{"id":3273,"date":"2011-12-03T22:18:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T05:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2011-12-03T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T05:18:56","slug":"notes-from-underground-nanoevolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2011\/12\/03\/notes-from-underground-nanoevolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Underground: NanoEvolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DJAnomalySF on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DJAnomalySF\/status\/142869419381624832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7021\/6448577327_113a3f3a81.jpg\" alt=\"Tonight at The Atrium -- NanoEvolution! It's going to be an epic night of psytrance.  Lots of new tracks so come on out!\" width=\"500\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah really.\u00c2\u00a0 DJ Anomaly keeps getting better and better, the crowd was totally into it, the lighting made everybody look good, and at 5 a.m. cinnamon rolls appeared as if by magic &#8230; epic indeed!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_3095 by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450664217\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7034\/6450664217_7953d2eeae_m.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3095\" width=\"240\" height=\"169\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>We had both spent most of the week sitting and working so had a lot of pent-up energy.\u00c2\u00a0 D had hit her milestone and had that &#8220;I&#8217;ve earned it&#8221; feel.\u00c2\u00a0 I had gotten a lot done as well, evaluating potential platforms for the next iteration of <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">q<\/span><span style=\"color: fuchsia;\">w<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">e<\/span><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">r<\/span><span style=\"color: aqua;\">i<\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">e<\/span><span style=\"color: #b500b5;\">s<\/span>, although wasn&#8217;t as thrilled with the results: most of the options have glaring problems like &#8220;doesn&#8217;t work on mobile phones or iPads&#8221;, &#8220;logging in via Twitter doesn&#8217;t work&#8221;, or &#8220;sends passwords in plain text through email&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Really?\u00c2\u00a0 In 2011?\u00c2\u00a0 Oh well, it is what it is; and by the time we got to the Atrium I wasn&#8217;t thinking about technology.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nInstead, I was in a reflective mood.\u00c2\u00a0 Over the last 48 hours I had talked with several friends from the past &#8212; well, they&#8217;re still friends, I just don&#8217;t see them as often as I did about five years ago, so it brought back a lot of stuff.\u00c2\u00a0 And as always, the music triggered memories: Astral Projection and being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achangeiscoming.net\/e-luminatus\/index.php?title=Rationality%27s_not_looking_too_good_these_days#Aug_1.2C_2004:_Scientists_in_an_irrational_world\">a scientist in an irrational world<\/a>, S.U.N. Project at the DNA Lounge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2314\">Penta<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=1257#comment-45508\">Cortex<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=54\">Dutch<\/a> and New Years Eves, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=3249#comment-275632\">Pesky Neutrinos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=3006\">Nymwars<\/a> remixes from earlier this year &#8230;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_3103 copy by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450668985\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7022\/6450668985_2c525dc322_m.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3103 copy\" width=\"193\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_3110 by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450673825\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7025\/6450673825_a2532a285d_m.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3110\" width=\"222\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"IMG_3108 copy by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450671977\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7149\/6450671977_407b9b8c5f_m.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3108 copy\" width=\"221\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>2011 wasn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2563#comment-131229\">the year I expected it to be<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I hate it when life gets in the way of life.\u00c2\u00a0 But while it&#8217;s easy (and depressing) to look at what didn&#8217;t happen, one of my resolutions was to take a more asset-based thinking approach to life.\u00c2\u00a0 If I look at what I &#8212; and we &#8212; accomplished this year, it&#8217;s pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"green and blue smilies by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450667783\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-left: 3px; \" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7025\/6450667783_28985ef32d_t.jpg\" alt=\"green and blue smilies\" width=\"120\" height=\"58\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>S<a title=\"pink and purple smilies by JonPincus, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31110324@N03\/6450666993\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7172\/6450666993_0cab96f367_t.jpg\" alt=\"pink and purple smilies\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>o rather than lamenting the sad state of software, the sexism of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?tag=google\">Google+<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=905#siri\">Apple<\/a>) (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2091\">Hacker News<\/a>) (and &#8230;), and the way social networks like Diaspora * (or Google+ for that matter) never seem to pay attention to moderation, when I woke up this morning I realized that I was focusing much more on the opportunities for 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Which leaves me in a much better frame of mind!<\/p>\n<p>Not to sound like a broken record or anything: <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?tag=psytrance\">I heart psytrance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah really.\u00c2\u00a0 DJ Anomaly keeps getting better and better, the crowd was totally into it, the lighting made everybody look good, and at 5 a.m. cinnamon rolls appeared as if by magic &#8230; epic indeed! 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