The law of unintended consequences
Serendipity
Murphy’s Law
Perverse effect
I’ve seen enough of Murphy’s law and perverse effect.
Come on Serendipity.
Category: General
Bastard pop is the focus of the podcast by the Angry penguin. I have long been a fan of remix/mashup/bastard pop. Of late I have been listening to DJ BC and trying to get as much Danger mouse as possible. The Beatallica songs are great. The best part of the all the songs was Hey Dude. Near the end of Hey Dude there is a lyric “We hope we don’t get sued” . When I heard that I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
I was reading about the death of Boyd Clarke, and as I read, I was reminded of a time in my life when I had to eulogize someone. The experience left me wanting. I wanted words to carry my memories of a cherished grin, the rumble of a laugh, and the warmth of a hug. Reflecting back, the eulogy I gave could have been to an empty room. The words I spoke were for me, to fill a hole gaping and raw, left by a loss of someone loved and admired. So I feel for those who are moved to eulogize someone. The words we use are so one dimensional and inadequate, when trying impart a grin, a laugh and the warmth of a hug.
WHY do people back into parking spots??????
From my unscientific survey, people take longer backing in than pulling in forward. Do these people need to feel as if they are ready for a quick get away? All I know is it drives me crazy waiting for these nut jobs, as they take up the whole lane to get a good angle. Then waiting as they make at least one pull forward to adjust their initial crappy park job. If you are one of those backward parkers, PLEASE just park like everyone else. I can understand if your robbing the Walgreens but otherwise give me a break.
Ok, rant over.
- Find the best vantage point to watch fireworks from.
- Plan walking excursions when in strange cities.
- Look for Randy Rhoades grave.
- Finding cool locations for a house or places with a great view.
- Find short cuts home from work.
- Penetrate the layers of privacy the idle rich use to hide there homes.
- Look at water ways in farm land to avoid buying a swamp.
- Show friends where your hotel was located in Paris.
- Find the places the government doesn’t want you to see.
- See what the cold war gave us.
Just a few pointers that make eBay auctions look more attractive.
- Include a picture of the actual item. Nothing bothers me more than people who show the marketing image. Let me see what I’m buying.
- Provide detailed informtion in the description. I hate to have to ask basic questions.
- Use a Standard freight calculator. I hate being soaked by over priced shipping and HANDLING charges.
Kaitlyn Loretta Carroll is the newest member of the Carroll family. She has sandy brown hair and a wonderful smile.
I really like the oblique Strategies cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. So when I found the link to Wacky Neighbor: Flaunt it Baby!: Oblique Strategies on 43Folders I was impressed. The flash interfaced is cool. It appears that the deck being used if from volume 4. If your interested you can see the text listing of all four decks at here.
I enjoy using the cards to add a unique perspective when I am trying to consider alternate views of architectures. Sometimes the cards work really well sometimes they are not as helpful. I find them more helpful than not so check’em out.
It appears the Hubble telescope is a dead man walking. So I tried to think of some innovative ways to save the best toy in space.
The Angry Penguin has a post about the death of Johnny Carson. I loved the Tonight Show. I didn’t call it The Tonight Show I called it the Johnny Carson Show. Johnny Carson was the brand, sorry Ed. Today, The Tonight Show as it is called, is a change in focus, a change in Brand strategy in my opinion. I am a member along with the Angry Penguin of the “Not since May of 92” club. I have not watched since it was no longer the Johnny Carson Show. Jay Leno to me is New Coke never bought it, never will.
The Johnny Carson Show was one of the few television shows that both my Grandparents and I enjoyed to watch. So when I was at their house (which was often) I always got to see the Johnny Carson show.
So long Carnac The Magnificent….
Tom The Architect 