to Point	1:44	Animals As Leaders	10	2009
47	Animals As Leaders	Modern Meat	2:06	Animals As Leaders	11	2009
48	Animals As Leaders	Song of Solomon	4:16	Animals As Leaders	12	2009
49	The Faceless	Prison Born	1:59	Planetary Duality	1	2009
50	The Faceless	The Ancient Covenant	4:01	Planetary Duality	2	2009
51	The Faceless	Shape Shifters	0:43	Planetary Duality	3	2009
52	The Faceless	Coldly Calculated Design	3:40	Planetary Duality	4	2009
53	The Faceless	Xenochrist	5:01	Planetary Duality	5	2009
54	The Faceless	Sons Of Belial	4:46	Planetary Duality	6	2009
55	The Faceless	Legion Of The Serpent	4:27	Planetary Duality	7	2009
56	The Faceless	Planetary Duality I - Hideous Revelation	1:34	Planetary Duality	8	2009
57	The Faceless	Planetary Duality II - A Prophecies Fruition	5:27	Planetary Duality	9	2009
58	Fistula	Ohio Death Toll Rising	5:57	Goat	1	2010
59	Fistula	One Chair And An Electrical Cord	4:53	Goat	2	2010
60	Fistula	The Ones That Got Away	3:38	Goat	3	2010
61	Fistula	So Far Sowell So What	3:46	Goat	4	2010
62	Fistula	Mission Accomplished	5:57	Goat	5	2010
63	Texas In July	Introduction	0:13	I Am	1	2009
64	Texas In July	It's Not My First Rodeo	3:17	I Am	2	2009
65	Texas In July	Elements	3:19	I Am	3	2009
66	Texas In July	Lancaster	2:42	I Am	4	2009
67	Texas In July	Hook, Line And Sinner	3:25	I Am	5	2009
68	Texas In July	I Am Yours	2:38	I Am	6	2009
69	Texas In July	Aurora	3:10	I Am	7	2009
70	Texas In July	Page One	1:39	I Am	8	2009
71	Texas In July	Reflections	5:15	I Am	9	2009
72	Texas In July	Satellites	3:07	I Am	10	2009
73	Texas In July	Father Time	3:48	I Am	11	2009

Metal Friday Playlist: June 18, 2010

mkanderson — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:28:33 +0000

#	Artist	Title	Length	Album	Track #	Year
1	Coliseum	Detached	2:55	Coliseum	1	2004
2	Coliseum	Children Of Our Own Creation	1:54	Coliseum	2	2004
3	Coliseum	Hostage Of Privilege	1:50	Coliseum	3	2004
4	Coliseum	Burn Out Bright	1:43	Coliseum	4	2004
5	Coliseum	F.I.P.	1:13	Coliseum	5	2004
6	Coliseum	In Time	2:28	Coliseum	6	2004
7	Coliseum	This Mind Locked Inside This Body	2:56	Coliseum	7	2004
8	Coliseum	Mire	1:01	Coliseum	8	2004
9	Coliseum	Claim Control	1:41	Coliseum	9	2004
10	Coliseum	Pretty Situation	2:44	Coliseum	10	2004
11	Coliseum	The Simple Answer Is. . .	4:17	Coliseum	11	2004
12	Coliseum	Year of the Pig	2:34	Goddamage	1	2005
13	Coliseum	Theme	0:58	Goddamage	2	2005
14	Coliseum	Miracle Cure	1:27	Goddamage	3	2005
15	Coliseum	Dehumanize	1:05	Goddamage	4	2005
16	Coliseum	Turn to Dust	2:06	Goddamage	5	2005
17	Coliseum	Reborn to Hang	1:25	Goddamage	6	2005
18	Coliseum	Head Down & Burn	1:50	Goddamage	7	2005
19	Coliseum	Set It Straight	3:34	Goddamage	8	2005
20	Coliseum	No Benefit	1:33	No Salvation	1	2007
21	Coliseum	Defeater	2:02	No Salvation	2	2007
22	Coliseum	The Fate Of Men	3:00	No Salvation	3	2007
23	Coliseum	Seven Cities	1:35	No Salvation	4	2007
24	Coliseum	Profetas	3:23	No Salvation	5	2007
25	Coliseum	Shake It Off	1:14	No Salvation	6	2007
26	Coliseum	Skyline Fucker	2:52	No Salvation	7	2007
27	Coliseum	Funeral Line	3:21	No Salvation	8	2007
28	Coliseum	White Religion	1:59	No Salvation	9	2007
29	Coliseum	Interceptor	1:51	No Salvation	10	2007
30	Coliseum	Fall Of The Pigs	2:55	No Salvation	11	2007
31	Coliseum	Believer	1:57	No Salvation	12	2007
32	Coliseum	The Burden	3:31	No Salvation	13	2007
33	Coliseum	Introduction	1:11	House With a Curse	1	2010
34	Coliseum	Blind In One Eye	3:18	House With a Curse	2	2010
35	Coliseum	Everything To Everyone	2:48	House With a Curse	3	2010
36	Coliseum	Crime And The City	3:07	House With a Curse	4	2010
37	Coliseum	Cloaked In Red	4:49	House With a Curse	5	2010
38	Coliseum	Perimeter Man	3:43	House With a Curse	6	2010
39	Coliseum	Skeleton Smile	3:20	House With a Curse	7	2010
40	Coliseum	Isela Vega	3:21	House With a Curse	8	2010
41	Coliseum	Lost In Groningen	3:18	House With a Curse	9	2010
42	Coliseum	Statuary	3:37	House With a Curse	10	2010
43	Coliseum	Man Was Never Meant To Fy	5:23	House With a Curse	11	2010
44	Coliseum	Punk / Money	2:18	House With a Curse	12	2010
45	Grave Maker	Ghosts Among Men	1:54	Ghosts Among Men	1	2010
46	Grave Maker	Hell Followed	1:18	Ghosts Among Men	2	2010
47	Grave Maker	Melt To The Mold	2:22	Ghosts Among Men	3	2010
48	Grave Maker	Seducer	2:00	Ghosts Among Men	4	2010
49	Grave Maker	Why We Fight	1:55	Ghosts Among Men	5	2010
50	Grave Maker	Stronghold	1:33	Ghosts Among Men	6	2010
51	Grave Maker	Vlad The Impaler	3:09	Ghosts Among Men	7	2010
52	Grave Maker	Laid To Rest	2:25	Ghosts Among Men	8	2010
53	Grave Maker	Dead Of Alive	1:30	Ghosts Among Men	9	2010
54	Grave Maker	Sever Thy Head	2:20	Ghosts Among Men	10	2010
55	Grave Maker	Broken Bones	2:05	Ghosts Among Men	11	2010
56	Grave Maker	Never Be Like You	5:19	Ghosts Among Men	12	2010
57	Fracture	Sulphur Preacher	5:20	Dominate and Overload	1	2010
58	Fracture	Apple of Eden	4:05	Dominate and Overload	2	2010
59	Fracture	Wavemaster	4:52	Dominate and Overload	3	2010
60	Fracture	Monument of Shame	4:38	Dominate and Overload	4	2010
61	Fracture	Stranger Within	5:27	Dominate and Overload	5	2010
62	Fracture	Soulcatcher	3:53	Dominate and Overload	8	2010
63	Fracture	Unbreakable	4:31	Dominate and Overload	9	2010
64	Fracture	Dominate and Overload	4:34	Dominate and Overload	10	2010
65	Fracture	I Just Smile	3:59	Dominate and Overload	11	2010
66	Oh, Sleeper	Son Of The Morning	3:25	Son Of The Morning	1	2009
67	Oh, Sleeper	The New Breed	3:48	Son Of The Morning	2	2009
68	Oh, Sleeper	In All Honesty	3:56	Son Of The Morning	3	2009
69	Oh, Sleeper	Breathing Blood	4:11	Son Of The Morning	4	2009
70	Oh, Sleeper	Reveries Of Flight	2:37	Son Of The Morning	5	2009
71	Oh, Sleeper	World Without A Sun	2:25	Son Of The Morning	6	2009
72	Oh, Sleeper	The Fire Dawn	3:33	Son Of The Morning	7	2009
73	Oh, Sleeper	A Banquet For Traitors	3:13	Son Of The Morning	8	2009
74	Oh, Sleeper	Commissioned By Kings	3:43	Son Of The Morning	9	2009
75	Oh, Sleeper	The Finisher	3:05	Son Of The Morning	10	2009

Car Crash of the Day

mkanderson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:58:13 +0000

While having lunch with some Sabre folks today, a group of firefighters sat at a table next to us. As soon as they ordered, their radios went off and they all rushed out. On my way home, I saw them again working this scene.

That's Not Going to Buff Out

On the upside, I had spinach lasagna with a caesar salad.

In Which I Welcome My FTC Overlords

mkanderson — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:17:52 +0000

Dear FTC:

I appreciate the time you've taken to visit my blog. Please feel welcome to look around. I've been waiting for you guys to finally notice my blog, or really anybody for that matter. My daily site visits average between 25 and -19. It feels so good to finally have some bigwig from the government visit my site. It's like a breath of freshness since I can't even get my own mother to open the site.

So I've read a little about you guys and your new rules for bloggers. I've tried my best to always blog in accordance to my own ambiguous set of ethics. This includes having mealy-mouthed opinions, no comments, and content that would put tweaked meth freaks asleep.

Please notice I have no advertising on this site. I tried adwords a while back and discovered it was embarrassing to only run ads for lonely geek loser dating sites next to every, single, flipping article, regardless of the topic. My attempts to solicit more lucrative ads directly from one advertiser only resulted in my kidnapping by Nigerians. I think I misunderstood their whole currency exchange program. That kind of banking is really complicated and guns make me uncomfortable. And don't get me started on the Russians.

From what I understand, you want some kind of disclosure. In the past I have been given music, books, and software to review. The total value of these is around $3500 since my blog first appeared in 2004. Unfortunately, my blog hosting, all other software, and both server and home hardware I use to keep my dream alive has cost me $714,398.47. Hopefully you can get me some other readers so I can start monetizing this thing. My goal is to have enough of a readership by 2035 to get a sponsorship that isn't blocked by parental software. Tell all your agent friends.

I am a little concerned about your rule that opinions can't change. How can I keep up with public sentiment if you expect me to have strong, unmovable opinions? Our country was founded on a great tradition of journalistic wishy-washiness. Now I'm just a blogger without the moral integrity of Keith Olberman or Sean Hannity, but I will say that I fully plan on having strong opinions on various topics until such time those opinions are challenged by somebody else and I relent. Is that okay? If you want me to change that policy just spell it out. I have no problems doing whatever you guys say. Really. Seriously. Do you have ghost writers available? That would really help.

One final request: can you guys at the FTC "leak" to the news something about investigating my site? It would really give my site that extra publicity it needs to make it out of this trailer park. I'm ready to be interviewed by local news where I can go on an anti-government tirade for at least three minutes without breathing. I'll even lay my Arkansas accent on really thick so people will immediately sympathize with the FTC. It's win-win.

I feel honored the FTC is so interested in my little blog. Please feel free to let me know how I can serve you and the interests of the federal government without regard for any of my remaining freedoms.

Sincerely,

Citizen #70145778352813322904

BP: The Gift That Keeps on Giving (Oil and Coffee)

mkanderson — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:42:37 +0000

This is brilliant. That is all.

BP disaster update: BP spills coffee, birds "cooking" to death in Gulf oil, June 12 protest (boingboing.net)
BP Oil Spill Response Parodies Flood YouTube [VIDEOS] (mashable.com)

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