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Mar. 14th, 2005 11:14 amI rode my bicycle in to work this morning. It was quite the trip, and to my surprise I didn't feel nearly as racked out as I expected. I fully expected to feel dizzy and dead by the time I rolled into the office, but instead after a few minutes, a big glass of water, and some coffee I felt fine, even productive. I'm not sure how that happened, but I don't object.
At first, I was wondering what the Hell I was doing. It was 35°F outside, and all I was wearing was a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. But after getting to the uphill, I felt much better and managed all the way to the park-and-ride without freezing to death. I took the bus into town, and then rode across the city to Queen Anne and then halfway up the hill to my office. I brought the bike inside; I have an early Giant brand lock, which once upon a time was among the best but today can be hacked in under a minute with a two dollar tool available at any office supply store.
A publishing house apparently felt it necessary to clarify that when someone in the bible is "stoned," it doesn't mean they're high, it means they're dead.
One of the discs I ripped and compressed this weekend was Steve Reich's Different Trains, which is one of the more fascinating, if depressing, works Reich has done. (It's also backed by Kronos, so it's doubly delicious in that avant garde' kinda way.) I did it at 44100 KhZ and 192bps, and it sounds... different. I can't quite say why, qualitatively, but I'll work on trying to understand the difference. Not bad in a way, just odd, as if some harmonics were being prioritized differently from what I'd expect.
One of my quiet favorite webcomics is Scary Go Round. It took me a long time to appreciate John Allison's work, but eventually it took hold. ("Like an incurable fungus," I hear Shelly say.) It's devastatingly funny in a satisfying way; the laughs aren't cheap, even when they're direct, and that's a very hard line to maintain. Allison makes it look easy and that's the mark of a craftsman. Check it out.
At first, I was wondering what the Hell I was doing. It was 35°F outside, and all I was wearing was a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. But after getting to the uphill, I felt much better and managed all the way to the park-and-ride without freezing to death. I took the bus into town, and then rode across the city to Queen Anne and then halfway up the hill to my office. I brought the bike inside; I have an early Giant brand lock, which once upon a time was among the best but today can be hacked in under a minute with a two dollar tool available at any office supply store.
A publishing house apparently felt it necessary to clarify that when someone in the bible is "stoned," it doesn't mean they're high, it means they're dead.
One of the discs I ripped and compressed this weekend was Steve Reich's Different Trains, which is one of the more fascinating, if depressing, works Reich has done. (It's also backed by Kronos, so it's doubly delicious in that avant garde' kinda way.) I did it at 44100 KhZ and 192bps, and it sounds... different. I can't quite say why, qualitatively, but I'll work on trying to understand the difference. Not bad in a way, just odd, as if some harmonics were being prioritized differently from what I'd expect.
One of my quiet favorite webcomics is Scary Go Round. It took me a long time to appreciate John Allison's work, but eventually it took hold. ("Like an incurable fungus," I hear Shelly say.) It's devastatingly funny in a satisfying way; the laughs aren't cheap, even when they're direct, and that's a very hard line to maintain. Allison makes it look easy and that's the mark of a craftsman. Check it out.
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