Dusty Chalk

Hey man, miss you. Me: In car -- Chris Rea, Dancing Down the Stony Road -- note: "Dancing" in the title does not imply it's a dance record -- it's a lyric, and that's all. Man does what I call "organic" music -- heavily blues-infused pop rock reminiscent of Clapton's Slowhand and whatnot. All played on traditional instruments, no fancy production, no synthesizers, etc. Every once in a while I get in the mood for that, and Rea fills that capacity almost all the time. At home, on spotify: various Regina Spektor and whatnot. I <3 her so much.

I was recently recommended Robopocalypse by io9. Any of those particularly bad or particularly good?

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but Apple will be changing the ubiquitous iPod connector.

She got better. Hurray!

Phase 2 with the badgers...

Amen to that. Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I'm doing -- one potential interview requires a code test -- it's hard, too...well, I mean, I knew the answers as soon as I saw the questions, but it's enough code that it's going to take a while to code it all up, and hence I'll be using the exercise as a refresh on Java as I go (I was actually quite good back then -- wrote a recursive and reflection-based generic object debugger just for the fun of it). It's actually been kind of fun. The first exercise I did I got working with only two bugs (I.E. on the 3rd iteration). But she made it sound like it was some sort of CAD tool or something -- I honestly didn't even understand the question, from a coder's perspective -- I mean, beyond an editor and an IDE and knowing the libraries that are out there (and how to look up the ones that one doesn't know are out there), what else is there? She made it sound like there was, in the scientific modelling arena. I think I'm going to get back to my recruiter and just ask him to ask them -- from the perspective of, if I want to get into this field, I do want to learn the software in the area, and see if it's a freeware tool or something that I can look up. I'm going to kill myself stab myself in the thigh if she said Mathematica or something and I just didn't hear her because I was on a fucking cell phone.

Just found Fiona Apple's new one on Spotify, listening to that now. EDIT: And I just found Regina Spektor's new one, too. It's going to be a late night.

Hey, all youse guys who do modelling work -- do any work in Java? I just did not get a job at a company and one of the reasons was that I had zero familiarity with some popular modelling tools for Java. Seriously? WTF? I bet it's slower than C#. I guess the real question is, what are the most popular mainstream modelling tools? I should probably at least have a passing familiarity with them.

Noooooooes!!!1!ones!!

I Die: You Die mixtapes -- currently on #5, Kalte Kleinen.

Brushed up on my Java.

Okay, I understand now. Me: Reamde, Stephenson

Lollers, it's the Dreamworks face.

Smash Pups...-ish, Oceania

Various Artists - When Pigs Fly: Songs You'd Never Thought You'd Hear -- this album is ready-made for Turntable "weird covers" night. Don Ho covers "Shock the Monkey", The Fixx cover "Boots Were Made for Walkin'", Jackie Chan and Ani Difranco duet on "Unforgettable", etc.

What it is? Also: sourdough waffle sounds awesome!

I'm not sure I understand this sentence. That's exactly why he hates it -- because it is a story about a non healthy relationship. I'm just saying, I respect his opinion, and it's largely why I won't be reading it.

The bus driver has come forward and says she doesn't want the culprits charged. Interesting. Yes you do. It's funny. I'll tell you what it does -- it finds all people in your friends list that have a certain characteristic in common, and identifies them to you -- nothing else. Doesn't contact them, doesn't post for you, nothing, the rest is up to you. Damn, that was outstanding.

Drop Electric sampler -- the second track is worth listening, if nothing else.

I heard it's awful, about an awful subject, and awfully written, I will not be reading it. It was enjoyable to read Dr. Drew trashing it, though.

New Pineapple Thief! track Cover:

^ Lollers. (You may need to log in to facebook first.)

I'm just jealous that he gets to be in a "flight". That's awesome. It's like a trip of goats -- a flight of acrobats. Or whatever. Congrats!

Thrice! Me: Peaking Lights, Lucifer -- dubby upbeat downbeat. Some of the most unironically happy music I've ever listened to...and enjoyed.