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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream

Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body Jennifer Ackerman takes you through a day starting with a detailed description of waking in the morning and finishing with just as detailed a description of going to sleep in the evening. Throughout she mixes obsrevations, quips, and the reports of scientific […]

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Lists at Listable and PDF to Word convertor

Listable Hi. Listable is nothing more than a web site where you can type up some lists and have them handy if you need them later. (tags: lists) Convert PDF to Word (DOC) Online — 100% Free! Using our PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch […]

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Papers to read and PsychFest links for 2009-03-12

10 Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice) So, I was thinking about this and trying to not to get too glum. I realized that instead of complaining, I could help by pointing to some papers which are easily available online and which (to me at least) point to some of the most interesting […]

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Java links for 2009-03-11; singleton, lazy versus eager instantiation

Object Oriented analysis and design class will be discussing the singleton pattern today Objects First with java – Chapter 12, Singleton Singleton – eager instantiation. Eager instantiation performed at time class is loaded. public class Singleton. {. private static Singleton instance … (tags: java pattern singleton) Lazy Versus Eager Instantiation Lazy instantiation is a memory […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers upcoming gig in Ireland

CONNECTED ONLINE Magazine 2008 Ireland – A Place To Bury Strangers Although deemed “the loudest band in New York,” the pursuit of ear-blistering decibel levels is not deliberate, but the result of a devoted exploration of the possibilities of sound. Their noise comes from a passion for creating new sounds, not an empty excercise in […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-03-08

Ra Ra Riot, A Place to Bury Strangers, Marnie Stern, Apache Beat @ NYU (Kimmel Center – Photos): Photo 7 (tags: aptbs nyu) BrightestYoungThings: Slightly Overexposed With a well deserved reputation for their killer live shows,A Place to Bury Strangers brings its destructive pop sound to the 9:30 Club this evening, along with fellow shoegazers […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers at NYU, Skype and wiretaps links for 2009-03-07

A Place to Bury Strangers, Apache Beat, College, Marnie Stern, Ra Ra Riot: Show Review (Kimmel Center @ NYU, New York, N.Y. March 5, 2009) Eventually, I realized that APTBS was actually engaging brilliant in one of the few ways to stay dangerous in today’s climate; when every word of crowd talk is treated with […]

Recipes – Tapenade, Cranberry Chutney 2009-03-06

We were having some friends over for dinner and looked for some recipes for an appetizer (the tapenade) and some cranberry chutney to go with dinner. The tapenade recipe was really good although the polenta was not quite firm enough. We ended up using the first recipe for the cranberry chutney although I’m thinking of […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers sign with Mute

Here are several links to the announcement of APTBS signing with Mute A Place to Bury Strangers Sign to Mute | Pitchfork The self-titled, self-released debut album from Brooklyn effects-pedal abusers A Place to Bury Strangers took bits and pieces from any number of 80s-vintage noise-pop heroes: Hissing drum machine rattles from Cabaret Voltaire, morose […]

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A pear and an apple, closely

Looking at some fruit on our table made me want to photograph them. After several shots it seemd that up close worked best, although I must admit I get a little squeamish looking at the close up of the pear. Click on the image and let me know if it affects you the same way.

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