habitually probing generalist

[This post title is, for me, multi-meta in that it refers to several things.] It has been a long time since I’ve been here. Part of me is sad about this fact and part of me thinks that is just fine. A lot has happened since I last wrote here: I quit my job as [...]

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Most of these are new to me, but a few are venerable classics that I got to share with Sara for the first time [Stop Making Sense] or that we got to see together in the theater [The Shining]. Many movies I watched are not on this list because I have seen them before. As [...]

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Drinking with the Troops From a local blog, Urbanagora, comes “Drinks with a Soldier.” I just love how some jackass commentor tries to hide behind the shield of anonymity and call the post author a liar. Certainly there are all sorts of views on this war, including those of the troops fighting it. Perhaps if [...]

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If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near, as it were your own? It’s a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they’re better left unsung … Grateful Dead ¤ Ripple [...]

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Let me begin by saying that I had a wonderful “Christmas.” I put Christmas in quotes because, as it has been for a long time, Christmas is really a couple to a bunch of Christmases at different places over what may be a several week period (only 6 days this year). It was great to [...]

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  No Reading in the Bar!    Originally uploaded by broken thoughts. See the Springfield Public Library flickr group.

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…I never saw this one coming. Went to visit a friend in Chicago yesterday and hung out and watched the Illinois – Louisville game.  His family is from Louisville so he was back-and-forth on the phone trash talking. I actually enjoyed the game.  It was well played, the level of sportsmanship was quite high, and [...]

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CEA ANNOUNCES DECLARATION OF INNOVATION INDEPENDENCE Presents Six Principles to Guide Intellectual Property Debate The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) issued today [Mar 16] a Declaration of Innovation Independence. The document provides a series of principles to ensure that fair use, home recording rights and innovation are protected in legislative, judicial and regulatory debates regarding the [...]

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   Ellul says that "the better adapted man is, the more tolerant and liberal the system can act toward him.  The more he conforms, the less constraint has to be used." (Ellul, 1980, 109) He makes this claim while discussing flexibility as a feature of the technological system.  Ellul says that as long as man [...]

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