tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11664733310598821652012-02-16T03:06:08.965-08:00A look at what's new in our continually evolving planet.MRnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-7819035504250810772009-03-08T09:12:00.000-07:002009-03-08T09:21:57.263-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qDslwIqJH2I/SbPwlddzqHI/AAAAAAAAF1U/SPTPag7a-Ik/s1600-h/beach-boys-pet_sounds.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qDslwIqJH2I/SbPwlddzqHI/AAAAAAAAF1U/SPTPag7a-Ik/s200/beach-boys-pet_sounds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310852911955421298" /></a>Wow, I just finished listening to Pet Sounds from start to finish for the first time in probably five years and I feel like I've been hit with a bolt of lightening.<div><br /></div><div>The melodies and harmonies that Brian Wilson creates on this are literally from another world--I mean better than the McCartney and Lennon if you ask me.  </div><div><br /></div><div>The musical arrangments are incredibly subtle and unique--all sorts of weird knick knacks that just again are created from another planet.  </div><div><br /></div><div>And that's not even mentioning the heart-rendering, yearning, pleading lyrics that he sings.  Extraordinarily poignant, touching....deep, sad, joyous...a young man becoming an adult.  Whew.  Amazing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do y0urself a favor.  Throw it on the turntable.  Send yourself into outer space.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-781903550425081077?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-79006691448557694182008-10-17T06:47:00.000-07:002008-10-17T06:50:01.530-07:00Expect touchscreen PC's to be all the rage....<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ewSFiSwbDUA&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ewSFiSwbDUA&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-7900669144855769418?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-7202482709455913382008-10-16T07:51:00.000-07:002008-10-16T07:56:28.168-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/others/westlake/westlake_photo_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 316px;" src="http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/others/westlake/westlake_photo_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Jerry Wang might be one of the world's greatest techies--a real Internet entrepreneur, a fabulous geek, a true dork-extraordinaire...<br /><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/yahoo-cracks-12-valuation-now-officially-ridiculous"><br />Well, I'm here to tell you, he is also a shit-for-brains as a businessman.</a> What a fuck up. If I'm a Yahoo investor, I want to wring that dork's neck....<br /><br />Steve Ballmer and Microsoft should wait: Yahoo's stock will be at $5 before very long--even below that if Wang hangs around...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-720248270945591338?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-91976894625279354542008-10-16T07:43:00.000-07:002008-10-16T07:46:19.523-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.erikbosgraaf.com/images/youtube-logo.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 163px;" src="http://www.erikbosgraaf.com/images/youtube-logo.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/16/youtube-founder-compares-online-video-to-nascent-tv-market/">Damn, <span style="font-style: italic;">13 hours</span> of video is put up on YouTube each minute?</a> For God's sake who at YouTube can keep up with all the people trying to put up Porn and other weird shit? Unreal.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-9197689462527935454?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-89236642601886711892008-10-14T11:48:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:51:14.703-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://chemicallocha.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/steve-jobs-3g-iphone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://chemicallocha.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/steve-jobs-3g-iphone.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/apples-all-new-macbook-pro-packs-new-nvidia-gpu-glass-trackpad/">Uh, I guess this is super duper cool and cutting edge.</a> But geeze they still are really expensive, huh? And with the recession/depression and all? Steve Jobs, by the way, looks like he's maybe 100 pounds soaking wet...Mix in a steak every now and then, dude!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-8923664260188671189?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166473331059882165.post-10849197663141703892008-10-09T08:10:00.000-07:002008-10-09T08:11:24.508-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0mKotQs93Dc&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0mKotQs93Dc&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1166473331059882165-1084919766314170389?l=earthspinning.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>MRnoreply@blogger.com0