Earworms! Fun & Games

This looks interesting...
CNN.com - 'Survival' author: Taking responsibility is key - Oct. 28, 2003

Here's some cool science...

Researchers: Monkeys use mind to move objects

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/13/monkey.brains.reut/index.html

--Bennie

International Talk like a Pirate Day - Sept. 19th.
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

Very productive weekend. Completed my drawing table project. Looks beautiful!

Just came across news of an MP3-like, music format that's open source called, Ogg Vorbis. Site: http://www.vorbis.com/index.psp

Cool thing is it's totally free, open source, and the format is recognized on various computer operating systems, the likes of Unix/Linux, Windows, Macintosh, BeOS, and PS2.

Other neat thing is a site called the Kahvi Collective. Site: http://www.kahvi.org/index.html Their mission: "to gather and provide free electronic grooves area of operation: Internet."

I just downloaded a few of their songs and the sound quality is like nothing I've ever heard. (I use Winamp for my mp3 music player. Winamp also recognizes the Ogg Vorbis format, extension ogg.) The two I did listen to seem more in the vein of Finish/Norweigian ambient music, but I'll explore around some more.

Very Euro. I like.

Looks like the popular "blackout" photo of the NE US was a fake, according to an article on Space Weather.com. Here's the brief:
"BLACKOUT? NOT: The now-famous blackout of August 14th really happened, but this is not a picture of it. It's a fake. The image, widely circulated around the Internet, claims to show city lights across the USA and Canada after nightfall on August 14th. The continent appears brightly lit except for a deep black area in the northeast. How do we know it's fake? There are many reasons, mainly genuine images of the blackout reveal that not all cities in the affected area were dark. The blackout simply wasn't as black as this image suggests. Incidentally, there is no such thing as satellite ISAT Geostar 45--the purported source of the photo."

Here's a link to the REAL picture...http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/swpod2003/18aug03a/dmsp.gif

/BB

Back into calisthenics mode. Summer break is over. I’ve shared with the ADS gang I’ll put up a web site soon to display some of my drawings, etc. What-a-meza-saying?

A Transarchitect: an architect, artist, composer, and theorist who employs algorithmic techniques to design actual, virtual and hybrid intelligent environments.

Source: CyberAtlas

This looks cool: Wikipedia: http://wikipedia.com/

Buzz, buzz, buzz. I'm busier than a bee. Productive writing the past several days. Getting back into researching several story ideas based on characters from earlier works I've created. Still thinking my way through various magnetic, electromagnetic, thermal, and gravity theories on creating portals in time and space. My work notes build on each other, lately, so that's a good thing. I may not include a lot of my research into the actual stories--BUT if I can understand the universe I want to create (or write within), the more believable the world will be. Besides, I love doing this anyway!!

Back from the weekend-blitz, Comic-Con 2004 and "7-Habits" class held Monday and Tuesday. Wonderful information.

What a week! Completed all the work I needed to do before taking a few days off. Spent most of the day just hanging around and doing a little cloths shopping. Found some great specials!

I’m making some notes on people I want to meet at the Con, mostly names I’ve come across lately in reading blogs and interviews. Here are a few of the names: Keith Griffen, Jai Nitz, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Peter Rose, and Laurenn McCubbin. Of course I also hope to see ADS’r Anne and Colleen Doran. Got a lot scheduled to do at the Con, but I’m looking forward to having fun!

The Martial Arts of Middle Earth
An Interview with Tony Wolf, Fighting Styles Designer for the Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy
http://swordforum.com/articles/ent/tonywolf.php

Work still piled to be accomplished before I take a few days off this next week. Saw Pirate of the Caribbean, Thursday evening. Awesome movie. Loved Johnny Depp. I’m even considering seeing it again!

Spoke with Sis, earlier today. Poor Guilis is having problems again. I feel for him deeply, but he needs to decide things for himself.

Got a lot of work to do today...I think it's a Loreena McKennitt music day, with the headphones on. In memory of the "Old Ways!"

Another day. Buckling down to do some work. Survey's out the door and the SAGE 950 guide is up next.

I'm all hung up on this User Guide Survey I need to get out the door tomorrow. Gonna wear my kicking boots and drop kick those Qs right out the door, Bam-Yoew, right out the door I tell ya. Next, need to jump back into the SAGE 950 Test Procedures. ...At least I have my CDs to dance to. ;-)

Plans to go see Pirates of the Caribbean, this Thursday with “The Gang.” ....Arhhhhhg, avast!!

Spent a lot of the weekend re-watching the Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring, extended edition Appendixes.