Paradigm Angst

update

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:58:13 GMT

this is not an update

foo

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:58:48 GMT

posting to see if recent update decreases spam bots from comment spamming my last entry by making the account not look abandoned.

test

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:42:43 GMT

testing to see if comment notification is working, reply

New Ascii

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:59:59 GMT


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Corset

Long time no post.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:10:58 GMT

Tinkerbell is described as "a common fairy" in the original Peter Pan. She drank, swore, got into fights and tried to kill Wendy. Remember this every time Disney tries to clean her up and make her family friendly.

Chistmas

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:02:41 GMT

Some thoughts on ancient (circa 1940 AD) Christmas celebrations or the lack there of.
http://alyxbradford.livejournal.com/84031.html
Mostly for cavalorn but others might like it too.

Mead

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:29:15 GMT

Before I broke my wrist I started a batch of mead. Honey wine. Liquid gold.
After I got my cast off I started knitting for the physical therapy.
I started knitting bottle cozies for when I eventually bottled the mead.
It was while knitting one of those cozies that I noticed that one of the yarn combinations I was using would be so much cooler as a thong. Thats about the time my life changed and I started using my powers for evil.

But enough about that

The one bottle in the front with the yeast at the bottom was bottled back in April. It was the dregs of the keg when I first racked the mead. Didn't want to waste it even though it was so full of suspended yeast that you couldn't see through the bottle. It has settled very nicely.

Here are all the bottle cozies I knitted.

I can't wait to start handing this stuff out.

photo dump

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:47:07 GMT

The other day I got a glimpse of myself as I was leaving the house. Realized I looked a bit like a thug in a Batman movie.

Took a trip to Jersey. Me and my fucking gun.

A hat/neckwarmer I knitted. Have made two of these so far. I have about 3 more of these to make before Jesus day.

Blue thong:

Skimpy blue thong:

Red thong with big floppy bows that double as quick release pull tabs.

Skimpy skimpy blue thong

One of a few fuschia/red thongs

mid grad skimpy blue thong:

Baby soft thong.

And a thong everyone has been waiting for. A man thong modeled by myself. This was a second design. The first design looked good from the front but a profile shot offered nothing but man bits.

Homeopathy

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:04:59 GMT

Ever wondered how homeopathy works on the atomic level? Someone finally made a good illustrated guide about it.

pdf files and socialism

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:33:17 GMT

If you hate loading PDF files because Adobe sucks ass then you should check out Foxit:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Its lite and fast and doesn't try to take over your system like Adobe does.

Once you have done that you can test its speediness by taking a pledge to avoid socialism.
http://images2.dailykos.com/images/user/2563/teabaggerpledge.pdf

9/12

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:54:59 GMT

I got an email from my dad about the 1.2 million people at the 9/12 event.
Just the night before I had been double checking the numbers on that event and the most we could confirm was from D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services. It was the only estimate we could find that wasn't from a media source. They said it was about 60,000 to 75,000 people in attendance. This is backed up by looking at flickr photos of the event. It is clear that Fox front loaded their crowd shots by only showing the most populated shots. Much like churches that broadcast on TV that make sure all but the pews viewable from the cameras are blocked off. The 1.2-2 million numbers seem to come from CNN and FOX and Michelle Malkin citing a ABC report that ABC says they never made.

It appears that not only was it a propaganda exercise by Glenn Beck but that even their numbers are a lesson in propaganda too.

And then the jokes started http://pbump.net/912.html

Then people started lying to support the idea that 1.2-2 million people were there:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/sep/14/tea-party-photo-shows-large-crowd-different-event/

And yet more bad news for the event.
Headline: Fox News Producer Caught Rallying 9/12 Protest Crowd
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/19/fox-news-producer-caught_n_292529.html

But wait there is more. Fox came out with an ad saying that other news orgs didn't cover the event.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279437
So now news orgs are creating ads showing that they did cover event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igZZzs3MR7Y

So lets see what we have so far.
We have a media sponsored event. (this is never a good sign)
They lied about the number of people there.
They rallied the crowd.
They lied about other news orgs of not covering the event.

Remember these things when people say that Fox News is proven to make their viewers dumber and not smarter. They willfully create and distort information on such a regular bases that, as studies have show, their viewers are the least informed of all news audiances.
http://www.google.com/search?&q=fox+viewers+least+informed

Added bonus:
Almost any time that a Republican gets caught up in a sex scandal, isn't towing the party line or is being brought up on charges you can put money on it that Fox will identify them as a Democrat.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3570 Mark Foley
http://bostonist.com/attachments/boston_caroline/101707-larry-craig-whdh.jpg Larry Craig
http://crooksandliars.com/2008/02/07/fox-news-labels-john-mccain-a-democrat John McCain
http://www3.allaroundphilly.com/blogs/reporter/wesleym/Whitehouse%20as%20a%20Rep.jpg Chafee (now an I but was an R at the time this happend)
http://img183.imageshack.us/i/36b7f3386fb7cf7fe5a4248sk4.jpg/ Ted Stevens
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/70436/original.jpg Micheal Brown (Fema during Katrina)

Why would anyone tune into a news source they knew was going to lie to them over and over again?

cats

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:57:44 GMT

Posting this one before Daniel does. Not the same as the one I posted to FB.

Knitted bear

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:53:40 GMT

He is big, floppy, fuzzy, cuddly and squishy.

Held both yarns together the whole time except when doing the schnoz, half each ear, the eyes, the paws and food pads where I dropped the fun fur. This guy is knit loose and while based on a 12 inch bear pattern it is 21 inches tall.
Every woman that sees this guy loves him and wants to take him home but at 60 hours of work not every one can have one.
My mom will be getting this one for Christmas.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/teddy-bear-3

Knitting projects

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:55:38 GMT

Finished a bunch of projects since my last update. This update will include some lingerie but none of it will be modeled at this time.

New man purse. To create a clean front side the flap wraps around the bottom and then buttons.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/two-tone-man-purse-2

This matches the thong I posted here a few weeks ago. It's not really meant for anyone larger than a size 0. But thats all the yarn I had and that happens to be the right size in this rare case.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/pink-bikini-top

Based on the windmill bag but made larger. It will fit two standard windmill bags in it. Even adjusting the strap length with that in mind I think the straps are still too long so may end up editing this one shortly.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/big-windmill-bag

A very soft white thong with lacy sides and flecks of silver. Really curious as to what this looks like under black light. Fits waist sizes 24 to 41 inches but largest size I thing it really works at is about a 36. Did I mention it is soft?

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/white-thong

A rather skimpy cut thong (even for a thong) that also is almost see through. It ties into bows on the sides.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/corn-silk-thong

Next week I will post another big, soft, fuzzy, floppy and cuddly teddy bear. But left it at work today.

Mote in no ones eye

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:49:11 GMT

What is the exposure time on a picture of a molecule? Sure this may be easy on a stable substance like a nano tube as above but on less stable things I would think that Brownian Motion would cause issues.

Anyway this is what science is about. It makes testable predictions. We have been abstractly visualizing the structure of molecules for a hundred years now. Now we can take detailed pictures that confirm that those visualizations were correct. We "knew" they were correct because the last 100 years of science would have failed if they weren't. But now we can see it in detail.

So that I don't sound too bitter I will leave out all references to pseudo science here. Well save for that last line.

From SORP

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:03:11 GMT

Pretty much sums up my feelings on VNV

Submitted without comment

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:13:46 GMT

Food

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:45:02 GMT

Friday was some vegetable stock with cilantro, loads of mashed garlic, poached eggs and olive oil drenched bread. Not a big hit in America but it is tasty.

Today was sausage hoagies. What you can't see is that the bread was toasted with a crust of parmesan. I may never do it without that crust again. That was so tasty.

plan comming together

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:02:53 GMT

I figured it out. There is a stratagy used by people that think the world is just 6 thousand years old (procreaters) . In a debate they dump so many false-facts so fast that no one can respond to them all. The goal is to put the other person on the job of cleaning up instead of stating their case. Palin is now introducing that trick into politics.

New Family Member

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:31:36 GMT

I am pleased to announce the adoption of a new system to our family.

I am not a gamer. The last game system I owned was an original Gameboy. The only computer game I have played in 5 years has been nethack and once I beat that I haven't even played it very often. But I couldn't pass this up.
I got this at the Salvation army. 4 controls, 15 games, cable converter, power supply, case and even the base system. Total amount was just $50 and all parts work. This is so much better than my old Intellivision II (the game system time has forgotten) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision

$50. Thats all.

knitted objects

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:02:34 GMT

A cache of a few FO from the last few weeks.

^ a man purse

^ A grocery bag for cold goods.

^ One of many bottle cozies I have made. I am finishing about one every other day using a lot of off the cuff lace patterns and different yarns. End goal is to get about 10 or 20 of these made for the mead I am making.

Info on the projects can be found on http://ravelry.com/Faux

new wallet

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:31:29 GMT

My old duct tape wallet has served well for almost 9 months. So today I made the ugliest one I could to replace it. You can't tell from the picture but that orange is day glow orange. If I hunted this would be the coolest wallet ever. But I don't so it just looks dorky.

FO Big blue bear

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:14:41 GMT

I finally finished the big blue bear. Boa and baby jacquard come together to finish a 21 inch tall squishy teddy bear.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Faux/teddy-bear-2

Up next is a red one made with bright red fun fur for my moms living room.

Aventinus

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:56:38 GMT

2003
clearer, actually very clear. wouldn't even peg it as a wheat beer
less carbonated
more malt aroma (munich, spiced rum)
much more prune flavor, this is the main flavor in the beer
banana and clove are almost gone
no alcohol flavor at all

2009
cloudier
more carbonated
fruitier aroma (banana)
Clove and banana flavors well balanced with prune flavor in the background
alcohol is just slightly more prevalent in that you can just barely there in the background
spilled on my netbook keyboard. After 20 minutes of touch and go forced rebooting the system seems to be working fine right now other than the built in mouse which no longer works. We will see if any other problems come up as we move along. Well its a few min later and we have occasional freezing if I try to use the mouse.

Both
Despite differences in apparent carbonation levels they both have the same mouth feel.

Winner: Even with the beer spilling the 2009 wins. It is a much better balanced beer. Though it may become the most expensive beer I have ever had.
Mari disagrees and says that 2003 is more balanced because the flavors don't compete. Also says that banana is there in 2003 but it takes a little while for it to build up.

The netbook will be replaced in a few weeks with a new netbook. It will replace my 5 year old amd 64 system which will have slackware installed on it and become a server for my gnu screen session that will be my main system and the new netbook will become a windows based dumb terminal with flash, aka exactly what this netbook (palsu) is now.

I am taking names for the new system. Naming scheme is based on "fake". Words that mean fake or copy in various languages. Names that can't be used because they have been used for systems in the past are faux, pseudo, proxy, fugazi, betrug, facsimile, mentiroso and unreal[123] (routers).

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:38 GMT

Its about time someone did this.