Feb. 10th, 2009

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  • 04:26 shmoo is over. :-( still in dc another day, though. :-) #
  • 09:02 apparently checkout is at noon and not eleven. rock. #
  • 11:32 in an outdoor cafe. in february. wtf? #
  • 11:44 hitting up kramerbooks this afternoon. :-) #
  • 15:40 on the bus to the airport. #
  • 16:19 at bwi. slept on the bus. still sleepy. #
  • 17:04 at BWI, waiting for my plane and starting to work on News Crack Smokers Can Use. :) #
  • 17:37 @jayeennenn go crazy? #
  • 17:42 @joshbydefault no kidding. i am sitting at BWI, the plane is at the gate...but we are not boarding yet. i just want to go home and sleep. #
  • 17:55 boarding. see you all in chicago. <3 #
  • 20:10 @sabrebutt that means you have to go to shmoo next year. #
  • 20:13 landed in chicago. #
  • 20:35 @skipp not everyone. @ericmichaud, @angelixd, and i were, though. #
  • 21:54 almost home. missing everyone from shmoo already, and wishing i could attend hacker cons for a living. #
  • 23:12 @kunt welcome back! #
  • 23:51 when beavis and butt-head said "science sucks! let's go break stuff!", i want to show them how science makes breaking stuff cooler. #
  • 00:01 @sillylittlelaw i know the feeling. #
don't blame me, blame loudtwitter.
faceless_wonder: posing with my blue hair, in an NYC subway station. (Default)
i am back from shmoocon. it was amazing. i'll talk about it more later, when i'm not half-asleep.

there should be News Crack Smokers Can Use today. i have been delayed in writing it...unlike the crack smokers, who have not delayed in smoking crack and doing stupid crack-related things. i started it yesterday on my way home from the con, but haven't finished yet. that should be out by tonight. :)
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"work song"
by caroline's spine

it's another early morning
sun came up without a warning
i never do nothing til i'm showered and clean
got my pager
got my cuffs
a matching tie should be enough
i never leave the house without something to eat

an early riser by genetic
take the stairs cause i'm athletic
always at the office before anyone else
i take my faxes to be copied
grab a doughnut
grab some coffee
picture a diploma sitting on my shelf

the monotony is killing me
and i try to deny this corporate lobotomy

i need a suit of armor for a meeting
know i'm gonna take a beating
understaffed and my department's in a crunch
budget has become a hassle
boss is ripping me a new asshole
says he wants an answer on his desk before lunch
afternoon things don't look better
phone machine is breaking records
five hundred messages from who knows where
staying late 'cause i'm a beginner
call my girlfriend cancel dinner
says she thinks i'm having an office affair

the end of day there's no solution
face the traffic air pollution
put a smile on my face i didn't get fired
back at home to clear my head
i grab a drink
fall into bed
forty more years until i get to retire

the monotony is killing me
and i try to deny this corporate lobotomy
faceless_wonder: posing with my blue hair, in an NYC subway station. (Default)
thanks to certain non-crack-related entertainments, i was a little late in getting this week's News up. however, while i was busy hacking, lockpicking, and hanging out with Firefly and friends, crack smokers were busy smoking crack and doing colossally silly things as a result. i am a day late, but still i have scoured the depths of the interwebstubes to bring those things to light. if you're not a crackhead, take pleasure in the fact that you're not as stupid as these people. if you are a crackhead...you can add these things to the list of what not to do if you don't want to get busted for being a crack smoker.

so, without further ado, i present this week's News Crack Smokers Can Use:
  • hits on a crackpipe do not qualify as aromatherapy, no matter how many people love the sweet, burning-plastic smell of warm crack rocks in the evening. you should probably stick to selling legal aromatherapeutic implements like candles...but, please remember to call it "candles" and not "crack".
  • we have covered many, many times here on the News that eating crack is a terrible idea. if the police are approaching you, and you neglected to leave your crack at home like a smart crack smoker, it's probably sneakier to either drop your crack rock somewhere thickly hidden or hope you get off with a ticket or warning without getting searched. if the police have patted you down and confiscated your crack, the damage has been done. it is not going to help your case if you pluck your crack rock off the hood of the police cruiser and eat it. sure, you may get one last hit if you don't throw up before the crack kicks in, but you'll also be tossed into the metal clink--locked away from your precious crack--for longer than you would be had you not eaten the state's evidence.
  • if some guys with guns are watching you, it is probably a good idea to call 911. they're more likely to pick your stalkers up and carry them away than most other people you can call. however, you're best advised to refrain from doing illegal things until you are done dealing with the emergency services personnel. in this spirit, if you are a crack smoker who deals a little heroin in his spare time, it's better to wait to make that drug deal until after you're off the phone with 911. if you're really desperate to sell heroin while you're on the phone with 911, at least use the hold button on the phone. if all you do is cover the microphone, they can still hear you talking about heroin--and they'll still send the local constabulary to scoop you up. even though being behind bars solves the problem of the guys with guns who were watching you, it makes it a lot harder for you to go home and smoke that crack rock in your pocket.
  • there's no such thing as a good excuse for selling crack. however, if you are going to try, you should really come up with something better than noting that you sell crack, but not heroin. i'm glad you know that heroin is illegal. that's a step in the right direction. however, crack is no less illegal, and saying you sell crack but not heroin is kind of like saying that you robbed a bank, took the $100 bills, but left the $50 bills with the teller. you're still in big trouble.
that's it for this week's News Crack Smokers Can Use! as always, if you have any strange or stupid tales of the lengths to which people will go to smoke or sell crack, send me an email, drop me a comment, or go rappelling down from the top of my office building and knock on my window.
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there's cool.

there's really cool.

then, there's what could quite possibly be the epitome of cool: covering gnarls barkley on a theremin.

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would you like a darn good shot at winning a macbook air? is that a yes i hear?

you're in luck. cowtown computer congress, the new hackerspace in kansas city, is doing a raffle to raise money to pay rent on their superkickassawesome cave. raffle tickets are only $25, and there will be a maximum of 200 sold. as long as they sell at least 100 tickets, the prize will be a shiny macbook air, which they'll ship free anywhere in the world.

does that sound awesome? if so, buy a ticket...or two...or ten! the raffle ends on March 1, or at the moment 200 tickets are sold, whichever comes first. so, what are you waiting for? you'll be supporting a fabulous cause, and you might just get a shiny new computer as well.

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