Grand Larseny

Life moves so very fast. Like a cougar or a leprechaun or something that’s really, really quick. You could say it’s like a flaming golden hawk with talons of ivory. The ivory talons represent modern man’s inability to understand nature, but that’s a topic for a different day.

Part of what keeps life so lively is rapid change in the technology we use. Because I’m arrogant young (yeessss, that’s the reason), I feel like I should have the world recognize how great I am by the time I’m 28. Since I know technology, I want to help define how the world uses technology, which means leading, if not being the originator, of the next technology revolution. The reason I share is that I recently ran across a quote from Steve Jobs, the head honcho over at Apple, that really opened my eyes to how change really works.

Things happen fairly slowly, you know. They do. These waves of technology, you can see them way before they happen, and you just have to choose wisely which ones you’re going to surf. If you choose unwisely, then you can waste a lot of energy, but if you choose wisely it actually unfolds fairly slowly. It takes years.

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That concept, as I see it, is really great. There is no need to try and invent something new, whether as an idea or a product. The first phase of all truly profound changes is always boring. In fact, there are so many potential paths for the future to take, you will be boring if you try and add another new effort to the pile. Instead, figure out which change will be really great, and go with that.

So, just like you wouldn’t try and force fashion change upon the world by wearing shoes made out of badgers, the best course of action is to evaluation the way things are changing and take the best course. Like seeing how cool a fedora can be, then making it interesting and cool. But not a badger-dora.

Found from The Onion, via Daring Fireball. I don’t know if I’ve ever found an article that really expressed my feelings about the Super Bowl as well as this hard-hitting piece of journalism.

“I just couldn’t imagine a better ending to the Patriots odyssey,” said Simon Williams, a Kansas City-area football fan who usually watches the college game but found himself caught up in the Patriots’ sheer loathsomeness during the season. “The utter lack of humility they displayed alongside an equal lack of any joy in the game, that toad of a coach, and that cologne-ad quarterback… If they have to act that badly while playing that well, you really want to see them fail in the biggest way possible. Thank God almighty, that’s what we got.”

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I can’t believe I’m quoting the pro-drug, permanent frat-boy Joe Rogan, but he really nailed it. When doing comedy, you start out telling jokes you find funny. When that wears off, you start telling jokes you think they’ll find funny. When that doesn’t work any more, you finally just tell life through your eyes. Telling the funny parts helps, of course.

What’s Joe Rogan got to do with you, you ask? No idea.

There are so many blogs; so many different and ultimately boring oceans of text. They all talk about the author’s life, what the author cares about, or something equally unimportant. I’ve never wanted to do that (although I suppose that statement is self-defeating), so that’s why I try and mainly do stories for anyone to read. Anyone know a better purpose for a website like this?

My life is great. I’ve got everything I could ask for; health, a beautiful and wonderful wife, a fun house. The one thing that life isn’t giving me too much of a break on is time. I just don’t seem to have the time in the mornings to write like I used to.

Not taking Kate running in the mornings really puts me in a weird place. I want to sleep more, and don’t get nearly as much done. I’m really looking forward to when she’s done with all this surgery stuff. It’s really funny, but I’m discovering that I can be a morning person in general, if I have something to get up for. If I’m just up and directionless I’m a total mess. That’s why Kate is so important.

Well, sorry for the lackluster effort this morning with the post. Better than nothing, right? Wait, don’t answer that.

It has come to my attention that my writing is far too abbreviated. Although I’ve tried to come up with a good idea that I can take to extend into a series of rather long blog entries, every good idea ends is merely expressed in a few paragraphs with no logical next step. What I’ve arrived at, then, is that perhaps I am trying my had at overly specialized ideas. So, I’ve thought of a new direction for a possible series.

I’ve always thought that the idea of humanity fearing things aquiring human sentience (ex, The Matrix, Terminator, or pretty much any movie about computers becoming intelligent) is about as stupid as the idea of someone being scared of a clown. Well, maybe that’s a bad example, but you know what I’m trying to say.

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Well, it’s going to have to be a rather short post today, as I’ve lost track of time and need to be heading in to work now. Hopefully your day is going well, too!

I’m sorry to say, internet, that the best link I can conjur up for you is some of the best reasons to watch Walker, Texas Ranger. That’s not too bad, right?

The band: Namur
The website: namur.nu
The genre: Awesome

The Rating: XXXX* (4.5 out of 5 fjords. extra fjords due to being from sweden).

You’ve got to check these guys out, they have the best sound I’ve heard in a real long time. But don’t get your hopes up about getting any of their CD’s any time soon. I just got mine in after ordering them 2 weeks ago. Keep reading for all the skinny on your new favorite band.

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