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Thursday, November 09, 2006
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robots...yum
From Wired's Blog: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/11/robot_identifie.html
by Lore Sjöberg
Wednesday, 8 November 2006
Robot Identifies Human Flesh As Bacon
Let the robot holocaust commence: robots think we taste like bacon.
Researchers at NEC System technologies and Mie University have designed the cute little guy to the right: a metal man gastronomist, "an electromechanical sommelier", capable of identifying wines, cheeses, meats and hors d'oeuvres. Upon being given a sample, he will speak up in a childlike voice and identify what he has just been fed. The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle, amongst other more obscure uses...like "tell me what this strange grayish lump at the back of my freezer is/was."
But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot's omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto.
Absolutely horrifying. Like cows, once robots taste blood, their hunger for human flesh can never be satiated. Japanese unveil robot wine steward [South Coast Today]
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
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Saturday, September 30, 2006
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ooh bingo
I found a new favorite website:
http://www.neave.tv
just let it follow its course. fantastic. this is the visual mix tape of the future. wow....
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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Remind me...
...to wear gloves next time I climb on a slate shingled roof in the august noonday sun...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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the only survey ever (thank you mike gee)
the only survey ever
1.Where did you take your default pic? St. Leonard's Church, Berwyn IL.
2.What exactly are you wearing right now?
Black roadie shirt, black pants, black socks.
3.What is your current problem?
Music.
4.What makes you most happy?
Music.
5.What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
Damn Shame by Jolie Holland.
6.Any celeb you would marry?
Audrey Tautou.
7.Name someone with the same birthday as you?
Thor Heyerdal, and my brother Dave.
8.Ever sang in front of a large audience?
Indeed I have. I've also mugged in front of a large audience.
9. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Russel Crowe in A Beautiful Mind.
10. DO u still watch kiddie movies or kiddie TV shows?
Damn right I do.
11.Do you speak any other languages?
Enough German to order coffee and find out where the bathroom is.
12.Has anyone you've been really close with passed away?
Of course.
13.Do you ever watch MTV?
Nope.
14.Who's someone that really annoys you?
The guy wearing his wsop baseball cap and sunglasses at the table. Usually there's more than one.
Chapter 1:
1.Middle name: More.
2.Nickname(s): Thom.
3.Current location: My hard chair at my computer, Las Vegas, Nevada.
4.Eye color: Blue.
Chapter 2:
1.Do you live with your parents: No
2.Do you get along with your parent(s): Yes
3.Are your parents married/separated/divorced: married
4.Do you have any Siblings?: yes. Three Brothers.
Chapter 3: Favorites
1. IceCream? Any that I make. Petersen's Tin Roof sundaes rule.
2. Season: I miss winter and autumn.
3. Shampoo/conditioner: This survey was written for girls.
Chapter 4: Do You..
1.Dance in the shower: If there's someone to dance with.
2.Write on your hand: Used to.
3.Call people back: Sometimes. I'm really bad at emailing people back.
4. Believe in love: Of course.
5.Sleep on a certain side of the bed: All of it.
6. Any bad habits? Smoking, swearing, laziness.
Chapter 5: Have You...
1.Broken a bone:
Collarbone
2.Sprained stuff:
oh yeah.
3.Had physical therapy?:
nope
4.Gotten stitches:
nope
5.Taken painkillers:
yes
6.Gone SCUBA diving or snorkeling:
nope. Not opposed to it. Same with skiing or snowboarding.
7.Been stung by a bee:
Yes
8.Thrown up at the dentist:
No
9.Sworn in front of your parents:
Yes
10. Had detention?: Of course. Uh oh! Garbage!
11.Been sent to the principal's office:
Yep. Even me.
12.Been called a bitch:
Sure.
Chaper 6: Who/What was the last
1.Movie(s): Pirates o' the carribean number two.
2. Last Person to text you?: Laurie in DC from a cubs/nationals game.
3.Person you called: My folks.
4.Person you hugged: Lugus, the austrian who engineered Glen Branca's Symphony No. 2 and many other fun events that I prod him for stories whenever I see him.
5.Person you tackled?: Probably my brother Dave.
6.Thing you touched: Camel Turkish Gold. The letter d
7.Thing you ate: Of all things, Wheaties.
8.Thing you drank: Cup of Papua New Guinea Sigri Estate from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
9.Thing you said: "It's no Bother," in response to a wrong number.
10. Friend you consider really close to you: Doug Ayy, Mike Gee.
11.Friends you miss the most that have moved: I'm the one who moved away, I miss Laurie, Doug, Mikey, Matt, Dan, the Black Bear Combo, great music, honest music, King Turkey no Onions from Mr. Sub, Ken Nordine every Sunday Midnight, and Blues Before Sunrise. I miss you too.
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Currently
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Road to Kesan: Turkish ROM & Regional Music Thrace
By
Selim Sesler
Release date: 08 August, 2000
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
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July 15, 2006
Glenn Danzig is on stage singing Mother. This time around, it seems different. Oh yeah, he's sportin' a pretty large accordion and he's got a huge grin on his face, like he's having a damn good time. The keys on the accordion are also unnaturally large, so the accordion is capable of playing, maybe, six notes. Everyone is having a really nice time. I am given the accordion, I wake up laughing.
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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today's accidental story
Every once in a while, I accidentally open junk email.
And I love reading these things. I don't know what kind of program it is that generates this random text, but this one suprised me at how almost coherent it was.
Dig:..
"Hi
X o A n N f A y X d
C v I x A c L x I q S h
V r I f A l G z R e A x
V r A l L p I z U p M g
toothles
sunda
autobu
nobbl
dappl
Forget it, countered Benjamin. Its ours. ... Technology again.
One, theres no place to land except patrolled helicopter pads; and two,
were shielded by radar. An unidentified plane coming within thirty
miles of here, the air base at Belopol is alerted and its shot down.
Across the street a small crowd had gathered, watching the disagreeable
policeman and the argumentative driver, who had slammed his hand down on"
It almost makes me want to open every single email that offers me valium.
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Friday, February 24, 2006
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old dream
I was cleaning a couple of weeks ago, and came across a notebook with only a few pages written inside.
On the first page...
Dated 5/3/2004:
Brilliant Dream Sensations
In a conference
someone lecturing
Woody Allen is across
the aisle
I ask him about the
lecturer.
"If you could break into
his house and take one
thing, what would you
take?"
He smiles and looks like
I just completely blew his mind.
I start to waffle
"Well, what about someone else...I-"
"No no! That's a great question-"
End of dream
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Friday, February 17, 2006
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feb172006
i'm looking down at an oval plate made of brass, tarnished heavily, years and years old. its shaped almost like a painter's palette, but more elongated. on the right side the metal is segmented in bars and the edges raise up. I put my fingertips on the metal and move them around, the tarnish and the rough old surface make the best noises. Scraping metal sounds, combined with these ringing tones somewhere between a crystal glass and marimba, the segmented areas each have a specific note. so does the raised edge as well, everything has this odd order harmonic structure yet is sonorous. I wake up, look out the window and watch the garbage truck drag a dumpster across the parking lot.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
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checkoutgirl
You're so short
and i find your eyebrows
have found the floor
and colored pencil should
not look so good.
How many children, I wonder,
sit on your floor, in tv light,
throwing up toys and made up jokes
while you weigh apples and explain
scratch off games to men who
know nothing of your life.
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