Artifacting

Tweets For The Week Of 2009-11-01

hubs — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000

What is the best way to find people who are following me that I'm not following back? #
I'm so glad I got to personally thank my mail carrier on a day like today #
I can't help but both love and hate Lisa Crystal Carver. This became even more true when I found out she was sleeping with Boyd Rice. #

The Hierarchical Structure Of The Monster World

hubs — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:03:20 +0000

The folks over at Threat Quality Press have put together an entertaining article concerning which classical monster is the biggest badass. It’s an fairly long blog read but I suggest you read the whole thing so you don’t miss out on gems like this:

Monsters are rated according to how dangerous they are against each other, and then according to how dangerous they are to all the other monsters on the list. Only if all other metrics are equal is the relative danger to the average human considered–because, let’s face it, they’re all dangerous to the average human. They are monsters.

But if your really just too lazy to read, (and boo to you if that is the case [and not the scary kind]) here is the list:

Snow Dinosaur

hubs — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:11:45 +0000

It snowed about fourteen inches at my house over the last two days. This is an exceptional amount of snow for this early in the season. Anyway, while shoveling the sidewalks I looked up at this snow covered tree in my yard. With a littlie imagination I think it kinda looks like a snow dinosaur.

Tweets For The Week Of 2009-10-26

hubs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:15:00 +0000

RT @pasties: (☆Y☆) #
RT @strutting: One man's sudden rainstorm is another's unscheduled wet t-shirt contest. #
I don't like it when people proselytize for atheism any more than I like it when people try to sell me the Watchtower #
My faith in Apple's customer service has been slightly renewed. #

Martian Skin And Tatoo

hubs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:28:57 +0000

This incredible photo of the surface of Mars was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera. Our very own local astronomer/blogger, Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy, points out that:

The important thing to note here is that the sand in the craters of Mars is actually dark grey in color, since it’s made of basalt. The reason it looks red in pictures is because covering the sand is a thin layer of much finer dust, and the dust is what’s red. When a dust devil moves over the Martian surface, it can pick up the very light dust particles, but not the heavier sand grains. So those blue-grey swirls are tracks where the dust devil has vacuumed up the dust, revealing the darker sand underneath. If you look carefully in the tracks, you can see the sand dune ripples are undisturbed. Only the dust is gone.

I think it is also important to note that by clicking the photo above, you can view a much larger version that shows the martian sand dunes and dust devil tracks in detail.

Tweets For The Week Of 2009-10-19

hubs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:15:00 +0000

See, this is why I am in love with Corey (Of Mates Of State) http://bit.ly/2AYQZI #
If you'd like, join me on Listia to get $50 in free credits: http://listia.com/signup/9745 #
Also, I still have some brizzly.com and yayhooray invites. If you have been following me and want one let me know. #brizzlyinvite #
RT @mrlady: forgets what 8 was for. #
My lunch came out of a vending machine today. It tasted good but was way too expensive. #
The mute feature on Brizzly is absolutely brilliant. #shhhhhhh #
Counting the ways I watched her watch us walk away. #
At the Park Tavern for the first time in about five years. #
10 year cask single malt whiskey and fireplace. Perfect. #
I can't believe I've never seen this before?! Skimboarding + Snowboard = Magic combo http://bit.ly/1bEEA0 #

I’m About To Whip Somebody’s Ass

hubs — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:42:18 +0000

As far as I now, this song comes from a man named Ray. Ray has a daughter who was stressed out about her job. So he wrote this song to cheer up his daughter and for the benefit of “all employees under stress”. Ray has shared it on the internet and I’m sharing it with you.

A bunch of Ze Frank minions have created a ton of remixes of the song to pay Ray back for the happiness he brought.

“Now you might not be able to sing that out loud, but you can hum it to yourself, and you know what the words are, and let it give you some strength to get through the next few moments on your job.”

Eye Heart Brains IV

hubs — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:14:41 +0000

The fourth annual Denver Zombie Crawl will be on the Saturday, October 24th. It has changed a lot (for the better) since I first reported on it back in 2006. This year there will be zombie make-up classes, costume contests, cool glow-in-the-dark posters, live music from Windows Bane, a world record attempt (4,000 zombies), and charity. Details can be found here.

Tweets For The Week Of 2009-10-12

hubs — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:15:00 +0000

Finally received my google wave invite. #
The most risky in terms of outbreaks: leafy greens, eggs, tuna, oysters, potatoes, cheese, ice cream, tomatoes, sprouts and berries. #
Is @CollectiveIntel dead? They have had no blog entries or twitter updates for months. #
I'll be attending the Colorado Software & Internet Association's convention tomorrow. Should be a ton of startups there. #demogala #
Trying my luck to win a Hawaiian getaway from @marriotthawaii! http://marriotthawaiitweets.com #tweet2hawaii #
I'll be watching @itsunboxed for fun and contests during it's 1st birthday this month. #
Get to the bottom of this optical illusion http://bit.ly/2S8yUq #

Goldberg Variations Variations

hubs — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:33 +0000

Artist, John Menick, has created an album entitled “Goldberg Variations Variations or Music for Insomniacs”. The work simultaneously plays ten different synchronized recordings of of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations BMV 988“. All of the ten recordings are synced at the first note. But, because of the varying tempos of each of the ten different recordings, they quickly fall out of step with each other and dissolve into a beautiful chaos and eventually end with the quiet, final notes of the slowest paced recording of the Variation.

The CD contains all thirty of the Bach’s Variations, including the Aria and Aria da Capo. Below, you can listen to the first track.

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria