Secrets
Imagine for a moment
Any everything.
There you have it.
Any everything.
There you have it.
RSS Changing My Web
NetNewsWire is changing the way I browse the web. It's an RSS reader... which means it goes out to sites with an RSS feed (a file containing headlines, descriptions, and links to recently updated content), then presents them in a nice clean, fast, three panel display. Throughout the day, I fire it up to see what's new on most of my favorite sites - without clicking through bookmarks and waiting for page loads. My subscription list has gotten rather large. I've started trying random conventions, to see if sites i enjoy might be hiding an RSS file somewhere. The one's that don't are getting fewer and fewer visits.
In the midst of all the wonderful content out there, convenience is what's currently winning me over.
If you'd like some help getting started with RSS feeds. you can download (right click and save) my subscription list. Most readers will allow you to import it into your own.
In the midst of all the wonderful content out there, convenience is what's currently winning me over.
If you'd like some help getting started with RSS feeds. you can download (right click and save) my subscription list. Most readers will allow you to import it into your own.
Unemployment Hearing
At 1:30pm this afternoon I had an Unemployment Appeal hearing, requested by Kinkos. At 1:45pm the case was dismissed, due to their failure to show up.
It was a waste of time... and un-needed stress. But it gave me a reason to go downtown. It's been awhile.... there's quite a bit of activity early on a Monday afternoon. Lots of businessy folks going about their business. To and fro. Mostly moving very quickly.
I went by the newly re-opened Union Square. I don't like it. There's very little grass. Mostly marble and granite. It's very pretty.... but not the sort of place you want to hang out in. Even when your already in a people watching mood. I suspected it's design was heavily influenced by the current SF trend of solving the homeless problem by not looking at them. Out of sight, out of mind.
An article in the Chronicle confirms it:
"Here and there among venerable hotels like the Westin St. Francis and retail titans like Neiman Marcus are once unheard-of empty storefronts, and managers and city planners alike are betting that will change if Union Square becomes a hot draw again for tourists and lunchtime loungers -- instead of a hostile land of soggy sleeping bags. "
"Homeless people only move in when middle-class people abandon a place."
It's sad when people can't be seen as people. Doubly so when a false perception of financial gain helps cloud one's vision. Compassionless action born out of greed. At least ignorance is a lack of proper information. Greed is a willful belief that you are more deserving of life than someone else.
No matter how hard the department store clerk tries to convince you otherwise and how sterile and barren your "parks" may be... You never are.
If I had my way... Willie Brown would be made to stand in the center of the new Union Square and give each and every homeless San Franciscan a hug. All day. All night. And into the next day too. At first he might cringe. His suit would get dirty. Till it got so dirty that even he could no longer care. Worn out from finding all the differences between him and them. Left with nothing but a long line of human beings. Each taking a turn holding him.
I don't see how he could continue to consider them as just an obstruction of comerce.
But then again, I don't see a lot of things.
Willfully.
It was a waste of time... and un-needed stress. But it gave me a reason to go downtown. It's been awhile.... there's quite a bit of activity early on a Monday afternoon. Lots of businessy folks going about their business. To and fro. Mostly moving very quickly.
I went by the newly re-opened Union Square. I don't like it. There's very little grass. Mostly marble and granite. It's very pretty.... but not the sort of place you want to hang out in. Even when your already in a people watching mood. I suspected it's design was heavily influenced by the current SF trend of solving the homeless problem by not looking at them. Out of sight, out of mind.
An article in the Chronicle confirms it:
"Here and there among venerable hotels like the Westin St. Francis and retail titans like Neiman Marcus are once unheard-of empty storefronts, and managers and city planners alike are betting that will change if Union Square becomes a hot draw again for tourists and lunchtime loungers -- instead of a hostile land of soggy sleeping bags. "
"Homeless people only move in when middle-class people abandon a place."
It's sad when people can't be seen as people. Doubly so when a false perception of financial gain helps cloud one's vision. Compassionless action born out of greed. At least ignorance is a lack of proper information. Greed is a willful belief that you are more deserving of life than someone else.
No matter how hard the department store clerk tries to convince you otherwise and how sterile and barren your "parks" may be... You never are.
If I had my way... Willie Brown would be made to stand in the center of the new Union Square and give each and every homeless San Franciscan a hug. All day. All night. And into the next day too. At first he might cringe. His suit would get dirty. Till it got so dirty that even he could no longer care. Worn out from finding all the differences between him and them. Left with nothing but a long line of human beings. Each taking a turn holding him.
I don't see how he could continue to consider them as just an obstruction of comerce.
But then again, I don't see a lot of things.
Willfully.
NextBlog
Elly's Back to One
elly at diaryland - back to one
i could see nothing, not my own hand in front of my face, only the redness of the stones. i was aware of the people near me, sometimes i felt their sweat drip onto me, or i felt a stray limb. carl bigheart beat the drum into the empty blackness and the stones glowed. in the comfort of the darkness i rocked and sweated. when time for praying came i whispered to myself, surrounded by others whispering to themselves. the sweat poured. it soaked my sarong entirely, it soaked the blanket floor, it dripped into my eyes and stung.
i could see nothing, not my own hand in front of my face, only the redness of the stones. i was aware of the people near me, sometimes i felt their sweat drip onto me, or i felt a stray limb. carl bigheart beat the drum into the empty blackness and the stones glowed. in the comfort of the darkness i rocked and sweated. when time for praying came i whispered to myself, surrounded by others whispering to themselves. the sweat poured. it soaked my sarong entirely, it soaked the blanket floor, it dripped into my eyes and stung.
Hip Hop Nation
And you think a hip-hop movement could be bigger than the civil rights movement?
Absolutely. For two reasons: One, this generation stands on the success of the civil rights movement. We don't have to fight for the right to vote, for the right to be able to go to college. We can take that foundation and build on it. Hip-hop as an economic force and as a cultural movement has given us foot soldiers. They exist already. This infrastructure gives us unprecedented power. All it needs is a national organization to connect the dots. But so far, they're being blinded by the stars.
AlterNet -- Hip-hop Nation
Absolutely. For two reasons: One, this generation stands on the success of the civil rights movement. We don't have to fight for the right to vote, for the right to be able to go to college. We can take that foundation and build on it. Hip-hop as an economic force and as a cultural movement has given us foot soldiers. They exist already. This infrastructure gives us unprecedented power. All it needs is a national organization to connect the dots. But so far, they're being blinded by the stars.
AlterNet -- Hip-hop Nation
Quish going going ??
For some time now, I've been working on a complete overhaul of quish.org. Making it more of a full site - instead of just a place holder for the stream. The layout is done. It just needs to be coded and uploaded. Except now there's CARP. My previously free Live365 stream, starting in August, is going to cost $5.00 a month. That's really not bad. Except I'm unemployed and already spending around $50 a month on various net related services (email, bandwidth, hosting, and the like).
While certainly not as bad as some folks have it, I'm not happy. My station covers a rather small niche in the giant world of music. There aren't very many listeners (43 listening hours in the last 30 days). Most of the artists will never see a royalty payment and would probably be happy to have some more exposure (even of such a limited amount).
Artists should get royalties for music played online, but CARP completely fails to recognize the broad spectrum of use and users the internet offers. Further proving that the government and many large companies (in this case, heavy handed industries) still just don't get it.
Eventually they're going to have to come to embrace less control. Find ways to profit from fostering choices, instead of limiting new ones. Those that won't, will die off. It's too bad that death is going to be slow and painful. Sometimes hitting me right in my last five dollars.
While certainly not as bad as some folks have it, I'm not happy. My station covers a rather small niche in the giant world of music. There aren't very many listeners (43 listening hours in the last 30 days). Most of the artists will never see a royalty payment and would probably be happy to have some more exposure (even of such a limited amount).
Artists should get royalties for music played online, but CARP completely fails to recognize the broad spectrum of use and users the internet offers. Further proving that the government and many large companies (in this case, heavy handed industries) still just don't get it.
Eventually they're going to have to come to embrace less control. Find ways to profit from fostering choices, instead of limiting new ones. Those that won't, will die off. It's too bad that death is going to be slow and painful. Sometimes hitting me right in my last five dollars.
Skyscrapers
San Francisco has pretty boring skyscrapers. Especially when compared to someplace like Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Half Dome
It's official... we're going to hike to the top of Half Dome. August 10th. From the Yosemite Site: Very Strenuous - 10 to 12 hours - 17 miles. I've never hiked anything close. It's going to be tough - but look at it! I'm excited. Almost giddy. I can't imagine there's a view anything like it. Anywhere... It's going to be something else. I can't wait.
Irony?
Things Update
My little junk drawer that is the things page has been updated. It's full of all new stuff to go through. Most notably, some pages from my pre-2000 web sites. More is on the way...
Red Koalas
Pitchfork on Circle
Pitchfork: Boom Bip and Doseone - Circle
Circle is a hip-hop album. But it transcends hip-hop, or any other style: it's one of the most sui generis records of the past few years, a mutant crossbreed of poetry and sound. It's not ambient, but it insinuates itself into your head; it has beats, yet the music fades in and drops away. It's dreamy, and then it's manic, insomnia-fevered, gripping the sheets in a wordless immature panic. It's an album about childhood and adulthood, mature but unsophisticated-- a massive performance wide-eyed with sincerity.
Circle is a hip-hop album. But it transcends hip-hop, or any other style: it's one of the most sui generis records of the past few years, a mutant crossbreed of poetry and sound. It's not ambient, but it insinuates itself into your head; it has beats, yet the music fades in and drops away. It's dreamy, and then it's manic, insomnia-fevered, gripping the sheets in a wordless immature panic. It's an album about childhood and adulthood, mature but unsophisticated-- a massive performance wide-eyed with sincerity.
New Front Page
I've finally upgrade this page. As you can see, we've got two columns now. Those pictures over to your right are the five newest entries in my photo weblog. Soon there will be more dynamic goodies over there. I've also added permanent links to each posting. Just click the little "^^^" deal at the bottom of each post to get it's archived link. Last but not least, I've now got clean and happy standards compliant XHTML.
Next up is completely re-doing the horribly outdated things page and making the archive pages a bit nicer. If all goes well, they'll be done by the end of this next week.
Next up is completely re-doing the horribly outdated things page and making the archive pages a bit nicer. If all goes well, they'll be done by the end of this next week.
No Jobs
Your search for positions with web in 94115 CA retrieved no jobs.
Seeming?
It seems like all of this might be more or less important than anything.
Trouble in Hacker Land
Things are getting un-friendly in hacker land:
The Register - 'Hacker' security biz built on FBI snitches
The Register - 'Hacker' security biz built on FBI snitches
Amazon Light
Amazon has released an API to access their content. The folks over at Kokogiak Media have used it to create Amazon Light. A fully functional version of amazon.com - based on the design at Google. It works. Fast and simple. I love it.
Photo Update
There's a brand new photo page, with a bunch of new pictures.
It's a wired world
A recent interview at Shift with RU Sirius reminded me of a most wonderful comic by Patrick Farley - The Guy I Almost Was. Everyone should read it. At least twice.
Why the Music Industry...
Why I Download
Things Are Diffrent Now
My new roommates, Alyson and Celeste, have been
gone a lot. Traveling and house sitting and family
and things. Alyson is still gone. Celeste is first
time full time here. I like having her around.
Quite a bit. She's young, yet very thoughtful. Compassioned
and calmed by things she doesn't yet understand -
but knows are important. We've had a couple of
nice conversations. I'm looking forward to many
more.
As for me, there's not much to say. Somewhat still staying away. I want a real job, again. I also want summer afternoons in the park. Reading and watching birds. It's difficult to do one without thinking about the other. Stability, or a reasonable enough approximation, would be nice to see.
Until then, I've got Cold House and warm tea. Things could be worse...
As for me, there's not much to say. Somewhat still staying away. I want a real job, again. I also want summer afternoons in the park. Reading and watching birds. It's difficult to do one without thinking about the other. Stability, or a reasonable enough approximation, would be nice to see.
Until then, I've got Cold House and warm tea. Things could be worse...
Sony W101
Sony doesn't get anywhere close to the respect it deserves for it's Vaio PC design.
Fortunate Food
Last Sunday I made up a giant pot of 12 bean/barley/vegtable soup and had some wonderful people over for supper. On Monday I made a large amount of garlic rosemary potatoes for a barbeque in Marin and help prepair other tasty things too.
On Thursday I helped setup and made yummy fresh grilled organic vegtables for a July 4th barbeque. Yesterday I found $100 and ate Thai with some good friends. It was a great week.
