Old Blog Entries (archives)
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Dreamhost Promo Code: COSMIC
UPDATE 12/2007: DREAMHOST HAS CHANGED THEIR PROMOTION SYSTEM. THE MAX YOU CAN GET DISCOUNTED NOW IS $50. SEE COMMENTS BELOW FOR DETAILS. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I set up a Dreamhost promotion code today for a friend and I’d like to share it here because the code I used to sign up is apparently no longer active, and I know what a leap of faith it requires to use codes that are old or from a commercial website. Basically, the way Dreamhost referrals work is that you can get one-time payments of $97 or recurring payments of 10% for every person you refer… And you can pass as little or as much of…
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Just a quick note
I usually don’t post on this date, because it means enough to me to want to post on 9/11 related topics. The thing is, my voice is one of many who feel the same way – sadness, anger, regret, patriotism, etc. – and I feel many others express that a whole lot better than I could. However. Somebody is pissing me off, and today is the day to let it all go. To the wannabe domain squatter who is trying to sell me the cosmicbuddha.net domain: Spamming me ten times over the course of two weeks for any reason is lame enough, but asking if I want to buy the…
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Moscow Subway Photos
Jesus, I thought I’d seen depressing subways: Photos made in Moscow subway Riding next to an armed soldier is probably a hell of a lot more effective than women-only subway cars, though. T has a one of those triangle guitar-thingies balalaika at his house. It’s not that huge, though.
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Underground
What compels people to shun the world above ground, the sunlight, the weather, the outside? The unnatural lighting of the underground makes faces look sallow and haggard. Everybody’s eyes are just… dead. I began to think it would really be best for everyone if the city burned down once every 50 years, just so things could be started anew. Because the underground is undeniable proof that something is wrong, and wrong in a way that can never be fixed. ………….. It’s like a magnet for insanity, as well. The jittery guy on the subway who everybody avoids because he’s nuzzling a grimy teddy bear and gets visibly spooked when approached…
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Best Flash Ever
This is one of my favorite JP flash files. I searched around for it a while but but the Geocities page it was originally hosted on is no more. I’m mirroring it here: DORAEMON/OFFSPRING
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Osaka’s Depressing Underground
I used to ride the Osaka subways to and from work every day and after a while you either get really good at blocking things out – crazy subway people, inane station announcements repeated twice in the key of nasal, irritating advertisements, the sharp tang of body odor, a full spectrum of distractions that bombard your already dulled senses – or you slowly become insane. This is especially clear to me now, living out on Awajishima, which I like to describe as “a floating retirement community off the coast of Kobe.” Moving out to the country after living in Osaka for a couple years was a real relief, and I…
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Inside the mind of Eddie Vedder
The lyrics to “Yellow Ledbetter” deciphered.
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Fake Black & White
http://www.gtconnect.com/articles/2004/11/22/news/community/monloc01.txt
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Apple IIc
I recall the scrolling text adventures from my childhood with much fondness. My dad bought an Apple IIc for us when I was ten or so (without the standard 8-inch monitor luckily) and I basically wore out the keys typing in-game commands like “go west”, “kill goblin”, and “get dagger of fire”. The key action, by the way, was used as a selling point by the egghead at the store, but more on this later. That IIc was way ahead of its time – I consider it the first truly portable Apple because of its relatively compact size for the time and the fact that it came with a padded…
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First MT Post
MT is up and running. Unfortunately, I am too busy to post… But don’t worry. Somebody will be watching the house until I get back.
