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It’s True: New York City Is so Much Cooler, and So Is My Hometown.

Since moving to New York City, I’ve come to understand why so many people from here felt so down when they came to my little podunk hometown of Sanford, NC. New York City really is that much cooler in so many ways. Don’t get me wrong.  I love my hometown for many reasons.  This big [...]

How Music Companies Can Make Easy Money on iTunes

Back in the 1980s, a lot of great music was released. Fans of a particular artist could purchase the albums on LP or Cassette. CDs were starting to become more popular, and the 45rpm single was still a common find in many stores. Among these options, fans could get all of the songs from the [...]

Arizona Gunman Planning Ahead? Videos from the shooter.

Jared Lee Loughner has a youtube account, and has apparently been identified as the gunman in the Tuscon Arizona shooting of a Democrat Congresswoman. The videos below from his YouTube account indicate a bit of instability and foreshadowing.

The earliest of these was posted a month ago, and the others three weeks ago. One states “In a few days you will know I’m conscience dreaming,” whatever that means. Perhaps it meant he planned to go shoot someone.

Of course, I can’t be 100% sure that these are videos posted by the gunman. If I am mistaken, I apologize, but the details seem to link properly.

*Update – At this link we can see that the shooter had an interest in Drug addiction,health, health conditions, mental health, psychology, and society. As his YouTube videos show, he was a bit incoherent in his writing, so it’s probably a good thing there’s nothing to read there by him.

*Update – A photo of the shooter?

It is 2011

Just an FYI. It is now 2011 everywhere in the world, except for those folks that use other funky calendars. If you still write checks or perform any other hand-written datestamp routines that are not handled by computer, you might want to write 2011 on the back of your hand in ink for the next [...]

Order for me. I’ll order for that guy.

Would you eat at a restaurant in which each person ordered the meal for the next person to order? Offsetting Behaviour tells of a japanese restaurant where each person orders, and pays for, the meal of the person to follow.Yes, when you visit, you eat what the person before you ordered, and the next person [...]

Interesting Self-Quote from 1991 BBS Post

4/60: new portable computers with color VGA Name: Lockjaw The Ogre #31 @9955 Date: Mon Jul 08 11:22:54 1991 i am watching a story on CNN right now about new portable computers with flat  color vga monitors. they look great, with awesome color capabilities. the  screen is made up of loads of tiny transistors that [...]

Problem

Upgraded to Movable Type’s latest version, and publishing isn’t working properly.  Not sure why, but at this time of the morning, I’m having trouble caring.  I’ll work on it later, but until then, any entries with “Read More” options are going to return errors when you click the links.  Who knows what else is broken…

Lockjaw Drives to Work Episode 01

I know I haven’t been posting a lot, lately. Since my promotion at work, I’ve been less in the mood to put in the effort once I get home. I’ve still had the urge to create, though. Looking at my day, I found one bit of slack time during which I really wanted to work [...]

World War II – Online Game Chat

If you’ve ever wondered what World War II would have been like if it was played as an online game, then this is for you. One warning is that it is laced with profanities. Another is that it is full of net-speak shorthand. It’s quite funny, but also does a decent job of accurately telling [...]

Thoughtful Article on Terri Schiavo

Ed “What The” Heckman over at Greatest Pursuits posted a lengthy, well-thought-out piece on the situation surrounding Terri Schiavo. Some of the most important points are: Terri is not “brain dead.” Terri displays behaviors that show she is not in a “Persistent Vegetative State.” “Not only is Terri able to interact with her environment, she [...]