A likely place where cougars might go to commit suicide by cop.
In other news, I just received this from Charlie Wakeem of the Frontera Land Alliance:
"...Frontera Land Alliance successfully won Common Open Space valuation for Resler Canyon from the Appraisal Review Board after battling the Central Appraisal District for the past year and four months. The valuation was originally appraised at over $900,000.00 by the CAD last year. Resler Canyon valuation is now on the tax rolls at $200.00 as Common Open Space. The new valuation will not be official until the CAD puts it in writing an mails it to Frontera, which takes a month or two."
While I don't have a photo of Resler Canyon, I do have this picture taken this afternoon. It is of Crazy Cat, home of terriblly-ugly late 20th century "I have more money than sense" houses.
Cheers to Resler Canyon, Charlie Wakeem, et al., for making the CAD understand what "open space" means.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Major Outage! - Dozens of Popular Sites DOWN
Of course, this happens when I'm ready to post my first entry for Daily City Photo Blog. But then again, I was able to locate the problem with Vox using Google news and checking blog entries."Sites like Livejournal, Craigslist, Technorati, TypePad, and Vox (to name only a few that are affected) are currently down due to a major power outage in San Fransisco. Outages keep repeating, too."
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Winner/Loser takes all
Speaking of Hinduism, I heard last night about the highly-touted return of "La Spears" as Olbermann likes to call her. I'm sure he will have something to say about that tonight.
Perhaps he refers to her in this way because it seems she has no true personality beyond tabloid "news" (video/print/blog) and surveillance cams. In any event, she got up on that stage and did "it again, baby...one more time" for old times sake, I imagine.
And while some may hear some reverberating chisme about this "entertainment event" around watercoolers and such, Tracy Clark-Flory, writing for Salon's Broadsheet, thinks Ms. Spears appearance last night is really not "a good thing" for the former Mouseketeer:
oh, and thanks to hoveringdog for allowing use of his images for blog posts ...i love green spears.
Perhaps he refers to her in this way because it seems she has no true personality beyond tabloid "news" (video/print/blog) and surveillance cams. In any event, she got up on that stage and did "it again, baby...one more time" for old times sake, I imagine.
And while some may hear some reverberating chisme about this "entertainment event" around watercoolers and such, Tracy Clark-Flory, writing for Salon's Broadsheet, thinks Ms. Spears appearance last night is really not "a good thing" for the former Mouseketeer:
The buzz around her reappearance isn't so much a celebration of her return to a relatively functioning state as it is a salute to the return of Spears, the symbol. It strikes me as sad that her reembrace of the very carefully choreographed seductress role -- one that has all the depth of a blow-up doll and, arguably, led her to very publicly deface her own body -- can be seen as a comeback rather than a relapse. "Stripperific" Britney's back
oh, and thanks to hoveringdog for allowing use of his images for blog posts ...i love green spears.
Ganesha, the amazing XXX Hindu god
Within the past few days, I've begun playing with SharePoint Services at the university for a graduate course. While not the speediest interface, nor the most flexible in terms of page width, it does provide a lot of collaborative tools that are usually needed for departmental web sites and blogs. In addition, I asked and received information about whether or not my family's own domain could utilize the service where our sites reside. Unfortunately, the sites are hosted on a shared server, and cannot utilize the service.
At the same time, I've been investigating various articles that address Foucault and his thoughts on Visual Resistance. I say thoughts because several critics find the philosopher had a bit of resistance himself when it came to fully devising a comprehensive theory about resisting the visual. However, I have found that the initial chapters from his Archeology of Knowledge to put me on the right track for analyzing urban art and visual resistance.
Finally, I have shot a large number of stickers, stencils, and wildstyle graffiti murals, of which this one of Ganesha is part. I located this wonderful Hindu god across the street from a XXX adult bar on Texas Street near the city's downtown. It was strange standing there, trying to shoot pictures of this and the rest of the mural while men continually exited the bar. Talk about visually resisting my presence! Coming out of the back of the bar, the men hurried into their cars and trucks without looking at me, the street, or the wall.
At the same time, I've been investigating various articles that address Foucault and his thoughts on Visual Resistance. I say thoughts because several critics find the philosopher had a bit of resistance himself when it came to fully devising a comprehensive theory about resisting the visual. However, I have found that the initial chapters from his Archeology of Knowledge to put me on the right track for analyzing urban art and visual resistance.
Finally, I have shot a large number of stickers, stencils, and wildstyle graffiti murals, of which this one of Ganesha is part. I located this wonderful Hindu god across the street from a XXX adult bar on Texas Street near the city's downtown. It was strange standing there, trying to shoot pictures of this and the rest of the mural while men continually exited the bar. Talk about visually resisting my presence! Coming out of the back of the bar, the men hurried into their cars and trucks without looking at me, the street, or the wall.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The day came
when I had to implement signatures and codes for blog commentaries. Now, I don't like having to do it, but if it saves me from having to turn off firewalls and deleting the cache to rid my blog of some troll's random racist and unibomberesque post, then so be it.
And, if there really were to be a temple, anyone who goes to its doors will be welcomed. Sincerely.
And, if there really were to be a temple, anyone who goes to its doors will be welcomed. Sincerely.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Transitions to future tech
The following is a post I wrote for my Computers and Writing course. In the course, we utilize a program called WebCt.
Overall, I think I am behind with tech, and yet I communicate with people all over the world through Flickr and the two blogs I maintain. In fact, Vox.com blogs are good for this. Their interface is socially orientated, much like LiveJournal. In general, it seems all new business apps strive for social interconnectivity and networking. Librarything.com is designed to interact with others of similar tastes, while Amazon.com has a huge community of reviewers. This is the future of tech and human interaction through them.However, I must talk with friends via phone or F2F. I call my parents everyday, but feel guilt if I do not visit F2F every other week. How will this how will this effect society's growth in the future? To me, the future is the past plus the present. This means that we will continue until hitting a tipping point. At that point wlll all have cell phones that will conduct business/banking transactions, unlock car doors/homes via the internet, and receive images from fathers who are out taking pictures with their new digital cameras.
1. Do you think f2f communication important to a healthy society? If we communicate primarily through email, internet and such, how will this effect the growth of the society of tomorrow?
To begin I'll say I believe we as a species are very adaptive and adoptive.Those who are exposed to tech can and do adapt to electronic processes involving information, communication, and interaction, although my 18 year old does not like reading online, while I do. But she is a wizard when text messaging. At the other end of the spectrum, my 81 year old father is very intrigued by all things tech--he was always an early adopter--cameras, recording equipment, any number of electronic devices. He told me he believes he was born 50 years too early; he would like a computer and a digital camera. At the moment, he is considering various cameras that will create images and prints without the need for a computer. Every once in a while I text message his cell phone just so he can figure out how to read it, and text me back. On the other hand, the most tech my mom uses is the telephone and the television.As far as effecting growth of society, I see this already. I interact and comment (nay even dis) those who give my older daughter a hard time when she posts entries to her blog. Here is a good example, where we pseudonymously post. Later, as a follow-up, I discussed my process with my daughter on our landline.- First read blog entry, downloaded mp3 offerings, then read the first and only comment at the time.
- Thought about the commentator, and smiled wryly while thinking about an appropriate response.
- Thought how comment effected daughter, then decided to wait until others commented positively to her writing style. 24 hours later, spent too much time to compose an appropriate response.
- Discussed event five hours later with daughter; recapped one another's reaction and others' responses to the original post and first comment; laughed, and finally, caught up other's events for the week..
- Finally, located exact URL for WebCT entry, noted there are now 9 comments.
Overall, I think I am behind with tech, and yet I communicate with people all over the world through Flickr and the two blogs I maintain. In fact, Vox.com blogs are good for this. Their interface is socially orientated, much like LiveJournal. In general, it seems all new business apps strive for social interconnectivity and networking. Librarything.com is designed to interact with others of similar tastes, while Amazon.com has a huge community of reviewers. This is the future of tech and human interaction through them.However, I must talk with friends via phone or F2F. I call my parents everyday, but feel guilt if I do not visit F2F every other week. How will this how will this effect society's growth in the future? To me, the future is the past plus the present. This means that we will continue until hitting a tipping point. At that point wlll all have cell phones that will conduct business/banking transactions, unlock car doors/homes via the internet, and receive images from fathers who are out taking pictures with their new digital cameras.
Friday, February 09, 2007
New entry on Vox and why there are two blogs
I haven't quite figured out how the maintenance of two blogs on two different systems is shaping up as an experiment in rhetorical situations. Aside from comparison of services, I'll just say for now that I'm also trying to maintain two separate personae and voice. Since my Vox blog voice is purposely more sardonic in tone and spirit, I've posted a response to an El Paso Times article about the august Texas House, Tom Craddick, and where El Paso lies on his radar screen.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Where did she go? An answer to the demise of Molly
Since I haven't had much of a chance to blog (and surprisingly, this new semester seems to offer a chance to blog again,) I thought I would check on my blog roll.
And there it was. Molly Saves the Day was gone, gone dark, being used by another for unknown purposed. However, I was able to find this post from December 31 by Plain(s) Feminist: just plain feminism about the situation with Molly and her blog. In addition to finding out possible reasons why Molly went walkabout, she also writes that other feminist blogs have vanished overnight, or have posted strange entries. In short, she believes that these have been hacked and entries are purposefully weird, intended to speak for the absent or retired blogger.
Therefore, I will strike Molly Saves the Day for now, and add this South Dakota blogger who is a leo, feminist, mother, and professor.
And there it was. Molly Saves the Day was gone, gone dark, being used by another for unknown purposed. However, I was able to find this post from December 31 by Plain(s) Feminist: just plain feminism about the situation with Molly and her blog. In addition to finding out possible reasons why Molly went walkabout, she also writes that other feminist blogs have vanished overnight, or have posted strange entries. In short, she believes that these have been hacked and entries are purposefully weird, intended to speak for the absent or retired blogger.
Therefore, I will strike Molly Saves the Day for now, and add this South Dakota blogger who is a leo, feminist, mother, and professor.
Fire: from the personal to the global
Usually, I focus on whatever impacts my personal situation--reveries about life in general, my continuing education, and of course, my family. However, this morning I heard a voice that prompted me to write about something that was tested not far from here at the White Sands Missle Range Trinity Site.
What I heard was the computerized voice of Steven Hawking as I listened to CNN on the SatRad. At first, I thought I was hearing some outtake from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Intriged to what I could locate on the intertubes, I googled "doomsday," where I found this article at Nature.com, which stated: "The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of its Doomsday Clock to five minutes before midnight — the metaphorical marker of the end of humanity."
The Doomsday Clock is a serious attempt to focus the public's attention on the devastating power of nuclear weapons and their proliferation, whether dirty bombs to the U.S., Russia, and other countries acquisition them. And according to the bulletin, we are that much closer to midnight.
From there, I went to You Tube to see what the keyword would produce. I found two, which are appropriate. The first is by 19-year-old Nightmare415, who posted this video last summer.
The other video is by Juan Carlos Marti (aka josecarlosmarti). Marti's provides an excellent "fail safe" metaphor to the clock immediately before it strikes midnight. (embedding disabled at their request).
While we cannot stop the hands of that clock, we can stop and think about where our leaders are taking us now. Whether in their bellicose rhetoric, or their actions, we have the responsibility to voice our opinion through letters to the editor, online petitions, and of course, our vote.
What I heard was the computerized voice of Steven Hawking as I listened to CNN on the SatRad. At first, I thought I was hearing some outtake from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Intriged to what I could locate on the intertubes, I googled "doomsday," where I found this article at Nature.com, which stated: "The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of its Doomsday Clock to five minutes before midnight — the metaphorical marker of the end of humanity."
The Doomsday Clock is a serious attempt to focus the public's attention on the devastating power of nuclear weapons and their proliferation, whether dirty bombs to the U.S., Russia, and other countries acquisition them. And according to the bulletin, we are that much closer to midnight.
From there, I went to You Tube to see what the keyword would produce. I found two, which are appropriate. The first is by 19-year-old Nightmare415, who posted this video last summer.
The other video is by Juan Carlos Marti (aka josecarlosmarti). Marti's provides an excellent "fail safe" metaphor to the clock immediately before it strikes midnight. (embedding disabled at their request).
While we cannot stop the hands of that clock, we can stop and think about where our leaders are taking us now. Whether in their bellicose rhetoric, or their actions, we have the responsibility to voice our opinion through letters to the editor, online petitions, and of course, our vote.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Ephemeral Christmas gifts
Every year, MJ's aunt, who lives in the Milwaukee area, sends a cache of old family photos along with her Christmas greeting. Each time she writes, in her elegant Palmer method hand, “You probably have these already, but I'm sending them to you just in case.” While we have many images that his mother and father left, we usually haven’t seen the ones she returns.
These little gifts are true Christmas surprises--full of fun and memories. What more can you ask from a gift? In fact, who says a gift must always be glamorous, practical, or costly? These small pieces of paper cost nothing, yet each is embedded with its own small story that money cannot buy.
Their effect looms large our minds as we remember holidays when we were four or five years old. We remember long forgotten memories of stenciled window panes, tinseled pine needles, and frosted breaths in December air. All float to the top of our consciousness, and only then do we realize another year has flown, and the holidays are here once again. What memories are we creating this year? How will we send memories to the young? Are these URLs we create the future Christmas card memories for others? Only time will tell.
These little gifts are true Christmas surprises--full of fun and memories. What more can you ask from a gift? In fact, who says a gift must always be glamorous, practical, or costly? These small pieces of paper cost nothing, yet each is embedded with its own small story that money cannot buy.
Their effect looms large our minds as we remember holidays when we were four or five years old. We remember long forgotten memories of stenciled window panes, tinseled pine needles, and frosted breaths in December air. All float to the top of our consciousness, and only then do we realize another year has flown, and the holidays are here once again. What memories are we creating this year? How will we send memories to the young? Are these URLs we create the future Christmas card memories for others? Only time will tell.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
my kid that blogs moves east
a blogger moves east
(with apologies to frank o'hara)
will you have a goodbye/wrap-up
for the blog
b 4 u
leave?
will you blog on the road from
yr tree-o?
remember, we love you.
call
asap if you need
H E L P!
call, even if it is 2:00
in the morning
and you
are driving down
a foggy
road, with a foggy
mind, and
need a chat
while shannon sleeps
and mister
cat purrs.
call, just to say
hey! i'm at
i-forget-where, AR
at the Waffle House!
call when you reach
the NY state line!
call when you
get to brooklyn
call, even it's all good.
and most of all,
call us when you get there.
ps-we love you
xoxoxo
c
(with apologies to frank o'hara)
will you have a goodbye/wrap-up
for the blog
b 4 u
leave?
will you blog on the road from
yr tree-o?
remember, we love you.
call
asap if you need
H E L P!
call, even if it is 2:00
in the morning
and you
are driving down
a foggy
road, with a foggy
mind, and
need a chat
while shannon sleeps
and mister
cat purrs.
call, just to say
hey! i'm at
i-forget-where, AR
at the Waffle House!
call when you reach
the NY state line!
call when you
get to brooklyn
call, even it's all good.
and most of all,
call us when you get there.
ps-we love you
xoxoxo
c
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