Thanksgiving Afterreport
By rob | November 23, 2006
- Roast Turkey – Turned out great. The first 30 minutes of cooking (at 500deg) can get a bit smokey, though.
- Tart Cranberry Dipping Sauce – Great, but possibly unnecessary if you have cranberry sauce on your plate as well.
- Sage Gravy – Twas a basic gravy; nothing to write home about.
- Cranberry Sauce – Gets better every time. Should have kept it all for the waffles.
- Country Bread Stuffing – Totally great. Going to do this one again and again.
- Sweet Potatoes – While these tasted great, I really didn’t like the texture. They didn’t soften up much.
- String Beans & Shallots – It was pretty basic, and wasn’t so bad — but I don’t think I’ll make it again. Again with the texture thing.
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Thanksgiving Menu
By rob | November 22, 2006
- The Good Eats Roast Turkey, with
- Cranberry Sauce
- Country Bread Stuffing with Smoked Ham, Goat Cheese, and Dried Cherries
- Sweet Potatoes with Apple Juice and Spices
- Roasted String Beans with Shallots
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Lost in the Woods
By rob | November 18, 2006
Here’s a quick track list:
Me We – Stress Assassin (from Carrier Track)
5 AM – 9 lazy 9 (from Electric Lazyland)
Dendrimers & Dreamers – Capsula (from Patchuli Sexy Lounge)
Soriya – Zen Lemonade (from Arcana)
Free Space – Vataff Project (from Chilloutzone – Ambient Planet Vol. 1)
By Chance – Ohm-G vs. Bussian (from Kumharas Lounge Ibiza Vol. 4)
Together, We Are… – Sundial (from Metabasis)
Dubuasca – Bassnectar (from Gathering The Tribe)
UFO Over Trenchtown – Eat Static (from New World Dub 01)
Leaving My Troubles Behind – Varano (from Chill on Air)
Azure Aquarings – Sundial (from Metabasis)
Oshun – Hamsa Lila (from Gathering The Tribe)
Babygroove – David Bickley (from Still Rivers At Night)
Arise – Zion (from Patchuli Sexy Lounge)
Lolita – David Headberg – (from Electronic Summer In Corsica, Vol 2)
A New Way To Say Hooray – Shpongle (from Shpongle Remixed)
Don’t Panic – Kuba (from Inside Out)
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Proof that I hate you all
By rob | October 31, 2006
I forgot that I had horked this together a couple months ago with Live… It’s not finished, and I don’t recommend you listening to it.
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More Books
By rob | September 7, 2006
- ‘A Shortcut Through Time’ – George Johnson
It’s a book on the history, backround, and applications for quantum computing and quantum cryptography. Pretty easy to understand, if you’re into that stuff. - ‘Assasination Vacation’ – Sarah Vowell
Very funny. VERY educational. A great read.
Right now I’m chuggin’ through Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene…
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Love Da Dub
By rob | August 28, 2006
Mossman - Zion Train Dub Hypnosis - Gaudi:Testa Multicolor Cow - Space Funghi Project Dellphine - Sundial Time Becomes - Orbital The Operative Word - Kuba Political Finga - Liquid Stranger One Good Dub - Kaya Project Towers of Dub - The Orb Aurora - Hamsa Lila River of AIr - Gus Till Babylon Flamenco - Gaudi Cicada Wave - Noodreem
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Books – Catch Up Edition
By rob | July 18, 2006
Been doing a crazy amount of reading over the past couple months, so here’s a quick catch-up of the stuff I’ve read — at least so I don’t forget. I might edit this a bit as other books come to mind. I’ve been in the habit of lending things out to people after I’ve finished them, so I’m not sure if I’ve gotten everything here.
Neil Gaiman – American Gods
Neil Gaiman – Coraline
Charles Seife – Zero
Audrey Niffenegger – The Time Traveler’s Wife
Margaret Atwood – Oryx & Crake
Thomas P. M. Barnett – The Pentagon’s New Map
Henry Hobhouse – Seeds of Change
Jim Knipfel – Ruining it for Everyone
Chris Elliott – The Shroud of the Thwacker
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner – Freakanomics
The Cosmic Serpent
Charles Seife – Decoding The Universe
Charles Seife – Alpha & Omega
Amir Aczel – Entanglement
Richard Feynman – QED
Richard Feynman – Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman
The Truth – Al Franken
Bill Bryson – A Short History of Nearly Everything
Brian Greene – The Elegant Universe
Margaret Attwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
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“hot and sticky”
By rob | June 23, 2006
A nice mellow ambient mix.. I would have rather been at GMSF this weekend listening to stuff like this, but other things are going on.
Enjoy.
Rough track list:
nomad/ishq + orcadrift/lisa walker
croatian diaspora / matenda
natrual reflection / space buddha
cosmic consciousness / magic sound fabric
fellings per room / saafi brothers
siliconectar
jana / ustad
kali /state of bengal
bombay mix / ravi sari
relaxer / deep dive corp
chinese radio / puff dragon
what vibration / shanti matkin vs jimbo
the earth, the sun, the moon / alien mutation
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Some more moozik
By rob | April 8, 2006
Two more mixes that I chruned out in the past week. I’m too lazy to post a track listing, but I think they both turned out kind of neat in their own respective ways…
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Everyone’s mind is fit to be changed.
By rob | April 4, 2006
I’m currently in the process of reading The Pentagon’s New Map, a book written a couple years ago by a professor and strategist for the Naval War College. Not the typical book I’ve been reading lately – it has nothing to do with theoretical physics or cooking – but a book at about “war in the context of everything else.†Dr. Barnett has developed a theory that separates the world into it’s “Global Functioning Core,†that which has been touched and participates in globalization, adhering to rule-sets which make typical conflict unlikely due to the strong interconnectedness; and “The Gap,â€, the countries and regions of the world that for whatever reasons – cultrurally, politically, economically, are non-participants in this growing global rule-set.
I’m about half-way through this book, and up to this point I have now, and in the past have been, in complete agreement with his theories. That economic globalization – the participation in basic economic and adherence to legal principles – is the one force that can end up leading to global peace. (probably much to the dismay of some friends that believe protesting such pro-globalization organizations such as the WTO, World Bank, and others)
However, recently I have hit a point in the discussion that has slightly gone against what I had previously held to believe – that the invasion – or attempted conversion of Iraq from a “Gap†nation to a “Core†nation is a good idea. Scratch that, I have no doubt at some point it would have been a good idea, and necessary, but I disagree with the “when†and “how.â€
In my time doing project management and learning to set priorities for myself, and at my workplace, I have learned to plot my potential projects on a three dimensional graph, based on their cost, risk, and potential benefit. Then, picking first the low hanging fruit (those projects with least risk & cost, but high or reasonably good benefit) and working from there.
I don’t believe the invasion of Iraq fits that model. Surely, converting an Arab country, governed by a dictator, with great wealth disparity to a member of the functioning “Core†would be a great trophy, but what of the cost and the risk?
As I am only half way through this book, my mind is left open to be changed, of course. However, it is good to know that there might be some laudable overarching strategy to the actions the US has taken in the past couple years, even if how they have been “explained†(if I can even use that word) to the American people and the rest of the world have been laughable at best.
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