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Design is to Art as Slam Poetry is to Poetry.

“The Fountain”:http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Fountain/70051673 is one of those films that will either move you with the resonance of its themes and technique or bore you to tears as a derivative movie that deep down shows us nothing new, but does so in an elegantly beautiful manner. I’m solidly of the former opinion; but as I’ve had more [...]

Disturbingly sad music moment #1099: hearing _The The’s_ “This is the Day”:http://www.last.fm/music/The+The/_/This+Is+the+Day used in an M&M commercial.

_Learn to face the strain_. I’ve been busy these last few days rearranging my life and daily bread around. I moved to a location closer to downtown Mountain View on Saturday, but I’m sort of off the grid at the moment: my phoneline is not working and neither is my internet connection. So it’s been [...]

In addition to catching up on some algorithm analysis, I’ve also been spending a good chunk of time this election evening following political threads, mostly focusing on this “mefi thread”:http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/56114 for my refresh action.
The biggest nailbiter race, and the one in which I have the most emotional investment, however superificial, is the Virginia race [...]

I’m in Chicago this week and next, so not a lot of activity till I get back to Cali. By the way, for you Illinoisans, WTF is up with how expensivo the toll roads have gotten here?

Sometimes we think we can find catharsis in the simplest of things: finishing a lost book, revisiting an old place, sending a message and receiving a reply. But then the moment arrives and fades away, and the sense of calm and clarity you envision never fully materializes. You are simply as you were before, breathless [...]

“Up With Grups - The Ascendant Breed of Grown-Ups Who Are Redefining Adulthood”:http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/16529/
This is an obituary for the generation gap. It is a story about 40-year-old men and women who look, talk, act, and dress like people who are 22 years old. It’s not about a fad but about a phenomenon that looks to be [...]

Have you ever been so bored with your blog, that you’ve felt the urge to stick a stuffed hedgehog at the top of it? No? Em. Ok then. Must just be me.

Do you ever get the feeling that sometimes, your brain either needs a tuneup or a complete rebuild? Is that why people do the crack rock?
Oh, and you folks that have day jobs, kids and still blog like crazy: What are you fucking on and can I have some of it?

Maybe I can get my blogging mojo back by reading this “article on being a more productive blogger”:http://www.to-done.com/2005/05/be-a-more-productive-blogger/? More likely, it’s the work hours, the running, the kidlet and life in general (not necessarily in that order) that’s keeping me so mentally exhausted at the end of the day that to even attempt composing a [...]

Posted on various job boards: Software Developer. Experienced with excellent communication skills. Sometimes snarky but mostly laid back. Willing to relocate to Hawaii or surrounding islands. Seriously. Please?

Internal work deadlines and casual blogging do not mix. Hence the _paucity of updates_. However, like any other Hydra, as soon as one deadline is passed, another one looms in the near distance. This is the way of the Developer(tm).
Yet I ask myself in stolen moments, is there another enlightened path or a better [...]

There is simply something about the days and daze of Summer, as well as living the harried yet exhilarating life of a parent of a budding toddler that assures neglect of all things ephemeral. The blog, such as it is, fits into the latter, so I’ve not updated it with anything original, amusing, or noteworthy. [...]

Marshall Brain’s essay on the future of that human endeavor called work in the midst of a robotic revolution has been making the rounds and is both interesting and alarming. He speculates that the wide-scale introduction of robots into every level of work that humans perform in the near future can either transform human society [...]

Profound aphorism of the day: “The end may seem to justify the means, but all too often the means deform the end. “

It had to happen eventually. Ageism is hitting Generation X, at least anecdotally. This makes me realize how fast time seems to move as we near that critical age where we no longer fit into the 18-35 demographic, but into the the 36-55 range. As funny and revealing as the discussion may be, it’s [...]

Apropos of Nothing via theyblinked, I was reminded of a memorable post I read from the late Eugene Kan’s blog, which thankfully is still online:

Marketing threatens humanity like nothing else. Terrorism and disease pale by comparison, as those are obvious evils which, ironically, are easily erased with marketing. Marketing is covert in its pervasive diablerie. [...]

I have a love-hate relationship going on with San Francisco. I hate to love it and love to hate it. It annoys the fuck out of me and inspires me to rethink my patrician lifestyle all at the same time. This article describes my feelings about San Francisco and to large extent, the entire Bay [...]

J’adore les photos des chiots. Gawd I miss having a dog.