tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60809602009-03-02T07:41:58.608-05:00The life and times of ultrajoshultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-30126591639180019202007-08-30T09:20:00.000-05:002007-08-30T09:21:43.862-05:00

The Nietzsche Family Circus

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ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-14651999317676117682007-07-28T10:14:00.000-05:002007-07-28T10:15:40.484-05:00

My friend Roger Fritz made this video for our friends' band The Vinyl Skyway. I think it's f'ing brilliant:

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article at www.boston.com

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-69243028703087336962007-04-28T14:58:00.000-05:002007-04-28T14:59:36.785-05:00

I've started a new blog about Physical Computing and related explorations here: http://www.soundwidgets.com/

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-78722651064498817192007-04-12T14:46:00.000-05:002007-07-10T14:47:35.506-05:00

I think I'm in love...Currently hand-made and available only from monome.org, this USB powered control surface is a completely programmable device meant to be used with music control programs such as Max/MSP, Pd, and other MIDI, OSC etc music control languages. The website features free application software to run the device, as well, which does not require the purchase of Max/MSP, so there are

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ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-6389687568139816782007-03-28T07:46:00.000-05:002007-03-28T07:55:02.865-05:00

This is how wars start, right? Someone strays into the wrong lane and then the harumphing begins:U.S. begins large show of force in Persian Gulf

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-36395922371443446152007-03-24T15:48:00.000-05:002007-07-16T08:09:31.620-05:00

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-16342032719744770682007-03-24T08:16:00.000-05:002007-03-24T08:36:04.027-05:00

The Saab had a noisy exhaust leak so I took it over to an exhaust chain and they quoted me almost $800 to replace just 2 pipes. I went online and found the parts, shipped, for just under $200, plus clamps and hangars. I took Friday off to do the project since it was supposed to be sunny and in the 50's.The install wasn't too bad at all. Less than 2 hrs including getting the car up on ramps/

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-936161573725266322007-03-08T15:17:00.000-05:002007-03-10T19:20:35.985-05:00

I've started a group on Flickr called "CommuterLens" and I've been inviting people from all over the world to add their photos. We'll see how it goes!

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-16810753603742975592007-03-06T08:28:00.000-05:002007-03-08T15:24:06.227-05:00

I spent a lot of time in libraries as a kid, and I remember certain books vividly. I found Street Rod, in the Yound Adult section, when I was 10 or 11. It was a pulp paperback with a flashy cover (not like this edition) written in 1953 by Henry Gregor Felson. There was nothing very Young Adult about the book by today's standards.One thing I remember is the girlfriend convinces the kid to

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"Bin Laden was a self-mythologized figure of no historic standing until George W. Bush designated him America's equal by defining 9/11 as an act of war to be met with war, instead of a crime to be met with criminal justice. But this over-reaction, so satisfying at the time to the wounded American psyche, turned into the war for which the other party simply did not show up. Which is, of course,

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1137950659978817532006-01-22T11:35:00.000-05:002006-01-22T12:27:56.466-05:00

Tried the Google search for this term: "war without death"War without death / The Pentagon promotes a vision of combat as Non-lethal Weapons: War Without DeathAmazon.com: Nonlethal Weapons : War without Death: BooksI also tried "no-kill war" but that found a bunch of pet shelters.When I was a kid I used to say, "Why not have each country build a robot and whoever's robot wins, wins the war?"The

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1134159687882020902005-12-09T15:09:00.000-05:002005-12-09T15:56:54.466-05:00

I grabbed these from various live traffic cams at about 3:10 today:Storrow DriveNorthEast ExpresswaySagamore BridgeSoliers Field Road in Allston128 in Lynfield128 in Burlington

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Very interesting and informative article on Lightning:

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In no particular order:Yo La Tengo - FakebookFeelies - The Good EarthMoby - PlayTom Waits - RaindogsLuna - LunaparkBeck - MutationsThe Innocence Mission - Birds of My NeighborhoodMojave 3 - Out of TuneIda - Ten Small PacesNeil Young - After the Gold RushWillie Nelson - The Redheaded StrangerThe Willard Grant Consipiracy - Regard The EndSonic Youth - Daydream NationPavement - Slanted &

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The Meaning of Life

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1123510478650248722005-08-08T09:14:00.000-05:002005-08-08T09:14:38.656-05:00

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

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"...You say I am a dreamer. No, I know people too well to be a dreamer." - Nicolai V. Gogol, in a letter to his mother

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1118326999474479742005-06-09T09:11:00.000-05:002005-06-09T09:23:19.480-05:00

This belongs somewhere else, but I'm not sure where. I use Blogger for most of my web pages. But Blogger has certain frustrating limitations, and so I've explored various alternatives over the last couple of years, in particular, Moveable Type. I ramble on in some other thread about how great MT is, but that was like, a whole YEAR ago and things have kept changing...MT used to be free, but now

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1107823483400094432005-02-07T19:41:00.000-05:002005-02-07T19:44:43.400-05:00

Imagine a futuristic world in which people augment themselves with surgery, gene therapy, and mechanical enhancements. They undergo these procedures not for cosmetic purposes, but to perform certain tasks especially well. Wouldn't swimming be a lot easier with webbed toes and fingers? And what if my arms were just a little bit longer than everyone else's? If my legs were longer, could I jump

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1094927905054701622004-09-11T13:32:00.000-05:002004-09-11T13:38:25.053-05:00

Question: can they put a picture of a person in the paper without their consent? e.g. do they have to chase them down and get a written release? NYTimes today: "The anguish of tragic memories was apparent on the faces of relatives and friends..." Imaginary conversation: "Hi, yes, er, excuse me ma'am, I'm from the New York Times. Do you mind if I put a picture of your anguish on our front

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It is the day before the anniversary of the 9/11 attack. The terrorism is working: I'm terrified. Yesterday a female TV announcer blithely said something like: "The report indicates that Al Quaeda will most likely attack the U.S. within the next few days. And now the weather."I don't watch television news on a regular basis. I find it insulting and horrifying. The NYTimes.com is pretty good,

ultrajoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080960.post-1087235949069128522004-06-14T12:05:00.000-05:002004-06-18T10:20:43.040-05:00

I just got back from TO last night. The North by Northeast conference was this last weekend, and I played bass for Swizzle. The new record is finally done (I play on a bunch of the songs) and sounds GREAT! So we were all really excited to play again after a nearly 2-year hiatus. Man, it was fun. The show was very cool, and I'll write more about that later on, but Toronto itself was the real

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