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]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:18:15 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/photos/1351724 A Reminder to Myself http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/626067 Tue, 20 May 2008 12:27:53 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/626067 Two emails I've recently received. http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/388389 Email 0001: Subject: Oh you. This email is about you. You who sent me such lovely letters relaying beautifully mundane details of yourselves. You who make for two of the most wonderful hours of my trip while I sat reading your thoughts and holiday wishes straight upon receiving my kind mother's package (I swear that I am getting more immoderate every day). I seriously contemplated replying to every one of you by hand, but then I picked up my all too empty book bag and realized that I should start chipping away at my busywork list and after that I got slightly distracted by a whole weekend of cooking and firecrackers and general merrymaking and by now I've come to my senses enough to realize that in-kind reflections are out of the question. Content yourselves to know that I am writing this to you in my typical Luddite fashion, away from the computer, to be copied into an email later. Here begins my slightly personalized alternative mass response. Feel free to ignore as much of it as you like. To all of you who felt too insignificant to write but were coerced into doing so anyway, thank you. Your musings were in no way inadequate for I don't know what girl studying in Thailand wouldn't want to hear about her father putting up the Christmas lights or about the kids chasing turkeys at Tamarack nature center. To those who sent pictures and drawings, my eyes thank you. I am currently looking for a non-intrusive way to plaster them to my bedroom wall. To the girl who inadvertently sent me one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems, your letter was a delicious validation of an identity that I have been rather successful at forgetting lately. Alex dear, you are a charmingly strange brother. Aunt Doreen I hope that your garage situation clears itself up soon, but in the meantime enjoy your fortunate opportunity to experience a life free from materialism. Colleen I demand a seat next to you at the next Bauer dinner. Girls who are going to Sweden please wait for me because I want to bake bread and go WOOFFing with you. Theresa Dirksen don't think that I don't know who you are. Self-depreciating comments will not excuse your attitude toward global warming. Everyone please write to Theresa and tell her that impatients are not the only biota that will have to adapt to this crazy fast pace of human induced climate change. And yes people in China still have not mastered the concepts of lines, which is how I got closed in the subway doors in Shanghai. Congrats to Tim Richter on graduating and Katie on your marriage (will someone please tell me ahead of time next time one of my cousins decides to get married?!). Grandpa will you cook me up some of that stew that Grandma wrote about when I return? Roxann Vistocci you bad ass landing yourself that Ozarks job. I'm coming to visit at some point and if that doesn't happen I expect regular updates on Missouri amphibian populations. Which reminds me, that I'm taking vertebrate biology next semester for anyone who cares! I'm afraid I may have dropped your name to Gene Bakko Allison dear. Ellen the Neighbor, do continue giving our yuppie dog ear scratches for me. Much thanks to everyone for the Christmas and birthday cards and for your time and love. see you in two all-too-terribly-short months, k. Email 0002: Subject: sans topic paragraph I will try not to rub it in that while all of you are stressing yourselves out over finals and holiday antics, I am sitting on a beach on the Gulf of Thailand. Don't worry, my stress will come tomorrow when I discover that I need to write a paper using the incredibly outdated Chiang Mai library collection (think Dewey decimal) and databases in Thai (which in case no one noticed uses a completely non-Roman alphabet). Last night the tide went out and I walked along the sand to take stalk of all of the crabby little crabs that were coming out to feed. Later my friends and I discovered firsthand the joys of bio luminescence. Wiki that one if you don't know it. Also please will everyone do me a favor and watch a Bill Nye or two so that you don't find yourself like my poor classmates with no knowledge of the moon and gravity? Now for a bit of mulling. You will remember perhaps a certain email I sent that was a touch upset with all of the apathetic people of the world. No one is off the hook yet. Just yesterday I read an article in the Bangkok Post about the new UN secretary general's visit to Thailand before he heads to Bali for can anyone tell me what? It profiled his thoughts on the need for democracy in Burma but said nothing of the millions that Thailand is funnelling to the Burmese regime in the form of payments for hydroelectricity from Burma's new terribly irresponsible (both socially and environmentally) dams. But it's ok because everything in Thailand is either sanuk or arroy: fun or delicious. This of course makes it initially easy to integrate into a Thai family setting. We're either watching cartoons or eating fresh fruit. And I have yet to actually figure out what makes Thailand tick, but I'm working on it folks and I'll let you know as soon as I find out. I have a few hypotheses. One of these has to do with what another foreigner said about Thailand being a biologically abundant place. In November I got urge for going when all the rice was turning brown and headed north to a small village near the town of Phrao. My new friends there took me on a tour in the back of a small pickup truck and everywhere we stopped there was something growing. Often you could eat it. At one farm that we visited, I thought that the owner was clearing away some shrubbery in order to get to the cabbage patch but no, she broke off a few shoots and declared that she wanted me to take some sugar cane home. And you have to think that when food literally grows on trees and sugar appears by the meter-- this sort of world might breed these sorts of people. It's the sort of world where people don't wear short sleeves unless the temperature gets above 80 degrees Fahrenheit and where they ride their motorcycles to their friends' house two blocks away. And it only makes sense that someone who comes from the sort of world where people work like mad (or at least they did before the days of Monsanto) during the only three months of the year which are warm enough to grow a small handful of crops and where we placate this crazy work ethic by skiing uphill in the off months-- it only makes sense that a girl from this kind of world would feel a little out of place when she transfers to a world of daily naps and mangoes a few steps outside every door. your favorite nomad,]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:20:54 -0800 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/388389 A close friends chance for help... http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/327026 here. Detailed information about the Nelson's situation can be read here. An article, from the local paper (StarTribune), can be read here. Here's a great shot of Kris' two sons, Alex and Andreas:
Alex and Andreas
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]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:29:35 -0800 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/327026 SNL iPhone Commercial Parody http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/324984 Leaked: The SNL iPhone Sketch that Never Aired
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I just found this video of an unaired iPhone commercial from Saturday Night Live. A self-proclaimed 'cop-puncher' speaks about the usefulness of the google maps features... From Steve Perry @ The Daily Mole: Blog entry here. Jump to the video at Gizmodo: here.]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:58:41 -0800 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/324984 Mike's views on the http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/280043 More info on the anti-tobacco campaign of the Nazis. I originally found this video at minnesota stories dot com, here.]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:15:58 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/280043 Game Pages http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/168462 City Pages - Gaming the System The local freebie publication, City Pages, has a nice article on the two Andy's over at Game Informer. The article talks about the offices being a "geeks dream." I can attest to that. A few years ago (probably more) I had a great time doing some freelance coloring work for the mag. So, I had to visit the offices a few times for various reasons. And, yes, it is impressive. The staff workstations were loaded with the various consoles and great monitors. Perhaps the greatest room was the archive room. I think they had nearly every video game ever released domestically along with a huuuuuuge selection of imports. ]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:54:19 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/168462 Any Way You Want It http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/168151
Any Way You Want It
thanks to Solo Siler.]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:56:09 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/168151 bs3 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/159765 cs3_incoming
Uploaded with Skitch! I haven't had much chance to work on updating the design ( or even post) to the ole blog lately. But, this called for a quickie.... Just arrived at work to find Premiere Pro CS3, Encore CS3 and Bridge CS3 installed on the iMac (along with Device Central CS3). And, woah! .... bridge is waaaay faster than CS2 was running on the intel chipset. I do believe I will actually start using bridge now. ]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:42:44 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/159765 Hey! I don't wanna not game today? http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/129979

If you don't already know, the 1up crew produces an outstanding video (and audio) podcast. Each week (often multiple times) they post a new episode containing reviews, which are really just discussions/debates between the various ediGeeks, chalked-full of info. Also, the game footage the insert is great to see.
On a side note: They do tend to be rather harsh on the Wii. Most of them are HardCore gamers, so I can understand where they are coming from. But, if I have to hear another concern about the effect that "games for non-gamers" will have on the hardcore games to come... I'll puke!]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:31:21 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/129979 A Print & Pattern Blog http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/85704 Print & Pattern indirectly thru veerle's blog. It seems to be a nice repository for many modern pattern designs/motifs (although, I have yet to make it 'deep' into the blog).
]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:39:48 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/85704 The Sparrow Kid http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/80822

Salon.com has a review of Olivier Dahan's film about Edith Piaf, "La Vie en Rose."]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:15:13 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/80822 it will never die.... http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/80729 ]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:25:39 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/80729 a visit to new york http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/41384 My wife, Anna, and I visited new york last weekend. While there we partied with a Blues Clues animator, a ventriloquist and the creator of the garbage pail kids... toured Central Park with some puppeteers... saw Molly Shannon host Saturday Night Live... went to Coney Island (where some vendors tried to pass off nail polish remover and brown sugar as rum... and took the Staton Island ferry there and back. My photos are here. Our hosts photos are here.]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 12:07:30 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/41384 aListApart webDesignSurvey http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/10121 —out!

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:50:09 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/10121 WildChild http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/8271 Click here. Virb won't let me add the youtube embed code (javascript haters?). ]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:10:10 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/8271 Mii Maker Master http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/7907 Atkafighter has created here. If you scroll down you will see many versions where the face becomes a canvas for depicting iconic ....well, icons from video game history: Duck Hunt:
Space Invaders: Space Invaders Mii thanks to the Nintendo Wii Fanboy site for noticing these gems!]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:16:00 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/7907 LegoBot bowls perfect game in Wii sports? http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/6277 I dare you to sit thru the whole video here. Have you got the guts?!]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:35:45 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/6277 Jay & Jack LostPodcast is Up http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/5677 Holy Crap, He just threw him out of the window (episode 2.34) is posted for download (direct link Here). If you are a Lost fan, and I mean the podcast-discussion-listenin-kind, this feed is a must. Jay and Jack release an overwhelming 2 podcasts a week related to theories/discussions/worship of Lost. out. ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:36:39 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/5677 LostCasts posted http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/5484 LOSTCasts 49: The Man From Tallahassee , has been posted. Go, download that suckah. And while yer at is, perscirbe to the RsS fEeD.]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:22:35 -0700 http://virb.com/jumptronic/posts/text/5484