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Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey…

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey at the center for astrophysics.

‘my very exciting magic carpet…

‘my very exciting magic carpet just sailed under nine palace elephants’ dwarf planets are still planets.

purge some geek stuff

three times in the past two days i thought of some techie thing i wanted to be able to do and thought of the device that would allow me to do it and then looked around online for the device or DIY instructions to make one …… and then i realized i already had what i was looking for. the last one was a component video to vga converter. maybe i should inventory everything i have and include that list in my google searches.

roflcon 2008 registration

i’ll be there. the cheap registration ends on March 1st. http://roflcon.org

family visit

my parents, little sis alisha and brother david came to see me in boston mid february. they all stayed in the little room i built, and i took the pool table. it was great to see them, especially alisha, though i’m not sure that i love her just because she’s my sister or if it’s because she’s such an attractive sister. my parents behaved themselves and didn’t press the topics on which we disagree. thanks dad. they apparently thought my kitchen was gross, so they scrubbed it down, and my mom rearranged it all so she could cook loads of wheat pancakes which i’m keeping in the freezer and then toasting to have with peanut butter and honey. thanks mom. here are pics of us doing bostony things. i think the most fun part was playing DDR at good times.

we’re basically on the same wavelength

here’s my frequency.

i got a new toy.

You’re out of touch. I’m out of time.

“But I’m out of my head when you’re not around.”

i noticed just now how i get socially weird when i haven’t had time with friends for a few days. last night with some sculers watching the worst star trek episodes ever helped cure my socialitis.

bye nosepicker.

thoughts at 30

i was giving my little sis some of my general “what’s important when you’re older” perspective when she was visiting. the residule conversations that echo in my head made me realize that certain skills i’ve developed and time investments i’ve made in the past have become more potent to me in the current state of my life. i have a list i’m happy about and some that were either a waste of time or have caused long-term bad habits. after turning 30 and moving to a new place, my time has been spent differently… less time chasing girls, more on various projects. more time with science and art, less with media consumption. less time pondering what others think of me and more time being who i want to be. (i also realize how boring my self-centered musings are, even to me.)

so, now i’m wondering what i want to do now to impact what i’ll think when i revisit this line of thought later in my life. (doing some thinking about thinking)

/blah blah blabbidy blah

Hah. My internet goes down rig…

Hah. My internet goes down right after watching a conspiracy theory movie. They won’t take me alive.

synthiness

the pendulum of my attention seems to have swung back to synths for now. i’m focusing on learning FM synthesis now, and i’m thinking about putting together a modular system (although i have no XP with that yet). there are some diy kits for modules, and i am also learning electronics at the same time….. probably a good way to go. the nord stage synth section will do for now along with various VSTs. i have a PC based oscilloscope coming in next week, and that will give me visual and numeric reference to the perty sounds i’m making.

all my building projects and geek hobbies are taking all my time. that’s ok. i’ve had enough social life for uhh… a lifetime. the coming of spring will probably undo all that focus, so i’m just going with it for now.