January 2010
22 posts
Jan 30th
STAY HUNGRY
In the market the other day I wandered down a wrong aisle and found myself between two long rows of neatly sorted shiny paint cans My first impulse was to stretch my arms and in five great unflinching strides bring them all to the floor and into a violent clamoring clutter I wanted to and I didn’t But, God did I want to Maybe next time I will I’m so hungry I could begin eating now and not stop...
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RETURN OF THE PUPPY CAM →
In October, 2008 I found a 24 hour broadcast of newborn Shiba Inu puppies in a playpen.  My roommates sometimes walked in on me at 4am staring at the screen in a hypnotic attempt to find direction and solace in my forthcoming unemployed life (“I swear, I JUST turned this on”). By the time mainstream media picked up on the puppy cam the puppies were older, less cute and less...
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Jan 17th
Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy address written... →
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’s take-off. I know it’s hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the...
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
A Cell Tower In Every Home
The makers of MagicJack, the company that brought plug-and-play voice over ip to the old folks, is about to release a cheap (about $40) plug-and-play femtocell! This femtocell, which is a cellular base station, is tiny and will hijack the signal from any cell phone within 3000 square feet. (Just like the MagicJack, the customer plugs it into the usb port of any computer with internet access. ...
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Jan 7th
Toxicological
You think it’s safe but why because it’s round? Because it’s yellow? It’s not safe and it’s not good for you for anyone Look it up you’ll see Most things you touch are toxic Look them up Look them all up and you will see Still we sit on the sunstroked grass fine white china and clean white linen The birds sing to us or warn us as we slice ignoring the...
Jan 6th