Archive for September, 2004

the new press

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

i just heard about this on a vancouver coop radio, where they were playing an interview that David Barsamian did with Andre Shifran (sp?):
the new press.
looks like they publish some cool books.

video game and porn convergence

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

a few weeks ago (ya, i’m slow. sue me) i saw these articles about a video game character who would be appearing in Playboy magazine. When i heard this, a number of things clicked together mentally. I’m sorta surprised that mainstream video games haven’t merged with porn more than they have already.
female [...]

settling in

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

ahh, starting to unstress after the move. internet’s workin at home, phone’s getting hooked up today, boxes are getting unpacked. I think i’m really gonna like the area. I went down the street the other night to get some groceries near main & 49th, and even the one corner store that was [...]

should happen more often

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

I hope to see this more often ;)

yay, moving!

Monday, September 27th, 2004

so the big move happened yesterday (and technically part of today). took 2 loads in the moving van, plus i bit extra, and we still have no internet or phone service, but we’re really really fuckin happy to be moved to the new place.
First snag was that the U-Haul people wouldn’t give us a [...]

Toki Pona

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

On the weekend i came across a site about a language called Toki Pona. It’s a created language (like esperanto), except that it focuses on simplicity. The official word list is only 118 words, so there’s a lot of flexibility in meaning. Most words can be used as a noun, a verb, [...]

Yay! We have a new house!

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Wooooooooooo!!!!
After months of anguish, with several false starts, we finally have a place to move to. I just got the call tonight from the landlord saying that our application was accepted, and i’m going on wednesday night to sign the lease and get the keys! Lately we’ve had several places that we came darn [...]

the game of Go

Friday, September 17th, 2004

So i just realized that i haven’t written much about my favourite game in the whole wide world: Go (aka Baduk, aka Wei Qi, aka ‘that game with the black and white pieces that they play in the movies Pi and A Beautiful Mind)
Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double entry [...]

response from kryptonite

Thursday, September 16th, 2004

hey all. someone posted a response from Kryptonite on a cycling list that i’m on. Sounds like kryptonite is simultaneously admitting no fault and promising a new type of lock in a matter of weeks. Read on for the full text of the message. There’s also a Boston Herald article about [...]

Anargeek manifesto

Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Thanks to LaughingMeme MLP, i just found the anargeek manifesto, and i love it. It says succinctly a lot of reasons why I’m both a geek and an anarchist, and explores the combination.
I actually came to be involved in the struggle for social justice through free software. When i was in high-school, [...]