Archive for December, 2007

Dec 29 2007

52 Books in 52 Weeks: a wrap-up

It seems like only a few months ago that this meme began its third year, but of course it’s been a full 52 weeks.

I fell a little short of my goal. Starting a full-time job, among other things, has sucked away my time, as evidenced by the lack of decent posting…

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Dec 28 2007

The Beast’s 50 Most Loathesome People, 2007

This is always basically the highlight of the my year. A few samples:

37. Mitt Romney

Charges: America’s first clip-art presidential candidate, Romney is a strange mixture of game show host looks and android charm. A true flip-flopper, Romney’s ability to turn on an ideological dime is unparalleled, but his excuses are so…

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Dec 28 2007

Friday Random Ten CXXXVIII

The “post-holiday cold” edition.

Friday Random Ten

  1. Virgin Black - [Requiem - Mezzo Forte #05] Domine
  2. Tool - [10,000 Days #05] The Pot
  3. Emperor - [IX Equilibrium #03] An Elegy of Icaros
  4. Ben Christophers - [Spoonface #10] The Opium Willows
  5. The Gathering - [Sleepy Buildings #12] Eléanor
  6. Foo Fighters - [One By One #07] Halo
  7. Extol - [Undeceived #09] Where…

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Dec 21 2007

Friday Random Ten CXXXVII

The “Christmas is coming” edition.

Friday Random Ten

  1. Silverchair - [Young Modern #01] Young Modern Station
  2. Grails - [Redlight #09] Alms
  3. Coheed and Cambria - [No World For Tomorrow #02] No World For Tomorrow
  4. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - [So Divided #04] Naked Sun
  5. In the Woods… - [Omnio #04] Weeping Willow
  6. Anathema…

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Dec 19 2007

Look! A flying pig!

IE8 (still in development) passes the ACID2 test. I’ll be damned.

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Dec 14 2007

Friday Random Ten CXXXVI

The “Allison’s home” edition.

Friday Random Ten

  1. Odyssey - [Odyssey #03] Amon-Ra
  2. Symphony X - [The Odyssey #07] Awakenings
  3. Calexico - [Feast Of Wire #19] Fallin’ Rain
  4. Silverchair - [Young Modern #05] Those Thieving Birds (Part 1), Strange Behaviour, Those Thieving Birds (Part 2)
  5. Black Ox Orkestar - [Nisht Azoy #03] Violin Duet
  6. Rufus Wainwright - [Want One #07]…

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Dec 10 2007

the bleeding beat

Tags:
the bleeding beat,
	it sows so sweet a misery
	that only jumps its sombre pace
	when landing at her feet.

But Oh!         What Dreadful Havoc             /Her countenance
                Hath She Wrought                /a cannonball
                Upon the Ramparts               /to armor plates
                Of My Heart                     /and mortar walls

and in her lacking?
	lonely notes.…

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Dec 08 2007

Various and sundry technology stuff pertaining to work

I don’t usually talk about work on this blog, simply because I’ve read enough horror stories about blogging work matters to know how badly it ends. Granted, if I were to blog about my job, it would mostly consist of technology bits, but it’s still one of those grey areas…

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Dec 07 2007

Friday Random Ten CXXXV

The “Cold, suddenly” edition.

Friday Random Ten

  1. Pain of Salvation - [Scarsick #07] Mrs Modern Mother Mary
  2. Wolverine - [Cold Light Of Monday #11] The Final Redemption
  3. Devin Townsend - [Terria #04] Deep Peace
  4. Enslaved - [Below The Lights #01] As Fire Swept Clean The Earth
  5. Ulver - [Themes from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven & Hell…

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