Happy Birthday jesus, gentiles and an end to the MTA strike

Well, even though i was happy to see all the folks walking, skating, and biking to their job in in nyc, i am greatful to have the sidewalks back to myself, some sort of Christmas miracle? Some of the fat folk though could probably keep walking but allas. I am sure if the fine in the 80's was a million dollars, the fine in the 21st centurt will plague the tolls to the tune of 1 Billion dollars, a dr. evol moment for us all. But allas nothing better than some Christmas humor to get us through it all. I ran into Jesus at this year's Agency Halloween party, and he said he was working on a Holiday greeting card; Funnier than Saturday Night Live and larger than a breadbasket.

when eating was fun

Being a little kid with so many neato toys and flashing lights and buttons has got to be real fantasy world, more so than I can possibly remember, add the fact that all this technology is super cheap with no real expense for developing "film" lets say, eventhough I actaully still prefer it (of course) because it does hide and blend things. HD is too real. Too close. Too much detail. The newscasters are fugly. I don't want to look that close. This is going to make people even fussier than they are now. Their little brains have got to be different.

slushy 32 degree mt bike ride

After a nite of staying up late with the fellas to rock, i was able to get myself out of bed with the assistance of lucy lu the black lab's need to take a crap. I hit chimney rock at 10AM. Did solo ride don't think my lungs are up to task yet but with a little more training I will be able to keep up with faster riders. Did a solid 1hr.

Lung fish Mt biker adventure: chimney rock NJ

Well, if you are interested in running with a great bunch of mountain bikers in NJ, a couple groups meet up religiously on Saturday mornings at 10AM @ chimney Rock in the parking off of Neumans Springs lane in Bridgewater. I finally was able to meet up with my friend Ryan P. and half way on the ride I almost passed out. Nine of us in total, if I were in better shape I probably could have hacked their whole ride, the weather was just cold enough that I couldn't get enough air in my lungs, meaning I am freakin out of shape compared to the whale lungs on these guys. I almost passed out and felt a little dizzy. They would stop at the top of every short run, but after being the last guy on about the 5th launch. I had to cut out and finish up loop on my own pace. Which honestly was down hill and included the all the jumps and windiness I enjoy on a small hilly terrain.

I am not a novice rider by any means so my rock, log chops are pretty good since I've been Mt bike riding for 16 years and biking since I can remember. These guys just do it once a week compared to the quartely rides I have been able to fit in and half this ride is windy and uphill. Some of them are so hardcore they do single speed. Freakin nuts. You know you're in trouble when they are dressed up like storm troopers with shin guards and some of them seem to have capped teeth. Anyway, if you're looking to get in shape or test your skills this ride is highly recommended. I am going to try and do it again in a couple weeks. Chimney Rock

DJ Spork presents: Honorable mention show for 2005

Yes, sports fans of rock music. The alter ego known as DJ Spork, not to be confused by MCTRUCKS, has posted the third installement of the ongoing series of DJ Spork Presents indie music lovers podcasts, this one focuses on music left off the top 10 list. The medium is getting more and more popular and probably soon will be overshadowed by Vidcasts but time will tell. A lot more production to consider doing that. time to go hit the mt bk trails. Enjoy!
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DJ SPORK Music Podcast series: Top 10 of 2005 part 1

The Podcast subscription XML is being taken care of by Liberated Syndication, so the cast is legit allegedly now. Featured in the premier DJ SPORK podcast download part 1 of top 10 of 2005 are: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Death Cab for Cutie, New Pornographers and The Pernice Brothers. Download the podcast at libsyn.com Enjoy:[ DJ SPORK RSS ] [ DJ SPORK BLOG ][ podcast

Apprentice Technology Templar: finally got 180GB back-up

I know this is really exciting but probably one of the more boring purchases I've ever made. Just moving over files from my C: drive to this cool looking silver LACIE, hooked through the slick look NYKO Usb multi port hub, is damn boring but they are both silver and at least look spacey. I supposed the real test will be to delete files in itunes and re-direct them to LACIE and see how the ipod deals with grabing file through the usb connection. The same goes for the digital camera I suppose. I remember when my first external hardrive had 500 MBs back in the day. I more excited to go downstairs and watch National Treasure with the director comments "on" and see what sort of interesting folkore and tidbits they diclose about Templars. I am an apprentice technology templar at best when it comes to knowing the details that full time IT guys go. I can hook-up and skim the technical part and then I am out of there. Secretly I wish I knew more and had more time these days. So many things to learn and the pace is blistering.

It was just a matter of time before AL got spammed

The sanctity of my blog has been demolished and the comments have been spamed by ebay none the less. I expected it to happen earlier to be honest. Once i saw the crap spawning itself on my myspace page and friendster, blogger was the last frontier. The Combat with spam is on! oh,well.

Convenient terror alerts when Bushy admin going to hell

With Karl Rove in trouble the latest news is the best smoke screen to cover the downhill public view of the Bushy cronies.

guilty of too much work and not enough play

ok so I have found five minutes in my hectic Agency schedule and a reason to login into blogger. Seems one of the flash module we are working on had a dead link to blogger or an unavailable link. I can't tell you more than that but other than it is a rather large company looking into making large businesses have blog solutions. Even with that tiny bit of info i could be in trouble. But who the hell reads this blog anyway?

On a funnier note and for new messages from Pat O'brien who is finally throwing in the towl, check out www.yesbutnobutyes.com and get your daily embarrassed larf for things you shouldn't say and to put on you're a total degenerate list. Karma will be on your side

speaking of which, the first jury is back for the new show They Call me Earl and it is funnier than the Office. Something is missing that is totally apparant in the 40 year old virgin. looking forward to the second episode.

Broken Flowers and Bill Murray

Now, if you are looking to be rewarded like you were in Lost in translation by some titillation. You will be. If you are looking for mid America scenery you will notice that most of the landscape Bill's characters traverses looks suspiciously like Jersey or somewhere off the Sawmill Parkway or GSP as he tracks down ex girlfriends. If you are looking for some resolve other than the basic mantra to live in the now. Don't go. Stay where you are. Broken Flowers erges you to run away from your same old way of doing things. Don't be the idiot that stood up at the end asking for his money back, when nothing gets resolved in the same old Hollywood fashion. Take a moment because you are never going to find out which of his 20 years worth of ex's and plife atterns sends him on his quest.

Slip on loafers and the 12 oz beer

Sometime when walking in the city, in a rush to go nowhere life threatening, my shoes fall off. I’m afraid that this might happen before getting on a train. Down in the crevice where all that electrical crap is, It would probably be worse in the AM than PM when headed home. The solution I imagine would be to just take off the other shoe, weather permitting of course. But if it were to happen on the way to work, there could be an issue. I’ve lost my Hornsby notebook cd this way in the 23^rd street Path. It just bounced down the tracks. And I schemed for weeks on a strategy to retrieve it without getting down in the muck and electrical, until it suddenly was not visible any more.

 

There are so many choices, when unplugging’ from the Big Agency, the decompression question always comes up. Is it a 12 oz train ride evening or 16 oz? Will a simple bag of chips satisfy the lunch skip or is it a biggee fry or a whole damn meal. Ah, the choices of dear old Newark Penn take-out services are almost endless.

 

 

 

Non-stop action, moviergoer and aviso

I am toast and it did not help that I hung for awhile after the show and drank and yapped it up with the guys: John A and big Al from Pulaski, mix maestro Shawn Overby and the Ort brothers. Shit, I was toast on Friday closing up some Agency work stuff for the weekend.

The show last night at the Brighton Bar was a great release. Jaco never changes his beard just gets longer and grey but the diehard punk in him lives. That guy can tell some stories from all sorts of angles. Hard to explain the performance high, something gets releases from the energy and swet. Eventhough it 'felt like was 1999' with all the familiar faces in one room. It did not feel retro. The music is still vital and I am glad I am enjoying it as much. We stuck mostly to goodnight sweetheart material and few from the more recent Our lady of the Highway, as we've vowed not to prematurely perform the newer tunes until they are ready to played live. On the bill were Moviegoer and they were awesome. The batteries for the toy instruments they would play thru their pick-ups have long since died but there is talk of bringing some semblance of sampler for their next and last reunion show. Thankfully there was some new music by Benny's new band Non-Stop Action. Walter got heckled by Ben when he requested that ben dance some more. Their tunes are gilting like Jehu and vocals and lyrics are clearly assembled like the asphalt craftmanship of Bill Gerwick. Hard to explain I suppose.

PAPARAZZI victims of bad television editing

Ok, so it was Saturday night and there is always some dumb shoot-em up movie or a classic somewhere on cable. Paparazzi was entertaining for about 20 minutes, but they weren't all in row. A couple cameos here and there by Chris Rock as a Pizza boy, which seemed weird because he is a big star, kind of a down role and I suppose a joke in itself. The well placed one was Mel Gibson, because of the plot where the Stalked star is a action hero runs into him at an aggression counselor's office. But there is a point where too many cameos ruins a movie. Ok there I gave away a cut-away joke but so what. The hbo film was missing any sort of sex, which is sad for hbo, and centers around a revenge plot. It's hbo right? Where is the realism that has been admired in it's hit shows like the dark, dark, dark Six Feet Under? Who's final episode airs tonight. 6FU has always had all the sex and plot to carry it to it's final show tonight. I think hbo films needs to raise the bar of it's feature film programming by a few short hairs if I am going to watch. However, I will give loud clapping hands to super prick agent Ari and the show Entourage whos the writers, and producers have given this enough of a spin on reality programming that it has the potential to go as long as the Sopranos or Sex in the City and grow it's audience as long the grit gets better. One cursory spin on defamer or fleshbot will write any show forever. The pursuit of Aquaman is sort of funny, not one of the top 10 super heroes, but surely one of the most underrated. For now it is obvious that a short focus is best. Don't you think?

Move the liar out office vs Jon Stewart's new Digs

Courtesy of Moveon.org all of the letter to the editor have been put in one place. I don't normally spit this stuff out but thought you should know that according to the MoveOn People that '...Monday there were 1,043 news stories mentioning "Karl Rove" on top TV stations—yesterday there were 128.2. All because President Bush announced his nominee for the Supreme Court on primetime TV— pushing the Rove story out of the news. The timing was intentional, a top Republican told Reuters. So use above link all ye blogger. On a second front, i'm not too keen on the formal desk situation. Sure it gives Mr. Stewart's show on Comedy central a lot more formality and air of seriousness. But are the people ever going to pay attention to the content? The re-occuring guests are a little bit baffled, perhaps because of their proximity, no cumfy chair, even though the discourse still seems to be open and, well funny. The graphic display has improved with the blue screen tricks. I am a little skeptical and more baffled at the fact that the Bush Admin has mastered the art of guiding the Press core right on cue. Most 'Mericans are just lost and seem not to care either way. Wouldn't you agree? His choice is a very young conservative white guy that is going to be around for a our lifetime. Now if Mr. Stewart were in office what would he do...warble do-do-do, warble begin: dream sequence bubble over JS's ehad. ( "...ah maybe if I get this desk, see, it will make people take me more seriously...and I can thwart and influence the people with way too many smart ideas and thoughts... warble, warble...")

and scarily have a lookie at this very uncomfortable post about a 9/11 conspiracy. I am of the opinion it was somehow orchestrated by the Bush Family oil clan. Don't need to believe me at all,but do check out all the references in bull dogs update. He didn't make it up. Just seems to be doing his homework. But alias, the people don't care and that is what is so brilliant about the masses. They are stupid.

back into the grind

back into the grind,
originally uploaded by daviso.

First day at new Agency job in nyc after being on Cape Cod for 5 days feels just as good as this stupid grin [photo taken in ptown by wifey). Hung out in mid-cape. Ate tons of rich and good seafood with wifey at placed like Lobster pot, Land Ho! and the Impudent Oyster. Had a nice breakfast every morning at these two neat and updated b & bs [a little pleasant Inn by the Bay and Brewster by the Sea. Both places run by very nice people. Saw a great sunset over the bay. Slept like a champ. Definetely recommend squeezing in a vacation before any major life changes if at all possible.

To Mt. bike or not to bike

The Mt Biker group is starting to pick-up members! Noticed some decent traffic coming this way via the Craig's list posting. For a complete list of trails dirtworld has pretty decent listing and reliable review system for places tp ride all over the states. Next NJ ride is scheduled for Sat July 23rd to Chimney Rock. 10AM. Meeting place tba. Join the myspace NJ Mountainbikers group on myspace or the friendster group to find out more details.

Mass transit Train Delays

Train delays all over the place. Nobody wants to roll in @ 9am to get to nyc. Lots of dogs and guns. I am so late.
sincerely, me

The most boring entries happen from the phone. Apologies. This poster has been sacked. -ed

London is burning

I know it's a terrible time to quote the clash. Nothing to say except if your looking for important links check out The Mad Pigeon's blog. He has some interesting links and photos up on his blog. Please hug your loved ones today. I remember when 911 hit i couldn't even hit cnn it was so slammed, sorry for the pun, for information.

NJ Mountain Bikers

In an effort to reconnect with my health and nature, and um my fancy new cannondale that I've ridden 1/2 dozen times since last October. I've started a NJ Mt. Biking group thru friendster. Obviously, this would be a weekend thing in and around New Jersey. So if you know how to topple a log or want to learn how, drop me a line thru the group or here. Don't matter. I would like to hit the trails every once in awhile. I know it's a hard motivator to ride alone, so the group thing will help push determined riders. This would be a good way to go with people who know their favorite areas. So if you know somebody who might be into it forward them this post. I'm not a pro but I have been riding for a very long time thanks to my old friend Karl. So let the trails begin!

Asbury Park revitalized

Asbury Park revitalized,
originally uploaded by daviso.

After wifey and took lucy lu to the all year-round dog beach in Manasquen for a swim Monday, we took a spin-up to Asbury to check out how the scene was doing on Cookman Avenue. We stopped by my friend Doug's gallery Rock Paper Scissors to see how it was doing which started after Be closed 3 doors down. Granted it's been a year since I was down in Asbury but man has there been a serious face-lift. He has lots local fine-art in his place and says they have a monthly openings. Down the street there now is a fancy restaurant, 10 times as many boutique / galleries, refurbed furniture stores and all of the loft spaces have been converted into inhabitable living spaces. Some of the older galleries have moved but now every other space has something different in it. We even got a chance to catch the parade. You should be able to see the positive influence the community has had on the area the second you turn onto cookman. It should be obvious the place is making a comeback with a different spin from it's heyday. Anyway, in couple weeks ( Sunday July 17th 12pm) a couple ofWFMU old-punk djs Glen Jones and Xray Burns are doing a remote show at the old HoJos, which is a trip in time, right on the boardwalk in Asbury Park. If you are going to do anything culturally cool down the shore this is your opportunity to see what I'm talking about. So get off the couch and forget about about lawn. You might even meet some famous NJ celebrities.

instant death vs godheadsilo

The best damn hard rock bass/drum duo is instant death dave & scotty byrne write damn near perfect rock tunes in a 1-2 minute blitz. Their perfect tune is called "The Enabler" which is on my top 100 drunken sing along song list. Other duos of interest: The Spinanes, Bubble/gum, and godheadsilo. The tradition is bass and drums or bass and guitar. Two bands eek on my list because of their stripped down sensibility drums & Tuba, which actually is one of the funkiest trios(drums, guitar, dobro)I've ever heard live, what makes them unique is that they sample each other so all these extras layers get added. Catch some tunage on their myspace site. The other was this touch and go band calledBad Livers They also had this cajon south western feel which also incorporated a dobro. Silliest track was 'sleepy peepy'. We won't mention that current famous duo here on this post as they get enough press.

How to make Rational Unified Process fusion salad

The explanation for what is the Rational Unified Process from Wikipedia free encyclopedia is pretty decent. Wikipedia is this weird project that you can contribute to which I found when trying to learn what some of these achronyms (RUP) mean and their applied uses. Some I knew already like FTE and FPE. Some I have made up myself to move a conversation along(heh he). It is so comical how all this 'applied process theory' though are so much more like a philosophy. Where true gaps exists, and it's no wonder anything ever gets done in this world and no amount of theory is ever going to be replaced by AI. I have been finding that people are mostly affraid to set deadlines/timelines which is ironic as a self proclaimed PM/Producer(talent manager), it's extremely annoying, when you're trying to figure out the next job phase and noboby can commit, they give partial answers, lack of follow thru and or by the time they do, you've moved on to the next pitch, changed focus and even funnier than that, is that is the exact description of a Project Manager's job responsibility, is to manage accountability, expectations, and to manage these exact company issues. There are different grades/types of pms but that is a whole other story.
Simply: I look at process models as a group making a salad. (Yes it's close to lunch time) Everybody is in charge of one part of what makes the end product a salad. Everbody has particular things they like in their salad, or something they are in charge of of for said sald. Yes, the analogies are easy to see, and what makes an awesome salad is when everybody in the team has idea of what the other persons is good at or responsible for and one of those duties is knowing when the salad is ready to eat.

cannondale Mt bike fly attack

You know you are deep in the woods of NH when the bugs are hitching rides and turning to you asking for your tourist visa. It was great to get on the bike but the air was so thin, even at 9AM, I felt demolished by the time we got back even for just 4.5 mile ride. I also forgot my bike tool. Later that day I watched the national geographic channel about last years Mt lion attacks. Pretty vicious thing that happened. Apparently happens all the time in Bombay but just starting to get humans. I believe mostly do to the lions 10 Mile hunting radius! And when you have 40 lions in a wooded area being developed they have to adapt to the changes in their ecosystem.

kicking out bad habits

I am my reality kicking what I know as certainly bad, unheathy obsessive behavior can be adjusted. Some say do to depression. I can probably agree, although, as I am also in touch my artistic selfand I know love to escape and meander around, selfishly. There are casualities. I can kick it. I kicked video games. I know I need to focus to reach my 5 year plan which is in reach.

What defines you in an Interview?

Do you define your self thru work? Your Art? Your spouse? Your family? Your sense of perspective? Your ability to spin the story in a focused direction? Through the way you communicate with your friends? Should your writing(1) equal your outer speaking voice(2) or by your ability to observe(3) things happening around you. I think the triad formula is the answer.

Do you gage your sense of self by how much you talk or how much you reveal? I fear I don't reveal enough verbally. I certainly am reserved in that respective. I don't like to brag but I imagine in some ways the Interview is the forum, but it needs to be done with style, you don't want to sound like some prophet, then it might seem like you're just there to entertain them. Because one thing is for certain these are self examining times. Vices are an easy place to run to when I am not on point. I know even in an interview I do a lot of listening to people. Maybe too much. There is an art to listening as much as presentation. I read somewhere that an interviewer should do 20% of the talking. I am not sure this is right. My talking skills needs to be sharpened as I have been trying to add to my resume and not just read off of it. I like to be efficient when I speak. But maybe I should have a couple different scripts so I stay on point. I wish my writing were tighter; that is for sure.

Recently, I have been coming in with my own agenda: check list of typical questions HR questions and then some of my own. The anticipated interviewer questions are usually right on the mark. Those who have spent the time I think actually read/glossed my resume we were actually able to have a conversation. I've spent a lot of time combing it and finessing it, and customizing it for my audience. Granted not all interviewers are good interviewers. They want to be fed. In some respects this notion is correct. The phone has been ringing and one of the questions I have been asking my potential employers is how I have faired in their interview, and what are they looking for. Some are reluctant and some were up front. It's a "personality" mesh we are looking for one said but wouldn't say what kind. One gentleman told me exactly were I landed compared to the other candidates and that was very helpful. So this lead me to my first question of the day. Who am I?

I know I have the ability to adapt quickly to a new environment's culture. This is how I was brought up. Do people see this as a weakness or an asset?

How do you know your presentation of self is effective? What are the rules for giving somebody confidence in your abilities: suit, posture, eloquence, straight narrative, wishy-washy back tracking factor, balance of honesty. My first inclination as to the outcome of the decision process has to do with personality mix. Second, believability/ confidence factor, 3rd experience and 4th skills. My attitude, in the back of my mind, has been that the interview should have read my resume more than once for their wants need to be clear? I got an awesome company interview yesterday for this Agency that seems to want to nurture their employees, but will the 2nd interview come? Granted it was a sessioned tag team interview (where one person comes into the room at a time and then leaves--my terminology) I have also started to rate how I think their perception of my presentation went. Over all I give my self two out of three stars. Mostly having to do with an awkward start for one of them and them not knowing what the other person asked.

I am going to start putting more weight on the initial small talk, not just if it happens
or not but the way you respond to it. I think in the few interpersonal communication classes I took. This was discussed especially for high stakes interaction. There is so much at play when your on the other side of the table it can be unnerving and slightly madening.

The thing you don't say are also important. I've been told by one of my ex-supervisors that I am really laid back. In the sense that I am comfortable will be appreciated by some that but commented not everybody would. Ok so posture is good. But my gut tells me I don't want to be too over the top and stiff. The suite commands posture. I think my confidence might be deceiving me. I certainly like to be in the drivers seat and control the narrative my way. But what about others? What are the ones who land the gig doing or have done differently with their self presentation?

blog lunch

blog lunch lunch,
originally uploaded by daviso.

After taking the pooch for a walk, I got the urge for a dog. Saw an increase in site traffic because of blogexplosion and blogclick which is pretty cool. I did notice that my blogger template choice is quite popular and I A) either should customize it a wee bit more or b)find a more unique one. Once I find an appropriate image for the header, I am sure I will change my opinion.

To blog promote or not: reviews

I know I am an ego maniac when it used to come to monitoring my usage stats for my rock band's websites, I still pop in every once in awhile to see what keywords people googled, etc. but don't bother updating the sites as much:
A: no shows B: no real activity to announce. (Life has happened) I obviously added a banner and links to my sites so people could find me if they really wanted to. (duh) [If you know where this is going skip this entry]

So, to start promotion I of course hit up google and found this list of sites that offer traffic building programs. The result I found most useful was on miriadz.com. A bunch of blog link trade type sites and credit banner programs came up. I won't know results until later after i've spent some quality time earning credits and if some of them were worth the hours for set-up, and investment of some browsing time. So we'll see what sort of traffic they generate collectively. Obviously people have these same obsessive compulsive needs to blog. Sarah did her research and can wax on for you from her post yeterday, and her counter shows her dedication at 33 thousand views. Now that is progress.

I found this pretty cool comic book/music site called stupid beautiful
after joining blogexplosion which overall had much better content and better looking blogs. The only problem I had found seemed to be cache related, as these type of sites have human click navigation, that you have to click where they dictate, in order to prove you are not a bot trying to spidering and earn false credits so others(a pyramid schema of sorts) can do the same for you. Eventhough I think this technology has been beat already and I will have to amend this post with info later after I visit the blog forum.


Another "traffic" builder I tried was blog clicker which left me we wondering where have all the creative people gone? It was easier to use, yes. but over all blogger content was on the lame side and the people's template choices left a lot to be desired, not all but most. Seemed to be less metropolitan and more middle america. Might just just be me being classist.Emoblog, was the opposite, totally striped down on purpose, which I respect aesthetically but the content of some of the random samples was fairly boring. People like eye candy, so if your're looking for advise, make sure you have something a little special, if your're not sure get an opinion from somebody else. I know boring content is going to happen so don't be prepaired to be blown away but do make sure to link to the sites you like. That is the best filter. Your're on your own for for these: Blogcrowd | Successful bloggers and report back. Would be good to know.
Have a quality day. I have to make something happen with mine.

Back to the music of relevance

While I've been trying to work out my need to work, the music has been ignored completely like an orphan. The guitar sits lonely, silently vibrating by itself and the melodies have luckily been able to sing to themselves. Although the creative juices can always be kick started so they flow, there is the truly mundane to contend with. Analog living's main diet of relevancy must be addressed for my democracy to exist as it is luckily my choice and path. Others will not ever get such opportunities and I am lucky for that.
The day has slid dark and I just got inspired to actually listen to music, even though yesterday I was taking care of business with the emusic folks, tracking down paperwork and looking at some rather lame download reports, no fault really of aviso hara as we've never been championed or business marketeers and for some reason we're our own masters again - allegedly living myths. The time in between performances is getting longer and for some reason the desire to rock is still there and that is all the relevant evidence I need.

Tastemakers still say: Hit it or quit it

See how music industry sources like billboard are still trying to remain relevant with their re-sourcing like hits from the web. Missing is itunes reporting (of course). So many interesting weird things out there. Including the hit predictorwhich has been around for a couple years and claims 75% accuracy. Where is the human radio element in all this? I know where: Tastemakers do not rely on algorithms. They use their damn ears. What does the perfect hit song look like? What does it smell like? Who are they? Who starts the ball rolling? My answer is of course the artist but who listens to them anway... Record executive would love to control them but the internet is surely spinning everything out of control and that is awesome. [tastemakers]

The Gathering of a doomed Nation

The nation is Gathering so they can romp freely like the buffalo on their continually expanding wifi networks. Somehow more disconnected. I only cared for less than two seconds if Jacko was going to get acquitted. A reasonable doubt leaves a lot of room for his high paid lawyers to show. Where were you when you found out? Is it possible for the mass migration to come full circle and away from this need to be connected? Are we doomed? Can you live without checking your email for a day or two? How many times a day do you check it? I used to have a rule BJS (before job search) that I did't even check personal email on the weekend, forget about work unless there was a pending deadline. People just can't help themselves, it's so damn easy, and a huge productivity distraction when not work related. I remember having a constant need to have my yahoo irc on way back when before friendster/my space etc. Much more important than work. I eventually just stopped and focused on work up until it became a useful work tool again and everybody had one. Oh Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Personally, I saw the light a few years ago in 01' and since have been working to enjoy my off-line time -- it's harder than you think. Give it a go.

Analog Living is evidence of my own corruption and human need to communicate; but that hour spent plugged into music while on a train or bus is priceless, the satisfaction of a well tailored lawn, the perfect barbq, the perfect blog entry, oh so many other things. Life has become so much more demanding and we're all guilty of forgetting how to live. In particular those of us living in metropolitan areas.

Ask yourself: Does doing things faster and immediately raise response expectations? Certainly the edicts' are scrupulous. I know I like to sit on email responses to make sure I am clear, while trying not to seem passive aggressive in my delay time. People appreciate good timing and manners. I know exercising the delete key is always a wise choice too. Now, put that into play and see how you feel.

Ridin le info chu chu

Ok this a transit entry from my phone while on train. F'n a!
-du

Ademdum: the above post cost me .25 cent.

Alotto wrote about the 14 best phone blogs. My particular favorite is mobile girl. She wrote a line that was very sexinthecity "...are we beginning to enter the information addiction age?" My answer is the minute Marconi created the concept of free flowing radio waves - the game was on. It's just moving fast babe. Which is also oh so close to my old video game addiction theory that people can be addicted to anything... sex, disinformation, hollywood etc. etc.

open source music geeks strike again

Our life is being infested and meshed with new ways to share music across airwaves, radio satellites and now from your car! A rolling radio station as reported by Technologyreview.com (MIT's daily news) where just like a shared podcast play list, you can now be a Car DJ thru a Hi-FI Wi-Fi network of course would be optimum. Now if I can only convert my old g3 harddrive into a linux server...

 

 

now this is power man

I have spent a large part of this week catching up with blog ecosystems,  blog nodes and all the little quirks of self publishing. Good part is just the satisfaction of the set-up. The list of pros and cons is growing. Eventhough spent most of the morning reading up and asking myself questions,  like what was my usr/password again for this site? Do i have a c name record. Advantages, easy factor etc.

 

• http://www.livejournal.com/users/daviso live journal templates we're cool but no sub-domain
• flickR is a cool photo posting utility that has proofed to be quite useful.
• blogger so far is most robust. Lets see how far i can take it. Seems I have a few other test accounts here can't get the one I recreated to post properly on one of my own domain yet.open design tech.

Well this post is being done via email. lets see how it goes? By far posting image via email is the coolest. Have to set this up for blogger next... so much to do so little free time.

ok like i'm rockin the bass again

Thanks to Jim testa and Jay from hushnj for spreading the aviso love. Word.