| Palin - Relatively Awesome? |
[Sep. 21st, 2008|01:33 pm] |
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So, for any of you who've been like "Ian, you're from Alaska. Tell me about this Palin chick who knows about Russia because she can see it from her house", I have a new informational video produced by Alaska Robotics, out of Juneau, Alaska (also, who happen to be people I went to college with). So, if you really wanna know why Alaskan's love Palin, look no further than http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cFWg6wtTI. Also, don't forget to duck... and cover! |
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| Seattle this Weekend |
[Aug. 27th, 2008|09:43 pm] |
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| |  in need of chocolate | ] |
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| | Sometimes Wanna Die - Joy Drop | ] |
I'll be in Seattle this weekend for Bumbershoot. So if you also are in Seattle this weekend and attending Bumbershoot, or would just like to hang out with some Alaska ex-pats I'll be there through Tuesday.
P.S. Also Liz will be there. |
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| Nolstagicreepy! |
[May. 8th, 2008|10:38 pm] |
So, if you're feeling a little Nolstagic, or just want to be slightly interweb creeped out, I bring you good news that the google guys have visited Fairbanks (and Ester) and mapped it out on google maps street view! That's right, you yourself can see where some dark google van drove by your old hang outs or house and see pictures of the lawn, or that place that you did that thing that one time!
Hot Licks Anyone? |
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| Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|04:53 pm] |
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| |  silly | ] |
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| | Rock Me Amadeus - MEGAHERZ | ] |
Whenever you're down, or up, or just havin' coffee somewhere, remember:
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| What the... |
[Apr. 13th, 2007|09:41 am] |
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| | Think Locally, Fuck Globally - Golgol Bordello | ] |
There's a moped chained up outside of Butrovich. The hipsters are invading! |
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| Wonderful World of Widgets |
[Jan. 24th, 2007|04:35 pm] |
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| |  busy | ] |
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| | Myxomatosis - Radiohead | ] |
Yeah, I have a Mac, and despite the simple nature of them, I've really grown to love widgets.
Sure, some may be pointless, like the ability to watch russian hamsters, 24/7...
but others allow me to be both lazy and politically informed, a sexy combination.
Plus, as a coder, it means I have a playground for writing fun useless applications. I think my laptop needs a functional artificial horizon. |
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| Brought to you by too much time, and SCIENCE! |
[Jan. 17th, 2007|01:29 pm] |
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| | Opening Theme from Boondock Saints | ] |
It would take a human being metabolizing roughly 2514.7 glasses of lager a second to reach the 1.21 gigawatts needed to travel through time.
( Science! )
Alternatively, you can go through 1 glass of lager in roughly 0.0004 seconds to achieve similar results.
That's one drunk Doc Brown. |
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| 'splaining |
[Dec. 18th, 2006|03:04 pm] |
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| | They're Coming to Take Me Away - Napolean XIV | ] |
So Megan, you have some 'splaining to do. As my news on all things Gaiman, why is it that I did not discover till now that this summer there is to be a Stardust movie, with Robert DeNiro, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfiffer, and even freak'n Peter O'Toole.
Any clue on who's composing the soundtrack yet? |
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| Oh noes! |
[Oct. 19th, 2006|10:19 am] |
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| |  amused | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Crazy Bitch - Buck Cherry | ] |
Not here! |
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| Raise your glass... |
[Sep. 15th, 2006|11:40 am] |
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| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Multiplies - The Mad Capsule Markets | ] |
Toast! |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 25th, 2006|04:32 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
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| | Weird Science - Oingo Boingo | ] |
Oh yeah... meant to post this for those not in Alaska that might still have some interest in it's political scene.
After the primaries the 2006 Gubinatorial race will be between former Wasilla mayor Sarah Palin (R) and former Governer of Alaska ('94-'02') Tony Knowles (D). Well, there'll be some independents as well. But what's this mean?
A) There will actually be real issues affecting this election, with the majority of Republicans having to pick between a comparatively inexperienced female republican candidate, and an experienced male candidate who is a Democrat.
B) Murkowski lost the primary. Not only that, but he came in third. That's right John Binkley, the guy that runs the Riverboat Discovery took 11% more of the vote than Murkowski. And he's a noob. Murkowski didn't even get a FIFTH of the Republican vote. That kinda makes me smile.
Now for those of you who give a damn, what will happen with the gas line now that the current Governor is in lame duck status? Will the gas companies just wait for a new candidate to parlay with? Will Murkowski give in and make bad concessions just so he can say that he pushed the pipeline through? Will the situation actually work to Alaska's economic advantage and cause a realistic deal to get hammered out? Will the public continue to care or will some other hot-topic rage before November? Only time will tell. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 26th, 2006|08:11 am] |
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| | Work. As Always. | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  existential | ] |
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| | Boom Swagger Boom - The Murder City Devils | ] |
Well, I haven't posted in a while. Don't really have much to post, so I'll put up a piece of junk mail I got last week that made me smile.
Subject: jyyopy
From: Yuval Primm <primmyyuval@avantechnology.com>
Date: 7/19/2006 12:04 AM
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The winds in the free-top, the winds in the heater;
The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,
And bright are the windows of Night in her tower. |
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| In honor of our child hood... |
[Jun. 29th, 2006|01:59 pm] |
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| |  excited | ] |
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| | Emotion Sickness - Silverchair | ] |
As many of you read FARK regularly, you probably already know about the upcoming animated Dragonlance Movie, so I won't bug you about that.
However, a little less known is that Henson productions has decided to capitalize on some of it's old assets.
Meaning sequals to both Labyrinth and Dark Crystal.
Now the Labyrinth Sequal, "Return to the Labyrinth" is supposedly about Toby returning after he turns 13... but rather than in a movie format... Henson studios is teaming up with Tokyopop to deliver our childhood repackaged in the new exciting format of "Manga"... It may seem odd that as an avid reader of comics that the word "manga" seems rather disturbing to me when packaged with something like Labyrinth, even more so when authors like Gaiman want to jump on board with a MirrorMask manga as well, but yeah... it still doesn't quite sit well with me.
And as for Dark Crystal... here's where there's hesitancy but also a possibility of utter awesomeness. The sequel, The Power of the Dark Crystal is due out in '08. In this one some fire girl steals a shard to try to reignite a dying sun. However, it's got Froud on board as the art director, legendary muppeteer Dave Goelz and a bunch of the original voice cast including the voices of Jen, Kira, Aughra, The Chamberlain, The General, etc.
Also Genndy Tartakovsky, of Samurai Jack fame is slated to direct.
So yeah. |
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| Science! |
[Jun. 23rd, 2006|10:44 am] |
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| | mellow | ] |
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| | Nirvana - Beeswax | ] |
What happens when a pair of scientists get hold of a couple hundred liters of diet coke, over 500 mentos, and decide to put on a Bellagio-esque fountain show?
What do you think happens? |
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| Woohoo! |
[Jun. 22nd, 2006|01:26 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | energetic | ] |
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| | Liquid Sun - See Colin Slash | ] |
So... on a whim I decided to check pollstar today to see what the future held..
10/12/06 - Herring Auditorium - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
That's right.
Rock, rock on. |
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