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Morning Pan, I’m a crusty old bird these days and films tend not to have an emotional impact, but I remember Schindler’s List getting tear ducts flowing in adult hood.
As a kid, Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down.
I bah’d at WordPress for telling me I post too quickly
WordPress needs to keep up!!
Ok, nighty nite pan
Hugh sez: nighty nite!
nighty nite mush!
nighty nite cockles!
Hugh sez: oh no, my cockles are quite awake and alert this evening
LOL!! Thank you for sharing with the class Hughie :)
morning Van!!!
Night TSH’s
Now you don’t get much luckier than this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8015242.stm
For some reason, Wash’s passing bothered me less than Book’s. Then again, Book probably my favorite character just because he obviously had the most untold story.
Lucky underwire. Wonder if overwire would work better?
Big Fish
Life is Beautiful
Moulin Rouge
Big Fish
Nomad Scry: I agree about Bruce Schneier’s books on Cryptology. They are very good. He also has a blog:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/
“Applied Cryptography” is good if you know code. “Practical Cryptography” is also good but does not involve code. I think it has a better explanation of asymmetric crypto.
Underwire FTW.
Braid soundtrack is available!
http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/braid-soundtrack/
A great game with very complementary music. I’m not sure how well the music will stand on its own, but I think I’ll still get it.
There are a few that have been mentioned that get me (definitely got to agree on Big Fish and Moulin Rouge)
So, I’ll fess up to one I haven’t seen – Star Wars (no stinkin subtitle) When R2D2 gets shot up during the Death Star run. Shit, I’m tearing up a bit even as I type this, dammit.
Well after Ed’s confession….
All Dog’s Go To Heaven..at the end when the goodbyes are being said.
Sniff.
Never cried at a movie….. although E.T.’s “death” got me pretty close. (shaddap)
Requiem for a Dream is also pretty heart-wrenching……….
OK – back to work for me.
Overrated: Bladerunner
CW: Latest Dollhouse
The bringing back the dead bit reminds of ‘The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World’ where Prof Coypu is stored in a memory module.
Jack: Agree about Requiem. It also has an amazing soundtrack.
I haven’t had a chance to catch Dollhouse from last night yet. But, the wife and I did finally watch Caprica. I must confess, I don’t really see much point to continuing on as a series. It stands well enough alone as a prequel to Galactica. But, the notion of transfering memories into a new body (a precursor to resurrection tech) is a major theme of the pilot.
Every so often I scroll through the TIVO guide looking for things to record, especially off of Discovery and History channels. Recorded a show called Extreme Trains. The episode is about a 484 steam locomotive that is still in operation. My boy and I have started it over and are watching it again :)
Fluke
The Kid
CW: Modern Marvels – 70s Tech
The Concorde
Pong
Atari 2600
Polaroid instant camera
Speak ‘n Spell (that’s probably how I learned to spell)
Mr. Coffee
Home Microwave Ovens
The Firebird Trans Am (with a 290HP 454cu in engine – my CTS puts out more power with an engine half that size, and it can corner :) )
150,000 Trans Ams were sold the year “Smokey and the Bandit” came out.
Back from commercial
CB Radios – to combat the lowering of speed limits from 70 down to 55 mph.
Hand held digital calculators
Shows over, move along…..
My dad’s mid-life crisis car was a Firebird – sometime around 1985.
CP: “Africa” – Toto
Currently Doing: Submitting the audio and transcript for my first episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!
More 70′s Tech:
Space Invaders at the local arcade.
LED Digital watches – press the button to get a quick flash of the time.
Morning Pan, work on a Sunday…grrrrrr!
Oh and handheld calculators that used RPN for calculations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_Notation
Oh and if you are ever curious about the evolution of calculators:
http://www.vintagecalculators.com/
Morning Pan!
My poor hubby is sick so I’ve spent the weekend nursing him.
Later today I’m taking out a door downstairs (to move furniture through) and helping my with more of her packing (boy does she have a lot of stuff).
All the time, still being very solicitous to my sick hubby.
Hey, Pan.
I’m planning on making it a productive and enjoyable day by:
-Writing my weekly update email
-Finishing the cleaning-out of my old school e-mail account
-Moving ahead with the writing and audio production on “The Questors from Effpiem”
-Participating in #writechat on Twitter
-Working on “Soul Imprints,” at least a little
-Cleaning up my room (maybe)
When I was in college, the RPN faithful were somewhat on the snobby side. I rebelled and have stuck with TI.
Tired. At work. It must be a Sunday.
I. Am. An. Idiot.
*sigh*
Arrrgggg.
So My daughter works part time for a place that rescues reptiles. They put on shows and birthday parties etc. Last night she brought some of the animals home (without asking) so she wouldn’t have to go get them for a show she had today.
Of course, on of the animals escaped. Instead of doing the things I planned, so far I’ve spent all morning looking for a stupid 3′ ball python… Still looking
I’ll be so glad when she moves out.
ditto, ditto.
*hugs* to ditto and TEB.
Weekly update e-mail accomplished. Back to the audio editing. I love it. :-)
Done all I can with audio production for now. Time to change gears and write. (#writechat is still going on, too.)
Still haven’t found Willow the Snake. Just how many places can a 3′ bright yellow snake hide anyway?
Just had a great writing session on Questors. Rough drafts of episodes 7-9 are complete, and I feel fantastic! :-D It’s looking like there will be 11 episodes total, which is just fine with me.
Going on into the climax. When I start writing, I just can’t stop! :-D
*writes* yes
*writes* Yes!
*writes* YES!
*WRITES* YESSS!!!!!
Sorry. Had to go there. ;)
Robot orchestra comes one step closer:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/26/video-robotic-marimba-player-grooves-autonomously-with-jazz-pia/
I’ll have what ditto is having.
cough
There is a live snake loose in a Bunny’s house.
skeery.
Bad choice of words there… *sheepish smile*
Parts of episodes 10 and 11 have been written, but I feel more like recording the outro for #5 right now, so I will.
Just laid down narration for Questors #6. Yay! :-)
Damn Amy is on a roll!
First 1:43 of said narration has been edited. Bedtime after some relaxation.
Crap, I owe Amy some recordings. I shall atone for my tardiness this week.
If my character doesn’t survive to the end of the story, I ask only that my death be something to make Scott Sigler go “Man, that sick!”
Though, I probably don’t want to imagine what could elicit such a response from Scott :)
LOL! :-D No worries. I look forward to hearing your lines for Episode 6.
Good night, Pan.
Well. It was a very short weekend.
There was a weekend?
I actually had a fun weekend, in between workdays.
In between the workdays, exactly. I got to see my first MST3K and catch up on sleep. I didn’t get to go hiking or watch “My Name is Bruce.”
I actually slept too much. What a thing to complain about.
Sleep…..?
Who was the MST3K host, Nomad?
(I’ll get the answer tomorrow. Night Mush.)
My fiancee? fiance? betrothed suggested Netflix’ing some MST3K and randomly added a sprinkling to the queue. This one was the Wild Wild World of Batwoman with Servo, Crow, and a young dude with spikey hair. Maybe Mike.
It started with a public service type message about Cheating. I’d say that it was pretty bad, but then the vampire batwomen, hunchback, molemen, atomic hearing aid, dance dance dance, craziness started. Wow.
http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_World_of_Batwoman
Yeah, it’s Mike, Servo, and Crow as hosts.
Unfortunately nothing was close captioned, so I missed a lot of the dialog. Some of it was because of my everyday issues with hearing, but a good portion was obliterated by my 9 year old laughing a fit.
You know, I’ve been reading different articles about this swine flu business over the last few days. Thankfully no reports in the Houston area yet, but if it’s made it up to Canada…..I dunno. Not giving me a warm fuzzy feeling.
Morning Deadpan from the winter wonderland of the north.
More snow last night. More predicted for the next few days. Expected high of only -1C. today.
For those wondering, Willow the Snake has been found at about 7:30 last night. Which is a good thing since she had a value of about $1,000 which we would have had to pay if she wasn’t found.
Morning, Pan.
Today’s the day I get my “Bridging the Spheres” proof! Woohoo! :-)
Soooo When do we get to read it? Are we going to have to buy it? What are your plans for it?
Snakes!! Eeek! It’s snowing here too TEB.
Morning, Deadpan!
I agree with you on Caprica, Ed. I liked it, think it could stand alone as a BSG prequel, but even so am looking forward to the series. I love myself some Esai Morales.
I just heard Obama say something (I think last week) that I really liked: We now have an opportunity to make a habit of empathy.
Thx to Wolf for getting me interested in my PSP again.
Your welcome Van… I think.
EssBee, I don’t mind snakes. It’s creepy-crawlies that find me with my head under the covers :)
It’s the children standing under the sheets that get me. And the ones that shuttle about on the walls.
Thanks for the crypto recommendations! Schneier is indeed very impressive. I am subscribed to his blog.
The two movies that come to mind that get me emotional are Top Gun and The Notebook.
I had Tuesdays With Morey on cassette and that got me choked up every time I listened to it.
Went to Cape Cod and Nantucket over the weekend. Enjoyable, nice places. Dunno how often I’d like to go back, though.
The Swine Flu thing reminds me of the Bird Flu. I recall seeing mention of it on the Qi Magazine website (I used to do Tai Chi Chuan) about 12-18 months before anyone else ever mentioned it. I’m guessing it’s part of the censorship (duh).
CP: Mansion In The Sky — The Brian Jonestown Massacre
On the subject of code, I got burned out a loooooooong time ago on my Atari 800 XL. (DOS? Atari Basic? Anyone?) And I didn’t bother to learn anything apart from graphic calculators. Now I’m trying to start all over again by teaching myself C. I’ve not had much time, but it’s going okay.
CP: Sound Of The Revolution — Lunatic Calm
Correction: I taught myself HTML many moons ago. But never used it.
imag1narynumber : Have fun with C. It is fun, easy, but somewhat dangerous. :)
HTML isn’t code, imo, since you can’t program with it.
CP: Mystery Train — Galactic
ditto: point taken. I sit corrected :-)
This is a little out of date, but here’s a history of programming languages:
http://oreilly.com/news/languageposter_0504.html
CP: Caring Is Creepy — The Shins
ditto: Wow, very cool. Thanks! I will browse.
Languages are getting a bit out of hand, methinks. Lua, Falcon, etc, etc. Really? Seriously?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
nuff said.
Ha! Hilarious!
I vote for a private reading by Amy of her new book at our inaugural Deadpan Con(tm)
I second the motion.
Have we finalized a date yet?
Though I won’t be able to attend, I’ll vote as though I can.
I third the motion as long as I can listen in footie pjs with hot cocoa.
Off to deliver a snake – lucky me.
re PanCon – My schedule and funds have been spoken for this year between World Con in Montreal and DiscWorld Con in Arizona.
Can we hold it concurrently with DiscWorld Con?
Can we hold it in my living room?
ditto, I thought that’s what we had been talking about. Wasn’t it in the early Fall, Bunny?
EssBee: I think it is Sept 4-7.
It should only be around 110 degrees in Arizona at that time.
I really, really need to talk to the AZ Con people. Bunny, do you have connections there as well?
CP: Jumpin’ Jack — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
:)
Back from delivering a snake and having lunch.
Re: AZ con – it is Sept 4 – 7. The only thing to keep in mind is this is the same time as Dragon*Con.
I can stay an extra day (or come a day early) if we don’t want to interfere with there convention.
Jack, sorry, I don’t know any of the committee for this convention (perhaps Summer would know?) I was originally going because a friend of mine was going and we were going to share a room. She can no longer make it, but I’ll still be there.
CP: Brain Crack — Tracy Bonham
swoon
WNDR: My plans are to write a final draft and try to get it published while podcasting it.
I have the proof now. I learned a lot about self-publishing from this. Namely, that if I don’t include page numbers or a title page in the file I submit, the printed version won’t have them either. :-/
Ed: Sure, I’d love to read whenever we get together! :-D
What to do when someone claims their phone is on the blink.
Believe them or take it as a hint.
Van, I choose to take people at face value until they prove that they’re damn dirty liars.
Me too Essbee, but I have a paranoid streak that likes to say Coooee!
So back from seeing ‘Shifty’ an oh so bleak urban thriller.
Not sure what to think of it to be honest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifty_(film)
ditto, are you in KC, KS? I just found out I’m heading to a family wedding in KS in a few weeks, but on the OK border, so probably not close enough to buy you or Wolf a cuppa.
I understand, Van. I am the queen of assuming people don’t want to hear from me. I have learned that my instincts on that are wrong, and know that yours are too!
Another Hmmmmm:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893671,00.html
Today’s queasy word is neoteny.
A bit depressing if you aren’t Personalty A type bloke:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1888608,00.html
That’s a funny article, Van. Made me laugh!
EssBee: Just south of KC, KS. If you are driving through, then you have to visit. :)
CP: The Story — Brandi Carlile
I don’t think I’ll be that far East. It sounds like I’ll be suffering . . . I mean celebrating in some BFE town south of Wichita. Darn!
suxors
CP: Romance In Durango — Bob Dylan
CP: Desperate Housewives S5E20
What’s that noise? why it’s my DP cred getting pissed away.
;)
Desperate Housewives!!
Wha ?!? We get cred???
I bet it pays in Grand slam breakfasts.
To balance out Van’s viewing activities, I wanted to let you all know that I started Snow Crash last night. Wow! So far, it reminds me of a good Pynchon novel, but I haven’t read very much yet.
I did get the new Depeche Mode this weekend, but then I opted to pay the phone bill instead of getting Snow Crash or a sub to S&SF. That will have to wait until next week.
Until then… EssBee, wanna read to me? :)
From the article on beer goggles:
Appreciating neotenous features isn’t the same as being sexually attracted to children, but at least one study has found that average, college-age heterosexual males and child molesters share remarkably similar (and deeply neotenous) attractions: high cheekbones, unwrinkled eyes, glabrous skin.
Glabrous skin?
http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Glabrous_skin
Glabrous skin
skin that is normally devoid of hair.
normally?
what?
I’m a little grossed out right now.
Maybe a little more than a little.
Nomad, I will read to you, but I think my last two things Jack played on the Deadpan sounded like Sarah Palin. You sure?
And, ew, ew, ew!
This point stands out from Van’s article:
“Today’s moguls, then, differ only in degree from the prolific breeders of the past, such as Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty, Emperor of Morocco, who produced at least 700 sons (people stopped counting after that) and an untold number of daughters before he died in the early 17th century.”
Getting busy, indeed!
I hear this was old Ismail’s theme song:
People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train
I am most definitely unGlabrous.
The word glabrous sounds a lot more creepy than its meaning.
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There was this dance/pop song years ago, I’m not sure really when it was, but it had a little bit that jumped out at me and I’ve never quite forgotten it or figured out how badly I’ve misinterpreted the lyrics.
But this is what I had heard:
“My name is Essbee and I wanted to see if positive people live longer, so just be positive, don’t be negative.”
Delivered, of course, in a charming europop girl child pseudo rap.
I can’t seem to find it on a google search, so I probably slaughtered the lyrics.
Morning Pan, I’m glaring at the rain clouds.
I’ll trade with you, Van. I’m supposed to get 91 f today. [wilts]
I hadn’t realized the U.K. and Texas we’re so close in geography – we’re getting hammered with storms here around Houston. We can certainly use the rain…..just not at 4″+ a hour.
Morning Pan!
Van, I’ll trade with you also. More snow expected over the next few days.
NS- Would this be it?
http://maxwellktraxx.blogspot.com/2008/01/bad-bad-boys-midi-maxi-efti.html
CP: Stuff From the B Side
My schedule for this week:
- My Boo is moving out of my house
- My in-laws are coming on Saturday to stay for a week
- I’m testing on Saturday
- and it’s month end here at work so will be spending tomorrow downtown and the rest of the week in front of spreadsheets.
I’m hoping to get a chance to breath somewhere in there ;)
Amazing what you can learn in the New Scientist.
FLOTSAMETRICS
The use of floating trash to study Ocean currents.
Maybe you can explain why you call your daughter Boo, TEB?
TEB, I assume you actually took a snake somewhere.
‘Cuz when I’m “delivering the snake” I prefer not to leave the bedroom…
Boo is a character from the game Balder’s Gate. He is a miniature giant space hamster;
My Boo, at 5′ even, is small (like a miniature giant)
Not so much now, but when she was smaller, she was quite fuzzy (including hair on the small of her back) (like a hamster)
and, being a kid, is possibly from outer space.
Hence… Boo
JB.
This snake was actually lost in our guest room. With my in-laws coming this weekend, we didn’t want to leave it there.
My daughter works for a group that rescues reptiles and does reptile shows for birthdays, schools, etc. so we returned the snake back to its rightful owner (and no matter how I explain this, it still sounds very wrong so take it as you will :) )
Wolf – Hot damn you are good.
And oh god, that is bloody horrible! How the heck did I listen long enough to remember the lyrics to even a part of it? Gah! =)
Well women and snakes have connatations to those weak of will.
Thx for the illumination TEB.
And I thought Boo was a Monsters, Inc reference.
Which is idiotic because then Boo wouldn’t be old enough to move out yet.
Sorry EssBee, I guess the song isn’t by you after all. It’s Efti. Either way, I’m sure you sound nicer than I do. That’s a gender comment though, so take it as you will.
Hugh sez: Blackhawks w00t! Sorry bunny :)
hope everyone is doing well, just stopped by to pass on that message
“Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!”
That’s ok, TSH. I had the Flames out in 6 anyway.
See what happens when I have enough to go on…
(Quietly thankful that I can not listen to it at work.)
First interview edited from Conestoga still needs final Quality Check.
Then Show Notes, Album Art, posting… crap this is a lot of stuff.
And I have 2 other interviews that need to be posted… 1 from the Con 1 from another podcaster.
CP: PC Mag Radio
Morning, Deadpan!
Nomad, I am very nice. :)
I’m tired and grumpy today. I didn’t sleep at all last night. Grrr.
But, still nice.
Efti, EssBee, I can see how you’d make that mistake!
CP: Stuff You Missed in History Class