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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.
Through with the mountain stages
/in General /by wadeferdOk, so after a bit of a marathon session today, I think we’ve got everything going here. Comments and all that hoo-ha are turned on (we’re a real blog now, pinnochio!), and all the pages have hopefully been brought over to the new system. If we’re missing something crucial, im sure we’ll find out eventually. […]
Here’s the deal
/1 Comment/in General /by wadeferdSo, after 6 months of wrestling with my old CMS program, I realized I had completly screwed up the install, and need to start over ( I draw pretty pictures for a living, what do you expect ?). Anyway after a few weeks of battle and negotiation, the server and I have reached an agreement. […]
Useless informations
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdThe fascinating history of the legal pad. Via design observer.
Geek Attack
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdThis is wild. This guy has figured out a strange way to import LP’s via a flatbed scanner. (thanks d)
SciFi Movie
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdThe international trailer for Serenity. This movie is going to rock domes.
Site update
/in General /by wadeferdI’m talking the server through a little upgrade so we may be up and down a bit. I recomend everybody panic.
Fishies
/in Uncategorized /by wadeferdAdobe apparently sponosrs a design competition each year for folks using their products. This one was extremely snazy, and made me feel a bit ashamed of my own poorly wrought fishes.
More Shuttle
/in General /by wadeferdAfter linking to an article off of Kottke that had a pretty harsh take on the current manned space program. My Dad sent me this cool shot of discovery on approach to the ISS that supposedly was circulating inside nasa. Despite all its failings and ethical questions the shuttle is still incredibly impressive.
Something to look forward too…
/in General /by wadeferd…when i go into work. How to build a cross bow out of office supplies. The site is in russian, (what’s up wiht me and the russians lately) but this totally looks doable. For the longest time i had a grand vision of building a crossbow with nothing but retail display pieces, but then i […]
“You know you’re in trouble when the Russians are adding safety features to your design…”
/in General /by wadeferdThis guy presents a very interesting argument against the continuation of manned space flight under the current system. I certainly know a few school systems that could use the 1bn we spend on each launch. It is sad to see the once awe-inspiring program reduced to pulling publicity stunts for elementry school kids. Or maybe […]