tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75393515259820733782012-01-28T18:03:26.699-08:00This is where everything you thought about gets put into digital format because I can totally read your mind....Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-91170049715883726842012-01-28T17:50:00.000-08:002012-01-28T18:03:26.801-08:00

The New York Times authors Charles Duhigg and David Barboza presented a series of articles recently showing just how much our love of Apple products such as the iPad cost to get that patented blitz to market and up to the famous Apple standards. It was President Roosevelt who said "Goods produced under conditions under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard of decency should be

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I have nothing yet, so here's a poem by Rudyard Kipling that makes me feel good                                                                  Rudyard Kipling                                 If... If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can

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After letting this site sit idle for far too long, I have decided to reclaim it as a base of operations for my online social life. I don't have much to add right now, but I promise to stay on the ball and keep it as interesting as possible. The bad news, probably a lot less adult humor and content. The good news, it will force me to express myself honestly online, even if I don't have anything

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0Bellingham, WA, USA48.7595529 -122.4882248999999848.6946079 -122.55148589999997 48.824497900000004 -122.42496389999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-91109445313430938192010-03-31T15:10:00.000-07:002010-03-31T15:10:44.680-07:00

to meet a recruiter at the food court of a mall who wanted me to sell life insurance and debt consolidation. "Make up to $5,000 a MONTH from home!" it was on the brochure... What does rock bottom look like? And when do I hit it?

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-79207370819808890032010-03-14T12:43:00.000-07:002010-03-14T12:43:01.182-07:00

We have some treats for our cat, Admiral Bill Adama, that are called 'Feline Greenies'. On the back of the package is a chart indicating the amount of Feline Greenies to be given based on the weight of the cat. It's in English and French. In the French chart, instead of 'Cat Weight' it says 'Poids du Chat' or 'Pounds of Cat. My point is this: doesn't pounds of cat bring more of a smile to your

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-6012584700619864062010-03-11T12:44:00.000-08:002010-03-11T12:44:17.387-08:00

Good Morning, I present to you an alternative peer-reviewed citation style that I believe will improve the readability of journal entries, while losing none of the verifiability of the data presented. Although the online encyclopedia 'Wikipedia' has a decidedly mixed reputation in the academic world (a phenomenon of systemic bias in coverage, otherwise known as 'Wikigroaning' is just one

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-86983763080218575072010-03-10T19:14:00.000-08:002010-03-10T19:14:07.343-08:00

To wit: Boing Boing  displayed a spectacular and creative junk/mosaic of Lady Gaga. I envy and tip my hat to people who can really make their lives run on their artistic abilities and their imagination. I went to the artist's (Jason Mecier) website, and lo and behold, this guy has an entire gallery of celebrity mosaic's done up using junk. Check out the gallery section of Jason Mecier's work

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge.... Designer Stephen Taubman came up with this infographic, which I found later on Flowing Data. I have been more or less avoiding this movie for a year. I don't know why, it just seemed too packaged to become a Z-Movie classic. Like trying to force an internet meme, or getting me to try to quit smoking by treating me like a child, I just don't like to

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-90738881131479937242010-03-09T15:43:00.000-08:002010-03-09T15:43:00.955-08:00

Evan Driscoll, brother to a very good friend of mine, has become the proud owner of The Sasquatch Acre. This is an ultra-local organic farming project located on Sauvie Island, OR. He has started his planting for the season, and is currently establishing himself and his produce to a few local farmers' markets as well as restaurants. To me, it is a great example of giving something you enjoy

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-35077077272674802862010-03-05T00:27:00.000-08:002010-03-09T14:12:13.989-08:00

I found a slideshow of his book cover art for science fiction novels, and I like. I like very much. Example: More found here at Future Past: Richard Powers

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 ...are truly amazing. Here we have the 'Blood Falls' from the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The frozen falls were observed in 1911, they were originally thought to contain algae which gave them their distinct red blood color. However the truth is a little bit more fun. Approximately 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier covered and sealed off a small body of water

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-81037155376966801702010-03-04T23:15:00.000-08:002010-03-05T00:33:05.518-08:00

That being said, I'm sure I will. I can see the merits in its setup. But I'll tell you what, if there's one thing I respond well to, it's this: I like it when people act out their tweets. Twitter: The Criterion Collection It's definitely not safe for work, so be advised. However, I like the creativity involved with this one. As the article states, the rules were simply to act out, recite,

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-42223446006862842412010-03-02T21:00:00.000-08:002010-03-02T21:02:17.376-08:00

My wonderful girlfriend/conscience/guru Kristen Munro has insisted that I forget about posting on Facebook when I have a perfectly suitable blog set up. That being said...I shall keep it brief and to the point: Yeah, that's me as I see myself. I have been making a go at oil painting again. Nothing I could say has a theme to it, it's very simple and all about the painting techniques at this

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-26634766951841786402010-02-02T12:37:00.000-08:002010-02-02T12:37:06.790-08:00

On several levels. Science Fiction Burlesque Show. 'Nuff said.

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Fuck! This is cool!

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At the National Ignition Facility, in at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. DAMN YOU VAL KILMER!

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Is the Coconut Crab "Birgus Latro". Relax, I tweaked my font. Anyways, this right here:  ..not the biggest sample. That would be over here.  My favorite part of the article is at the end... There, they discuss that despite the coconut crab's immense size and powerful pincers, regional extinctions from predation have been reported in recent years. Why, you ask? Well, once again, they have the

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Gonna take me a little bit to get really going for anything today. Saw an excellent show at the 'Wild Buffalo' in Bellingham, Washington. It was put on by a group called 'Delhi 2 Dublin', and it was for me the right mix of Punjabi traditional music, Irish fiddle playing, and electronica. So, let me go get some coffee this morning and I'll get back to you... In the meantime, here's some photos of

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-71732446775446308522010-01-28T13:01:00.000-08:002010-01-28T13:01:19.890-08:00

Read More.... This concerns a field of research that I have taken quite a shine to in recent times. The folks over at "i09", an excellent sci-fi aggregate website have an article gleaned from a recent paper showing graphically the rise of Neuroscience as a topic of research over the course of a decade (read it here). By analyzing over 35 million citations in approximately 7000 scientific

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-32051638358586360662010-01-27T16:59:00.000-08:002010-01-27T17:40:57.846-08:00

more after the break... I'm wandering around my new cyber-digs, just saying hello to the neighbors. I'm seeing what other people who are regular contributors to blogs here at blogger.com have to say and how they approach their subject of choice. I feel like I am still finding my voice, which combines with my natural laziness as well as my knowledge that if I really want this thing to work (

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-42050853984311351302010-01-26T17:48:00.000-08:002010-01-26T17:48:17.948-08:00

The folks over at the cool website i09 have found a crop of this year's batch of 'sexy [insert sci-fi character here] costumes' Link after the jump http://io9.com/5456949/optimus-prime-in-high-heels-ninja-turtles-with-push+up-bras-behold-the-wrongness/gallery/ Behold the wrongness, indeed...

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-75323151817466432272010-01-26T14:19:00.000-08:002010-01-26T14:19:36.582-08:00

I just transferred over my "Imperial" Stout (depending on final results) over to the secondary fermenter and out of the hall closet. To review, lemme give you the breakdown: 12.0 Lbs of American 2-Row grains 2.25 Lbs of Chocolate Malt grains 2.75 Lbs of Roasted Barley grains Plus 3.00 Lbs of Pale Dry Malt Extract (to substitute for approximately 5.00 Lbs of 2-Row, I like DME) In Addition:

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-60855609586112036542010-01-26T00:27:00.001-08:002010-01-26T01:13:57.848-08:00

and I can't sleep. Again. Might as well be productive. So, I'll just throw some stuff around. Dreams. Not just those produced during healthy sleep, but the kind that make us do all the things we don't want to do in order to get them within our grasp. I guess that would be a good point in life to take a look around: when I stop doing things because I have a dream, and start doing things

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-41694469842122335102010-01-25T18:31:00.000-08:002010-01-26T01:18:46.844-08:00

This is really awesome example of the corollary to any discovery: "Holy Cow, Nature's been doing that this whole time"? Quantum Mechanics and the optimization of photosynthesis in plants. Also, the picture at the top of the post is of a Norfolk Island Pine. They're pretty, they can be made into lovely bonsai plants, and apparently they know more about quantum mechanics than you or I do.

Ben Clawsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539351525982073378.post-14879803389245028422010-01-25T17:45:00.000-08:002010-01-25T18:04:36.402-08:00

Here is something I found today that is a good example of the kinds of things I really enjoy. Check it out, it's from the another blog by an author (and pastry artist) named Beverly Hsu. Not really profound, just quietly awesome, and edible. I call it: "ediblawesome"?Beverly Hsu. Totally worth it.And here's a picture to hold your attention. That Captain Joe Kittinger, USAF, jumping from a balloon

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