Apathy

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | // .-=""=-. | unmitigated v\ -|--, /v---|---|- |\ // .'\__/ \_\ | irrelevant / \\ || / // \ || || | \ // /__/ \__/ \__.oo | anti-news /___\\ ||_/ //___\ || ||__| V/ ._/___\__/__\__(____/ | episodic / \\|| // \|| || | // /__|/ \|__\ ` | orchard / V' // ' ' // ______________________|_____________________//________________// //////////////////// what? / mp3 / old / email / feed / links // ________________________________________// ////////////////////////////////////////// __________________________________________________________ | | 02/12/2000 | Perhaps the yammering will be cohesive tomorrow | |__________________________________________________________| taste the | | simile | Ftrain - Quality columns of reading pleasure that | | manage to make a unique sort of sense. The ones | | that grabbed my attention: | | | | 01-19 discussing NetSubstance.com brand name | | generating device. Not sure if they are correct in | | terming it Dadaist, but it's certainly absurd, and | | fun. | | | | 02-03 contains a transcript of a supposed | | conversation with an adaptation engine. | | | | | sniffing | | along the | "You are not to stop the rocking and the rolling!" | cow cult | | | Okay really, the whole disco boogie chat room | | message board is hilarious. Bookmark that and go | | back when you're feeling down. Thanks be to the | | current Grand Poobah. | | | | | major and | | minor | Heavy rock: | padlocks | Hilarious Buddyhead Deftones article | | Wimp rock: | | Hilarious Splendid Low interview | | | | | indie | | license | So much great music getting less than it deserves. | | At least Built to Spill is getting that major label | | live album; sign of steady lineup? There are a few | | Built to Spill sets on the Indie Pop Live site, | | don't forget. | | | | The track listing for the BTS release is quite good | | even if I can't find any information directly from | | the band's label. Question, though; can it really | | be called a cover if it's just Doug Martsch carrying | | over the Halo Bender's latest and greatest tune? | | | | | tech crap | | | Fantastisch article on perl.com about filtering | | spam, and what to do when you have caught the stuff. | | | | Best line: "Of course, this is a heuristic, which is | | a fancy way of saying that it doesn't work." | | | | For what it's worth, Yahoo really does a quality job | | of splitting out the vast majority of spam. | | | | | the next | | gold rush | How can http://www.gtld-mou.org/ be a memorandum of | | understanding when the domain makes no sense? | | | | Gilted maw. Tilted ma. Jilted mom. Wilted.nom | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 02/11/2000 | How the bandage on the global elbow glows | |__________________________________________________________| | | it cannot | | be found | Man, I can never find anything on Microsoft's site. | | | | | pre cooked | | for you | Bacon.com has a scary talking pig | | | | | amps run | | windows ce | Bon Jovi sponsored by Microsoft | | | | | archive the | | unexpected | Excellent message in my inbox, in its entirety: | | IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!!!! | | | | Link added after the fact, obviously. Which reminds | | me: Fruits favored by bears danced through my mind | | to some unknown melody earlier. Too much Pokey? | | | | | little | | kiddy games | This Soul Calibur site is much better than what I | | dug up real quick yesterday. Possibly because I | | can't spell. | | | | Good beginning review of strategy ... but the | | advanced details are more than slightly confusing. | | Neato MPEG movies, though. | | | | Ooooh, animated mega-pixel characters! | | | | | offensive: | | yes | Something Awful, purveyor of fine socks is now doing | | Loser Friendly. I bet you can guess what cartoon is | | under the parody knife. | | | | | back to | | games | Firing Squad interviews J Carmack, Game Programmer | and then | | strange | Okey, what is wrong with those people getting | | married in Quake? | | | | | jy directs | | the punches | DCP Micro has swell sensors and such which according | | to Dacta's sensor specs can be integrated with the | | Mindstorm kit. | | | | | links among | | friends | Co-op Student Breaks Speed Limits In Silicon Valley | | "Gavic says his co-op experience has helped focus | | his studies." Hahaha *cough* I mean, way to go | | Aaron! | | | | Nice sweater. That book doesn't look at home in | | your hands though, pally. | | | | | whut | | mstakes | Note, to self: Spell checking might be good. | | Reply to self: Too much work. | | | | The current mp3 cycle is working again. | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 02/10/2000 | Brought down to steam from pure light | |__________________________________________________________| mark thou | | each dire | The Divine Comedy [frames] with multiple selectable | Erinnys | translations and artwork. Plus easy line browsing | | and searching. For example, you can jump to Canto | | IX of the Inferno with Dali imagery. | | | | Who needs books? | | | | Update: The site was speedy at lunch, but is a bit | | weighed down right now. Good luck. | | | | | jalfreezing | | | Sizzling Guess the Acronym Jalfrezi | | | | | cribbed | | from birdy | Healthcare Olympics with RealVideo | | | | This Bob Costas clip is almost funnier than his | | stint on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. At least the | | man is willing to play along. | the man is | | out to get | Of course, there's the sickening part as well | you | detailed on the web site. Boycott NBC? Nah, just | | don't watch TV. Except for stupid cartoons. Those | | are fine. | | | | | madeup | | holiday | Got a rock for my birthday. Too cool. And hey, | games | only one piece of hate mail. Thanks, Clint. | | Everyone else was all nice and such. Perhaps you | | have to know me to not fear retribution, or | | something. | | | | John V is beyond nice. He sent me the MK Ultra | | albums for no exchange on my part. Two thumbs up | | plus endlessly nodding head. What can I possibly do | | to repay such kindness? At least I can keep | | cheering endlessly for the man. | | | | Oh, and I bought myself a Dreamcast and a copy of | | Soul Caliber -- the greatest 1v1 fighting game ever | | created. Posts will be thin and lame, I can assure | | you. | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 02/09/2000 | Happy birthday to me | |__________________________________________________________| | | metalego | | | Blackened!! | | (continuation of the Gunderloy "everything in lego" | | theory) | | | | | workplace | | | Actual sign seen today: | | WARNING: Mint flavored coffee | | | | | general | | updatedness | 21. | | | | Now could I please have some honest, flame-filled | | hate mail? | | | | HUMOR ME GIANT RICE CAKES! TIS MY BIRTHING-DATE! | | | | | and the | | external | I feel compelled by some external force to tell you | side of the | Signal Drench is being updated again. | lantern | | | Also, new Modem Junkie starring yours truly as the | | Confuse-o-Tron. | | | yupislyr | K Records Indie Audio really needs a re-link. Not | | only is the intention great, there are some severely | | awesome links buried in there. Like Crystal Night's | | Indie Pop Live. Juno, Pedro the Lion, Modest Mouse, | | Red Stars Theory, Built to Spill, the list goes on. | | GO. | | | | Trivia: How many indie boots are there with bands | | covering Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer?" | | | | | sn00t | | | Sn00t's been Thinka-ing about the Time Bandits. | | Here's some nice questions and answers. | | | | The Time Bandits are also a powerhouse R+B Rock band | | located in the San Francisco Bay Area! | | | | | everywhere | | in roots | The tree test is almost completely wrong, as it | | calls me a Cedar tree. | | Of rare beauty - Umm, no | | Knows how to adapt - Sorta kinda | | Likes luxury - No | | Of good health - My toe is leaking | | Not in the least shy - No, very shy | | Tends to look down on others - No | | Likes to impress others - Sure | | Many talents - No | | Healthy optimism - No | | Waiting for the one true love - I guess so | | Able to make quick decisions - Not sure | story of | | leaf | I think I should be a maple. When I was quite young | | and lived in Oswego, being homeschooled through | | kindergarten and first grade, we planted a maple | | tree in the corner of our backyard. As the family | | left town, it had grown into a strong young tree. | | Five years later, I pictured it growing in my mind. | | It was actually a stump. | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | | This weekend, I yammered about LEGOs and robots. | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | eh? | This is the log of a faceless entity. Me. I wander | | around the web, and point out what are most likely | | completely useless things for you to visit. It's | | where I have been, what I learned there, and what I | | plan to figure out in the future. All in the palm | | of your hand. | | | the daily | Technically speaking, this is a "weblog". There are | surfing | many weblogs. You can probably find one that suits | tools | your tastes pretty closely in the morass below, but | | if not, use the pitas system to track yourself. | | | contact | Dan Fitch dgfitch@yahoo.com / ICQ 363803 | |__________________________________________________________| /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// old archives: dots are interstitial weekly posts grid puzzles: waste time with boxes and their brethren . chip music: listen to the sound of the FUUUUUTURE . lewis carroll: charles dodgson wrote some happy tales . opinionation: how do you do, capitalism? how do you? ........ defunct rock: amf, grammatrain, jawbox, poor old lu, roadside .. ascii games: to quote salon, @ <- you are here . voicemail: automated telephone systems . bach and tone: the endlessly rising canon of links . eigenspace: eigen wha? ... /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// possible subjects: feel free to suggest or help out falling pod: zoooooming through the earth's crust . occam's razor: computational reflection . bad art: clean up old gallery . demoart: art disks, ansi conversion, zoomscope . WFMU hunt: scavenge a radio site . cardboardic: disposable release . collage: photographic and non, preferably non-digital . stupid cartoons: sg, c+c, r+s, brak . pita wrapper: perl posting app to hide/change interfaces /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// __________________________________________________________ a musical | | diagramme | 2--. .--1 | | Pajo |.'.| McMahon | | 1-.' '.-2 | | .' .'. '. | | 2-.' .' . '. '.-1 | | Patton |--: .:!:. :--| Grubbs | | 1-'. '. .' .'-2 | | '. | | .' | | 2-'. .'-1 | | Zorn |'.'| Fahey | | 1--' '--2 | | | | David Grubbs - Potato Lettuce.mp3 [10.6mb] | day 1 | vs. | | John Fahey - Charles A. 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