Brief Episode

Rebooting: All Stories, No Content

Have you ever rebooted your computer or mobile phone, just to see if it would improve its performance? That’s where I am right now with my online and infonaut life.

¶ Posted Announcement † Gib § Self-Referential ‡ Comments °

brief tweets weekly (2009-07-03)

reading Malcolm Gladwell on the culture of Free. “If [YouTube] were a bank, it would be eligible for TARP funds.” http://tr.im/qd1S #
http://twitpic.com/8sjh9 - Construction Site seen Through Hole in the Wall #
Vimeo vs. YouTube vs. Facebook vs. Viddler vs. SmugMug: Who reigns supreme in online HD video hosting? by Mike Carrall http://tr.im/qeqF #
the end is near! Electric cigarettes can be recharged via USB. A greener, cleaner higher tech way to be addicted. http://tr.im/qnoY #
OH: “I’m like, totally the most masculine bottom. Ever!” No, baby. You’re not. #
The days are dwindling for a certain contest for a certain smart phone that people line up at stores for, yet I remain hopeful. #SquareSpace #
Scary juxtaposition in an ad: “Free Trial” and “Dream Marriage.” Um, wouldn’t a dream marriage not need a trial? #
am I becoming crotchety when kids between 2-4 stamp all over booths in restaurants or am I somehow oddly parental, wishing to smack & scold? #
read that The Pirate Bay folks do not use IRL (in real life) because it’s all real. Instead, use AWK (away from keyboard). http://tr.im/qNd1 #
read: “Assaulted by someone you met online? Don’t sue the website” and don’t sue Chemistry for bad dates & marriages, either! ://tr.im/qNkr #
listening to “What I Go To School For” by the Jonas Brothers. God, what a scary stalker song! He climbs the tree & peeps in a girl’s window #
just received a text from CNN that #SarahPalin is resigning mere weeks before her term is up and won’t run. Googling for dirt. #
followed a #Palin link on Twitter to CNN and audio played an ad for a more accurate pregnancy test. Why is irony so delicious? Served cold? #
more #Palin irony: CNN headline under the video is “Paling Stepping Down” adjacent ad is “Unhappy at work?” #
saw #Palin’s statement, recalled her Kouric interview blunders, making me guess No run for President. What about her book? http://tr.im/qO7R #

¶ Posted 03 July 2009 † Gib § Tweets ‡ Comments ° Tagged: Twitter

brief tweets weekly (2009-06-26)

http://twitpic.com/7ugul - At the Apple Store they’re handing out umbrellas due to the weather — sunshine!! It’s Los Angeles , after al … #
I hate Google sync. Or maybe it’s FaceBook mobile? My BlackBerry is now missing tons of people’s phone numbers I had before. Time machine! #
read: Jobs Had Liver Transplant
http://bit.ly/Ou5LM
//online.wsj.com/article/SB124546193182433491.html? #
Woman without a computer beats RIAA in court over downloads http://bit.ly/UzMD2
/20090620/NEWS01/306209975/-1/news #
just learned at the Griddle Cafe that Chili My Soul’s owner passed away & the business will be liquidated, so no more chili! #
Looking at #SquareSpace videos & noticing the staff screencasters seem to use the 14 day free trial accounts for demos. http://tr.im/pbD0 #
looking at the MusicPad, a sort of Kindle for musicians with built in back-lighting and rehearsal notation tools. http://tr.im/pbDI #
trying to find out if Verizon has FIOS in my area by telephone — my Vonage phone line isn’t close to where I live. #
found a site that shows what parts of Los Angeles have FIOS. Better information than calling Verizon! http://tr.im/pc1u #
http://twitpic.com/7ykow - Looking at the pattern on the side of the counter looks kinda like Tron at this angle, eh? #
5 beaumarcus where you at? Heading to Numbers very soon. #
-Aren’t you right handed? -Who remembers? Let’s see, “Waiter, can you put some Scotch in this?” -Yep, I’m right handed. –The Oblongs #
I’m sure commuters don’t like the Melrose / Fairfax intersection’s light, but I really like how there’s enough time for my Dad to cross. #
Hearing Phil Collins sing Against All Odds theme & I remember how in Brazil they used the song on a sing & say it in English television … #
wondering if there are any statistics on whether infants who learn baby sign language cry, scream & pout out loud less when in public places #
Tchaikovsky is hold music for IRS. IRS said I didn’t include a piece of info I’m staring at right now. Waiting for refund amount. Whew! #
just watched Sinead O’Connor’s unforgettable performance on SNL in 1992 when she ripped on and ripped up the Pope. http://tr.im/pp4a #
maybe this says more about me & my upbringing than Faye Dunaway, but I always thought she was honest & truthful & real in Mommy Dearest. #
The red headed latina from In the Heights on 2008 Tony Awards always reminds me of a sway backed, frizzy Molly Ringwald moved through time. #
Just saw an amazing Broadway singer who can belt an E & then sing a legit coloratura aria with a high E flat one song after! Wow! Videos! #
finding it amazing that Iran, a country without freedome of the press, now has its own YouTube channel! Free internet! http://tr.im/puVR #
watched: Act I, Scene I of Harry Potter the musical. (Yes, it was bound to happen!) http://tr.im/pwLn #
read: the Politics of Victim Blaming (all about controversy around the Tweets of @PerezHilton, will.i.am and @johnmayer). http://tr.im/pwUE #
looking up “Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech” — HBO’s upcoming show next week about the 1st Amendment. http://tr.im/pxla #
watching Beverly Craven in concert singing her UK #1 hit song, “Promise Me.” Brings back Royal Holloway College memories! http://tr.im/pxz7 #
watching Jim Broadbent in The Visitors. Sadly I met him at a screening for Iris as the bouncer when he had to tell me he was movie’s star! #
RIP, Farrah Fawcett, star of TV’s “Charlie’s Angels.” You were delightful for so many years on television & in movies. #
RE: @maxkalehoff @maxkalehoff Read “I Finally Switched…” to FIOS. Did you ever get your TiVo working with FIOS? Was it… http://disq.us/nk8 #
“Twittering with you is so fun!” Buzz Aldrin, 1st man on the moon, 1st moon walking hip hop gangsta!
http://tr.im/pLoA (via @NancyWolfson) #
Michael Jaskon, RIP! You were bad. You knew it. Sha-mon. Sha-mon! #
friend “thinks Michael Jackson’s death is the best thing to happen to Mark Sanford” Great for @PerezHilton too, but Farah fans not so much. #

¶ Posted 26 June 2009 † Gib § Tweets ‡ Comments ° Tagged: Twitter

Richard Marx Supports Copyright, But Slams Lawsuits

The smart folks over at Ars Tecnica brought to my attention that Richard Marx, as an old-school rock star and songwriter still believes in copyright to protect the artist, but not to victimize the audience of artists.

Richard Marx Today

Remember “Paid Vacation?” It was the album with “Right Here Waiting for You” on it. A song I loved to loathe at the time, but which when I hear now, I sigh.

Marx’s well-thought out statement: