Dusty Chalk

Unholy carp, I'm not getting any work done today. Also, if I ever get around to making my all-instrumental album, I'm calling it, "Watch your mics".

For work, back to dub techno:

(and for the record I did watch the epic Patton Oswalt filibuster -- pure win, albeit dementia-ridden)

Listening to more Kwoon -- they range from borderline metal ("The Guillotine Show") to delicate atmospheric acoustic post-rock. Dig.

I cannot seem to stop listening to two tracks: Kwoon, "I Lived on the Moon" and Pulshar, "Nospheratu" The former is pure icelandic shoegaze bliss a la Sigur Ros and New Order's "Elegia", with an epic, soaring climax and a gorgeous animated video And the latter is a groovy dub techno track worthy of a 40 minute extended remix a la Orb's Blue Room...but it doesn't have one.

Yeah, he's famous for so much more than Pink Floyd -- very active, many of my favourite album covers right up until at least 2009. Dream Theater, Mars Volta, Muse... I've always wanted a coffee table, for exactly one purpose -- coffee table books. Escher, Dali, Thorgerson. Best album designer in the world. Easily.

ac is definitely the best most recent technology in terms of speed, but I am not familiar with power, which is what you really want to increase area coverage. I don't think they make repeaters for that yet.

Ohnoes!! RIP

Sylvan, Force of Gravity -- more neo-prog; medigs.

Sylvan, Sceneries -- a pentuple of quadrilogies...or rather, a quadrilogy of quadrilogies and one trilogy. Prog by contemporary standards, although I'd call it neo-prog...post-prog? Delightful. Melikey.

I used to have that poster somewhere.

Oh, and it's not $129, it's $156 (EU120). :\

They did something really cool -- they went through all the videos and synchronized them with cell phone tower information and they found someone who made a call at the exact same time as the second explosion who also dropped a package off at the location of the second explosion. So now they have the name associated with that number, someone to question, but they don't know if it's the same person as in the video. This is from my local news radio station, WTOP, which has been extremely conservative about prematurely reporting information. I usually hear about rumours as denials first, for example.

I thought Carver worked for Sunfire? Oh, wait, I see, Carver != Bob Carver LLC.

Yeah, I was reminded today that my mom said an awful lot of mean things. My security question on an ancient account I was trying to access was, "Why do you hate your mother?" :\ I couldn't remember.

Hurray! for removal of dead things

Yup, I did understand that it's not much more than that. Yeah, I saw that too. But what the hell, they're already paying for the webspace, why not try to expand the market to gamers and computer geeks?

The thing is, our government does an excellent job of preventing attacks such as these, and has prevented many. This is the first one of such ambitious scope that got through. That said, to quote Blue Oyster Cult:

^ Smiling Changes expression slightly when trap is sprung

Should be, "yes." (Found this image while looking for the "No" movie poster (e.g.) with teh grumpeh cat Photoshopped in.) Also, overheard recently (drunk baby meme reminded me): Bartender, ridiculously polite: "How can I help you?" Bartendee, mockingly slurred speech: "Why yes, I do have a drinking problem, I don't have a bottle in front of me." I laughed.

We've been using Google hangout to videoconference our weekly meetings at work, and I did it from home today because I was running behind schedule. I resisted the urge to pick Bobby up and hold him and make him look like he was dancing in front of the camera.

Brent -- I didn't hear ball bearings, but I did hear glass -- also, the placement lends itself to shrapnel-by-proximity. Obviously a terrorist attack -- the venue was not only chosen for its large collection of people in one place, but the mood-darkening aspect of such an attack at such an event, and the fact that it would almost definitely be documented. The only question remains is who is responsible, domestic/foreign, individual/organization, etc. But very carefully thought out whichever way it goes.

I was reading this review, and it mentions the AqVox USB isolating power supply: A strong statement. But after looking around, there appears to be some controversy -- so...what it is? Have you tried it? Did it make a difference? It sounds like I should at least try it, but the AqVox appears to be geared towards the European market -- so is there a North American equivalent? I'd be particularly interested in Justin's thoughts since he has probably already put some thought into this. Justin?

Yeezh. My sympathies and condolences to everyone who was hurt by the blast. Was listening to the story my entire way in to work (which is unheard of for me, as I am usually too ADD to listen to the news for 30 minutes straight).

I was listening to the news coming out of the IED attack at the Boston marathon the entire way in to work today. Unholy carp!