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Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in
Andrew Lambdin-Abraham's LiveJournal:
| Monday, June 1st, 2009 | |
| 10:19 pm | Economics, it's a noble thing An excerpt from J. K. Galbraith's "Money" p108 : Eighteen years later, after the panic of 1837, the New York Herald concluded that "The United States were never in such a perilous condition as they are at this moment." In a burst of chivalrous compassion it said that that especially "We weep and mourn for the poor, blushing, weeping, defenseless, innocent, beauteous females who are involved in the general crash." Every later panic brought similar expressions of despair and and almost equally alarming prose. Current Music: Elizabeth - Zöe Lewis |
| 10:03 pm | Because we didn't want you anyway I'm at Genuine Joe's tonight, so I may be exercising Xjournal a bit and posting a lot. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} james_nicholl has posted a NESFA "Core Reading List" of 726 authors and 3742 works.Which is listed with incredibly arcane notes that aren't defined at all on the page: Ackroyd, Peter [k,Pf] n 1985 Hawksmoor I'm trying to decide is this is the most newbie-hostile piece of web in fandom, or if I can fine something worse easily. Don't feel obligated to go looking, of course. Current Mood: dispairing Current Music: Small Is Tremendous - Zöe Lewis |
| Friday, May 15th, 2009 | |
| 9:40 pm | Sure, why not.
The Frat Boy (NLAM)Normal Liberal Alpha Male
When dating, stay away from Beta Females; I know you don't mean to break their hearts, but it will happen. Look for the types you don't normally go for, as they will make a better match in the long run. You are more NORMAL than QUIRKY. You are more LIBERAL than TRADITIONAL. You are more DOMINANT than PASSIVE. When picking a date, consider: The Rarity (QTAF), The Renaissance Faire Wench (QLAF), or The FemiNazi (NLAF). Avoid: Any Beta Females
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | |
| 12:02 am | Electro-Mechanical Rhapsody I expect a lot of y'all read Making Light, but in case you don't, here's a link to someone doing Bohemian Rapsody with: The lineup of performers is: HP ScanJet 3C, vocals Atari 800XL, piano/organ Texas Instruments TI-99/4a, lead guitar 8-inch Floppy Disk Drive, bass 3.5-inch Hard Drive, gong |
| Friday, March 27th, 2009 | |
| 10:17 pm | This would go over so well at work Hat tip to patgundThere's a myriad of them... Current Music: Weather Report - PDQ Bach |
| Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | |
| 11:00 pm | |
| Thursday, March 19th, 2009 | |
| 8:59 pm | We Haven't Got There Yet We Haven't Got There Yet is a very good story by Harry Turtledove in which William Shakespeare attends a performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Highly recommended, and available free from Tor.com. |
| Monday, February 9th, 2009 | |
| 10:57 am | |
| Friday, January 30th, 2009 | |
| 5:36 pm | |
| 5:25 pm | Wait, wait! I just listened to the latest "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" podcast on my iPod, and I was struck by how much it's essentially self-referential, in an NPR way. It was also hilariously funny, of course. But it's very much playing to its audience of progressive, liberal NPR listeners, and probably has very limited appeal, even relevance to anyone else. It's interesting recognizing how much it's based on an in-group, and being a part of that group. |
| Monday, January 26th, 2009 | |
| 10:54 pm | Contemplating a Pismo Ars Technica did a retrospective on 25 Years of Macintosh. It's pretty cool, but one of the things it's done to me is inspire a desire to pickup a used Powerbook G3 (Pismo) on eBay or something. They're so sexy, and moderately cheap: http://cgi.ebay.com/G3-Powerbook-PI http://cgi.ebay.com/G3-Ultimate-Powerbo http://cgi.ebay.com/PowerBook-Pismo-G http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Powerbook-G |
| Sunday, January 25th, 2009 | |
| 8:39 am | |
| Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | |
| 5:18 pm | Heading to Genuine Joe's I figure I'll hang out and read, maybe keeping an eye on IM, until I hear further plans. Company welcome, conversational or not. http://www.genuinejoe.com/ |
| Sunday, January 11th, 2009 | |
| 10:40 pm | |
| Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | |
| 9:55 pm | |
| Monday, January 5th, 2009 | |
| 9:16 pm | Cards I'm not an inveterate gamester, but there is something very satisfying about laying 5 cards down and saying "I believe the rest are mine". (this was in pinochle) |
| Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | |
| 12:54 pm | Meme! gacked from cawingcrow as the latest:Christmas is coming, Christmas is Coming Too true |
| Sunday, December 21st, 2008 | |
| 1:35 pm | Yes, it was a joke. Found on Ars Technica 5.25's give a warmer, more dynamic reproduction of the file, optical disks and flash memory overcompress data and leave it sterile. Most files you find on floppies are better mastered and given the proper care can last for decades - much much longer than the so-called "digital" storage of today. |
| Friday, December 12th, 2008 | |
| 8:30 am | iPod engraving I've decided to buy myself an iPod nano, and am trying to decide what to engrave on it. Suggestions? EDIT: Given the % of Great Big Sea, etc I expect to have, something referencing CanCon seems appropriate. |
| Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | |
| 9:13 am | It snowed. On the off chance you don't have someone on your friendslist from Austin who mentioned it already, it snowed last night. Not enough to stay on the ground, but it was still on my truck this morning. I'll go out in a little bit and see if there's any left to take a picture of. |
