The Nexus of 2024

Category: Personal

  • My new bio-in-progress, 2.0

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    It’s amusingly difficult for me to write professional biographies, especially for print publications. Not only do I have a hard time reducing my career to the paragraph you’re usually allowed, at some level it feels like it forces me to reify my identity. Nonetheless, it has to be done; right now, I’m on the hook…

  • Oddaptation: Horton Hears a Who

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    My brother, aka Gregory K of Gottabook (best known for his Fibs) also does Oddaptations, which he describes as “Cliff’s Notes/Spark notes of picture books… but with some attitude (and rhyme) thrown in.” Here’s the start of his latest, which I’d describe as something of a Seussian mashup: HORTON HEARS A WHO by Dr. Seuss…

  • Choosing hope over fear: Obama ’08

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    A lot of people have written great posts on why they support Barack Obama and his campaign; so I’ll keep it quick, and link out to others who have taken the time to give more details and say things better. A lot of people say “they’re no different on the issues”. I disagree. There are…

  • What’s up with me, mid-January edition

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    After taking a couple of months fairly completely off (sleeping, doing some writing, and plenty of hanging out with Deborah), as January gets going I’m starting to re-engage, so I figured it’s about time for another “what’s up” post…. The biggest news is that I’m going to be starting a consulting gig in early February.…

  • Notes from underground, 2007/2008

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    As TantraSF says: Remember the days before the underground split into many different scenes and moved into nightclubs? Remember when you could hear trance, breaks, techno and downtempo in a big warehouse with an old school vibe? Remember back in the good old days? We do too, so this year Tantra is teaming up with…

  • Thinking of you (New Year’s Eve)

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    Thinking of you Thoughts emerging from dreams, In my mind as I wake: Full of warmth and desire, Bliss beginning the day.   Thoughts weaving together, Through the whole afternoon: Sun, chocolate, your smile, Love … and feeling alive.   Thoughts of art and beauty, In my mind late at night: Memories, Fantasies, Dreams and…

  • What’s up with me

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    The two months since I left Microsoft have been low-key recharge-and-relax time: catching up on sleep, visiting my mom, reconnecting with friends, doing some writing (blogging, poetry, the fictional The anomaly and the goddesses), and hanging out with Deborah. It’s been great. My friends consistently tell me how relaxed I look and sound (my Facebook…

  • Notes from underground: Geo Solstice tonight!

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    Heading out soon to Geomagnetic.tv’s Geo Solstice 2007 at the Gingerbread House in SF tonight. Geomagnetic’s Dr. Spook, who did the pscychedelic Ad Astra visuals and rotating globe, is on at midnight; string art by Andres! The psytrance, dark psytrance, and darkwave scenes are feast-or-famine in SF: sometimes there’s a ton of good stuff going…

  • Notes from underground, chapter n

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    I went out last night to see Anthony Pappa at Scott Carelli’s Satellite, “bringing you the best underground DJs in the middle of the week for 5 years.”  I always feel so lucky when I get to see somebody of his caliber in such a small venue, and the crowd was great, very diverse, there…

  • Hi, Mom!

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    We’re heading back to visit my Mom in Folly Beach, South Carolina, for a couple of days, so I won’t be online much. Please try to keep the web running in my absence. jon

  • Not to sound like a cliche or anything …

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    … but I woke up this morning thinking today really is the first day of the rest of my life!” After which point I went back to sleep, and didn’t get out of bed until close to noon — I mean, might as well get the rest of my life off to a nice relaxing…

  • Happy Hallowe’en!

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    Our plans for the day got slightly scrambled because the “do not track” list proposal from a coalition of nine privacy and civil liberties groups (including PrivacyActivism) got a chunk of media attention today (New York Times, Ryan Singel on Threat Level with a very good article, a lame discussion on Slashdot but still it’s…