May 08

Untitled

Did you hear Canada has a space agency? Yeah, it’s the tallest moose they could find and a guy with a hockey stick and puck riding on the back. He hasn’t yet been able to slap the satellite (puck) into space, but they’re hoping one day he can. They’re still looking for a taller moose.

May 08

Cola

I finally (again) found that one Lana del Rey song I liked when I heard it. It’s “Cola.”

Unlike most of her output, this song works because she’s not attempting to be a poor imitation of Hope Sandoval. Here’s the song with some scenes from Jennifer’s Body (Which is a great fucking film).

May 07

Drawing

Do you ever get tired of being ‘the man’ ?

Sometimes I do, but then I realize no one else is gonna fix it. I get tired of watching people fail and flail for days, weeks, months and sometimes years. I know where to draw the X, so I draw the X.

The above is the life of a sysadmin type until I one day hang up my hat.

May 07

Stop U

People who think Russia is likely to stop with Ukraine are very, very dumb (like, exceedingly so).

May 07

Lab

Was told that lab-grown meat was not possible due to contamination and microbe issues. Of course, we already make other processed foods using similar methods as we will apply to lab-grown meat and those issues are not a hindrance.

The impossibility of lab-grown meat will be something that is merely “impossible,” not actually impossible.

I predict it will become common in 10 years, ubiquitous in 20-30 years.

May 07

Not Really That Smart

Smartphones are probably the worst thing to have happened to society since 9/11. About the same level of devastation overall, I’d say.