Friday, August 15, 2008

    Would you believe?


    Someone sent me a digital VOODOO curse. Am I threatened? No. Am I upset? No. Am I sitting here wondering "Who in the |-|311 would do that to me? and Why?" Well, sure. But I won't lose any sleep (ha-ha,) because as far as I know, it won't have any real effect on me.

    pero      @ 12:39 AM | œ | 1 comment

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    Monday, August 04, 2008

    A Call for Help

    I have a LOT of mp3s in my music collection. Some of them I purchased through iTunes or Amazon Music, many of them I RIPd from my own CDs, a few of them I ripped from the CDs of friends or family, some are not "really" my songs... (and yes, several years ago, I was BANNED from NAPSTER.)

    Many of the songs obtained elsewhere are mislabeled. I have this one file in particular, but I cannot remember where it came from or what the original file name was. I have since renamed it to something I could remember (so that I could find it easily for an occasion like this.) I have been trying (off and on) over the past eight years (using the created by date on the file itself) to identify this mp3.

    It is a TECHNO/ELECTRONICA type song (and the only one of that kind in my entire collection, since I do not listen to Techno). There are a few spoken words in the song (the ones at the beginning have already been identified as a quote from Robert Oppenheimer) and if you listen very, very closely, listen BEHIND the TRANCE music beat and synthesizers, you can hear more "prose", only I cannot pick out any words with enough certainty for identifying the song. Here is what is easily heard and identified:
    "Let's take a twenty megaton surface burst." and "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"
    (Robert Oppenheimer hint-atomic bomb - these are very searchable quotes and part of world history, so I won't go into linking it here since we all know how to use search engines). edited 9 Aug - I should also add that any distinguishable vocals seem to be sound clips from actual news audio, including this " Two American advisers were always standing on either side of me." (see this transcript)

    What is this song?

    [Please use RIGHT CLICK and SAVE the file rather than play it in the browser--Thanks]

    pero      @ 10:16 AM | œ | 4 comments

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    Thursday, July 17, 2008

    Excuses

    Work has been busy. Summertime always results in people spending more time being active... some of them making poor choices, sometimes resulting in injury. Aside from work occupying a lot of time, I have not felt much like writing anything.

    Saturday, retired the batphone (nextel) and stood in line (for about an hour) and purchased an iPhone 3g. I spent that evening (and a portion of Sunday) customizing my new gadget and loading it up with useful goods. On my way to work I have been listening to downloaded podcast (of talk radio I miss out on since I am not driving these days), and while on a lunch break I was able to watch part of a downloaded TV show I missed last season. Next, I plan to get my hands on the episodes of Penn & Teller's Bullshit! that I have missed. Good times.

    I saw J the weekend of 21 June. We went to dinner and caught a movie. I tried sushi for the first time in my life and it wasn't bad. I had avoided it up until then, being very reluctant to put anything in the animal kingdom in my mouth in its raw state. After dinner, we went to the early showing of "The Happening" -- which in all honesty I filed under "disappointing". Beware! The Wind Blows! This weekend, if I can break away long enough, I want to see The Dark Knight.

    Sleep, as usual, does not come easy, but overall I feel pretty good. I am reading three books right now, and listening to The Tipping Point (Malcom Gladwell), which was recommended by lotek. (I am not sure if he is actively posting anywhere.)

    I have not yet purchased the Lunchsense containment system mentioned in an earlier post. My lawn has spawned some kind of brown fungus growth which I am trying to get under control (read that as eliminated). That sums it up!

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    pero      @ 6:46 PM | œ | 5 comments

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