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Pop Culture Rewind: Contact

by Xaviar XerexesJuly 21, 2006March 8, 2020

Pop Culture Rewind: writing about pop culture years after it was current. So I watch the movie Contact the other night. First off, I read the novel by Carl Sagan almost 10 years ago. I have fond, but mixed memories of that book that watching the film actually clarified (although I am not really sure how closely the film follows the book – obviously the film condensed the book’s plot considerably). The book’s strength is Carl Sagan’s account of how a “first contact” with an alien civilization might occur. Not what the aliens would be like or what they would say to …

A series of posts on Postnuke from August 2005

by Xaviar XerexesAugust 14, 2005

Late Sat Night and All is Sort of Well Posted on Sunday 14 August 2005 I just posted this in the PN forum for developers: As a learning exercise I’ve been making some small changes to the Example module – added columns basically at this point, changed the name of some variables. Anyhow I couldn’t get it to initialize at first because of a T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE error. Which in searching the forums I realized is basically a typo type error. (This post was helpful) But I combed over it against the original Example module and could find anything. Because the error was …

Kill Butch!

by Xaviar XerexesOctober 21, 2004

Butch is from Lee Adam Herold’s dark twisted puntastic Chopping Block webcomic.

Back from Montana

by Xaviar XerexesSeptember 15, 2004

I just got back from Montana last night. Never been to the Big Sky state before – unfortunately it rained most of the time. I did see a grizzly bear though, okay it was dead and stuffed but still…

Clan Scott

by Xaviar XerexesApril 8, 2004March 8, 2020

I got this at a Gaelic festival I went to a few years ago: CLAN SCOTT Chief: John Montagu Dougas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, 11th Duke of Queensberry, K.T. Patronymic: Scott, Gaelic Name: Scot, Scotach Septs: Buccleuch, Geddes, Laidlaw, Langlands Clan Motto: AMO (I Love) Crest Badge: Stag Tripant, encircled by a belt and buckle Plant Badge: Blaeberry Clan Seat: Branxholm Castle near Hawick Scotland. Border home of the Chief: Bowhill near Selkirk, Scotland Slogan: A Belladaine Tartan: Red Dress Scott, Green Scott, Brown Scott, Modern Sir Walter Scott and Abbotsford Clan Scott Society: Established in 1978 and incorporated …

Jay Z and Me Got 99 Problems

by Xaviar XerexesMarch 9, 2004March 8, 2020

I ain’t a passed the bar but I know a lil’ bit enough to know you ain’t illegally searchin my shit. Actually I’m pretty sure I transcribed at least some of that wrong. I’ve been listening to the Grey Album (Black Album + White Album = Grey Album). It’s good. It’s also illegal under current copyright at applied to music sampling. A lot of discussion concerning the Grey Album seems to be focused on preservation and expansion of fair use (including parody) to reuse snippets of existing art to create new art. The more I chew on this I realize …

Catching the DC Snipers

by Xaviar XerexesOctober 23, 2002March 8, 2020

Angry Missive Complains of ‘Ignored’ Calls (washingtonpost.com) Is Dilbert working as an FBI trainee? U.S. Role in Inquiry Grows Amid Tales of Turf Battles I was always under the impression that an interstate crime was a matter of federal jurisdiction. A murder spree through two states, which is essentially what the sniper (or snipers) is doing, is interstate. There is no reason why the FBI should not have taken charge of this investigation as soon as the first Virginia victim was murdered. I hope the federal authorities, that is the FBI and DOJ, realize that they are shirking their responsibilities …

World Series Fever

by Xaviar XerexesOctober 5, 2002March 8, 2020

Rally Monkey Says Go Angels! Anaheim Angels Going to the World Series I’m not nearly the baseball fan I was as a kid growing up in Orange County but after the heartbreak loss to Boston in the 80’s; it’s still sweet to see the hometown team finally make it to the top. The Angels’ first American League pennant and coming up next a shot at the Cards or the Giants. It must be the Giants. Taking down Bonds and the Orange and Black would be great!