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.
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/in General /by wadeferdFor a long time, I’ve tried to make this site be a lot of things: portfolio, photoblog, personal rant space, etc. The real kicker is, if this is supposed to be a professional portfolio site then how do I justify posting a political rant ? Or starting another blog talking abou the music I’m currently […]
…At least we got the parks
/in General /by wadeferdHere in our fair city, the hate-mongering prop 2 was handily defeated. Sadly the rest of the state failed to follow our lead (what else is new). Ninety percent of the young people have voted against this amendment. That shows me that we got our message out,” Anne Wynne with No Nonsense in November said. […]
Showing our best sides in Austin
/in General /by wadeferdSo part of being the state capitol means we get to occasionally have upleasent guests come to town. Some folks hve thought up an excelent solution. Saturday at 1-3pm at City Hall, Austinites will be showing the Klan their good sides. You can bet your bottom, i’ll be there. (via Austinist)
Behold photos
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdFinally posted some new photos in the photo section. Good times at rogers park.
One Election Ballot with a side of Hatred and Bigotry please
/in General /by wadeferdWell I went to vote today in the Texas version of California’s referendum thing. Except in ours we just amend the state constitution. Every. Damn. Year. What a way to run a government. No wonder we cant fund our schools. No, Today we voted on a series of amendments to our state’s fine (and often […]
Prefab Fried Chicken: Good or bad
/2 Comments/in General /by wadeferdI’m not sure whether to be horrified or not. My architectural education plus a desire for solid construction instilled in me by many a home improvement project with my parent and grandparents, want to scream and go build a log cabin. However, I cant help but think about poorer places of the world and if […]
Videos
/1 Comment/in General /by wadeferdOk, so i’ve jsut spent my first real session messing with iDVD trying to get my Cousins wedding pictures into a reasonably presentable format. man. not that the learning curve is all that high, but these things are tricky. i think I’ll be sticking with my non moving graphics from now on.
Mother Jones Article
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdA very serious discussion with top ranking govenment officals about global warming, the war, and our ‘crude democracy.’
Travels
/1 Comment/in General /by wadeferdI’ve been up at my grandmothers place in Redriver NM for my cousins wedding, for the past week. It is so stinking beautiful up there. Taos is the kind of place i could eventually see myself living. Small, but with a vibrant cultural aspect. It was difficult to come home to 108 degree heat wave […]
Slick Willy – we miss you !
/in General /by wadeferdOur position on energy reminds me of what (Winston) Churchill said about America when we took so long to get into World War II. He said, ‘America always does the right thing after exhausting every other alternative.’ A bigdamn interview with Bill Clinton from finance asia. I know he did many MANY things wrong, but […]