It’s Complicated

A playlist I’m developing. Track order needs sorting. Linking or uniting the tracks is what I would call a rhythmic complexity, even if the time signatures aren’t unusual. If you get lost, the beat will bring you back. You’ll need a tolerance for ‘90’s and 2000’s Electronica, but other genres are included.

There are some low notes. I recommend over-the-ear cans or a place you can feel the noise.

Apologies to Gaping Void for the theft of his artwork. Art on the back of business cards was a thing when I needed it.

People Aren’t Stupid

The Best RSS Feed Readers for Streamlining the Internet

I’m a paid Inoreader user. Arrived there from Feedly<Google Reader<AvantGo<PointCast and other local tools.

I highly recommend RSS to deliver your news to you. Beats re-checking a long list of favorites for updates, by far.

When you find a British show about designing kitchens and discover that you had already been following the firm on Instagram: deVOL Kitchens

When you spend time reading well-researched writing on pensieves.

It’s a fascinating idea to explore with respect to note-taking, journaling, and capturing knowledge.

It’s a literary device, but our various technologies could give us those magical powers one day.

1. Pensieve - Harry Potter Lexicon
2. Memory Extraction Spell - Harry Potter Wiki
3. Thoughts on the Pensieve - The-Leaky-Cauldron.org

Note to Self: Tame Impala Radio on Spotify as played at Noosa Beach Grill, Nag’s Head, North Carolina

“…We have become the data we were supposed to be stealing or subverting.”

Cyberpunk, Anti-Politics, and Postmodern Despair

I am Gen X. I was a Mondo 2000 reader.

I have a new vice: Spicy Japanese Peanuts from Picosita Candy

They are covered in Tajin

The Ambitions Are:

• Wake Up
• Breathe
• Keep Breathing

Shuffle Play unearthed a favorite. Nicole Blackman vocals with The Golden Palominos

I do not have a subscription to read the Washington Post, where the source article appeared, but I appreciate the quotes pulled out at 9TO5Mac. This seems like an appropriate stance for technology companies to take, and I appreciate it.

Microsoft president attacks type of government gag order imposed on Apple

Especially the sentiment behind this statement:

So that’s what they do. In secret. By serving search warrants on companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft to obtain emails and messages that belong to our customers.