[Update 12/16/2011]
ExxonMobil's own chart shows 75% of today's oil was discovered before 1980.
Via WashPost: Oil’s getting harder and harder to come by
First check the Oil Drum for what Peak Oil is not: Five Misconceptions About Peak Oil
That puts in context the analysis at Early Warning that Saudi oil production has been declining for the past few months despite more rigs coming online: Saudi Oil Production Declining (also interesting that Saudi Arabia could not meet their promised increase in output earlier this year)
Friday, December 02, 2011
Pollution Must Not Be Trying Hard Enough
Republicans say environmental regulations kill jobs; therefore, pollution must create jobs.
Except that is not what I found. My guess is pollution isn't trying hard enough to find jobs. No good lazy pollution.
The facts are the top 25 cleanest cities for year round particulate pollution have an average unemployment rate of 7.4%
The top 25 dirtiest cities for year round particulate pollution have an average unemployment rate of 9.7%
The national average is 8.8%.
If you look at the Top 10 Cities in each category then you find that the cleanest cities have a median unemployment rate of 6.3% and the dirties Top 10 have a median unemployment rate of 12.5%.
So I can literally claim that pollution doubles unemployment.
This myth is busted.
Stephen Colbert explains it further:
Sources:
-American Lung Association State of the Air 2011 City Rankings: http://www.stateoftheair.org/2011/city-rankings/
(I chose year long particulate pollution as the best proxy for overall environmental health factors)
-Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas: http://bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm
The data from my spreadsheet:
Dirtiest (yr round particulate) Unemployment rate
#1: Bakersfield-Delano, CA 13.7
#2: Visalia-Porterville, CA 15
#2: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 8.1
#2: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 11.3
#5: Hanford-Corcoran, CA 14
#6: Fresno-Madera, CA 14.9
#7: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA 6.8
#8: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL 8.9
#9: Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN 8.7
#10: Modesto, CA 15.1
#10: Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN
9.6
#12: Charleston, WV 7.5
#12: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 10.4
#12: Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 7.6
#15: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 8.5
#15: Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 8.1
#17: St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 8.7
#17: Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 11.7
#17: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8.6
#20: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 8.9
#21: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 8.3
#22: Lancaster, PA 6.4
#22: Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 9.2
#24: Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN 7.9
#24: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 8.4
#24: York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA 7.4
#24: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 8.2
Cleanest (yr round particulate) Unemployment rate
#1: Cheyenne, WY 6
#2: Santa Fe-Espanola, NM 5.4
#3: Tucson, AZ 8
#4: Great Falls, MT 6.4
#4: Honolulu, HI 5.7
#6: Anchorage, AK 6.2
#7: Albuquerque, NM 6.9
#7: Amarillo, TX 6
#9: Redding, CA 13.5
#10: Salinas, CA 10.1
#11: Bismarck, ND 2.5
#12: Boise City-Nampa, ID 8.5
#13: Billings, MT 5.4
#14: Flagstaff, AZ 7.3
#14: Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda, FL 11
#14: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 6
#14: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 11.2
#14: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 11.6
#19: Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT N/A
#20: Rapid City, SD 4.2
#20: Port St. Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 13.7
#22: Duluth, MN-WI 6.5
#23: Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN 3.3
#24: Burlington-South Burlington, VT 4.2
#24: Bangor, ME 6.4
#24: Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL 10.2
#12: Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 7.6
#15: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 8.5
#15: Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 8.1
#17: St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 8.7
#17: Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 11.7
#17: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8.6
#20: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 8.9
#21: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 8.3
#22: Lancaster, PA 6.4
#22: Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 9.2
#24: Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN 7.9
#24: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 8.4
#24: York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA 7.4
#24: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 8.2
Except that is not what I found. My guess is pollution isn't trying hard enough to find jobs. No good lazy pollution.
The facts are the top 25 cleanest cities for year round particulate pollution have an average unemployment rate of 7.4%
The top 25 dirtiest cities for year round particulate pollution have an average unemployment rate of 9.7%
The national average is 8.8%.
If you look at the Top 10 Cities in each category then you find that the cleanest cities have a median unemployment rate of 6.3% and the dirties Top 10 have a median unemployment rate of 12.5%.
So I can literally claim that pollution doubles unemployment.
This myth is busted.
Stephen Colbert explains it further:
The Colbert Report
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Sources:
-American Lung Association State of the Air 2011 City Rankings: http://www.stateoftheair.org/2011/city-rankings/
(I chose year long particulate pollution as the best proxy for overall environmental health factors)
-Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas: http://bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm
The data from my spreadsheet:
Dirtiest (yr round particulate) Unemployment rate
#1: Bakersfield-Delano, CA 13.7
#2: Visalia-Porterville, CA 15
#2: Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 8.1
#2: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 11.3
#5: Hanford-Corcoran, CA 14
#6: Fresno-Madera, CA 14.9
#7: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA 6.8
#8: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL 8.9
#9: Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN 8.7
#10: Modesto, CA 15.1
#10: Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN
9.6
#12: Charleston, WV 7.5
#12: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 10.4
#12: Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 7.6
#15: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 8.5
#15: Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 8.1
#17: St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 8.7
#17: Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 11.7
#17: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8.6
#20: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 8.9
#21: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 8.3
#22: Lancaster, PA 6.4
#22: Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 9.2
#24: Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN 7.9
#24: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 8.4
#24: York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA 7.4
#24: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 8.2
Cleanest (yr round particulate) Unemployment rate
#1: Cheyenne, WY 6
#2: Santa Fe-Espanola, NM 5.4
#3: Tucson, AZ 8
#4: Great Falls, MT 6.4
#4: Honolulu, HI 5.7
#6: Anchorage, AK 6.2
#7: Albuquerque, NM 6.9
#7: Amarillo, TX 6
#9: Redding, CA 13.5
#10: Salinas, CA 10.1
#11: Bismarck, ND 2.5
#12: Boise City-Nampa, ID 8.5
#13: Billings, MT 5.4
#14: Flagstaff, AZ 7.3
#14: Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda, FL 11
#14: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 6
#14: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 11.2
#14: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 11.6
#19: Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT N/A
#20: Rapid City, SD 4.2
#20: Port St. Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 13.7
#22: Duluth, MN-WI 6.5
#23: Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN 3.3
#24: Burlington-South Burlington, VT 4.2
#24: Bangor, ME 6.4
#24: Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL 10.2
#12: Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 7.6
#15: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 8.5
#15: Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 8.1
#17: St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 8.7
#17: Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 11.7
#17: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 8.6
#20: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 8.9
#21: New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 8.3
#22: Lancaster, PA 6.4
#22: Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 9.2
#24: Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN 7.9
#24: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 8.4
#24: York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA 7.4
#24: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 8.2
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Me Love TV
Some TV news that I am happy to hear about:
LesStroud.ca: SurvivorMan Returns!
Deadline: Netflix Picks Up New Episodes Of ‘Arrested Development’
Paste: Flight Of The Conchords Look To Make Film
LesStroud.ca: SurvivorMan Returns!
Deadline: Netflix Picks Up New Episodes Of ‘Arrested Development’
Paste: Flight Of The Conchords Look To Make Film
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
One More Thing (As Steve Sometimes Said)
To add to the standards he set, now his eulogy is the one all others will be compared against.
His sister, Mona Simpson, in the NY Times: A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs [a must read]
His sister, Mona Simpson, in the NY Times: A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs [a must read]
Friday, October 28, 2011
Who Steve Jobs Was
I used to do my utmost to suspend belief
Until the day it hit me like a kick in the teeth
-Ivy, I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
I usually listen to Ivy when sad. It happened when hearing about Steve Jobs. These two lines are what came to mind. Because...
We suspended belief when we stood in line for the new iPhone.
We were kicked in the teeth when heard the news Steve had died.
When Steve Jobs resigned in August I posted my thoughts. I'm finally able to read stories about Steve Jobs without tearing up and becoming consumed with grief. So I finally feel able to explore why I, and people from all over the world, felt this unexpected sadness.
I believe it was a relationship with Apple and by extension Steve Jobs that people felt. Because Apple and Steve were inseparable right to the very end.
My relationship with Apple started because I was hoping for a relationship with a fellow Geology student. She used Cricket Graph on a Mac in the computer lab (in the entire lab there were only two Macs) and so this is the computer I used too. Then when I needed help I had to ask her. It seemed like a crush but was much more and would impact the rest of my life. Steve Jobs sat in on a calligraphy class at Reed College and this seemingly small chance opportunity changed typography on computers forever. I feel that my seemingly innocuous attempt at flirting by choosing the same computer as a girl I wanted to talk to changed my life forever.
This little Mac was what I used to first experience the Internet, originally with NCSA Mosaic then with something called Netscape. And it was with a Mac that years later I found my callings.
Once I used an Apple computer there was no going back. It was the first time I saw design mattering. And that mattered to me, hence Apple has been a part of my life.
And Apple was Steve Jobs.
Ivy's song is about a relationship and that is what we had with Apple - with Steve Jobs. A relationship we never thought would end.
He wasn't my hero. I looked up to him but never wanted to be him. I looked up to him as people would look at a mythical figure. He was mystifying in that what he did seemed obvious in hindsight; so why did no one else have the foresight?
With that said, I do not believe Steve Jobs was a visionary. He was an evolutionary. He made evolutionary changes that led to revolutions. He was a change agent. He joined the loose connections.
And he set the standard of standards.
Consider these:
-all commencement speeches are now compared to his 2005 Stanford commencement speech
-all Superbowl commercials are compared to his 1984 ad. Plus he made the Superbowl the platform for big commercials.
-how devices are un-boxed or judged against Apple's packaging and now there are web sites just about unboxing.
-advertisement campaigns are judged against Apple's 'Think Different' campaign which he wrote copy for
-Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web on Steve Jobs' post-Apple NEXT computer
-Apple stores are the most successful retail stores in the world and Steve Jobs had final say in their architectural design
-then of course, look at phones, music players, tablet computers, computers, music stores, and video rentals before Apple entered those markets
Steve Jobs really did change everything. So when you see comments from people saying "I never used Apple products but..." they are misguided. Everyone has benefited from Apple. Because to compete, companies have had to be more like Apple in order to succeed. For just one example look at Android phones before and after the iPhone.
Apple design has spilled over all of our culture.
There won't be a "next Steve Jobs". But what we will start hearing is "so and so is the Steve Jobs of X industry".
Steve Jobs was our team captain. If we were visited by extraterrestrials and they demanded one specimen of humanity to interact with the world would have chosen Steve Jobs as our captain. And the amount of one word expletives I saw at the news of his death sounded to me like our reaction when the team we love loses unexpectedly. Our team captain had failed.
Steve was an actual Monomyth but we are used to our stories having a happy ending. He was supposed to live at the end of the story. If he can succumb to the inevitable then we all must succumb to the inevitable too.
That was a kick in the teeth.
Perhaps his greatest evolution is yet to be seen? Perhaps he did succeed in creating a culture of innovation of innovation at Apple.
I just can't stop thinking "What Now?"
For me, I plan on getting his biography this weekend.
Some of the things I have been reading about Steve:
Fortune: Steve Jobs and Me: A journalist reminisces
Slate: The Man Who Invented Our World
HBR: Steve's Seven Insights for 21st Century Capitalists
Wired: Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011
Wired: Guest Column: Steve Jobs, Obsession, and Those Whales
Wired: Guest Column: Steve Jobs as Frank Lloyd Wright
Wired: Guest Column: Steve Jobs, For The Love of Technology
WSJ: Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I Knew
MercuryNews: Why we all feel the passing of Steve Jobs so deeply
Esquire: Steve Jobs and the Portal to the Invisible
Slate: Steve Jobs and Me
Poynter: iMemorial: Steve Jobs honored on front pages, magazine covers, news & tech websites
NYT: Steve Jobs: Imitated, Never Duplicated
TheAtlantic: Why We Mourn Steve Jobs
Wirecutter: Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole)
RWW: What Steve Meant Back Then
"For an entire generation of young Americans who had every reason to believe what they were being told by their teachers, their friends, their bosses, even their family - that their dreams and ambitions were unattainable and that we were just cogs in a great machine we could never understand - Steve Jobs was living, breathing, human proof that it was all wrong. We were all vessels for something greater, we had it within ourselves to put on a game face and stand up to everything and everyone. He was the personification of "Hell, no!""
Ars: Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance
TheStreet: Steve Jobs' Death Is 'Setback for Humankind'
Macworld UK: Opinion: Why Steve Jobs's death feels so sad
TechReview: Steve Jobs, Storyteller
AllThingsD: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Say Goodbye to Steve Jobs
RWW: Steve Jobs' Legacy In the Pantheon of Great American Innovators
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 09, 2011
Who Steve Jobs Is
I remember the day in 1997 when Gil Amelio left and Steve Jobs came back. For me it was a day of confusion as at the time I did not have an understanding of how and why Steve left Apple before. These were the days of endless rumors of Apple's Rhapsody OS to replace System 8 - of Red Box, Yellow Box, and Blue Box. And the days of factions of what Apple should do next. I was one of those who wanted Apple to buy BeOS. Others wanted Apple to keep pursuing Rhapsody. The NeXT aquisition was a surprise to many, but when you saw that it included Steve Jobs, then in hindsight it all makes sense.
This was also the time when Apple had failed to sell itself to Sun and Michael Dell famously said "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." (10 yrs later Apple was worth twice as much as Dell).
What no one saw is that Steve Jobs was returning from his personal diaspora with a new focus. But he knew it "Focusing is about saying no". (YouTube link) And this is why Apple has been such a great story. Like Neo returning from the dead in the Matrix, Aragorn returning from the Paths of the Dead, Luke Skywalker returning from Dagobah. What Joseph Campbell described as the Monomyth.
This is the path Steve Jobs has been on. Kicked out of Apple, years in the wilderness, and returned to lead what arguably is the most successful company in history.
When he came back he re-focused Apple.
The biggest change I see CEO Steve Jobs making is he returned Apple to what it was always supposed to be - a hardware company. While he was away Apple became mired in the OS wars. As the technology caught up with Steve he leapfrogged these arguments of the past and that is where I see his genius. To always be looking forward. To make Apple hugely popular but still innovative. To be appealing while having a mass appeal.
I do believe that his resignation as CEO but staying as Chairman of the Board is about Steve searching for a higher purpose at Apple. To finally let go of the details.
Because he has always been about the details and there is only so much mental energy you can devote to these things. When he announced he was resigning there were two anecdotes I read that, for me, capture what makes him so effective.
NPR: A Story About Steve Jobs And Attention To Detail
Business Insider: It Took Me 13 Years To Understand Steve Jobs
Fast Company has a long summary of these kinds of stories: The First Time I Met Steve Jobs...
Other ways to understand who Steve Jobs is:
BI: Apple's Incredible Run Under Steve Jobs
Forbes: How Apple works: Inside the world's biggest startup: From Steve Jobs down to the janitor: How America's most successful - and most secretive - big company really operates.
Watch his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech
I look forward to the upcoming biography.
This was also the time when Apple had failed to sell itself to Sun and Michael Dell famously said "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." (10 yrs later Apple was worth twice as much as Dell).
What no one saw is that Steve Jobs was returning from his personal diaspora with a new focus. But he knew it "Focusing is about saying no". (YouTube link) And this is why Apple has been such a great story. Like Neo returning from the dead in the Matrix, Aragorn returning from the Paths of the Dead, Luke Skywalker returning from Dagobah. What Joseph Campbell described as the Monomyth.
This is the path Steve Jobs has been on. Kicked out of Apple, years in the wilderness, and returned to lead what arguably is the most successful company in history.
When he came back he re-focused Apple.
The biggest change I see CEO Steve Jobs making is he returned Apple to what it was always supposed to be - a hardware company. While he was away Apple became mired in the OS wars. As the technology caught up with Steve he leapfrogged these arguments of the past and that is where I see his genius. To always be looking forward. To make Apple hugely popular but still innovative. To be appealing while having a mass appeal.
I do believe that his resignation as CEO but staying as Chairman of the Board is about Steve searching for a higher purpose at Apple. To finally let go of the details.
Because he has always been about the details and there is only so much mental energy you can devote to these things. When he announced he was resigning there were two anecdotes I read that, for me, capture what makes him so effective.
NPR: A Story About Steve Jobs And Attention To Detail
Business Insider: It Took Me 13 Years To Understand Steve Jobs
Fast Company has a long summary of these kinds of stories: The First Time I Met Steve Jobs...
Later, I asked him why he had seemed happier with the boy than with the two famous artists. His answer seemed unrehearsed to me: ‘Older people sit down and ask, “What is it?” but the boy asks, “What can I do with it?”
Other ways to understand who Steve Jobs is:
BI: Apple's Incredible Run Under Steve Jobs
Forbes: How Apple works: Inside the world's biggest startup: From Steve Jobs down to the janitor: How America's most successful - and most secretive - big company really operates.
Watch his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech
I look forward to the upcoming biography.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Brandon Inge
He came back from Toledo over the weekend and had a home run in his first at-bat and a double later in the game.
Yet there are haters. See DetNews: Tigers' Brandon Inge sounds off on call-up, life in Toledo
My guess is the people who hate on Inge are the same people responsible for Arrested Development getting cancelled. They just don't get it.
I made a Venn diagram to demonstrate:
Yet there are haters. See DetNews: Tigers' Brandon Inge sounds off on call-up, life in Toledo
My guess is the people who hate on Inge are the same people responsible for Arrested Development getting cancelled. They just don't get it.
I made a Venn diagram to demonstrate:
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Who Is The Greatest MC Of All Time?
The safe answer is Rakim.
The correct answer is Big Daddy Kane.
He was the complete package. He could do many styles, had the dance moves and the cameo cut, was the lyricist for the Juice Crew, and was behind Roxanne Shante's battle raps.
I love Rakim but he was not as versatile as BDK.
In high school the margins of my class notes were filled with Big Daddy Kane lyrics. I made diagrams showing the links between BDK - EPMD - Biz Markie. They were the holy trinity of rap.
Doug E Fresh, Dana Dane, the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and others were there too; but as planets around the rap stars.
I am still not sure how I found this music as a suburban kid. It all came as tapes from my friend Tom. They were the primer that led us listening to Marly Marl's The Symphony over and over in Matt's basement while we played ping-pong.
But Big Daddy Kane was always the one I listened to the most. Even in graduate school I was writing his lyrics on chalkboards when I was board.
When my wife was just my girlfriend I gave her a few quizzes, one test was on a drive from southwest Ohio to northern Michigan. Much of that drive was spent listening to Big Daddy Kane tapes. Had she complained our history would have been history. Rather she complimented his ability to work the phrase "party people" into just about every song.
His line that gets stuck in my head most often is "So pick a B.C. date because you're history".
And the song I listened to most often? Many nights were spent in the '87 Accord with 'On The Move' turned up all the way as I drove from Matt's and past Jill's on the way home.
Without Big Daddy Kane there would be no Jay-Z. Maybe not even a Paul Barman (which would probably make many people happy). But to my ears there is direct link from Big Daddy Kane's compound syllable rhyming (e.g., "the best oh yes I guess suggest the rest should fess/ Don’t mess or test your highness/ Unless you just address with best finesse/ And bless the paragraph I manifest") to today's MC Paul Barman incredibly clever quattro-syllabic to mono-syllabic rhyming. (e,g., "That sure made it sat-ur-at-ed")
What sent me on this sentimental journey was a post at Herohill that linked to a documentary about Big Daddy Kane.
Watch it then see the 2005 VH1 Hip Honors celebrating Big Daddy Kane.
PEACE
The correct answer is Big Daddy Kane.
He was the complete package. He could do many styles, had the dance moves and the cameo cut, was the lyricist for the Juice Crew, and was behind Roxanne Shante's battle raps.
I love Rakim but he was not as versatile as BDK.
In high school the margins of my class notes were filled with Big Daddy Kane lyrics. I made diagrams showing the links between BDK - EPMD - Biz Markie. They were the holy trinity of rap.
Doug E Fresh, Dana Dane, the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and others were there too; but as planets around the rap stars.
I am still not sure how I found this music as a suburban kid. It all came as tapes from my friend Tom. They were the primer that led us listening to Marly Marl's The Symphony over and over in Matt's basement while we played ping-pong.
But Big Daddy Kane was always the one I listened to the most. Even in graduate school I was writing his lyrics on chalkboards when I was board.
When my wife was just my girlfriend I gave her a few quizzes, one test was on a drive from southwest Ohio to northern Michigan. Much of that drive was spent listening to Big Daddy Kane tapes. Had she complained our history would have been history. Rather she complimented his ability to work the phrase "party people" into just about every song.
His line that gets stuck in my head most often is "So pick a B.C. date because you're history".
And the song I listened to most often? Many nights were spent in the '87 Accord with 'On The Move' turned up all the way as I drove from Matt's and past Jill's on the way home.
Without Big Daddy Kane there would be no Jay-Z. Maybe not even a Paul Barman (which would probably make many people happy). But to my ears there is direct link from Big Daddy Kane's compound syllable rhyming (e.g., "the best oh yes I guess suggest the rest should fess/ Don’t mess or test your highness/ Unless you just address with best finesse/ And bless the paragraph I manifest") to today's MC Paul Barman incredibly clever quattro-syllabic to mono-syllabic rhyming. (e,g., "That sure made it sat-ur-at-ed")
What sent me on this sentimental journey was a post at Herohill that linked to a documentary about Big Daddy Kane.
Watch it then see the 2005 VH1 Hip Honors celebrating Big Daddy Kane.
PEACE
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Triple Confirmation Of An Arrested Development Movie (Again)
[8/3/2011 Updates from Google Alerts]
TorontoLife: The Arrested Development movie receives the green light—for what feels like the eighth time—long after fans stopped caring
VV: Arrested Development Full-Length Film to Be Released Next Year?
NatPost: The Arrested Development movie is happening!
LostRemote: ‘Arrested Development’ movie is a go
[Original Post below]
LAist: Will Arnett Confirms 'Arrested Development' Movie Is A GO!
HuffPo: 'Arrested Development' Movie Happening, Being Written: Jeffrey Tambor
Movies.ie: Jason Bateman Interview for Horrible Bosses & Arrested Development
Why do I even bother? This movie is turning into an X-Files "I Want To Believe" thing.
I'll just keep singing 'Here We Go Again' to myself.
TorontoLife: The Arrested Development movie receives the green light—for what feels like the eighth time—long after fans stopped caring
VV: Arrested Development Full-Length Film to Be Released Next Year?
NatPost: The Arrested Development movie is happening!
LostRemote: ‘Arrested Development’ movie is a go
[Original Post below]
LAist: Will Arnett Confirms 'Arrested Development' Movie Is A GO!
HuffPo: 'Arrested Development' Movie Happening, Being Written: Jeffrey Tambor
Movies.ie: Jason Bateman Interview for Horrible Bosses & Arrested Development
And what of the Arrested Development movie. It's been about to go into production for five years now, ever since the TV series ended...?
Like an awful lot of movies, it's still in pre-production. Mitch Hurwitz has the script, and it's all about signing on the dotted line basically.
Why do I even bother? This movie is turning into an X-Files "I Want To Believe" thing.
I'll just keep singing 'Here We Go Again' to myself.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Neko Case Knows Cars
Her cars are fast, not sure what that says about her.
Via Willamette Week: Neko Case’s Top Five Favorite Muscle Cars (click the link for her comments about each vehicle)
Via Willamette Week: Neko Case’s Top Five Favorite Muscle Cars (click the link for her comments about each vehicle)
5. ’66 Rambler Classic 660
4. ’64 Falcon Ranchero
3. ’64 Chevy Apache
2. ’67 Dodge Polara
1. ’67 Mercury Cougar
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Demonstrating Ridiculousness
Or there is no such thing as a 100% American made car (in fact Toyota and Honda are more American than GM).
So when I see those bumper stickers that ask "Out Of A Job Yet? Keep Buying Foreign" I have usually thought that those people lack a basic economic knowledge plus I'd probably see many of those at Wal-Mart which urges companies to move manufacturing to low wage countries.
But now comes Consumer Reports showing how even people who buy American brand cars are "buying foreign".
Via CR: How much of your car is made in America
Something tells me that this will have no impact on those stickers.
So when I see those bumper stickers that ask "Out Of A Job Yet? Keep Buying Foreign" I have usually thought that those people lack a basic economic knowledge plus I'd probably see many of those at Wal-Mart which urges companies to move manufacturing to low wage countries.
But now comes Consumer Reports showing how even people who buy American brand cars are "buying foreign".
Via CR: How much of your car is made in America
Something tells me that this will have no impact on those stickers.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Things That Seem Related
Feels like there is a short line between these two items.
St. Pete Times: Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions
Wired: Climatology-Defying Paper Yanked for Plagiarism
St. Pete Times: Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions
...George Mason University, a public university in Virginia which has received more than $30 million from Koch over the past 20 years.
Wired: Climatology-Defying Paper Yanked for Plagiarism
The report in question was prepared by Edward Wegman of George Mason University. In it, he criticized the methods used to generate a version of the hockey stick graph generated by Michael Mann, a Penn State climatologist.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
A Seiche On Whitefish Bay
UpNorthLive: Urgent water level warning
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1115 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011
...SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND SAULT LOCKS...
.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 KNOTS HAS RESULTED IN A
SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND AT THE SAULT LOCKS...WHERE
WATER LEVELS ARE RISING AND FALLING RAPIDLY DUE TO WATER BEING
PUSHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE
WATER THEN SLOSHES BACK TO THE EAST SIDE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS THIS STANDING WAVE WILL DAMPEN OUT...BUT PERSONS ALONG THE
SHORE OF WHITEFISH BAY MAY EXPERIENCE WATER LEVEL CHANGES OF UP TO
2 FEET OVER A SHORT TIME PERIOD.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1115 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011
...SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND SAULT LOCKS...
.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 KNOTS HAS RESULTED IN A
SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND AT THE SAULT LOCKS...WHERE
WATER LEVELS ARE RISING AND FALLING RAPIDLY DUE TO WATER BEING
PUSHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE
WATER THEN SLOSHES BACK TO THE EAST SIDE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS THIS STANDING WAVE WILL DAMPEN OUT...BUT PERSONS ALONG THE
SHORE OF WHITEFISH BAY MAY EXPERIENCE WATER LEVEL CHANGES OF UP TO
2 FEET OVER A SHORT TIME PERIOD.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Catch Me If You Can
Read on TheAtlantic: Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism
And it reminded me of three long reads about chases that I have read in the recent past:
Outside: The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore
In the Northwest's San Juan Islands, best known for killer whales and Microsoft retirees, a teen fugitive has made a mockery of local authorities, allegedly stealing cars, taking planes for joyrides, and breaking into vacation homes. His ability to elude the police and survive in the woods has earned him folk-hero status. But some wonder if the 18-year-old will make it out of the hunt alive.
Wired: The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
VF: A Declaration of Cyber-War
Last summer, the world’s top software-security experts were panicked by the discovery of a drone-like computer virus, radically different from and far more sophisticated than any they’d seen. The race was on to figure out its payload, its purpose, and who was behind it.
And it reminded me of three long reads about chases that I have read in the recent past:
Outside: The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore
In the Northwest's San Juan Islands, best known for killer whales and Microsoft retirees, a teen fugitive has made a mockery of local authorities, allegedly stealing cars, taking planes for joyrides, and breaking into vacation homes. His ability to elude the police and survive in the woods has earned him folk-hero status. But some wonder if the 18-year-old will make it out of the hunt alive.
Wired: The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory
VF: A Declaration of Cyber-War
Last summer, the world’s top software-security experts were panicked by the discovery of a drone-like computer virus, radically different from and far more sophisticated than any they’d seen. The race was on to figure out its payload, its purpose, and who was behind it.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
"I Want My Country Back"
Does that mean you want Mad Men style at home and work, segregated drinking fountains, and a time when taxes were a lot higher?
From VisualizingEconomics.com, Top Marginal Tax Rates
From VisualizingEconomics.com, Top Marginal Tax Rates
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
It Is On
Will Arnett on Twitter confirms the Arrested Development movie is being written right now.
Related via The Guardian: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz's guide to getting a sitcom cancelled
Related via The Guardian: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz's guide to getting a sitcom cancelled
Make a show for British sensibilities
And then show it in America.
Craziness In Wisconsin
As Ezra says: Wisconsin is about power, not money
But not the power he is talking about.
Rather, it appears that Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute (NYT) by Privatizing Wisconsin (Felix)
A pet phrase of mine is "we accuse in others what we fear most about ourselves". Unless you have a nefarious intent, in that case a best defense is to go on the offense, what you do is you accuse in others first what you plan to do later.
Like this whole rigmarole about Obama being a flavor-of-the-month-ist and he's going to take guns, property, and your religion. Meanwhile Republicans do want to give things from individuals to corporations. Well played.
But not the power he is talking about.
Rather, it appears that Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute (NYT) by Privatizing Wisconsin (Felix)
...a particularly audacious section of the Wisconsin budget-repair bill yesterday: the governor can sell off any state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants he likes, at any price, to anybody he wants, without any kind of auction or bid-solicitation process, and such a sale would be defined as being in the best interest of the state and to comply with criteria for certifying such a transaction.
A pet phrase of mine is "we accuse in others what we fear most about ourselves". Unless you have a nefarious intent, in that case a best defense is to go on the offense, what you do is you accuse in others first what you plan to do later.
Like this whole rigmarole about Obama being a flavor-of-the-month-ist and he's going to take guns, property, and your religion. Meanwhile Republicans do want to give things from individuals to corporations. Well played.
Friday, February 11, 2011
And The World Shrugged
Maybe because of the Egypt news, but this revelation had no impact on world crude prices.
See TheGuardian: WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
[via TheOilDrum]
La, la, la... nothing to see here.
See TheGuardian: WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
Husseini said that at that point Aramco would not be able to stop the rise of global oil prices because the Saudi energy industry had overstated its recoverable reserves to spur foreign investment.
[via TheOilDrum]
La, la, la... nothing to see here.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Down With Cows
Dear Coasties - you're welcome.
I've been a long time fan of bison as a beef replacement. See:
Stupid Cows
Now foodies on the Cosasts are taking it up as the latest food trend according to the NYT:
Plains Giants Have Foothold on Tables
I've been a long time fan of bison as a beef replacement. See:
Stupid Cows
Now foodies on the Cosasts are taking it up as the latest food trend according to the NYT:
Plains Giants Have Foothold on Tables
What happened, producers and retailers say, is that the buffalo, the great ruminant of the Plains — once endangered, now raised on ranches by the tens of thousands — has thundered into an era of growing buyer concern about where food comes from, what an animal dined on and how it all affects the planet.
Trendsetting consumers and restaurants on the East and West Coasts caught on. Grass-fed, sustainable and locally grown, obscure concepts to most people 15 years ago or so when the buffalo meat market first emerged, became buzzwords of the foodie culture.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Can Surface Events Affect Subsurface Structures?
Wired: Can Hurricanes Trigger Earthquakes?
The hypothesis presented is that moving surface mass can affect the pressures on a fault zone causing it to release.
However, what is not tested is whether infiltration of water from the 2008 tropical storms into the faults could have led to thixotropy in 2010 - where the strain already on the faults was released by the addition of water. This process is already well understood and it would fit the timeline better than the mass wasting events.
The hypothesis presented is that moving surface mass can affect the pressures on a fault zone causing it to release.
However, what is not tested is whether infiltration of water from the 2008 tropical storms into the faults could have led to thixotropy in 2010 - where the strain already on the faults was released by the addition of water. This process is already well understood and it would fit the timeline better than the mass wasting events.
The Universe As Simulation
I'm not the first person to think this. Search the web for "universe is a simulation evidence" and you get lots of good results.
Caching, prefetching, buffer overflows - terms from computing where an attempt is made to make information available before it is asked for or having information located where it shouldn't be located.
These are the terms I thought about when I read this at NPR: Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future
Experimentation appears to indicate that the Future can leak into the Present. As far as I know there is not a biological explanation for this. However, we have a computational analogy for this happening.
Makes you think the Ancient Alien theory isn't so crazy after-all, perhaps they are just checking in on their grand simulation.
Caching, prefetching, buffer overflows - terms from computing where an attempt is made to make information available before it is asked for or having information located where it shouldn't be located.
These are the terms I thought about when I read this at NPR: Could It Be? Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future
Experimentation appears to indicate that the Future can leak into the Present. As far as I know there is not a biological explanation for this. However, we have a computational analogy for this happening.
Makes you think the Ancient Alien theory isn't so crazy after-all, perhaps they are just checking in on their grand simulation.
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