Monthly Archives: December 2008
Rare Imports
So… so… delightfully wrong.
Requiem for VHS
Requiem for VHS
Come bear witness to the Flying Head
No longer airborne
M-wrapped for all eternity
Cart him away
add an adhesive
let him seal the cases
of the new media God
DV or not DV
it is no longer a question.
Stop
Eject
Dispose
Farewell VHS
we shall rewind
no more
Colonel Alan E. Goldsmith
Colonel Alan E. Goldsmith
Resident of Walnut Creek
Colonel Alan E. Goldsmith, U.S. Air Force, Ret., 85, died December 22nd, 2008 in Walnut Creek, California. Enlisted as an Aviation cadet in 1942, proudly served in combat in the U.S. Air Force (and predecessors) during three wars (WWII, Korea and Vietnam), also battled (honorably and ethically – no honorariums, gratuities, fund raisers or PACs) the Congress during two Pentagon tours, and retired in 1973 after over thirty years active duty in England, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and other parts of the world (with occasional tours in the U.S.). Flew over 5600 hours in open-cockpit trainers, Bombers (B-17 and B-25), Transports (C-46, C-47, C-54, C-118), Fighters (P-61, F-82 and some jets), and other aircraft types, at speeds from Mach 0.2 to Mach 1.2.
After his Air Force career, he worked in management and management consulting, dabbling in computers and professional video photography, after discovering it was impossible to make a decent living sandbagging on various golf courses.
Eternally proud and grateful for the love, devotion, confidence and unwavering support of his wife and best friend, Katsue, who survives him. Also survived by a number of sons and daughters, their various spouses, and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews, a few good friends, some great physicians, attorneys, accountants – and the IRS. He lived a wonderful adventure and left with no regrets and one thought: “we’re all terminal so do some good for others along the way.”
A New Wind Blowing
by Mary Pitt
The whole country is agog with the news of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the billions he scammed from big investors, but nobody appears to realize that it is only the tip of a huge iceberg. There are other so-called legitimate institutions afloat in the private sector that are profiting from similar scams with the heartfelt approval of the raging capitalists in government as well as private individuals. Continue reading
Periodic Table of Awesome
Uncanny valley
Superb article about web-based tools vs applications. Read it.
Another star goes out
Godspeed Nurse Chapel.
Fearing the Frightful Filibuster
by Mary Pitt
The Republicans are already indicating their intent to use the same tactics that they used in the past two years in the minority to block many of the programs that are vital to the plans of President-elect Obama. They cling to the “sixty-vote cloture” rule as if it were the Holy Grail and intend to exercise it at every turn in the deliberations of the upcoming Congressional session.
Let them! Continue reading
Color me amazed
Very, very cool idea.
Brain TV
Okay, it is now officially time to be afraid – very, very afraid.
Images read from human brain
The Yomiuri Shimbun
In a world first, a research group in Kyoto Prefecture has succeeded in processing and displaying optically received images directly from the human brain.
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I’m not worried about the government spying on me… No, I’m much more worried about my imagination ‘running wild’ – the world is not ready for what’s inside my head.
Hell, I’m not quite ready for it.
Fantastic

Cavalcade of Lights fireworks on City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square by The Circus Orange Pyro Team.
If you haven’t discovered Daily Dose of Imagery do yourself a treat and add it to your feeds list.
This man takes the best photos. His archive is to lose a day of your life (at least) and be inspired greatly.
Go. Enjoy.

