http://www.jasonthimmesch.com a place for my thoughts... Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:00:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well well well...  it's been too long internet blog.  Did you miss me?  Well, you better start streching your css-glossed perl souce code because I'm back and ready to party. http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2009/02/10/back-with-a-fury/ I have started using google calendar to track my work sched (as well as other stuff)... check it out: http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/12/14/calendar/ I am a huge digg addict. I spent most of my time on the web there, reading about useful and useless info. Here is a cool widget designed by digg.com staff to update everyone on what I've been digging (or just checkout this page): digg_id = \'digg-widget-container\'; //make this ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/11/01/digg/ Ron Paul and Kuchinich introduced an awesome bill 4 years ago... shot down. Maybe it'll be revived again soon? The True Patriot Act http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/10/12/great-bill-yes/ Last week my friends and I partaked in the 3rd annual Zombie Pub Crawl. It was a riot, I encourage everyone to go next year! www.zombiepubcrawl.com It even made the front page of fark!   A few more pics here. http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/10/11/zombie-pub-crawl/ I've had many conversations lately about American politics and it's current state. Sometimes, the topic of facism comes up. Wikipedia losely defines it, but I've found (what I believe) to be a good overview: Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, published research on fascism in which he examined the ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/09/24/facism/ This about sums it up for me...  great excerpt http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/09/23/summary/ This is a cool flash animation displaying human origins.  Halfway through, a giant eruption kills most of the human population.  I had never heard of Mt. Toba before this, but now I am intrigued.  It caused a 6 year nuclear winter and buried parts of Indonesia in 20 feet of ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/09/23/timeline-of-humanity/ A month or so ago I picked up a Slingbox from Amazon.com.   This toy lets me hook up a Satellite or Cable box to the internet and watch TV anywhere I can get an internet connection (mobile phones, laptops).  It's a cool piece of technology! http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/09/19/slingbox/ Pretty interesting vote coming up... should the government be allowed to detain you without reasonable cause? Sounds like one of the key foundations to American freedom. Why do some politicians hate our freedom? http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/09/19/habeas-corpus/ Here is a striking collection of the most powerful images ever captured this century. Check it out, it'll definitely move you. http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/30/compelling-photos/ I read this on Digg.com today, I'm still LOLing:  The REAL truth about Santa. No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer, which only ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/20/science-vs-santa/ Karl Rove quit this morning. Of course, this had nothing to do with his recent subpoena, or his position as the puppeteer in white house dealings. Nope, he just quit because he wanted to. Yeah... Good riddance! http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/13/breaking-rove-quits/ I've got a bunch of shows that I'm planning to watch this fall; if you want to join me in this pursuit, let me know. Mon: Dancing with the Stars - Sept 24th, Weeds - Now! Tues: Wed: Southpark - October? Thur: The Office - Sept 27th Fri: Sat: Sun: Family Guy / American Dad - Sept ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/11/fall-tv-shows/ I bought the 1st season of the Showtime Show Weeds.  What a sweet show. It;s witty and vulgar and hip - everything I look for.  Check it out. The theme song on season 2 is sung by a different artist each episode, too, which is very unique. Music from the show http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/07/weeds/ What a fucked up event. Just biked down there, took some pics, check them out here: www.jasonthimmesch.com/bridge/1.jpg www.jasonthimmesch.com/bridge/2.jpg www.jasonthimmesch.com/bridge/3.jpg Update: Some guy on fark.com posted this pic of the underside of the bridge (where the homeless hang out).....   check it out http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/08/01/35w-bridge/ I thought the iPhone hype would have permeated all parts of culture; I thought wrong. Just right now, a shopped came up to me and asked: Shopper: "Is there a new iPod type thing that... that... also works like a computer?" Me: *dumfounded look*   "Ummm, you mean the iPhone?" Shopper:  "Yes! Thats it." I was ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/07/31/iphone/ Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens home was raided today by order of a federal grand jury. Rumor has it that he escaped through what appeared to be a truck, but ended up really being a series of tubes. Hopefully any 'internets' sent by his staff don't get tangled up again. *chuckle* ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/07/31/ted-stevens/ I recently started reading one of Alan Moore's most famous graphic novels: The Watchmen. (wiki - amazon). The book lives up to its hype: it is truly a masterpiece. I used to be slightly into comics when I was in my early teens, but that died out somewhat ... http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/07/17/watchmen/ Lost some posts due to a server move... it was my fault for delaying I guess. http://www.jasonthimmesch.com/2007/07/15/ouch/