Apathy

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | // .-=""=-. | unmitigated v\ -|--, /v---|---|- |\ // .'\__/ \_\ | irrelevant / \\ || / // \ || || | \ // /__/ \__/ \__.oo | anti-news /___\\ ||_/ //___\ || ||__| V/ ._/___\__/__\__(____/ | episodic / \\|| // \|| || | // /__|/ \|__\ ` | orchard / V' // ' ' // ______________________|_____________________//________________// //////////////////// what?? / link / older / feedback / mp3 // -- -- -- -- // < 5 ? / logs / # 5 > / a portal / me // ______________________________________// //////////////////////////////////////// __________________________________________________________ | | 03/22/2000 | The triumphant thoughts conquer your predisposition | |__________________________________________________________| | | | | | Salon on Soulbath - Interactive ASCII-ish timewastery | | | | (yes, Brad auf inter.log, exactly my kind of site) | | | | For best results, play Labradford in the background. | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/20/2000 | Hiatus | |__________________________________________________________| | | | | | Yes yes, the first long break since Christmas I'm | | afraid. DSL is badly busted at home, and I wouldn't | | want to steal time from The Man at work, you know. | | | | *glancing surreptitiously over shoulder* | | | | I don't expect it to be more than a week, but please | | try elsewhere for now. | | | | If you truly must follow my goofy footsteps, please | | try the older stuff. Keep kickin' it! | | | | P.S.: This is what part of the alphabet would look | [popup] | like if Q and R were eliminated. - Mitch Hedberg | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/18/2000 | "Nobody wants to be lectured by an invisible cow" | |__________________________________________________________| | | my faces | | are trees | Hard to believe this scifi image was drawn with a | | mouse. How-to instructions follow the image. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | larkfarm | | | Stolen link of interest: Wa-Tor simulation | | [Onward with the farming of the larks!] | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | moron music | | | Fred's Music Page includes some live mp3 action for | | Medeski, Martin, and Wood as well as some others. | | Bill Frisell, Mark Ribot, etc. | | | | | feel the | | double | I spent some of today's time at the helm jamming | bends | this Irish world-music band Kíla as per Chuck @ | | Looka's suggestion. "Lemonade and Buns" [.realcrud] | | is an album chock full of striding, swirling flute | | and strings. Powered by Celtic funk, I like the | | purely instrumental first song better than the | | following vocals. Normally avoid the "world music" | | fad like the plague, but this is technically well- | | played yet expressive. So big props to the world of | | the internet (Chuck) for opening my eyes. | | | | They're playing the East Coast in the last bit of | | March here. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | another | | obviously | If my eyes get any bigger, my eyelids will get | stupid | caught on my ears. | thought | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/17/2000 | So my face is broken | |__________________________________________________________| | | contemp | | augak zzjz | John Rausch's PuzzleWorld contains the full text of | | Stewart Coffin's The Puzzling World of Polyhedral | | Dissections. The main point of the book is covering | | many nifty puzzles one can build, but I dare you to | | read the segment of Chapter 19 entitled Abstraction | | and Reality. | | | | "Perhaps more to the point, what do the terms | | physical and abstract really mean, if anything?" | | | | | welcome to | | the time | Hankering for puzzles now? Try some I dredged up: | waster 2000 | | | The Ultimate Puzzle Site | | | | Cross Rings Alphabet | | | | Dr. Chess plucked up Rubik's Cube in Four Dimensions | | a while ago and I'm still baffled. You can download | | some solutions and watch it play back if a humbling | | is required. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | *awe* | | | Mundane Behaviour | | | | Lucky you, permission to link there is granted. | | [thanks to the memepool archives] | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | | | | Mu. | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/16/2000 | Power outage in the west appsicle | |__________________________________________________________| | | crash the | | system | Mind-poking interview with Aaron Newton in Insound's | | machine. Newton is the president of Epitonic -- and | | one smart cowboy. Read the last four answers if | | pressed for time. | | | | These are his favorite tracks [I think] | | | | Seriously guys, Epitonic is on a roll. | | | | | positive | | message | In silly pop-punk news, the local record store | must be | actually sold out of Millencolin's new album. I am | tracked | severely addicted to Pepper - scrounge an mp3 up at | down | Hein's Punk Updates and loop that sucker. | | | | "So you ain't got all your chickens home, but from | | what I do recall you don't have incurable syndromes. | | Don't you worry 'bout a single thing, don't you | | hurry -- you're a future king." Chickens home! Ha. | feel good | | inside | Millencolin's official music section has full mp3 | | tracks from each of their albums (including the new | | collection) but only a 2/3 cut from Pennybridge | | Pioneers. Lame. | | | | | a sweeping | | tide | Suddenly I must be minimal. | | | | | fun with | | games | Aqualung: Quake 3 underwater | | | | | pilfering | | the odb | Seen Goo-hoo! yet? | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/15/2000 | Attaining those life-long dreams of mediocrity | |__________________________________________________________| | | word komix | | ads still | Lauren Weinstein's Rover on Mars delightfully draws | annoying | what we have all been wondering. | | | | Ben Katchor's The Cardboard Valise | | "Yes, I'm an anthropologist, but with an admittedly | | narrow focus of study: myself." Remembrance through | | shampoo. | | | | Tom Millionaire's Maakies puns merrily along. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | thanks | | interlog | Audio Art in the Deaf Century gets tacked on the | | must-read list. | | | also | | | This Logical Pluralism pita is run by true | | professionals. Read their thesis and baffle in the | | glow of un-logic. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | well sir, | | that is no | There's a big fuss about Bill Joy's article on | news | technology eventually subsuming the human race -- | | but he is always described as being from the sun. | | Everyone seems to forget that the man invented vi! | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | scourge of | | punctuation | Figured out what was wrong yesterday. Too many | | exclamation points -- not sure what I was hopped up | | on. Advise that only the strong read any further on | | this page. Ugh. | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | 03/14/2000 | Everyday commonality is funny to-day | |__________________________________________________________| | | previously | | | Volume problems with mp3? Help. Or, last week. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | more | | intensely | Revelations on Metababy | volatile | This time, an attempt at linear narrative goes | content | horribly awry and almost gets murdered. Of course, | | since I mention it to you crazy reader people, it's | | going to get killed twice over. That is my ulterior | | motive. Or is it? | sounds | | stolen but | Revelation six | still good | "Coincidences are what happened while you weren't | | paying attention." | | "How can you tell?" | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | looka | | | Peter Case mp3s and such. Crazy covers. Definitely | | nab the rendition of Guthrie's "Why Oh Why"! | | | | "Why ain't my grampa my gramma, why oh why oh why? | | Same reason your gramma ain't your grampa, goodbye | | goodbye goodbye..." | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | making | | dorks like | Scheme to Perl translator = crazy!11 | me laugh | | | | also | | | Gilbert is kicking the dead horse but good this | | week. High fives all 'round! | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | egad it's | | commerce | Warner-Lambert's Allergy, Cold, Cough, and Sinus log | | [caution: may link to content unrelated to allergy, | | cold, cough, and sinus] | | | | "We're making the world feel better", slogan is a | | trademark of Warner-Lambert. Where else are you | | finally going to be enabled to buy Chiclets online? | | | | Also, Gelusil peppermint-flavored anti-gas tablets! | | | | Would you really want a razor named the "Injector"? | | | | | gorilla | | fair | Speaking of mainstream commerce, I had a visitor | | from The Money Store yesterday. Go fill out their | | survey with fun to read answers! My favorite part | | is where you are allotted 25 letters per comment. | | | | | all shall | | wear their | Sorta nifty internet commerce: Oyo Hats | stupidity | Design your own hat, and throw on Red Meat, Tom the | upon their | Dancing Bug, etc. embroidery. I could not restrain | knowledge | myself from grabbing a baseball cap with zen on it! | | Passersby will fail to understand, and so shall the | | wearer fail also. | | | |__________________________________________________________| | | close your | | eyes | Since I'm always forgetting where these are: | | SplitFire EPIC IRC script | | Epic online documentation | | | |__________________________________________________________| __________________________________________________________ | | | | eh? | This is the log of a faceless entity. Me. I wander | | around the web, and point out what are most likely | | completely useless things for you to visit. It's | | where I have been, what I learned there, and what I | | plan to figure out in the future. All in the palm | | of your hand. | | | the daily | Technically speaking, this is a "weblog". There are | surfing | many weblogs. You can probably find one that suits | tools | your tastes pretty closely in the morass below, but | | if not, use the pitas system to track yourself. | | | contact | D Fitch dgfitch@yahoo.com ICQ:363803 AOL:dguyfitch | | | |__________________________________________________________| /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// old archives: dots are interstitial weekly posts silly queries: how not to find this page ... useless sky: staring at old links . legos and robots: designing electrical companions and other nonsense . grid puzzles: waste time with boxes and their brethren . chip music: listen to the sound of the FUUUUUTURE . lewis carroll: charles dodgson wrote some happy tales . opinionation: how do you do, capitalism? how do you? ........ defunct rock: amf, grammatrain, jawbox, poor old lu, roadside .. ascii games: to quote salon, @ <- you are here . voicemail: automated telephone systems . bach and tone: the endlessly rising canon of links . eigenspace: eigen wha? ... /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// possible subjects: feel free to suggest or help out falling pod: zoooooming through the earth's crust . occam's razor: computational reflection . bad art: clean up old gallery . demoart: art disks, ansi conversion, zoomscope . 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Arbitrary | | numerical scales are not real helpful, eh? | | | 9.3 | A Minor Forest - Cocktail Party.mp3 [6.3mb] | 2.7 | A Minor Forest - Discoier.mp3 [7.0mb] | 6.1 | Neutrino - Sure Are Shiny.mp3 [3.4mb] | 8.2 | Neutrino - Bring On The Super Desserts.mp3 [4.6mb] | 1.8 | 33.3 - Miles.mp3 [5.9mb] | 2.4 | 33.3 - Rancho Diablo.mp3 [7.8mb] | 5.2 | Silkworm - Empty Elevator Shaft.mp3 [3.5mb] | 5.6 | Silkworm - Waiting on a Train.mp3 [3.5mb] | | | 8.3 | Arcwelder - Captain Allen.mp3 [3.2mb] | 6.3 | Arcwelder - Finish My Song.mp3 [4.5mb] | 8.9 | MxPx - Sometimes You Have To Ask Yrself.mp3 [2.4mb] | 8.6 | MxPx - Let It Happen.mp3 [3.2mb] | 0.6 | Low - Lullaby.mp3 [7.8mb] | 1.3 | Low - Over the Ocean.mp3 [3.2mb] | 2.9 | Ativin - Riding and Roaming.mp3 [4.1mb] | 3.2 | Ativin - Cy.mp3 [5.6mb] | | | 5.8 | Hugh - Ruby Cruiser.mp3 [2.8mb] | 7.1 | Hugh - Little A.mp3 [3.6mb] | 3.2 | Codeine - Cave-in.mp3 [3.3mb] | 4.8 | Codeine - Cigarette Machine.mp3 [4.4mb] | 6.3 | Jawbox - Consolation Prize.mp3 [3.5mb] | 8.8 | Jawbox - Tools and Chrome.mp3 [2.5mb] | 4.2 | Starflyer 59 - Wasting Your Whole Life.mp3 [4.9mb] | 3.5 | Starflyer 59 - All The Time.mp3 [2.8mb] | | | ?.? | Shellac - Didn't We Deserve a Look...mp3 [11.2mb] | 9.2 | Shellac - A Minute.mp3 [3.3mb] | 9.9 | Frodus - Deviant Recovery Network.mp3 [1.5mb] | 9.6 | Frodus - Invisible Time Lines.mp3 [2.8mb] | 7.2 | Trans Am - Extreme Measures.mp3 [4.1mb] | 4.7 | Trans Am - Home Security.mp3 [4.7mb] | 2.8 | Sebadoh - Total Peace.mp3 [2.7mb] | 3.9 | Sebadoh - Not a Friend.mp3 [2.7mb] | | | 4.6 | Grammatrain - Need.mp3 [5.9mb] | 9.8 | Grammatrain - Jerky Love Song.mp3 [0.6mb] | 7.2 | Roadside Monument - OJ House Auction.mp3 [6.5mb] | 9.3 | Roadside - Trophies for Optometry.mp3 [5.3mb] | 3.8 | Buddyrevelles - I'll Sell You a Picture.mp3 [4.8mb] | 3.3 | Buddyrevelles - Port Riga.mp3 [4.4mb] | 0.8 | Labradford - Everlast.mp3 [4.1mb] | 1.1 | Labradford - S.mp3 [5.6mb] | | | |__________________________________________________________| ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////