Just some stuff

laughterkey: monday-friday: Kids, back in 2012, your aunt...

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:30:51 -0600

monday-friday:

Kids, back in 2012, your aunt Robin wanted to do something more with her life. So she took her love of guns to an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D and fought alongside the Avengers.

Now, your Uncle Barney and I took it pretty hard; she was getting to spend a lot of time with another billionaire playboy, this guy named Tony Stark. Your Uncle Barney almost went crazy when he found out the guy had a metal suit.

“It shoots fireballs, Ted! He looks like a freakin’ storm trooper!”

Then your uncle Barney decided to fight back.

TSA Freaks Out, Gets Longtime Critic Bruce Schneier Kicked Off Of Oversight Hearing

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:45:03 -0600

TSA Freaks Out, Gets Longtime Critic Bruce Schneier Kicked Off Of Oversight Hearing:

wilwheaton:

TechDirt:

He didn’t get sick or have something better to do. Hell, he didn’t even miss a flight. Instead, according to Schneier, the TSA itself had him removed from the panel:

On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness list. The excuse was that I am involved in a lawsuit against the TSA, trying to get them to suspend their full-body scanner program. But it’s pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it’s easier for them to do that if I’m not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position. Unfortunately, the committee went along with them.

As Tim Lee notes in reporting on this story, the TSA has done similar things in the past, and even been rebuked by Rep. Jason Chaffetz — and yet it had no problem doing it again. The fact that Schneier is a part of that lawsuit is meaningless and shouldn’t stop him from testifying at all. Schneier is a clear thorn in the side of the TSA, and if it’s so afraid of having him speak to Congress, that really says a lot about the (lack of) confidence it has in its own arguments. If you can’t stand to let a critic speak, it suggests that perhaps your own argument isn’t very strong.

tastefullyoffensive: Tumblr Reblog if you like donuts[via]

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:15 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

Tumblr Reblog if you like donuts

[via]

Just more playing around on my guitar…

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:08 -0700

Just more playing around on my guitar…

Time Lapse Images of Earth at Night Taken From the...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:02:05 -0700

Time Lapse Images of Earth at Night Taken From the International Space Station

Honestly - If I was on the space station and had this view everyday, there is absolutely no way I’d ever get anything done.

I’ve been playing guitar for years, but I feel like two...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:55:04 -0700

I’ve been playing guitar for years, but I feel like two things have been holding me back: my complete inability to play a decent solo, and the crippling stage fright I get performing for others. I’m hoping to turn that around, so with that in mind, I’m going to start posting some recordings of me playing. No idea how often it’ll happen, but I’ll never get better unless I start playing and sharing more, right?

Let the suck-fest begin!!

This track is my entry for Reddit’s Guitar Jam #6. This is me playing over a supplied blues backing track. For the guitar nerds, here’s my setup for this one:

Gretsch 5120
Nocturne Brain preamp
Fender Mustang III, modeling a Princeton Reverb, using the onboard overdrive effect
Recorded using Reaper on my iMac

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11)

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:59:16 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:47:07 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:12:11 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27):

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Love this ad. (Love my Samsung phone as well.)

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:35:34 -0700

Love this ad. (Love my Samsung phone as well.)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:55:32 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13)

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:32:48 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30)

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:45:21 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23)

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:15:24 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23):

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"…what brought you to Apple in the first place is happening elsewhere."

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:13:01 -0600

“…what brought you to Apple in the first place is happening elsewhere.”

- http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windowsphone75/windows-phone-75-ios-5-140947

Preparing to run the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay in a few days. Right...

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:30:00 -0600

Preparing to run the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay in a few days. Right now, I’m working on getting a new running playlist put together. Assuming I can maintain my usual pace, I should be hearing this one just about the time I cross the finish line.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16)

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:28:59 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16):

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Halo ATLAS, coming soon to Windows Phone 7. This is about 3294...

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:06:16 -0600

Halo ATLAS, coming soon to Windows Phone 7. This is about 3294 different kinds of awesome.

The ATLAS demo starts at about the 1 minute mark of the video.

How to be classy in three easy steps:

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:54:36 -0600

laughterkey:

Open this tab.

Open this tab.

Open this tab.

Just do it.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-2)

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:12:06 -0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-2):

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