Saturday, August 5, 2023

I Have no Faith in the People

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At the end of the day there are some things that have happened and its hard to see that the relationship between the people and this country...

Preparing for Siggraph 2023

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The archaic remnant of a (formerly) important conference about the technology, aesthetics and practice of what was once an experimental form...
Friday, August 4, 2023

Another Old Friend Needs to Be Abandoned

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Perhaps I would prefer not to know too much about old friends.  About 1988, NAME REDACTED lent Brad and I a Mitchell Camera for our test for...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Trump, Rape, Republicans, Ethics

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  Which is worse: having a candidate who is a known rapist or failing to act on that knowledge and disqualify the miscreant?   I was not rea...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Trump/Republican Non Stop BS Emitter

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I wonder if it would be possible for something to happen around or involving Donald Trump that did not result in some astonishing series of ...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Rent and Salary in California 2023

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This post works backwards from the cost of a small 1 bedroom in Santa Barbara to what you would have to make per hour if you were a part tim...

Arise Ye Believers in Bipartisan Compromise! Your Moment has Arrived!

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Perhaps the Republicans have created an opportunity for the great American tradition of bipartisan compromise to create a new synthesis and ...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Death by Opera at the Hollywood Bowl

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We went to the Hollywood Bowl to see Verdi's Requiem as conducted by Gustav Dudamel.  For those of you not up on your classical music sn...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Maureen Nappi

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Unfortunately, I just heard that Maureen Nappi has passed away.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-maureen-nappi-ph-d-2a1b0511/
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Nutty Russian Conspiracy Theory

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Russia used to be the home of nutty conspiracy theories. This one comes from a Russian observer who writes for DailyKOS. I think this one i...