RANTISSIMO

Monday, October 28, 2002

Choices.. Choices.. So I've been thinking about installing Linux on my iBook. Which version? I'm not too sure.. maybe Debian or Suse. The problem however is that I don't have any space left on my drive :( So I'm mulling over the fact that maybe I can run linux from a detachable device.. hmmm... that would be cool! Cooler still if I can run the thing from my iPod (don't think its possible though) I think its time for me to start pissing around with Open Firmware.. Your ass maybe saved by FORTH today!! 9:07:01 PM    comment [] Warchalking Toron..D'oh!! Okay, so I met up with EmmaJane.Net for "Warchalking Toronto". There were some other ppl that were supposed to show up (Graig, Emma's boyfriend, Blake (?) and some from GTAB) but in the end, it was just the two of us. First we tried to get Emma's Acer Notebook working with its wireless capabilities (using my iBook as a base station) but that didn't pan out. By the time we were ready to go warchalking (two coffees later on my part) the iBook decided to quit on me! D'OH! D'oh!! D'ohhhhh!! The only sliver lining in that cloud was that we _were_ able to find 4 nodes right there while sitting there in the Starbucks on Queen & John. So Emma went ahead and chalked one (correctly I might add). Not being the one to be left out, I decided to chalk on of my own, even though I the signal for that node was pretty noisy.. Anyhow, in my own particular idiom, I was able to write a non-existent symbol to indicate a node D'oh!! Come to think of it, this symbol was debated at Warchalking.org at one time (if my memory serves me right) but was abandoned due to its confusing nature.. Anyhow, I'm sure the owner of that node was thankful that the would-be warchalker was not savvy enough to correctly identify the node. All in all, it was not a bad experience, we need to get more ppl out next time. Much fun was had by all I suppose! :) I'll post the pics later.. 7:59:16 PM    comment [] Everlong Hello I've waited here for you Everlong Tonight I throw myself into and out of the red out of her head she sang Come down and waste away with me down with me Slow out you wanted it to be over my head, out of my head she sang and I wonder when I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again the only thing I'll ever ask of you you've got to promise not to stop when I say when Breathe out so I can breathe you in Hold you in and now I know you've always been out of your head out of my head i sang 7:48:34 PM    comment []

Thursday, October 24, 2002

I'm disappointed So I just looked at my referrer logs , and guess what, most of the hits are for pop culture shit.. so it would seem that THAT is the nature of my blog. Problem is that the stuff I post is pretty generic. Anyhow, I got Plone installer working on my mac, and also got it running from my iPod. Pretty soon, I'll post some docs to my PloneDocs section etc etc. What else.. had many ideas worth bloggin.. but now, my brain is just mush! so Suffer! motha foka! 12:16:24 AM    comment []

Sunday, October 20, 2002

A Digital Pen That Recalls Your On-the-Run Jottings. Logitech plans to release the Io Personal Digital Pen, which allows users to store and retrieve their handwritten information digitally. By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology] 9:45:13 PM    comment [] Maybe this is not new, but if you have a .Mac account with Apple, you can easily publish your Radio blog on Apple's servers. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] 9:39:18 PM    comment [] Paul Krugman in a tour-de-force wrote about income inequality and the emerging US plutocracy for the NYT Magazine this Sunday. The increasing gap in incomes doesn't come as a surprise to me.  Unregulated capitalism always trends strongly toward concentrated wealth.  In the corporate world, companies that are dominant can easily remain dominant if they are unregulated.  They can set up barriers to entry in previously competitive markets.  They can leverage monopolies in one market segment into monopolies in other segments.  They can purchase competitors just to put them out of business.  Individual wealth works along the same principles.  Without social and governmental pressure to disband concentrated wealth (which is not in the cards as far as I can see), we will continue to see wealth concentrate in the hands of a small number of companies and individuals: So claims that we've entered a second Gilded Age aren't exaggerated. In America's middle-class era, the mansion-building, yacht-owning classes had pretty much disappeared. According to Piketty and Saez, in 1970 the top 0.01 percent of taxpayers had 0.7 percent of total income -- that is, they earned ''only'' 70 times as much as the average, not enough to buy or maintain a mega-residence. But in 1998 the top 0.01 percent received more than 3 percent of all income. That meant that the 13,000 richest families in America had almost as much income as the 20 million poorest households; those 13,000 families had incomes 300 times that of average families. The above statistic implies the doubling rate of wealth concentration is a mere 14 years.   Without serious counter pressure from government and society by 2030 we will see more than 15% of all income in the hands of the top 0.1% of American society.  Of course, that assumes things don't accelerate -- which with the repeal of the estate tax and Bush's tax cut -- it is likely to do just that.  Another factor impacting accelerating wealth concentration is the ability of dominant companies (and the individuals that own them) to thrive during a protracted downturn by consolidating market share.  As less wealthy companies struggle, they are easy prey to better financed companies.  Microsoft is proving this with their record profits this last quarter as the rest of the industry struggles for footing.  Individuals of extreme wealth can do this by investing at pennies on the dollar in otherwise strong companies.  When economic health returns, we are likely to see concentrations of wealth at substantially higher levels due to this effect alone. The emergence of an American plutocracy would change things for the worse.  We would be much less innovative and poorer as a result.  Toll taker values would replace the values of the innovators and risk takers.  Are we ready for that? [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 9:37:38 PM    comment [] MacCentral: Apple to be banned from Macworld Expo SF? [Hack the Planet] 9:34:48 PM    comment [] A Boon for Nonprofits With Software Needs. CompuMentor, a nonprofit organization founded by Daniel Ben-Horin, has created a software store for other nonprofit groups. By Laurie J. Flynn. [New York Times: Technology] Woohoo!... (or something..) 9:33:21 PM    comment [] The Meek shall inherit the earth (And the adjoining planets) Sometimes I feel that incompetence is not a vice, but its a virtue! Incompetence brings out the most ferocious instincts for survival. Not being able to be good at anything is generally a driver to dazzle with bullshit, and the current state of affairs in society at large seems to reward it handsomely! Why? Well, Red Hot Chilli Peppers is on "Live on Much" and guess who is interviewing them??? RICK THE FUCKING TEMP! I mean.. couldn't Much find anybody stupider than this guy? I hate the way the nickelodean host wanna be's are taking over Much Music. The only intelligent questions are coming from the audience and from remote watchers, but Rick keeps putting his foot in his mouth located on a brainless head that is stuck so far up his own ass that its coming out the other end. Hey Rick, maybe you should upgrade the 2.3 Hz crushed peanut that you use for a brain.. Using the miracle of technology, we can even bring YOUR IQ up to (at least) that of an ordinary houshold hammer! peeps.. Biotch! 10:05:43 AM    comment []

Saturday, October 19, 2002

The big story for the second day in a row on Daypop is the Microsoft advertisement (thnx Dave for saving this!) for Mac users switching to PCs that features a hired actress, or perhaps worse, just a picture of a model from stock photography. This is a surprise? Ha! Just what the fuck do you think you're seeing on tv every second? A big bag of tricks. Again, read the Zen TV Experiment!! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] Wow!! the Zen TV article mentioned above is cool! I've done this myself, actually it kinda happened when I was on the phone and had to shut the sound off.. Its absolutely amazing to watch TV without sound.. Also, if you've had a few beers.. and turned the sound off.. try it.. its bewildering.. 11:45:58 PM    comment [] American Stupidity and Iraq. If you are an American like me, chances are that the rest of the world thinks you're stupid. During the last year, our countrymen have developed a reputation for being apathetic, naive, ignorant, and just plain dumb. Well, I am an American with some dignity, and I happen to think that average Americans are not significantly dumber than anyone else. But then how can we explain our baffling support for G. W. Bush's pretense for starting a war in Iraq? Two explanations are usually offered: Ignorance and stupidity. I've witnessed several debates about which of these plays the larger role. However, I think it's neither. Our ignorance and stupidity have been grossly overestimated. [kuro5hin.org] Whoa! An Excellent read! (BTW, I never read it! so YMMV) 11:32:28 PM    comment [] Zope 2.6.0 Final Released. Zope 2.6.0 has gone gold. I’ve upgraded my sites to the final release. Where I said earlier in the week that the Catalog was still broken, it appears that is not true. Well, the defaults given to the Catalog have been removed as they either didn’t work or had become too crufty. I’ll try to summarise why they made the changes they did. In the end it means a better Zope, ... [Zope Newbies>] 11:26:04 PM    comment [] Neitzsche, Mr. T, and the Nature of Things (No! Not with David Suzuki! ) Why would somebody name their obviously brilliant child after an entry level Japanese car, is just beyond me! Weird ppl! Okay, Here is the main idea of this post: Neitzsche was the Mr. T of Philosophers Here's a little interview I did with the ole godster the other day: Me: So NitChez, wuzzup ma man? N: Why you gotta dis me like that dowg? you miscreanted my name gee! Me:No but seriously NitChez, what do you think about Socrates? N:I pity the fool! Me:hehe.. right on! And about that guy who was trying to critik the pure reason or something? N:I pity the fool! Me: You know, right now, ppl are really into Plato and his wipe-ass philosophy.. N:Plato was a Homo! Me:Yeah! Yeah! totally.. like.. totally agree.. awkward silence Me (again): So what do you think of Ayn Rand??? N (miffed but amused): baby got back! but I still pity her! Me (lamely):great talking to you! Toot Too Du Loot Du..? NitChez:peeps! Biotch! Me (embarrassed): No seriously..NitChez, Toot Too Du Loot Du..? N:: Toot Toot! ... You're SOO fucking lame man! (mike is turned off.. N's lips are still moving..) Okay, so now you know that I am a BUZZ fan, and wouldn't be able to carry on a conversation with a poodle, let alone some kinduh pheelosopher! I do think (still) that Neitzsche could kick Socrates & Plato's ass in a two on one (WWF style) ..beep... peeps Biotch!.. beep... beep 10:59:00 PM    comment [] Hey Mon.. Gimme a bucket O' Dead (Chicken that is) It is odd, and ironic to boot, that the descendents of the shrews that used to run for their lives from the once mighty dinosaurs, are slaughtering their (The Dinosaurs') descendents by the millions on a daily basis. I was thinking about this as I was ripping the flesh off the bones of one of these countless, nameless birds, and admiring how succulent it was. I might be going warchalking this coming weekend. I might be taking a bus ride to Hamilton for the week too! Holy Shiitttee!! this thing is like a monkey on my back! Why Oh Why? You know I just realized, that the more you work, and toil, the less you make. I see so many people around who are freaking geniuses, but don't seem to be doing well (well they are tech geniuses supposedly). This goes back to What John Ralston was regurgitating in his book about Voltaire's unbegotten progeny.. (or something like that.. please don't make me look these up in the dictionary) Whoa, there is a chick (presumably Jennifer Chamberlain) on TV who is bald and has jewellery and precious stones stuck to her head. Oops, I think she was a breast cancer survivor on chemo.. Man, I'm such a gun jumping insensitive asshole sometimes.. Now she's complaining that people stare at her. .well hey! They stare at me all the time.. actually this other chick has a pretty face, even though she is kinda oldish. Okay, eeeee-fucking-nuff!!!, on Fox they're showing basefuck! Jesus H. Christ!!! This makes me wanna puke! Sometimes I'm not satisfied with the level of incompetence I have attained.. sometimes I wish I was a bit more incompetent.. I could use some more money.. 10:40:49 PM    comment []

Monday, October 14, 2002

God is Dead! God Save the God I have got a bit of a problem with John Ralston Saul bitching about Neitzsche, caliming that he was also part of the school that promoted the "tyranny of reason" but, just reading thru a passage in "Twilight of the Idols" , it seems that N. was probably one of the first few to point out the silly-ness of taking rationality and reason to its grotesque extreme. Seems to me that Saul took the words right out of Nietzsche's proverbial mouth (plagiarized while deriding and accusing him of doing the opposite of what he actually stood for) Anyhow, N. rocks! and one day I should be able to scratch the surface of what the guy was actually try to say.. and then I Shall be Uber-Chimp! mua-hahahah hahahah mua-hahahahaha 12:55:46 AM    comment []

Saturday, October 12, 2002

Its a MAN baby! I must watch the first Austin Powers movie again, IMO, it was the only one with a speck of originality (a la Scary Movie) before the FUCKING MORONS moved in and jacked off all over the next two releases! Thanks Hollywood! now now.. "work on the angst thing grasshopper!" Okay, so I stole two things from the net. One is the lyrics for the Mini commercial which I'm about to post.. right... about ... Now.. My Money's on the lil guy! My money's on the little guy on the original on the small fry cuz the bigger they are the harder they are gonna fall my money's on the little guy he could keep it closed or he could take it outside one day he really gonna show us all my money's on the little guy on the tiny shape and the tiny size.. he's makin me feeeal like I'm ten feet tall! my money's on the little guy...! my money's on the little guy... my money's on the little guy... And the other thing is a document that had all the OSX links, first I was gonna save it on my desktop, but then I was like hey.. what the heck, why not post it on the friggin blog.. so n.e.how its in the stories section now, so I can go look at it from anywhere.. niiiice.. 11:57:52 PM    comment []

Thursday, October 10, 2002

ooh I got problems.. yup! yup! Okay so if you're expecting an expose of my problem.. tough luck.. I pick my entry headers at random! but I gotta lotta ramblin' to do.. I feel backed up :) Okay so I got my blogger code, following This link at Rannie's site, and here it is: B2 d+ t+ k+ s u f i o++ x e l+ c+ Now, getting back to the rambling business, whoa, they're showing the Queen at Sheridan college and some of these studentesses are HOT! Anyhow, I've started 3 books at the same time, I'm such an ADD monkey! EMPIRE is too depressing to read, Voltaire's bastards just seems to drag on and on and on.. I gave away Hafiz's book, and now am wishing I would have mentioned that I was going to ask for it back, and finally, I got the last one year's compilation of "The Onion" hmm... One thing I don't really like about Radio Userland is that I can't blog when I want to.. and with the kind of attention span I've got, its over by the time I get to my home machine.. well I gott seriously do something about this.. Oh, and one more thing.. need to work on the angst thing.. its just so not my age group! 10:07:39 PM    comment []

Thursday, October 3, 2002

Its the EMPIRE, and its Freaking me out!! Been trying to read "Empire" and it is freaking me out. First of all, the language is so pathetically non-emotional and neutral that it takes all the joy out of reading about the next most evil thing on the horizon. Second, their premise is that this whole empire thing is just starting, and the really scary stuff is ahead of us! Yay for police action all over the MOFO Globe! P.S. I gave Hafiz's "The Gift" to someone and I don't think I'll ask it back 11:39:33 PM    comment []

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

Aaaah!! Now I feel better yeah!!! added some links and some stories.. shallow and cheap as ever.. RANTISSIMO comes thru! 11:45:35 PM    comment [] Techniques: Telemedicine, the Easy Way. Telemedicine can be successful without being complicated. Australian doctors describe a mother's makeshift system to care for her son at home. By John O'neil. [New York Times: Technology] 11:38:20 PM    comment [] O'Reilly: Roll Your Own Browser with Mozilla. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 11:34:42 PM    comment [] Keeping Dissent in the Homeland. Two Democrat Representatives, Davin Bonior of Michigan and Jim McDermott of Washington, are creating quite a stir over comments made during a trip to Iraq. [kuro5hin.org] 11:32:52 PM    comment [] As Digital Radio Stumbles, New Products Fill the Gap. Several radio manufacturers have introduced products that improve the quality and reach of broadcasts transmitted in analog. By Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Technology] 11:29:33 PM    comment [] New Text Msg: Joe Schmoe 4 Prez. Coming to cell phones: political ads. Recent actions by the Federal Elections Committee could pave the way for unsolicited text messages, and even smear campaigns. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C. [Wired News] 11:28:05 PM    comment [] To Blog or Not to Blog Well, its been a few days.. and I think its just shameless that I haven't done an entry.. Lately I've been downloading some nice mp3's from a good samaritan on the internet. Its funny how you can download stuff that you enjoy.. stuff that may even change your perspective on things, and never ever know who it was that you downloaded it from? This is a powerful thing.. more powerful than I can imagine probably.. but its all good baby. I wish Apple would stop being asswipes and get a version of HyperXard or iCard or what EVER the fuck the marketing dept. wants to call it, out to the masses.. You owe it to us Apple.. blah blah blah.. Seinfeld is not on, cuz the fucking ball-game is on (Yankees/Angels) What sickens me more is the fact that FOX has turned itself into the "War Channel" . The new intro to the Game is totally pukable! The first thing that you see with the propaganda music is the flag and fighters taking off a carrier. ITS A FUCKING BASEBALL GAME! Do you HAVE to put this CHEESE in there. And then, the intro of the players and the poses that they make is totally laughable! this is CNN Meets WWF Come to think of it.. President Monkey has reduced the world arena to a perpetual WWF show. The actors are the same, the rhetoric is the same, and when you try to tell ppl that its all fake, they laugh in your face.. well they should cuz actual human lives are being lost, ipso facto (don't know exactly what it means, but I just felt like sounding important) all the sewage that comes out of the most powerful administration on the face of the planet, must have some validity to it. Does Nazi Germany come to mind? You bet YOUR SWEET ASS IT DOES! 10:42:07 PM    comment []

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