Monthly Archives: June 2008

Happy birthday Tunguska Event!

Posted on 30 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

Asteroid, comet, black hole, anti-matter, UFO crash, or Tesla experiment gone awry, the Tunguska Event is 100 years old today. May you continue to inspire crackpot astronomers and conspiracy theorists for one hundred more.

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Me versus the Deconstruction Podcast / Chamber Music project

Posted on 24 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

I’ll have a post-Terrastock core dump here shortly but here’s a couple things in the meantime… I programmed episode 15 of the Deconstruction Podcast and it was just posted over the weekend. The podcast is worth a listen… I tried … Continue reading →

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Terrastock 7

Posted on 18 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

Terrastock VII is taking place in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend so, as always, if you see any befuddled-looking underground music types in the nation’s airports, give ‘em a break. I’ll be there for all four days so say hello if … Continue reading →

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Poyekhali!

Posted on 16 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

Just before his first flight into space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin stopped on his busride out to the launch pad to, well, pee on the side of the bus. It’s a long flight and well, when you gotta go, you gotta … Continue reading →

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ExDetectives June and July shows

Posted on 13 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

ExDetectives played at the Good Hurt on Wednesday night and Everybodystalking posts a review and some photos. It was our first show in several months and it felt really terrific. We have two more shows on the way: Thursday June … Continue reading →

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When alt.religion.kibo mixes with sci.space.station

Posted on 12 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

Whenever I see these updates from Discovery come in, I think immediately of this guy. I would have expected more old-time net people to be all over this. Maybe if they had named it SLACK instead?

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AppleScript to rename files revisited

Posted on 12 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

A couple years back I blogged a script that would take a file and append the name of the enclosing folder to the beginning of the file name. For example, a file called “Testfile.txt” inside a folder called “Folderstuff” would … Continue reading →

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Tagged! Seven songs and seven blogs

Posted on 11 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

Ned Raggett tags me with the following blog meme that’s been making the rounds: “List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-06-06

Posted on 6 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

DishPointer.com – Satellite Dish Pointer / Alignment Calculator with Google Maps (tags: google reference satellite television)

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links for 2008-06-05

Posted on 5 June 2008 by Chris Barrus

FileMaker Import Folder Full Of Data (tags: filemaker) The letters of jailed Cosa Nostra boss Bernardo Provenzano The seven habits of highly successful mobsters (tags: crime) The New Dodge Challenger Takes Kowalski’s Last Ride A 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, a … Continue reading →

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