tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87608404174282618702023-11-16T08:32:28.884-08:00run with the huntedsniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-52011133033891017362011-10-06T10:57:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:59:23.617-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4LVE9Xa6QdH2c2c5XJJXdsPqNIhsx2KDoGCBqiSVrk4jMHqtGI5S3azZjV0pHkQ6qZkV5T6uF2pukwoC30WpYi___P_YOUUX2yY3Zowf60lIKtr7g2P81buBTJXy0mURinYrk9wCI0Ls/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4LVE9Xa6QdH2c2c5XJJXdsPqNIhsx2KDoGCBqiSVrk4jMHqtGI5S3azZjV0pHkQ6qZkV5T6uF2pukwoC30WpYi___P_YOUUX2yY3Zowf60lIKtr7g2P81buBTJXy0mURinYrk9wCI0Ls/s400/IMG_1539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660440047909991602" /></a><br /><br />Seared coho w/ Chipotle blackberry sauce and spicy beans w/ pinot.<br /><br />Unbunny - Black Strawberries<br /><br />Prepared by: Tami Hillsniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-26195026157210389192010-02-10T12:37:00.000-08:002010-02-10T12:44:27.969-08:00to send ... press "send"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUgnG0LfTEqbBVggsAIvXGwBdKfMAwhv_eaGgxVpdB2_558lZUHnp_IXGeejlKARS1Gja3-0gdE9ihfsSPeGi8CqnJ0fs3u9jFZD7ZtiZNKBmxR-ZVljv9UVNJ4CND5QGUHxofjineGcd/s1600-h/PObox.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUgnG0LfTEqbBVggsAIvXGwBdKfMAwhv_eaGgxVpdB2_558lZUHnp_IXGeejlKARS1Gja3-0gdE9ihfsSPeGi8CqnJ0fs3u9jFZD7ZtiZNKBmxR-ZVljv9UVNJ4CND5QGUHxofjineGcd/s400/PObox.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436718061417741026" /></a><br /><br />Here is a writing I started about friendships and how we keep them the other night.<br /><br />In considering how I receive communication from friends, aquaintences and others ... even people I don't know but would like to know (that do not fall under the umbrella of work), I would rank them in the following order:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">[top being most appreciated / bottom being least fond of]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">bottle from the water<br />balloon penpal<br />walkie talkie<br />tapping on a wall<br />CB<br />post office<br />napkin in public place<br />rotary land line call <br />email/internet<br />cell phone call<br />car windshield (too invasive)<br />skype<br />text message</span><br /><br />All this factors in for various reason (ingenuity, level of excitement when receiving, how active I am in retrieval of said message, etc.)<br /><br />Flash back <span style="font-weight:bold;">10 years</span> ago.<br />- i did not have a cell phone but I did have a cordless phone at home and used the internet regularly but only about 5 minutes a day (paltry in comparison to today) I traveled and didn't consider having a cell phone a handicap in anyway. I mailed art to friends. My favorite note ever was on a napkin from a friend. It said "do you want some cake?" That was code for do you want to go make out in the bathroom. I probably abused the office color copier to make reproductions of things. <br /><br />flash back <span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years</span> ago.<br />- I was an early adoptor of the internet in the early 90's but used it in college about once a week to chat with people in other universities who had the same pre AOL service. I was only on a computer to do text based design. I typed everything on a "word processor". I had my first PO box and sent letters all the time. I called my mom on a pay phone occationally. i wrote letters to friends in other countries. I left notes on the photocopier so people would find them on purpose. I would mail letters written on objects and try to see what I could get away with from the US postal system. classifieds were in newspapers. you bought concert tickets at record stores by interacting with the clerk. You worked your ass off making a mix tape and mailing it to a single person.<br /><br />flash back <span style="font-weight:bold;">30 years</span>.<br />- The rotary phone had an extra long cord in the house when you needed privacy. Twitter meant a note shaped like a triangle that you flicked at a friend. It hurt when they hit you in the temple. The walkie talkies we bought at the junk store worked 2 blocks apart when on bikes. I would often mail my friend magazine clippings of awesome karate moves and pictures of <a href="http://smartasatack.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/nunchucks1.jpg">nunchucks</a>.<br />My uncle had a CB in his vehicle. In maine, my friend Bill and I would collect bottles around town and lob them into the harbor with a note inside. You mail ordered things by clipping a piece of paper out of a giant catalog by "mail ordering" the thing you wanted.<br /><br /><br />Who we are as americans and how we talk to each other as people affect each other in both directions. This is not a rant on why technology sucks and why the days of yore ruled the school ... it's an observation on why my 2 personalities duke it out in 2010 (one being a cynic analog hermit and the other a semi-extroverted appreciator of life and technology). What I am discovering is that as time goes on and we all become more technologically advanced with gadgets and apps and shit, I am depressed that the intimacy and anticipation in communication is gone. We call each others phones and are annoyed when it goes straight to voicemail. We wonder if something bad is going on when we don't hear back from a sent email in a couple days. We have the patience of a jackal and the concentration of a toaster oven. Stuff gets deleted as soon as we get it and lets face it ... there is nothing sexy about a harddrive regardless of how big its dick is.<br />I have letters and mailed art saved in boxes from friends that I will never part with. Immediacy is occasionally a necessity, but it's also the destruction of everything I love about the system I was raised in. Sometimes I like talking on the phone. Sometimes not. Sometimes I don't take calls for days and let it go to voicemail. I have friends I haven't talked to in a year and thats fine. I like getting a letter or a note as an email too. It's not a real letter, but it's an idea. It's so rare because most email is a question or you're a soundboard or somebody wants something from you or has a problem that you will miraculously solve for them. I love emails that tell a simple story or relay and idea or thought in a non linear way. It demands nothing of you. Maybe it's just something that someone spent just a little extra time on that was only meant for you, or maybe it makes you laugh at a really needed time. A deep laugh where 2 people connect. Not a forward of a forward thats just OMG so "funny and interesting LOL". <br />I guess I relate so much to the post office because it can be savored and physical objects are dying. book sales are down. non-electronic toy sales are down. newspapers are just about dead. and Mike hasn't made me a mix tape in 10 years (I'm guilty as well). With mail, you can talk to people on your own schedule. Things get spaced out and you appreciate the little shit. I get an amazing package in the mail every couple months or so (mike again) and one goes back to the sender from me. I slowly pick at it like creme brulé. It gets slowly devoured and will never end up being sent to the spam folder.<br />Everything has it's boundaries. Twitter uses only 140 characters and a mix tape is 30 minutes a side.<br />Real time is a curse.<br />It's the crushing immediacy and blurred attention span that gets me down.<br />People spin their mouses scroll wheel an average of 26 feet per day. Everything gets glossed past.<br />But then again ... I'm just a jaded guy approaching 40.<br />Mcluhan continues to be right, even if you don't actually read his words in an actual book.<br />I'm sure this is all debatable.<br />I'm going to my po box 1574 to check my mail.<br /><br />to delete ... press 7sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-41404281967055317472009-07-23T12:49:00.000-07:002009-07-23T12:50:44.146-07:00strangely beautiful old promo photo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2009/07/17/star-wars-casual-cast.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 608px;" src="http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2009/07/17/star-wars-casual-cast.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-70349091777053250982009-05-06T14:54:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:58:38.021-07:00keep on truckin'This should satisfy my <span style="font-weight:bold;">van porn</span> fix for a while.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV14l5KlRjW0IxHoh0h4E-WNw9gDosqTPYSkCF6vF8gG2rjr3NO1td70QL_udN-naw1DLq5VjgP-B8Hqbzx7PLo2-Tsd2Rrfe23zs-8XVLF4jLiJBUU8yZAkEqEYeN0JXQvz9hT-g-uFyV/s1600-h/dodge_in_your_garage.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww51bbT9HF6TTqIMTyAbNUF7WoM3E5iu90Ke5KrjPYb36kJc2mCUy0E2ApzbtLcoJcYENCVEkXeRjAmLnaKdZ_pSi2CZihIZXqifbYNmyKAl5F8Mt50hUeB1znk9z2h_k9JFUNF-U979k/s400/n1024385794_30305867_7954260.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323531878901168466" /></a><br />Field journalist Private Ken Dangleton photographing the great Naturalist War of '07.<br />"I love the smell of Neutrogena in the morning!"sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-88342396624271220612009-04-09T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-09T15:54:17.743-07:00meyoko is an artist from berlin.<br />wow.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/meyoko"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cbM9w_CFCPfEX0rIrTnWqwFaakMUPB8IlcjcAPCRIxXg0hmfFUs60TEJNt7JFfR3f2Fbll3Wc7WVkOBW7cCxBk2x7GQugFOZxkZng1X6ILYqwvt7scSzWfLjPRZo7_r4CH9tM3LiX6NO/s1600-h/3101343975_af2ae6aa54_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cbM9w_CFCPfEX0rIrTnWqwFaakMUPB8IlcjcAPCRIxXg0hmfFUs60TEJNt7JFfR3f2Fbll3Wc7WVkOBW7cCxBk2x7GQugFOZxkZng1X6ILYqwvt7scSzWfLjPRZo7_r4CH9tM3LiX6NO/s400/3101343975_af2ae6aa54_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322824830744664754" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-67541156741988258322009-04-09T14:01:00.001-07:002009-04-09T14:02:17.206-07:00trost and I in the midst of recording last week in Minneapolis. Great tracking accomplished and more work to be done before it gets released to the lions.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I_MzZng_Bs0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I_MzZng_Bs0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-18807800166443169502009-04-09T13:57:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:58:34.915-07:00easter is almost here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGqWdSBf2vbIYaczD1ZZnt_SUPlJuORqdGgmIDO6EjZV3UFRJaihXLflPeOwzk-U-aI6rDTxHCOhnnOvAn5HOYB0rSzJtEYbmt4B-6so-BVY1gWvLq1ASCJidGqLIKxVehrtPh9qerrB-/s1600-h/bunny2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGqWdSBf2vbIYaczD1ZZnt_SUPlJuORqdGgmIDO6EjZV3UFRJaihXLflPeOwzk-U-aI6rDTxHCOhnnOvAn5HOYB0rSzJtEYbmt4B-6so-BVY1gWvLq1ASCJidGqLIKxVehrtPh9qerrB-/s400/bunny2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322798925309923298" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-79147682526441023692009-03-07T23:07:00.001-08:002009-03-07T23:07:52.774-08:00who's in da capn's chair?<style>div#main{overflow:visible;}</style><div style="background-color: #d53000; text-align:center;vertical-align: middle;width:425px;z-index:500;overflow:visible"><a href="http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html" style="display:block;"><img src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/embeded_header.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="30" border="0"></a><object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"/><param name="FlashVars" value="id=8a2505951fc72b00011fc802f1a80030" /><embed src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" FlashVars="id=8a2505951fc72b00011fc802f1a80030" allowFullScreen="true" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-81491647084960266312009-02-23T16:57:00.000-08:002009-02-23T16:58:48.308-08:00www.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shrinkWhen I was in 4th grade. my teachers <br />thought there was something <br />wrong with me. They sent me <br />to the school psychologist. She had skin <br />the color of mayo <br />and wore lipstick <br />like it was a garment. <br />She had me play with these <br />large <br />cardboard <br />building blocks <br />with a fake brick pattern on them. <br />There were just enough so that you couldn't actually be satisfied <br />with anything you formally constructed. <br />I have no idea <br />what she could have been writing down <br />while I crafted <br />small scale cubist versions of armored transport vehicles. <br />My homeroom teacher promised she'd buy me <br />a candy bar <br />at the end of the week <br />if I was able <br />to document <br />that I <br />was paying <br />attention <br />for 5 days. <br />I don't remember her ever buying me anything. <br />I remember that week that my friend Debbie brought in some pornographic cartoons she found in her basement.<br />I remember writing a paper on "Facts about Granite".sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-29975630895346994742009-02-03T13:03:00.000-08:002009-02-03T13:05:04.296-08:00<a href="http://naturalismo.wordpress.com">Naturalismo</a> is the most comprehensive freak-folk weirdo blog I think I've stumbled across. Check it if that shite intrigues thee.sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-87006772245085867382009-02-03T12:54:00.000-08:002009-02-03T13:02:13.080-08:00mini<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY9WRGodEc76tr3D-uTx_SNUaPyPYVgfZsfDliM_Vnwm9S_fKneM4M31EoXNdQxh5QmeDwAnvyOGmqm5xwt8-pZqJGgTayNa2QhZadYhdzY2UrlSovIwgkdR31o9dLkuDDAvdRzwcj535/s1600-h/2987819208_73f953a31b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY9WRGodEc76tr3D-uTx_SNUaPyPYVgfZsfDliM_Vnwm9S_fKneM4M31EoXNdQxh5QmeDwAnvyOGmqm5xwt8-pZqJGgTayNa2QhZadYhdzY2UrlSovIwgkdR31o9dLkuDDAvdRzwcj535/s400/2987819208_73f953a31b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298677981223717906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH3Ers9thCW6xq33vWm_C0JTVSBsjDP3EAE5dRnPVmp-zVcnpVHYmgp2ImqrSWx22opHh0IpJoBoufUD3oOU-3dynoR8gsVT0-_gMpA1tp7TjJh5MijqTAT_2M4xFllV1qSe5prHUeIoR/s1600-h/2680773433_f3c0a67298.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH3Ers9thCW6xq33vWm_C0JTVSBsjDP3EAE5dRnPVmp-zVcnpVHYmgp2ImqrSWx22opHh0IpJoBoufUD3oOU-3dynoR8gsVT0-_gMpA1tp7TjJh5MijqTAT_2M4xFllV1qSe5prHUeIoR/s400/2680773433_f3c0a67298.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298677975085609682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOga6cRtub5HOGDdo0fhDARXxWdWkFJOZY4r4KmxS9OCFYLUGGvlRkwDgK8OGd-1UPcWmA3Y-PeEOcKnppIb-VlJF6nP7DetzRjVFsiAiwrl2r4QEF6IPHItm0afxtCia8juTPhIqcfu-J/s1600-h/397103440_cded94f188.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOga6cRtub5HOGDdo0fhDARXxWdWkFJOZY4r4KmxS9OCFYLUGGvlRkwDgK8OGd-1UPcWmA3Y-PeEOcKnppIb-VlJF6nP7DetzRjVFsiAiwrl2r4QEF6IPHItm0afxtCia8juTPhIqcfu-J/s400/397103440_cded94f188.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298677973633287554" /></a><br />This is very fucking cool my friends. <br />Dan Mcpharlin makes these <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/">little miniatures of synths</a>. Very impressive craft.sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-34456903832452718392009-01-23T14:50:00.000-08:002009-01-23T14:57:03.925-08:00my rants for the week ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJNyCwRb50f8EDQcEnk9A0F_YePPOfzkQc8RXh56Vg7jF1UgVvaRssz_2Jnx7g54paePnY0s55asNlsAMT-_aMFCWfOf3Ldkhhoyqhw8Kj1yN4Y_ei3aSPRKXQotdCiaA8NasCdJPMeyf/s1600-h/131701460_5634c2dc32.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJNyCwRb50f8EDQcEnk9A0F_YePPOfzkQc8RXh56Vg7jF1UgVvaRssz_2Jnx7g54paePnY0s55asNlsAMT-_aMFCWfOf3Ldkhhoyqhw8Kj1yN4Y_ei3aSPRKXQotdCiaA8NasCdJPMeyf/s400/131701460_5634c2dc32.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294625457370270514" /></a><br /><br /><br />file under THE BAD:<br /><br />1. There will be no <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/22/despite-rumors-no-faces-reunion-tour-or-album-in-2009">Faces</a> reunion<br />2. Stooges <a href="http://www.military.com/entertainment/music/music-news/rock-hall-of-fame-run-dmc-in-stooges-still-out">get shafted</a> again from the Rock Hall of Fame<br />3. Is lord <a href="http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/01/23/silver-jew-david-berman-the-son-of-conservative-lobbyist-richard-berman-oh-and-hes-quitting-music/">Berman / Silver Jews</a> calling it quits?<br />4. Mick Harvey leaving <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148639-mick-harvey-leaves-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds">the band</a><br /><br /><br />file under THE GOOD:<br /><br />1. new <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/new-tortoise-album-coming-in-april-1003932126.story">Tortoise</a> album this spring<br />2. The boss is prepping a reissue of <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/bruce-springsteen-prepping-darkness-reissue-1003933970.story">Darkness on the edge of Town</a>".<br />3. They're revamping the funky stylings of "<a href="http://coskcore.com/power-it-up-all-new-“electric-company”">the Electric Company</a>"<br /><br /><br />file under OTHER:<br /><br />Morrissey may be <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20090114/ten-morrissey-s-quit-hint-764dee7.html">quitting music</a> ... again.sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-10470270398275856502009-01-19T13:17:00.000-08:002009-01-19T13:20:33.380-08:00gettin' thirstyTaking the month off from le booze, sugar, and most carbs to purge the system. And boy if I don't want one of Morgenthaler's Old-Fashioned's right about now. Heres a great "anti drinking" campaign poster from mid century Russia:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgSIQqFl6yWzj9ZYlzaz5mxzNhyphenhyphencicNC-YqQ2GEk1H54gLj3kZ-KfG7dtjBD0iBTrYbxpK1h2fEBZnH0Fg0IRUM7IXJfZM3vL1__Wbjoxe9EZfhPeZbnFvwIBVUoUkgNgyYgp_uYfQ5qR/s1600-h/2681328416_6f96f522e8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgSIQqFl6yWzj9ZYlzaz5mxzNhyphenhyphencicNC-YqQ2GEk1H54gLj3kZ-KfG7dtjBD0iBTrYbxpK1h2fEBZnH0Fg0IRUM7IXJfZM3vL1__Wbjoxe9EZfhPeZbnFvwIBVUoUkgNgyYgp_uYfQ5qR/s400/2681328416_6f96f522e8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293117227974234274" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-36088066419995804292009-01-15T11:49:00.000-08:002009-01-15T19:59:56.859-08:00belly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78VHuT9uKwhv5gPiwifVcoT22Ku2Fk4wX_1q1lMVIK1G3jQW-TpsH_7lJJUUfi5QkueJopmzId8liRmEHtJ8URxcwVLZRGlu16LSKEV8Q5C3fNznpbhTh9X4m4c55OK9xMjNqe7JfFbZ6/s1600-h/9780340826355.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78VHuT9uKwhv5gPiwifVcoT22Ku2Fk4wX_1q1lMVIK1G3jQW-TpsH_7lJJUUfi5QkueJopmzId8liRmEHtJ8URxcwVLZRGlu16LSKEV8Q5C3fNznpbhTh9X4m4c55OK9xMjNqe7JfFbZ6/s400/9780340826355.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291622014339578914" /></a><br />Brethren Rob turned me on to the foodie show on BBC that deals with this guy Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal. He's a wing nut (an ohh so british) but very entertaining. This one episode he goes into deep detail on when he slaughters his 3 pigs and all the tasty cuts (confit, chops, ribs, necks, bones, head, trotters, sausage, BACON, pates, blood sausage, etc.) he gets off of them for a massive feast. He's also an organic garden maestro but this particular episode is all about the swine. Not recommended for los vegetarianos. Really great documentary.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.factualtv.com/Escape-to-River-Cottage-Episode-6">Escape-to-River-Cottage-Episode-6</a><br /><br />Brenden and Anne Marie over at Belly should really appreciate this! In case you haven't been there ... words do not describe the deliciousness and care they put into their thing (their thing being CULINARY NIRVANA). Here they are servin' us up on new years eve ...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmF3NnEOTVweNT_qyBMYYutDJVR3fi2j_1UGuWJT9Hy7NIEq6KFk0fdkNV7wYqMcDxxIPGm3VBIsbrCvO886ay6lRetJztmV_c5XgNjwCI1dy6FOVQ0_rC9nBBoCrjjcTjinf9Ir09mqd/s1600-h/IMG_4649.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmF3NnEOTVweNT_qyBMYYutDJVR3fi2j_1UGuWJT9Hy7NIEq6KFk0fdkNV7wYqMcDxxIPGm3VBIsbrCvO886ay6lRetJztmV_c5XgNjwCI1dy6FOVQ0_rC9nBBoCrjjcTjinf9Ir09mqd/s400/IMG_4649.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291735559448238978" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-35332089406607154842009-01-15T11:47:00.000-08:002009-01-15T11:49:21.278-08:00Bye bye Ricardo.<br />I love how they bill this as "the small crystler"!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIL3fbGbU2o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIL3fbGbU2o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-15880199162348853462008-12-26T13:04:00.000-08:002008-12-26T13:07:35.735-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHWjANaEtnw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHWjANaEtnw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is what I wanted for Christmas one year in the late 70's.<br />I was told that santa had unfortunately run out of them at the particular branch office of the north pole where he manufactures them.sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-55113615941614111422008-12-15T13:49:00.000-08:002008-12-15T13:51:32.302-08:00old showsshould speak for itself.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4KoFuFR-I0fR4NC9G_sOnCWLTPmELkbwHrrfFC3QPHeBtNAg3-HpPKXqIrP4Yhp1T8CH77kxxx1LfLt3McG_6LUs6BQ2OlZP-vXRhT0ektZGscII2kqlom-auSnS5OVRm1hnkt8D8Re6/s1600-h/shows.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4KoFuFR-I0fR4NC9G_sOnCWLTPmELkbwHrrfFC3QPHeBtNAg3-HpPKXqIrP4Yhp1T8CH77kxxx1LfLt3McG_6LUs6BQ2OlZP-vXRhT0ektZGscII2kqlom-auSnS5OVRm1hnkt8D8Re6/s400/shows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280137581094492322" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-5339757404405522982008-12-06T18:55:00.000-08:002008-12-06T18:59:29.454-08:00RIP Bobtail Kitty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYROfm6BQ221fXFZqHy_pO0v-LUH2XI5qpV93fu_vis-OPMnd8ERG08aBljmo2LoM6sTJpZT6d5cK3-ExqdL8zFCs3u-f-9-QCRxjlyESUAWLYvLwphdnKd2F9fc_CVrcvPWPo6VCt8S5/s1600-h/BOBTAIL2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYROfm6BQ221fXFZqHy_pO0v-LUH2XI5qpV93fu_vis-OPMnd8ERG08aBljmo2LoM6sTJpZT6d5cK3-ExqdL8zFCs3u-f-9-QCRxjlyESUAWLYvLwphdnKd2F9fc_CVrcvPWPo6VCt8S5/s400/BOBTAIL2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276877081967611650" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bobtail Kitty</span> 1988-2008<br />(AKA Skeletor)<br /><br />you shall be deeply missed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aBQyL9Buw4F7zcB1Z593THvDr5RFrRmKaPdhEbvqZNiqFgTy39quVwsto35iFGbE5X6PaJJTp9PzQBTty6GIdZNe4DjdHuo-qdaYwO7zYBkIgxoMws32JvhqMYgXaHZwSbHcFNG9P47u/s1600-h/BOBTAIL1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aBQyL9Buw4F7zcB1Z593THvDr5RFrRmKaPdhEbvqZNiqFgTy39quVwsto35iFGbE5X6PaJJTp9PzQBTty6GIdZNe4DjdHuo-qdaYwO7zYBkIgxoMws32JvhqMYgXaHZwSbHcFNG9P47u/s400/BOBTAIL1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276877083790032034" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-78922056651439110732008-12-02T13:11:00.000-08:002008-12-02T13:13:09.432-08:00TIME ... 1979<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrr12QmBkEo3MMUXcDqMaeb80OlIYQr6HOa_v0cH2wWR6pFscTCTSgSr-qlnQWz10WIv9lpOdoiW8vJiSeh2yRrumpvrpiJ3Iv6wJ3dGghFG0V5Ycmot3wjNqSlhg-IOGdJUDKpMRHAjk/s1600-h/c.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrr12QmBkEo3MMUXcDqMaeb80OlIYQr6HOa_v0cH2wWR6pFscTCTSgSr-qlnQWz10WIv9lpOdoiW8vJiSeh2yRrumpvrpiJ3Iv6wJ3dGghFG0V5Ycmot3wjNqSlhg-IOGdJUDKpMRHAjk/s400/c.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275303773018977346" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-63949157421767760892008-12-01T13:31:00.000-08:002008-12-02T13:30:52.787-08:00a challengeA <a href="http://neckdeepintheshallows.blogspot.com/2008/09/madonna-and-child-google-image-collage.html">"challenge"</a> was brought on me to create a picture of "Interplanet Janet" using only found images using google.<br />Here you go Bert ...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbdUVbgDK3ydNcQYmIVmsr_C-U9IBjg2wfNBcXEVf0n7AzEwHpBaolbKzk_BzQj28IooQL_Gh38AAYRtSnqPy5zyJK34tUpHvEuw9ayR7GcMEMCfelkpaKu472jqTnqNAbVpe-7ErILAA/s1600-h/ipj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbdUVbgDK3ydNcQYmIVmsr_C-U9IBjg2wfNBcXEVf0n7AzEwHpBaolbKzk_BzQj28IooQL_Gh38AAYRtSnqPy5zyJK34tUpHvEuw9ayR7GcMEMCfelkpaKu472jqTnqNAbVpe-7ErILAA/s400/ipj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274937547498185906" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-54833817334275747732008-11-26T14:45:00.000-08:002008-11-26T14:54:05.331-08:00old times<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEUDD95RTEM5Vdy42q33O1X2Yez_eB4bliMF-NIH0vybi81pZh4KRKh4ljBSiR4A3UsbVqAtDqMTcNFFS6__afYJaMs-pNkwQgRqKIzW-i6_YZgaqGk6WWDklVcYpl7eV170dgqf2VWCH/s1600-h/deary2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEUDD95RTEM5Vdy42q33O1X2Yez_eB4bliMF-NIH0vybi81pZh4KRKh4ljBSiR4A3UsbVqAtDqMTcNFFS6__afYJaMs-pNkwQgRqKIzW-i6_YZgaqGk6WWDklVcYpl7eV170dgqf2VWCH/s400/deary2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273101347608258130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zER9l4uNP25Yg9YDezpcv4iJKdbS_CPsMiuT1w0TN37sy4oWgqvHhK3lm2cAZQhJ1eiKD3SoEezo6saKLQ5ERaOxXzmEwVNblC6Cgh2WUE5D7PwCgTab9_VJ0VIPABr7tENz7gNxge37/s1600-h/sea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zER9l4uNP25Yg9YDezpcv4iJKdbS_CPsMiuT1w0TN37sy4oWgqvHhK3lm2cAZQhJ1eiKD3SoEezo6saKLQ5ERaOxXzmEwVNblC6Cgh2WUE5D7PwCgTab9_VJ0VIPABr7tENz7gNxge37/s400/sea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273101338050247890" /></a><br />My friend Dylan from Tigersaw asked me to send him what I remember of old shows for this book he's writing about touring and whatnot. His book is called <span style="font-weight:bold;">All My Friends Are Right Here With Me</span>. Here is a section:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lasting memories of times with Dylan and his merry Tigersaw gang. Sheriff Metrano's posse has done shows with testface over the years and those are the kind of things that will stay with you to the end. <br />Probably the most infamous of times was a short tour in the N.W. back in 2006.<br />Those shows in which we played together were:<br />• seattle - Conor Byrne -sept 16<br />• salem - cafe noir -sept 19<br />• pdx - mississippi pizza -sept 20<br />• eugene - luckeys -sept 22<br /><br />Those shows consisted of <a href="http://www.tigersaw.com/">Tigersaw</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hotelalexis">Hotel Alexis</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/unbunny">Unbunny</a>, and Testface. We rotated the lineup each night and each show had very different vibes. When I pulled into Seattle the first night I just had this strange feeling in my body. Part of it was the excitement of seeing all these old friends, but there was something I couldn't put my finger on. A hum in the wires as Sid would say. As my car pulled into the venue neighborhood, it was darker than usual, and I realized the only light in the universe was coming from my headlights. No power in that part of seattle. We all slowly trickled into the place and laughed and hugged and contemplated our game-plan sans electric juice. The bar had an odd sense of comradery. Dylan took one for the team and played first surrounded in a warm bath of candlelight. Ears listened for subtle things and tiny acoustics. Wonderful. Then about 1/2 way through the set ... the juice comes on and the entire mood of the bar changed. A blessing and a curse.<br />I did my testface set as well as playing bass for Sid in <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hotelalexis">Hotel Alexis</a> that tour. I remember the night ending with the power going out again and Sid pounding the keys in the back of the bar on an old upright piano. Truly a great start to a small tour-let.<br />The rest of the shows were equally as fantastic. Dylan has a way of captivating an audience in a simple way. Songs like "postcards & Letters" and "sing" could go on for endless cycles and it's kind of like beautiful thoughts being frozen in time. We ended the shows in eugene and I remember having a huge Italian feast with wine at my house with all the bands before the show. My livingroom was littered with Gregg Porter, Sid Lindner, Nate Groth, Dylan, Derek Trost, James Smith, Jarid and others. It looked like a Macworld Expo center with peeps rapidly sharing their well spent time with the universe. The show was epic ... at one point there were like 12 of us on stage singing in Dylans band. Every ounce of floor, bed and garage space was strewn with indie rock flesh that night. <br />Tigersaw has since been out here a couple times for shows with testface, but in my opinion, nothing could be more epic than that massive maelstrom of friends. All my memories are right here with me.<br /></span>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-63563948896075638002008-11-26T12:07:00.001-08:002008-11-26T12:07:58.831-08:00i'll find you and I'll kill youMusic and Animation by Chad Van Gallen<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DLw5b70OJH8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DLw5b70OJH8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-81420341465238583552008-11-20T17:28:00.000-08:002008-11-20T17:39:27.339-08:00Homage to Thanksgiving past ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LCtCP4K520yz4CKRFbPB16G5rxODD9t5OAhnKlHSsOwmSXx5Os1ytQTDB87WAqFOZe5yER11GO_VmONnH1ODizeS-K-kG-Uu26yFc2aHCoomFWbs8Bf5oMJ1PpA_-rxA7NrtDBPqWQmp/s1600-h/kids+table+(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LCtCP4K520yz4CKRFbPB16G5rxODD9t5OAhnKlHSsOwmSXx5Os1ytQTDB87WAqFOZe5yER11GO_VmONnH1ODizeS-K-kG-Uu26yFc2aHCoomFWbs8Bf5oMJ1PpA_-rxA7NrtDBPqWQmp/s400/kids+table+(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270918460724010162" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table</span><br /> <br />MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.<br />DAD: O.K.<br />GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.<br />DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.<br />UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.<br />DAD: We all are.<br />MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.<br />DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.<br />MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.<br />FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!<br />DAD: (laughing) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.<br />MOM: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!<br />DAD: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!<br />MOM: Now everything is fine.<br />DAD: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.<br />MOM: There was a big sex.<br />FRIEND FROM WORK: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!<br />(Everybody laughs.)<br />MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy!<br />GRANDFATHER: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?<br />ALL: Yes.<br />GRANDFATHER: Don’t tell the kids.<br /> sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760840417428261870.post-31010555331846908512008-11-19T09:01:00.001-08:002008-11-19T09:12:09.834-08:00digital<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfvs3akeGm-aWH3v2RJSdbBhBkJWP0u6N_3c5o_rHIOO8wykI1tj3Wkp8TJl-CFbMoW9Se_BlT_RtSSf_itf_q6mWPmSG05oYORSPF0qSAvzzC9P1fb37lE2QSSmZm0H4ds4VvqEX_rYe/s1600-h/digital.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfvs3akeGm-aWH3v2RJSdbBhBkJWP0u6N_3c5o_rHIOO8wykI1tj3Wkp8TJl-CFbMoW9Se_BlT_RtSSf_itf_q6mWPmSG05oYORSPF0qSAvzzC9P1fb37lE2QSSmZm0H4ds4VvqEX_rYe/s400/digital.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270415196914411874" /></a><br /><br />Like any self-proclaiming dork, I love looking at old computers (el porn de geek?) and the post space age interfaces that accompany them. But in addition to aesthetics, I have another vested interest ... my late father. He worked for digital Equipment corporation for 32 years. He was a tech writer and did a lot of work revolving around memory and chips. He told me this story about being flown out to seattle once to work on this amazing experimental hard drive in the 60's that weight a million pounds and held like 2 megabytes of information. Hilarious. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95a3QDctzZ_pF8zjBJKiQPmE37aaE2DITPmqIGDGnzuHWrvxMq4KlT1jjgRJ0Kjgjq2XhIwhTo1a6Bo-sn2rISclwww8zxP1kUt958zP_uZCs6gp3smsjvYFsD1oGBPD666mydeiktABb/s1600-h/DEC-Hard-Drive-Assembly-053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95a3QDctzZ_pF8zjBJKiQPmE37aaE2DITPmqIGDGnzuHWrvxMq4KlT1jjgRJ0Kjgjq2XhIwhTo1a6Bo-sn2rISclwww8zxP1kUt958zP_uZCs6gp3smsjvYFsD1oGBPD666mydeiktABb/s400/DEC-Hard-Drive-Assembly-053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270416341812118882" /></a><br />I'd go visit him occasionally at his massive work complex in Maynard, Mass. He would always have odd computer paraphernalia laying around the house. Instead of usb there was like 125 pin connectors the size of your fucking head. He brought home what would later become home computers. He had this text only Zork game we played (before atari came out) it went something like this:<br /><br />game: You are standing in a room. there are walls. You are scared. What do you want to do?<br />you: go north<br />game: you cannot go north<br />you: go east<br />game: it is not advisable to go east<br />you: blow me<br />game: I do not understand your request<br />and so on ...<br /><br />here is an <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/infocom/zork1.html">online version</a><br /><br />Digital no longer exhists. They became HP/Compaq and were essentially dissolved into memories and legend.<br />Man do I miss that guy. He would be 64 this saturday. Raise a glass to Luther this weekend.<br />-d<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-wlNg7waaiHAkH9vNsDiqClhaHV78OFBdtez_FYu40vnXYfJB9Llvo8dO6u1NM0ghtz_ZmtZPHaaPPzh5UI5k-hmc_4DysquvvRhrcHv5zDwdMimuY_uot88QiugL3SBlA8sarQNJiz3/s1600-h/vax780.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-wlNg7waaiHAkH9vNsDiqClhaHV78OFBdtez_FYu40vnXYfJB9Llvo8dO6u1NM0ghtz_ZmtZPHaaPPzh5UI5k-hmc_4DysquvvRhrcHv5zDwdMimuY_uot88QiugL3SBlA8sarQNJiz3/s400/vax780.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270415204438101666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TieKli7O3f3aCR_2nvP87hSCm6bcMDqtsR3rl2_pEkXwH58R49sHpsyI-7PDYlkpDUc32gZDrpFdjJs9G_uiU4qBrU0hLGzPCVHoqsRBLZhB2ATrM0vt9Bcti0wgaGbFqoTcb-FdZvdE/s1600-h/dec8m1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TieKli7O3f3aCR_2nvP87hSCm6bcMDqtsR3rl2_pEkXwH58R49sHpsyI-7PDYlkpDUc32gZDrpFdjJs9G_uiU4qBrU0hLGzPCVHoqsRBLZhB2ATrM0vt9Bcti0wgaGbFqoTcb-FdZvdE/s400/dec8m1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270415206535900914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJooyJ8LtvUJrbqJr1O3MvQV3XqNE0rxKhZOIB-tIkmFlBVrK_mbND6sbQUUoaZMaTnMQ6BeQmep4jvOcgX5bbItSiSeXez9INfB6881KAi2TaR8meXNTG2gwLny0s-yYVkOtJuDVC4e9e/s1600-h/dec_cc8m1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJooyJ8LtvUJrbqJr1O3MvQV3XqNE0rxKhZOIB-tIkmFlBVrK_mbND6sbQUUoaZMaTnMQ6BeQmep4jvOcgX5bbItSiSeXez9INfB6881KAi2TaR8meXNTG2gwLny0s-yYVkOtJuDVC4e9e/s400/dec_cc8m1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270415202601717298" /></a>sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427873980150549122noreply@blogger.com2