Writing
Rants, politics, chance encounters on mopeds, encounters in Austin Denver and it’s environs. Also bicycles and food. Occasionally some music too.
Rants, politics, chance encounters on mopeds, encounters in Austin Denver and it’s environs. Also bicycles and food. Occasionally some music too.
I think we will tell our children someday about how relevant blogs were at the start of internet. How citizen journalists actually had relevance before the media conglomerates figured out how brew the proper mix of pay-per-click, and social content narcotic. I’m under no illusions, that time has passed and the medium has been corpratized monetized and throughly fucked. I will begrudgingly except this sites lack of relevance and inability to rise above the likes of the social channels. That doesn’t mean however that i have any intention of shutting up shop. the motivation is different, the things i write here belong to me, are for my edification and should someone out in the big world of the internet besides the spam bots see it, good on them. This is content for content’s sake, nothing more.
The Puma
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdPeugeot rocks domes by building the warthog from Halo.(via Fark)
Serenity Puppet Show
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdReavers get *pwned* in the Serenity puppet show.
Stocking stuffer
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdA computer controlled air dart launcher that runs off a USB connection. One please.
Fun with pictures
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdSeventy-five bands/musicians are represented in this image.
Our fair city
/in austin, General /by wadeferdI’ve been bound and determined to write something at least slightly positive on the site lately, but the Bush Administration has been ruining that plan. However, on a local level the city looks ready to approve the updated citywide design rules. This is a very cool development, that will hopefully stem the onslaught of the […]
What the Hoo Ha ?
/in trebuchet /by wadeferdMr. Vance and i have set out on a mission: to build a medieval siege engine, a Trebuchet, capable of flinging biodegradable ammo up to 600 ft across a field, for no very good reason. We are dumb. But it will be fun.Initial Sketch is here, and if anyone has a Carbon steel axle we […]
NPR & Penn and Teller
/2 Comments/in General /by wadeferdA couple of months back, Austin’s KUT was a sounding board for NPR’s ‘revival’ of theThis I Believe series. To be honest I was fairly underwhelmed. It was nothing too thrilling till the other morning when I was making the 5-mile/30 minute slog to work. Of all people Penn Jillete submitted an essay on why […]
For once, Texas is on the right side of a fight.
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdTexas AG Greg Abbott is filing a law suit against sony over the copy-protected CD’s that do the spyware thing. For once I have no sarcastic comment to follow.
Music giant shocks world by doing the ‘right thing’
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdSony has apparently bowed to public pressure and is recalling all of its rootkit installing CD’s. This is good, but they’re still on my ‘very evil’ list.
Photo Assault
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdI’m making a concerted effort to regulalry add content to the photo section. Each weekday should bring a new shot.