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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
growf
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1:35p |
Another day, another storming live set - this time from Underworld. I'll confess that I wasn't expecting much - I found their last few albums to be a bit stale, treading water. However, much to everyone's surprise and very obvious appreciation, they dropped just about the biggest set they could - Crocodile, Spoonman, Rez/Cowgirl, Pearls Girl, Two Months Off, Rowla, King Of Snake, Born Slippy, Jumbo and Moaner - pretty much an "Underworld's Greatest Hits". Much mental jumping about and hand waving ensued. Sandwiched between a bouncy set from MSTRKRFT and a non-nonsense big-beat set from Fatboy Slim, it made for one hell of an evening. Current Mood:  bouncyCurrent Music: Underworld 'Beautiful Burnout' |
nicked_metal
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10:16p |
Spent today playing Kudos Rock Band, the first Kudos sequel. Got both measures of success (fame and fortune) to 100% on the first attempt, and there is only one difficulty setting. I think the thing that makes it so much easier than Kudos (for me, anyway) is that it supplies you with clear goals. Give me a clear goal, and I'll find a strategy that leads to it. Whereas Kudos has many more things that have to be balanced against each other.
Well, that, and I identified a winning strategy in Kudos that applies to the sequel as well: find a repeatable pattern of activity that gives good results, and repeat that pattern until your circumstances change, at which point you should adapt. The real difference between the two is that the Rock Band game very rarely requires you to change your patterns, while the original game is constantly trying to get you to change your patterns by enticing you into jobs that have different characteristics, or arranging for you to meet people who have different interests to your established circle of friends.
Am in a much more 'winning' state with regard to real life as well - got things done around the house, rested, and had a fair amount of success with that whole "Take it easy on yourself and you won't run out of energy so badly" strategy that I'm usually better at talking about than following. |
mattlazycat
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1:14p |
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autodidactic
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6:34a |
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cobaltie
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12:22a |
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autodidactic
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2:03a |
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| Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
silvermink
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11:54p |
Resume Anyone here consider themselves a resume wiz? Mine's starting to feel a bit stale and I wouldn't mind some input on how to reorganize it. Current Mood:  curious |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
neogeen
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1:22a |
Doodles: Some and Critters Taking advantage of the ear infection pain relievers to get my doodle on. Just a sketchxchange adoptee, some misc doodles, and a horrible idea. Also threw in some Spore critters at the end. ( Doodles [7] and Spore critters [8] )Ear Infection: Still painful as hell, Can't open jaw to full. Current Music: Resident Evil 4 Zombies in Background Oh God |
momentrabbit
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1:12a |
Five days and counting. Components frozen, prototype complete
 Abandoning the second LFO for now, may explore in later revision. Always time to do it over, never time to do it right. Still needs a portable power source. I'm thinking something in the NiCad family. Current Music: Satisfied |
| Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
cindygerb
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8:26p |
Sally's Travels You know where they picked Sally up? In Walgreen's. I guess she wanted to get out of the storm :) She is now microchipped. If this ever, ever happens again they will be able to get her right back to me. Yay! Current Mood:  cheerful |
waywind
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8:19p |
Personal current events
Spent the past few days obsessing over free print-and-assemble papercraft. Downloaded a collection of it, neatly organized into topical folders. They span three languages because I Googled keywords for what I wanted in Japanese and German as well as English. Used a combination of directories and archives to dig through dead websites for them. Then I found out the printer was out of magenta ink, so everything comes out in shades of green. So I made some frogs. LEMONADE, BABY. I'M MAKING LEMONADE.
Had lunch at the park, facing the water. The past few days have been hot and still, but today the wind was cold, and so strong that my hood wouldn't stay up. Packages of food wouldn't stay on the picnic table, had to be held down. Afterward, I walked away to an empty place to set down my cup for the crows to drink. The exact spot of grass I chose had a coin in it, which I would never have seen if I hadn't bent down right above it. Instant karma: twenty-five cents. It's from this year, with Arizona on the back. I like Arizona; the soil there is a nice color.
Watched Wall-E, a family occasion. New favorite movie. That is exactly what my dreamscapes usually look and feel like: vast, eerie places suffused with tragic humor and a sense of irony that doesn't recognize itself. |
waywind
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7:58p |
Memento mori
“I don’t know, I just feel like I ought to be doing something more important with my life,” said the mayfly to the other mayfly.
People sometimes make the mistake of thinking that the memento mori, the reminder of mortality, means to linger on fear and morbidity. The actual principle of the reminder is that we have a deadline, and we need to schedule our projects for it. Part of the difficulty is that the exact date of the deadline is not divulged, and what happens to us afterward is uncertain. Nevertheless, leaving a legacy-- preserving information and resources for the benefit of others-- is of value above almost everything else. (That priority is up there with love and enlightenment.) That will not happen if you only perform menial routines day in and day out, since a legacy is made by extraordinary action. We're animals of medium-length lives, so a legacy is only possible if we dedicate ourselves to it and work in concert with others.
People have always had the conceit that the world may end within their lifetimes. It's likely that they're sensing their own individual ending. (If death is an ending. “End, beginning, same thing.” Who knows?) A world-ending is an unhelpful fantasy, like morbidity: it often dissuades people from thinking that they need to leave a legacy, since attempting for such would be irrational if there was going to be no time left at all. Unless if that very same threat inspires people to do something to keep the world from ending-- environmentalism and all that-- and that's one of the best legacies to aim for. |
halfelf
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10:27p |
Disappointments stacked upon disappointments So, I thought I had all the answers. I had started working on my patent application for my LCD badge, that I showed off at AC. I'm not worried about people stealing it, as I have already officially published it, and now have examples and witnesses and prior art, and the whole nine yards. However, after doing some more research, it appears that the patent will cost more than I ever imagined. A basic patent, with no bells or whistles, is 1200 dollars. Plus the patent search, which is 300-600 dollars. Also, you would need a patent attorney to look at it. That's another huge chunk of money. I'm great at a lot of things, but I don't feel comfortable enough that I could write an application without a lawyer looking over my shoulder and saying, "That doesn't suck". In the end, most places are saying 3-4k, if there are no issues. If there ARE issues, then it will be closer to 6-8k. This can balloon out even higher, very quickly, and even if you decide to stop, none of that money is refundable. I simply can't afford that right now. Shinies can't afford that right now. So. I am going forth with my design, and selling the devices. If something happens, something happens. If I sell enough of these, I'll consider going back and patenting it. But right now... there's just no way that I can spend that much cash on the possibility that the patent will go through. :( I will continue to grow my business, and I think things will work out. And if they don't... well, I always have more ideas. Current Mood:  frustrated |
| Sunday, July 6th, 2008 |
nicked_metal
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12:07p |
A good friend has complained to me that the author of Kudos has been slow in taking her money. I buy my obscure games from GamersGate these days, you don't have to wait for human intervention, and you can get some real classics like Majesty from them. Although, do the world a favour, and find a link from Home of the Underdogs to GamersGate, because gaming museums should be supported by the public. |
| Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
kinkyturtle
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8:00p |
Road trip day 2: Wichita Falls to Raton
So apparently this "not every room has wi-fi" problem is going to be a regular thing with Motel 6. I think it would be more appropriate if motel6.com bore a big red label warning "LARK'S VOMIT!" Er, I mean "NOT EVERY ROOM HAS WI-FI SO ASK WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR RESERVATION!" Guess I better call ahead to the other places I'll be staying at. I'm posting this from the McDonald's near the motel here in Raton, New Mexico.
Last night I was definitely in redneck territory (Wichita Falls). Around 1 am, I heard hooting and hollering and loud pops outside, and saw flashes of light. Apparently some idiots got drunk or something and decided to tear through the Motel 6 parking lot shooting off bottle rockets. I also later heard they smashed someone's rear windshield. Not mine, fortunately. Fucking redneck assholes. I also heard someone yelling at them about calling the police. Good thing, so I didn't have to.
The trip today was relatively uneventful, but hot and dry. Also a bit scary, as US 87 is an undivided highway with one lane each way and a speed limit of 65 for parts of its length. Fortunately, starting tomorrow, the rest of the trip will be all interstates. |
somebunny
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5:53p |
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somebunny
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4:42p |
:> Because Georgia asked, here's a picture of my tortoise, Rowdy!  She's currently nom-nom-noming on a cherry tomato, I think she's in love with them. Current Mood:  happy |
autodidactic
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4:41p |
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xyzzysqrl
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3:32p |
Vague relief... You know, this combination of playing Diablo 2: Eastern Sun while (badly) singing along to Komm Susser Tod blasting over the headphones on autoloop would -probably- have gotten me put under psych evaluation when I was a teen at home with the parents. Being an "adult" is nice sometimes. M'just saying. (Need to write up Diablo 2 Eastern Sun for sqrlgames later. It is a 700 foot tall twinkie.) Current Mood:  cheerfulCurrent Music: End of Eva - Kom Susser Tod |
lex_blue
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12:13p |
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shatterstripes
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2:27p |
Chevalier of Pentacles  Fire of Fire. The credit card was fun to fill in: the first and last sets of four digits are the beginning and end of the arc of the sky that this card 'rules over' (21st degree of Scorpio to 20th degree of Sagittarius); the second set of four is the number of the hexagram TAC says it corresponds to, repeated; the third term is just four random digits. The expiration date is 29/17; Nov 29-Dec17 is when the Sun is in Ophiuchus, which lies between Scorpio and Sagittarius but is not officially part of the zodiac. The name of the credit card is just something I pulled out of my ass. 10 cards left for the show! Not a bad birthday present to myself. Like the previous card, this needs to go on FA when it comes back. Print available on Artspots. |
baxil
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10:40a |
Reminder Just a heartbeat post to let you know that ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kadyg and I (and a very statuesque friend) are chronicling our road trip over at wallyontheroad. Thrills! Chills! Extreme statue photography! Already we've visited several major landmarks, had an (extremely lucky!) run-in with the law, and failed to capture photographs of prairie llamas. (Next time, Gadget. Next time ...) Journal: wallyontheroadPhotos: gallery (remember that it's multiple pages) Video: Coming soon ... Current Mood:  content |
bikerwalla
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9:55a |
Fox News Posts Caricatures Instead Of Photographs Someone reported the latest TV ratings, and made the observation that FOX News was within range of its cable competitors, and may have to fight for the #1 top slot. In return, the FOX News Channel devoted a minute of air time to making fun of the reporters, and instead of posting pictures of the reporter and editor... they enlarged their noses, yellowed their teeth, and erased their hair. This. Looks. Shopped.
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Jacques Steinberg, reporter for the Television section, New York Times |
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Steve Reddicliffe, Television section editor, New York Times |
These people still call themselves a News Network. Current Mood:  infuriated |
ladyperegrine
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12:13p |
I hope you dance...
I know everyone's seen this by now, and while it's not Discovery Channel, Stride gum isn't exactly free from corporate self-interest.... And for all I know Matt may be a total schmuck.
But the freaking thing still makes me cry every single time I watch it. For the courage it takes to travel, to dance badly, and to ask other people to dance with you. For a world that can be both so large and so small at the same time. For each of us, alone, in the hopes that we can be a little less alone for a little while. For a day that celebrates USian independence, in hopes that it will one day celebrate our interdependence as well.
Current Mood: verklempt
Current Music: "Praan" on the video |
momentrabbit
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11:06a |
Psst! Niall! Neogeen! Other GTA peoples! If you want to get any more games in at Funland Arcade (est. 1962) in downtown Toronto, you've got two weeks. They're closing for good. " Budd maintains manufacturers stopped making arcade games because there was more profit by selling a piece of plastic for the home than pricey "furniture" for arcades. "We could have stayed in the business because of where our location is, and because we own the building, but there weren't any new games, therefore there's little reason for customers to keep coming."" End of an era. :( |
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