Always With The Negative Waves, Moriarty!

From Twitter 11-26-2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:04:22 GMT

17:19:01: @cvalenti: you mean Catholics?

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From Twitter 11-25-2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:05:15 GMT

20:24:58: I feel out-evolved. http://yfrog.com/1enezj
21:03:36: Fictional universes just ain't fare.
21:06:04: Er, fair. I'm retarded today.

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Friday Random 10: 20 November 2009

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:56:37 GMT

So I've been blasting all 6.5 gigs of DJ Mal's Dance-Party-To-Go (apologies to Dr. X) all night while I take a break from writing my proposals by... reading papers for my proposal. But now it's time to start decompressing so I can pretend to sleep at some point tonight. So I'm going to subject you all to this.

1. Pig - Find It, Fuck It, Forget It (Sump Mix). I think my affection for all things swine-related and particularly for all things Wrecked-related is pretty self-evident to those who pay attention to such things, and is generally shared by them as well. One of my favorite albums, probably on my top ten all-time in fact.
I've got a sucker punched, tarred and feathered heart / It can beat no more in vain

2. Razed in Black - Solution. I know that I'm putatively listening to my 6.5 GB worth of favorite tracks, but the shuffle is really trying to put together a Greatest Hits album, isn't it? Another great song by another great band, off of his best album. And like all great Razed in Black tracks, the lyrics are truly, epically embarrassing to sing along to.
Peel away my skin / Ready to say goodbye

3. Dr. Octagon - Trees. I don't care if The Return of Dr. Octagon isn't an official release. It's available on emusic, and Dr. Octagonecologyst isn't. And it's got some great beeps.
The trees are dying (trees are dying) / Information is more concealed

4. Snake River Conspiracy - Casualty. I really really really loved this album, despite my lack of interest/annoyance at "Vulcan." It had a great sound that was decently unique, but more importantly filled a niche that was unoccupied at the time. I specifically loved this song because they were willing to be slow and a little bit musically minimalist in order to let the vocals carry the track, but still managed to have enough going on to maintain a catchy beat and keep me interested. I have no idea what ended up happening to SRC; I assume they were a major label casualty because I can't imagine this album did as well as it should have.
You turn me on and on and on and on and on and on / You turn me on

5. Das Ich - Destillat (VNV Nation remix). Okay, I remember back in the oth.net days tracking down the only-released-in-Germany double-disc remix album that this was on, and this was the only good track. I'm sort of surprised I still have it, if only because of the number of hard drive crashes and assorted music collection disasters that have occurred in the inteim. I was unsurprised when I started going out that this was the only Das Ich track anyone ever played; and also unsurprising that it got as much play as it did. Like many VNV Nation remixes (and most early ones, I think), this is almost excessively clubby.
Gib mir dein Destillat / Gib mir mein Alltagstod / Gib mir mein Gnadenbrot / zur Ewigkeit

6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice. I don't think any explanation or commentary is required.
I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down / Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now

7. Zilch - Inside the Pervert Mound. Without this track (found by Phil on the Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack, although this is the album version), I would've never started listening to J-rock. Or probably even any Japanese music that wasn't an anime soundtrack. Well, maybe I would've after I saw Moon Child. I'm sad that I discovered Hide posthumously, but I'm glad I discovered him at all because Psyence and 3... 2... 1 could both easily end up on a top ten all-time based on my mood on a given day.
She can smell shame inside of me / She can tell I'm a liar

8. Skunk Anansie - Rise Up. Skunk Anansie was another pretty awesome band that I suspect got screwed by signing with a major label whose expectations they had no hope of achieving. But on the other hand, from some quick wikipediaing, they seem to have been a bit bigger in the UK than I realized, so what do I know? Apparently they've recently gotten back together & are doing a greatest hits tour. That's realized.
You're losing all of your good convictions / Your integrity slowly watered down

9. Apoptygma Berzerk - Deep Red. Good old-fashioned, cheesy poppy fun. At some point Stephan stopped pretending to be some sort of gothic/industrial band and just acknowledged that he was really just a house musician. I think that coming out of the closet rather negatively his ability to make music that was remotely interesting. Let that be a lesson to all of you.
I will wait for you to scream and shout / But you open your mouth and blood comes out

10. Foetus - The Need Machine. I think I really like this song not because it itself is awesome (although it is), but because listening to it reminds me how AWESOME it was live, which was a lot. Probably my favorite Foetus album, too, which is of course saying a lot.
Give me librium or give me meth / I'll filter out the nutrients / And cut the rest to mix a mickey finn

11. SPECIAL BONUS TRACK: Primal Fear - Silver & Gold. It came on, I had to report it. I mean, what was I supposed to do?
We're silver and gold / We're searching for souls / ????????????????????????????

The Worst of the Night by Doctor Victor von Doom

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:19:27 GMT

Not to be overly hyperbolic or anything, but this is perhaps the greatest think ever written about basketball... EVER.

Not a record, but the right direction

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:08:53 GMT

Four papers read in the last two days.

Reasons to get work done

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:42:49 GMT

Cris just started watching Lilo & Stitch. All of the humans have excessively large and rather oddly positioned noses. I find this quite off-putting.

Also, the main character is apparently a psychopath.

From Twitter 11-14-2009

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:03:11 GMT

15:45:50: "KMFDM forward: the ultimate sound / And a message from Satan if you turn it around"

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From Twitter 11-13-2009

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:03:12 GMT

09:33:41: "The devil dancin on an empty pocket / The eyeballs jumpin out of their sockets"
20:34:48: "No, literally a witchhunt. Dr. House is a practicing Wiccan."

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From Twitter 11-12-2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:03:22 GMT

09:59:21: Apple's out-of-warranty support is impressively nonexistent.

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From Twitter 11-11-2009

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:29 GMT

18:29:43: You can't squeeze serotonin from a dead mouse. #newgradschoolaphorisms
18:44:44: @Nemoren: Thank YOU. I thought it was just me.
21:17:49: @cvalenti: X-Force pic = AWESOME

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From Twitter 11-10-2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:03:44 GMT

11:02:20: "Hey poor! You don't have to be poor anymore! Jesus is here!"

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From Twitter 11-09-2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:04:14 GMT

20:31:28: "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine"
22:42:20: Finally, a really good episode of Torchwood. Three and a half discs of crap & mediocrity was totally worth it for "Random Shoes".
22:46:25: @xcorvis: Too late? Still got an invite? *flutters eyelashes*

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From Twitter 11-08-2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:03:33 GMT

11:39:05: "Your mother ate my dog!" "Not all of it."
11:50:41: Dead Alive is, shockingly enough, way more gory & gross than even I remembered.
11:53:09: "Stay back, boy, this calls for divine intervention! I kick ass for the LORD!

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Operation Orchard

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:55:59 GMT

This should be interesting when I get a chance later: The Story of 'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor

No more laptops?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:45:22 GMT

Okay, we already know the story, but did you know...

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced a bill Thursday to ban nonessential electronics, including personal laptops, from the cockpit.

"We simply want to ensure that, with all of the electronic distractions available these days, flying the plane remains the their one and only focus," Menendez said in a statement.

Okay, come on. We all know these guys really managed to both fall asleep in the flight deck and didn't wake up until the plane was in Wisconsin. But instead of addressing the actual problem, you want to make sure to take away their excuse? Sheesh.

From Twitter 11-04-2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:03:20 GMT

22:09:55: It's the Gracie train!

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From Twitter 11-03-2009

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:04:21 GMT

22:29:03: Seriously, Torchwood, I •want• to like you, but you've got to meet me halfway here.

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Shorter Ong Bak 2 Review

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:34 GMT

...what?

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From Twitter 11-01-2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:03:46 GMT

21:20:15: My next band will be a transgender irish punk band called "The Manshees." #mynextbandname

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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:46:33 GMT

Eddi: There's a lever here. I'm gonna pull it. Any objections?

Mal: No, just give me a minute to put my spike-proof hat on.

From Twitter 10-25-2009

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:04:24 GMT

21:11:28: I always forget how weird the color filter is in the first episode of House.
21:20:18: Facebook testing 1,2,3...

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From Twitter 10-24-2009

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:03:35 GMT

14:53:00: Sumo is go!

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Faith manages

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:46:25 GMT

"Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future, and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future, or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one another because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope that there can always be new beginnings. Even for people like us."

Basic Excel feature request

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:54:32 GMT

This seems like it should be simple. I want to be able to make a worksheet full of data and charts showing assorted data summaries. I want to be able to ~~cut~~ copy and paste that into a new worksheet, and plug in a new day's batch of data. (So far, no problem). I would then love to be able to click a button that updates all of the graphs on the worksheet to the data in the same location on that worksheet.

I suppose I could probably use a template to do this, but A: don't wanna, B: I do make enough day-to-day changes to my data analysis that I would like to be able to easily choose between how I analyzed the data yesterday and how I analyzed it a week or three months ago, and C: I don't have enough faith in Excel to actually have gotten that far right.

The really frustrating thing is that this has gotten significantly harder since I upgraded to 2007, which is otherwise a significant improvement. Whereas before it could be accomplished with a right-click-left-click-enter or a right-click-tab-left-click-repeat-enter, it's now an complicated process that takes a couple minutes for each chart, which is really frustrating when I'm trying to update a dozen charts or so per worksheet while catching up on a week or two's worth of data.

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From Twitter 10-18-2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:03:41 GMT

10:11:26: OH LOOK AT THAT IT'S MY COFFEE WILL THE WONDERS OF THE INTERNET EVER CEASE http://tinyurl.com/ybzt6hu

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