This is where we occasionally post items of interest to us (and perhaps to you) regarding
local events and happenings - plus some tech, trends, arts, crafts, and other random stuff.
Twenty Years of Hubble
Damn. Two Decades of
Awesome.
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That tinkering sound you hear...
is Jimmy celebrating "Spring Cleaning 2010" by messing around with some of the pages on our site. While things look and work as expected in the 10 or so browsers on which I've checked, there's always some oddball combination of "stuff" out there that will break something. If you spot anything heinous or just have a suggestion or comment, please
let me know.
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R.I.P. Geoff "The Pirate" Workman
'Tis a
sad day for his fellow shipmates. He shall be missed by all of us.
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Haiti.
By all means help where and how you can in the Haiti effort, but make sure you efforts aren't for naught by first checking the
Charity Navigator.
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Looks like a
dandy idea to me. (h/t Jim Maneri)
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Well, it ain't light rail...
but it's at least a step in the
right direction.
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C-bus "Geek Weekend"
Some stuff to do in Columbus via
CrunchGear.
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Jimmy haz a Facebook!
Yeah, I know. It took me long enough, eh? Well, about a week ago (July 7th or so) I finally got my act together and set up another account. Yes, I actually have two (and possibly three) accounts on there, but at some point in the process of setting up things the first time around I managed to get myself into a "Recursive Inaccessibility Loop" (try to imagine an "Infinite Improbability Drive of Stupidity" and you'll understand what I did to myself). Therefore, until I unscrew myself from that original Facebook Fiasco you may, if you so desire, send a "friend request" to me by clicking on
this here linky.
And, by the way, if you're deeply invested in the whole
Twitter / Facebook / RSS / Flickr / YouTube / etc. social networking timesuck of the moment, try the
Flock browser. Its foundation is Mozilla (Firefox) and is Mac/Win and sometimes Lin. It's pretty cool.
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Truly one of my Top Ten faves for as far back as I can remember.
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ComFest!
It's
ComFest weekend. Up next:
DooDah!
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It's PRIDE weekend, y'all.
And it's square in the middle of the Short North.
Here's the info for the events, parade, and parking. No matter your personal orientation it's an absolute blast - and a great warmup to next week's bash:
Comfest! No, we don't party all the time around here - but this part of the Summer is rather hectic.
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19 June 2009 - Layer Tennis Playoffs Round Two @ 2pm Central
More fun than, well,
go observe.
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SHOP! Hammer Time…
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A new Twitter client...
as long as you're running a
Commodore 64.
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Every time you think you've seen it all
someone comes by and re-invents the artistic wheel. This time, it's in the form of
"shadow art from junk".
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Screw the "Fifth" Element
This here be the 112th Element.
By the way,
The Fifth Element remains one of my all time favorite movies - no matter which release version I watch (and I think I've four of them just in SD format).
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Wow.
Just. Watch.
This. Be sure to scroll down and read the article on creating this work of art. A work, by the way, commissioned for an
elevator.
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Department of Duh
A few of the reasons your (and my) HD Camcorder
isn't as good as a
professional HD Camera.
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Saturday, 6 June 2009 - Gallery Hop
Once again it's time for
Gallery Hop in the Short North. It's the first Saturday of each month, and always lots of fun. Click the link for more info and parking.
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INTERNET !!!!!!
Canadian Broadcasting takes a (late-80s?) look at "the growing phenomenon
of Internet!"
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PRE-INTERNET !!!!!!
KRON report from 1981.
Some info on the
"Columbus, Ohio" reference:
Compuserve.
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Sharpie art?
The headline says
"Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie."
The video is
very cool.
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WordOfTheDay: concomitant
adjective:
naturally accompanying or associated : she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries | concomitant with his obsession with dirt was a desire for order.
noun:
a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something : some of us look on pain and illness as concomitants of the stresses of living.
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Monday, 11 May 2009 14:01 EDT - STS 125 Launch
The final
Hubble mission. All geeky links and feeds available
here. Updates as needed.
FYI: Hubble's planned
replacement.
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Jim Henson - "Wilkins Coffee"
Quite the ad man back in the day... "the day"
being 1957...
YouTube has much more of his early work for a
variety of clientele.
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Friday, 8 May 2009 - Layer Tennis
This week's match, as usual, begins at 2pm Central.
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009 - Cinco de Mayo
Here's what Wikipedia
has to say about it. Personally, I'm holding out for the
5th of Bacon September.
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White Flags of Winter Chimneys
If you remember
Prince and the Revolution, you should remember
Wendy & Lisa. Well guess what? W&L have a
brand new record - and I can even call it an
album since, in addition to the CDDA and various download options, it's also being released on
VINYL!
Cool - just noticed their soundtrack to the TV show "HEROS" is
now available.
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Saturday, 2 May 2009 - Kentucky Derby
In case you missed it, it's over. Hopefully I'm not being a spoiler, but it was a pony that originally cost $9,500 and ran at 50:1 odds - and apparently towed to the track in a beater trailer hitched to a pickup truck. Oh yeah - somebody's gettin' paid today.
Update
And for at least one day, Aretha Franklin's
Inauguration Hat doesn't seem so flipping crazy.
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Hilarious
I personally can't stand "walkie talkie" phones, but this Sprint / Nextel spot is just
full of win...
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Saturday, 2 May 2009 - Gallery Hop
The first Saturday of each month brings the
Gallery Hop to the Short North. Those unfamiliar with the Hop or how to get to it - especially where to park - should click on the link for more info. If you do come down (and you really should) be sure to visit the many side street galleries and shops.
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Friday, 1 May 2009 - May Day
C'mon - y'all know the
true May Day chant: "Hooray, Hooray the First of May - Outdoor *** Begins Today!" (Google it if you've never heard of its many variations :)
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Friday, 1 May 2009 - Layer Tennis
This week's match, as usual, begins at 2pm Central.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - CTA
CTA - as in
Chicago Transit Authority - as in the band
Chicago, released their debut album on this date 40 years ago today. Chicago is
once again touring with Earth Wind and Fire this Summer.
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NAB 2009
Another NAB show is in the books. Beautiful weather (cloudless skies and in the lower 90s) and I once again avoided a visit to the Clark Co. jail. But attendance at the LVCC looked to be about
half of what it was a couple of years ago. For reference that would be a little over 100,000 in 2007, and what felt like around 50,000 this year
(NAB says over 80,000 folks registered for the event).
Now one might think that this is a Bad Thing, and I'm sure more than a few exhibitors felt this way. But on the positive side, it meant easy access to all the booths and displays and demos and engineers and techies and salesbots and especially the
SWAG!
Anyway - as soon as I get time I'll update with some observations. Check back next week.
