U.S. missile defense test flops
How much longer am I going to have to keep paying for this crap?
Archive for December, 2004
As I was re-arranging my workspace last night, I decided to pop the Secret World Live DVD in to the DVD player. I needed something I didn’t have to really pay much attention to, and I was in the mood for music, so I figured it would fit the bill. Watching that performance and listening to the music reminded me of how much I enjoy Peter Gabriel’s work. However, it also served to remind me that Secret World Live was Peter Gabriel at his best, and that he will probably never rise to that level again. I enjoy many songs from Up, and I did enjoy myself at the Growing Up tour, but it took 10 years to get that material. Plus, as enjoyable as the Growing Up tour was, it wasn’t nearly as fun as Secret World Live feels, nor was the musical quality as high. Maybe it’s because Peter is getting older, or is devoting more time to his charitable work. Maybe it’s because the Secret World Live CD was my first exposure to Gabriel, and it left a strong impression. I can’t say. I’m sure I’ll continue buying future Gabriel albums, and I may even attend future tours if they occur. However, when I think of how good Peter Gabriel’s work is, I’ll always think to Secret World Live.
I’ve long considered vim to be one of best editors on the planet, and it’s been my preferred editor for a little over 4 years now. The funny thing is, after 4 years of using it, I still consider myself a beginner with it. That’s how powerful this program is.
In an effort to further school myself in this program, I stumbled upon an excellent guide called Efficient Editing With vim over at Jonathan McPherson’s home page. This is an excellent guide to for someone familiar with vim’s basic editing tasks, who is looking to increase their efficient in moving around a file.
It seems everyone is (or was) talking about the recently announced retirement of Dan Rather as the CBS Evening News anchor, who is due to step down in March. The conservative right rejoices the downfall of a biased newsman, while the liberal left seems to shrug its shoulders. Personally, I’ve been far more interested in the stories his predecessor has been sharing on NPR recently.
Walter Cronkite has been sharing some fascinating stories about the news events he reported on during his years as a television journalist, arguably one of most important time spans in America’s brief history. Listening to his behind the scenes tales from such events as the McCarthy hearings, the Sputnik launch, and the first plane hijacking helps me to feel as if I lived during those events. Delivered by that trademark voice in the reporting style of his era, it only reinforces my believe that TV news of today is nothing more than entertainment, scripted from beginning to end and completely sensationalized.
If you have the time, I highly recommend hopping over to NPR’s website and giving some of his stories a listen. I promise it will be worth your time.
So, its been almost 6 months since I last updated this blog. Pathetic.
Well, at least I’m returning with style. I’ve completely changed the site. I’ve switched from Movable Type to WordPress, which is all good. I’m using the wonderful Kubrick template, with my own modifications. Hey, I’m even sporting a cool picture of myself on the site. Yeah, I know, no one cares.
I’m still working out some of the small details, but for the most part the site should work just fine. I swear I’ll be updating it regularly now. No, I mean it this time. It’ll mostly be geek stuff, because that’s pretty much all I do and think anyway, but at least it’s progress.