Monthly Archives: September 2005

access to our history

i just got back from a day-long video-internet-related conference that was actually pretty engaging. most of these things are trade shows and schmooze fests with people standing around saying things like “how are we going to monetize this? i dunno, … Continue reading

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my favorite parable

i did a search tonight and found that my favorite kafka short is in the public domain and can be republished as long as i acknowledge the source of the translation. i’m still not sure whether the parable is an … Continue reading

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greetings from portland

i’m in portland oregon for the weekend, testing out the hilton “high speed” internet right now. not all that speedy.

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l.a.

i’m in l.a. until wednesday. i saw these people outside the federal building on wilshire and snapped a pic.

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what’s going on over at the NRA

the government is going into private houses in new orleans and confiscating citizens’ weapons. from everything that i understand the NRA to represent, they should be in court right now fighting this as fiercely as they possibly can. i have … Continue reading

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…and by then it was too late

by the time people start realizing what has happened to all that katrina kash ($50 B so far, more on the way), it will be too late. i’m sure those $2,000 debit cards, a seeming fortune to many of the … Continue reading

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still kicking ass (and cutting out tongues) in iraq

we are still killing vigorously in iraq with some help now from the new government, and our allies, in this case the iraqi defense minister, are pretty blunt about what the penalties are for even harboring “terrorists” : “We are … Continue reading

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happy labor day

on the way to get a couple cigars at my local tobacconist, i noticed that the people who burgled my car the other day failed to see the value in this hat, and left it behind. NICE!

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ripoff

i pulled everything off the boate last week and put it into the trunk of my car. all the tools, etc. someone just broke into a bunch of the cars in the parking lot of my building and liberated all … Continue reading

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congrats citizen x

i have been communicating with cit x today via sms, as he made his way from L.A. to LA to rescue a friend of his trapped in an attic in new orleans. i am pretty psyched to report that the … Continue reading

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